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Chapter 12 - Searching

Hours have gone by. Aidan wakes up in an unknown place. He's got cuts and scratches all over his body. He's in a bed. Within in a large tent. He looks and sees a big red plus sign. 'Must be a medical tent.' He thinks to himself. He tries to get out of bed but pain shoots throughout his body. He decides to stay in bed for now.

Jorge and Christopher keep walking around the city trying to find any sign of Aidan. 

"What do you think made him leave?" Asked Christopher.

"I don't know. I mean he was acting weird all day but I don't know what was on his mind." Jorge responded.

They keep walking, checking all buildings they can get into. Houses, gas stations, big buildings, small buildings, anywhere they could think to look. They have so far found no sign of him. They soon come across a building that had a huge hole in the side of it.

"Looks like someone blew it up." Christopher said.

"Thank you, as we both know I lost my ability to see not thirty seconds ago." Jorge responded sarcastically.

They go up to the building and peek through the giant hole in the side of the building. They see a lot of zombies that had been taken care of. They're confused.

"Who did all this?" Asked a confused Jorge. 

"If I knew I'd tell you." Christopher replied.

They look around inside to see if there were any signs of Aidan being here. They find nothing. They keep moving in hopes to find Aidan before night falls.

It's now about five in the evening. Aidan's still not sure where he is. He tries to move out of bed again but is still in a lot of pain. He hears something. 'It's coming closer.' He thinks to himself. He closes his eyes and pretends to be asleep. A person walks into the room.

"Let's see, it looks like he's still not awake yet so I'll just keep my on on him." Said the person.

The person walks away and leaves the tent. As soon as he's gone Aidan opens his eyes again to try and see his surroundings. He sees the tent he's in. He sees a few beds to both his right and his left.  He can't see much else. He wonders 'Should I try and get out of bed again?' He decides not to and hopes he'll be alive the next day.

Jorge and Christopher keep walking but know they'll have to stop soon because it's getting dark out. They see a house that doesn't look too badly destroyed and decide to sleep there for the night. As they start to set up they both think 'Will he be alive when we find him.' They finish setting up and are heading off to sleep.

It's seven in the morning. The suns still trying to wake up. Jorge and Christopher are up and ready to keep looking for Aidan. They start looking and searching everywhere they can. They find a house that looks like somebody might have been there recently. Jorge tries to open the door.

"It's locked." Jorge says quietly.

"Wanna grab another rock? That seems to work for you." Replied Christopher.

Jorge looks in through a window to try and see into the house. He sees nothing. They decide to keep moving. 

Aidan's still in bed. He can finally at least sit up in bed. Somebody walks into the tent. Short black hair, looks to be around mid-twenties, male. 

"Good to see you're finally awake." He says.

"Who are you? Where am I? What happened?" Asked a scared Aidan.

"Calm down, everything is alright. My name is Dylan, you are at my base, and I can tell you in just a moment. Sound good?" Dylan said.

"What happened? How did I end up here?" Asked Aidan.

"Well, You must have gone into the wrong building cause you chose the one with all the zombies in it. I saw you going in and knew you'd be in trouble so I blew up part of one of the walls nearby to attract the zombies away. Then I got you out of there, brought you back here, and fixed you all up. Scratches do nothing luckily. Only the bites will turn you." Dylan responded. "Look, I need to go out real quick. I'll be back within twenty minutes. Can I trust you to not leave?"

"Sure I guess. I can't really move even if I wanted to." Aidan responded.

As Jorge and Christopher keep moving they see someone walking on the same street as them. 

"Hey, sir?" Christopher yells at the person.

The person keeps walking towards them.

"Hi." The person responds once he got closer to Jorge and Christopher.

"Hi, we're looking for somebody and wanted to know if you'd seen anybody just kinda wondering around?" Christopher asked.

"Long black hair?" The guy asked.

"Yes!" Responded Christopher. "Wait, how did you know that?"

"I think I saved him not too long ago. Do you want to see him? I can bring you to my base if you'd like?" Said the man.

"What do you say, Jorge, you wanna see if it's him?" Asked Christopher.

"Worth a shot I guess." Jorge replied.

"Alright, follow me." Said the man.

"Well if we're gonna follow you I'd at least want to know your name?" Asked Christopher.

"Oh sorry, my name is Dylan." He responded.