Innocent Death.

Chapter 15:Reunited

The morning sun rose.The beams of light striking the forest floor,softly lighting it up with it's rays.The sound of the sleeping girls.The zombie Mason still grumbling and moaning,as if he never fell asleep.He was still tied,however,so he was squirming and shuffling his zombified legs.

Zoe rose up first, her back to a slouch as she rubbed her face in her palms. She then turned her neck slightly, seeing Mason.She sighed, and closed her tired eyes for a moment.She then straightened her posture.She could feel the bones of her spine crack and move as she did so. She then pushed herself off of the ground to stand, walking over to Sierra and nudging her stomach with her foot. Frightened, Sierra jumped and gripped onto Zoe's foot, screaming for a second before looking up.In a blurry haze, she noticed it was only Zoe. Zoe,not phased by this, kept her eyes fixed on Sierra.

"Guessing those walkers messed you up,",Zoe said, her voice croaking from exhaustion,"It's alright though, not that I can blame you."

Sierra blinked her eyes rapidly a couple times,attempting to get her vision to be more clear.She nodded to Zoe, now stretching up to her feet.Then her eyes fixed on the zombified boy that was once known as Mason, and soon both the girls looked down on him. Of course,being in the state he is in, he doesn't acknowledge this and continues to struggle to groan and growl.The girls' heads then turned to face each other. Sierra's face was filled with concern and thought, but Zoe's was just the opposite. She had a look of weakness in her eyes,yet she had the strength to show Sierra how desperate she really was.

"Zoe...",Sierra said,her voice almost as soft as silk,"We can't keep him.."

Zoe's eyes began to turn glassy for a moment, but she stopped herself by tightly closing her eyes and looking away from Sierra,turning her face to face the ground.Sierra tried to look at Zoe, lowering her head slightly.She was concerned. Zoe has never shown so much concern for something so vile.She was fine with killing Alec,almost fine with leaving Abbey,and even got over Max leaving.What was so important about a zombie she once knew?

Zoe then opened her eyes, and her eyes suddenly looked different.They looked almost stronger, yet dead.They were colder.She stood up, and swung the bow and quiver bag around her arm and shoulder.She then bent down to grab Sierra's gun.She then tossed it to Sierra,snapping her out of her deep thought as the gun hit her in the waist.Sierra looked to Zoe in confusion,then picked up her gun and kept it locked in her palm.Zoe went behind the tree and bent down,and took a blade from her pockets and began slowly sawing at the rope that binded Mason.It took a few minutes, but the last thread of the rope finally ripped, and Zoe sprang to her feet,throwing the blade into her mouth as she locks her teeth onto it. She wrapped her arms around Masons neck, the grip tight enough so he was unable to bite her.She then took a piece of the broken rope and wrapped it around his neck. She repeated the process with his hands as well,making each knot tight. She then took the ends of the rope, making a firm grasp on it so he couldn't slip out and escape.

Suddenly,there was a rustling in the distance.

Not a zombies rustling, you would hear their groans and it would be slower.This rustling was very fast and silent.

Zoe dropped the rope she was holding to her feet and then stepped on it with her right foot,putting most of her weight onto it.She swung an arrow from her quiver and loaded the bow.She held it up,setting it to the correct position and waited.Sierra lifted the gun up to point where Zoe was pointing,as the girls exchanged glances to each other rapidly. It got closer and closer.

Suddenly,it crashed to the ground in front of them.

It was Max.

His body slammed to the ground,his head turned behind him,as he gasps for air.Out of the heat of the moment, Zoe fired her arrow,as it pierced his leg.He yelled out a painful scream as the arrow stuck into the area just below his kneecap.Sierras eyes widened as she nearly dropped the gun and looked to Zoe,Zoe's eyes fixed on Max.