Innocent Death.

Chapter 2: Growth

It was a girl. The fog cleared slightly,so you could just make out her appearance. She had long,blonde hair,the hair tangled and scruffy. She had a brown sweater,and ripped jeans. She looked frantic looking. She looked behind her,noticing Sierra and Zoe.Frightened,she ran to the left,disappearing in the fog. Zoe looked to Sierra,then they both started sprinting,chasing after her.

Once they caught up to the girl,they saw her crouched down,holding her blade as her hands shook with fear.

"Zombies..I swear..don't come one step closer.." The girl shouted,her voice trembling.

Zoe grinned,now making a giant step forward,scaring the girl as she screams and jumps. Zoe then chuckles, and walks closer up to her, and crouches to face her better.

Zoe smirked at the girl.She says, "If I were a zombie,I wouldn't be using words. I would've killed you by now. Now,get up and calm yourself."

She held out a hand to the girl. She stood up, looking to Zoe.

"Now,what's your name?" Zoe asked.

The girl hesitated for a second. "I'm Abbey.", she said.

Sierra then walked closer to Abbey. Zoe took a step back,making room for Sierra to speak with her.

"Well,Abbey. My name is Sierra.She's Zoe. Now, why are you all alone?"

Abbey pulled a chunk of hair to the back of her ears. She took a deep breath, and then spoke.

"The zombies reached our house.", She said,"Once they came, they broke our door down. I was lucky enough to jump out of my bedroom window and escape to the back.My parents were killed.I ran for days. I eventually ended up here. I made a friend,but she died shortly before I saw you. Her name was Sarah."

Zoe looked to Abbey,in sorrow. She then looked down, and turned her head to face the foggy streets. Sierra looked down also,but then looked back at Abbey.

"Oh," Sierra said,her voice dropping to a quiet tone,"I'm sorry. We need more people.Would you like to join us?"

Zoe walked closer, standing next to Sierra as they both looked at Abbey. Abbey looked up at them,trying to understand if they were serious or playing some kind of trick on her. After she thought and stared for a while, she nodded. Zoe held her hand out, as Abbey walked closer to Zoe and Zoe's hand gently layers onto Abbey's back. They reached the foggy streets once more.

As they walked down the hill, a sudden drop took over Sierra's stomach. She felt that this area was not dead. Abbey heard mumbles in the distance,as she suddenly stops along with Zoe. They look around,hearing sticks and bushes crack and rustle in the distance. Broken doors creaked beneath the low,foggy wind. Zoe's heart beat raced, Abbey clutched her blade, and Sierra swung an arrow from her quiver out and into her bow, loading and aiming it. The tiny noises continued, as caution filled the 3 girls.

A strange figure limped out of one of the abandoned houses. It mumbled and groaned,walking closer to the girls.They stared at the limping figure for a second,trying to see who or what it was.

It was a zombie.

Another one popped out of another house,and another and another. A mini herd of zombies moved in,surrounding them.Abbey then swung her blade,as it connects to one of the zombies skulls. It lets out a soft moan, as it is forced to the ground.Abbey kicks the zombies body multiple times,until it goes limp.Meanwhile,Zoe took out one of her blades and starts slicing the creature. It growls, and moans as it attempts to scratch her.Zoe dodges,kicking the zombie in the stomach and stabbing it.She uses the blade to push it to the ground.She pulled out the blade, using her thumb to clean off the blood and wiping it onto her black,ripped jeans. She puts the blade in her belt pocket once more, as the zombie capacity increases.

Sierra is running out of bows,and Zoe doesn't know how much longer she can kick them back.Suddenly,two men run out from the foggy forest in the distance,rushing to the crowd of zombies. They used their blades to stab the back of the zombies heads, and used their arms to choke them and shove them to the ground and kick them until they went limp. Zoe assisted the men, choking one of the zombies as one of the men stabbed it. Zoe dropped the corpse,looking over to Sierra. One of the men pulled her back, and threw a knife at the creature that was behind her. She yanked out of the mans reach, then nodded to him. The other man helped Abbey, although she really didn't need help. using punches and her blade,she fought off the last 2 zombies.

Silence came over the streets. Zombies lay on the ground, covered in blood,and ripped jackets and IDs. The men looked to the girls, as the girls looked to each other,making sure nobody was harmed.

Zoe looked to one of the men. She said,her voice pausing between breaths,"So, who are you?"

The man she spoke to looked into her brown eyes. He smiled, his long brown hair down to his jawline covering his right eye. He had a ripped white t-shirt ,and ripped baggy jeans. He was quite thin, but very muscular.

"My name is Max.", He spoke, his voice low but very friendly," And you are?"

Zoe smirked at him. Replying to his question, she said,"Zoe."

The other man smirked with his long black hair,as it drapes down to his shoulders. A first glance anyone would have assumed he was a female. He raised his eyebrow, smiling towards Sierra. Sierra looked towards Abbey,Zoe,and Max talking. Then looked back to see the man staring at her.

"Hello to you too.", Sierra said,slightly creeped out to the man staring at her,"What do you want?"

The man raised his eyebrow,impressed by Sierra's independence. He replied,"Well,seeing I saved your life,can I get your name?"

"I didn't need to be saved,"Sierra said,"but my name is Sierra.And you are?"

The man smiled wider at Sierra. "I'm Alec. So, what do you say My bro and I hang out with you guys? You must need more people."

Sierra called out Zoe's name, wanting not to answer Alec. Zoe turned to Sierra, walking up to her. Sierra turned to the side,as they whispered to each other.

"Alec wants him and Max to walk with us," Sierra whispered,"I don't think we need more people.We have Abbey.She's a tough bitch."

Zoe whispered back to her," More people,more chances of survival.They saved our asses, so I think we should give them a chance.They haven't earned my trust yet,but neither has Abbey."

Zoe walked off, as Sierra looked to her feet,and then to Alec.

"Yeah, I guess you can stay with us," Sierra said,finally speaking,"But stop staring at me.Messed up piece of shit."

As Sierra walked off, her shoulder hit Alec's. Alec chuckled under his breath,looking down at his feet.

"So apparently you're staying with us.", Zoe said to Max, making a very small smirk as her eyes slightly narrow.

Max nodded, smiling at Zoe. Zoe walked off, Max staring at her as she walked off. He quickly followed Abbey,Zoe,Sierra, and Alec.

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Next chapter might come sooner than you think c;