Game of survival

Chapter No7

I can say that the intensity between me and Elias has decreased,but not fully gone.I can still feel the tension between us,as I'm standing between his legs,cleaning his cut.

It's deeper than I thought.

"I think we'll need a bandage or something.It's quite a cut you got there."I tell him and he scoffs.

"What am I?Twelve?I don't need it."He says and gets up making me take a few steps back.

"What if it gets infected?"

"Hayley stop acting like my goddamn mother."He sighs and I roll my eyes.

The temperature these days keeps on getting higher and I honestly feel like I'm walking through a never-ending desert.And I'm wearing a freaking long-sleeved shirt for God's sake!I just can't wait until night fall.I am lacking way too much sleep right now.And it's nuch more cooler at night.

I ran the back of my palm across my forehead,hoping that I can go through the day without fainting.I groan,not able to take the heat anymore.I drop my backpack on the ground with a loud thud gaining a 'What the hell are you doing' look from Elias.But I don't get in the trouble of answering him.I pull my one sleeve so hard that it rips,making it to a short sleeve.I do the same to the other one,but when I look back at Elias he still has the same facial expression.

"What.Were you in the mood of carrying me if I fanted?"I ask with a raised eyebrow and he immediately answers with a 'No'.

Such a gentleman.

I sigh and bend to pick up my backpack when I hear an engine sound.

"Elias?"I warn and when I go back to a standing position,I see that he heard it too.

"Yeah I hear it.We gotta get out of here.This is a bad place.."He trails off.Yeah.No shit.

We try to move faster but our time ended earlier than we expected.Elias grabs my hand and drags me in a building that looks like it's falling apart,with it's windows all busted.We kneel down peeking through the windows,making sure we are not gonna be seen.I thought at first that all I heard was an engine- and a very loud one,but now I hear two voices,screaming and shouting at each other.I look again and in my view of vision I see a woman and a man running away from a huge car,terror painted on their faces.I try to stand up but Elias immediately pulls me down.

"What the hell do you thing you're doing?!"He wispers-shouts at me and I now look at him with a look like he is crazy.

"These people need our help!"I shot back but he is still holding my hand really tight.

"We can't help them!They are already dead!"

"What are you-"I start but I hear a sound like a million shots fired at the same time and I cover my mouth trying not to scream at the horrific image that I have in my head of what possibly happened out there.And afterwards a laugh..My heart skips a beat,scared to even look.But I eventually do.The two bodies lie on the cold concrete,with thousands of holes in their bodies,creating pools of blood.Which monster would do somehing like that?.

"We gotta get a m-"But I ingore him and walk out.He wispers behind me trying to make me stop and go back.Honestly,I don't know if the people who did this are still around,but I can't just go.The least I can do is close their eyes.

"Now we can go."I wisper,still shocked at the cruelty of this action.These weren't infected..They were normal people trying to survive.And If we don't find the Resistance quickly,I can see myself in their position after A.G.N.U.S. has finished with me.

God Hayley stop thinking like that!You will succeed.You will succeed.You will succeed.

We pass through alleys and fallen buildings,making sure to stay close to places we can hide in case they come back.But they don't show.Yet.I just have this sickening feeling deep in my stomach that just doesn't go away,no matter how hard I try to push it away.

Elias's footsteps are light now and without making any noise.He sure knows how to stay under the radar.Unlike me.As much as I might try,I will still stumble on thin air,or kick something that makes too much noise,and he will shoot me and angry stare that says 'Stop making noise!'.Wish I could man.But clumsiness is like my second nature.

The place we are currently at has a lot of houses,but I can see the ending of the long wall of stoned houses.Elias seems to believe we are far away from the place we saw those people.But the thought of them makes me sick.Survival of the fittest huh?

I start to say something to Elias,but a gun fire breaks through the thick silence.Suddenly I feel a sharp pain on me left shoulder,sending me to the ground with a cry.I grit at the amount of pain all at once,and I hear Elias shout my name in worry.In seconds he is kneeled by my side,his one hand at the side of my face,his eyes scanning my body rapidly.He pulls me up gently,still making me shout in pain and drags me in a building,sitting me down.

"Let me see,let me see."He wispers at me and I remove my hand from my wound and his frowns and curses.

"Just a scratch right?"I try to joke but I find out that even laughing hurts.Suddenly another shot is fired at us and I close my eyes in frustration.

This is just getting better by the second isn't it?..We have real shitty luck.

He sighs and hands me a small gun and a map of the city as I look at him confused.He circles a place nearby and turns it to me.

"Look this is a place where Jo said there are a lot of supplies.This is a small group of men and I'm sure I can-"He starts but I immediately cut him off.

"What are you saying?!No!I'm not leaving you here!"I protest and he pinches his nose before grabbing me by my torso and makes me stand up.

"Hailey you're injured.The is no way you can fire a gun successfully.You're gonna go to this place,and I'm gonna come and find you.If I don't come,after two hours,you have to go without me.Now go!"He shouts at me but I don't move.

"Elias-"

"Hayley just go!"He says to me,and I release his hand that I didn't even realize I was holding.I look at him for a single second,my mind mesmerizing his features,because even if I don't want to admit it,I might not see him again.I turn on my heels,and start to run away as I hear the gunshots increasing with every step I take.I just hope he makes it out alive..

I keep on running so fast even after my breath gets heavy,my legs are hurting,and my wound is bleeding like crazy.The only moment I stop is when I see the big rusted sign on the ground.

'Crusty's dinner'.What a shitty name.

I push the doors open with my not-wounded shoulder,holding the other.The second I walk in a bad smell hits my nostrils.No not a Corpse.Something else.

A dead body.

I walk further in,and unfortunately I am proven right.Between the tables,there is an old rotten body lying on the dirty floors,still in a waitress outfit.I was about to walk away from it when I see something shining in the little white pocket.I make a face of disgust as I approach and reach out to the pocket and I pull out a door key with the number four on it.Magnificent.What is this suppose to be now?

I look around and I spot a wooden door with the same number on it.I stare at the key,twisting it between my fingers,then looking back at the door.Can it be?I walk to the door and try to see if it's open,but when I see it's not,I place the key in the keyhole.

Here goes nothing.

I twist the key and I hear the clicking sound of a door being unlocked,and a smile of relief lies across my lips as I push it open.But my relief is short lived when someone grabs me by my hair pulling me back making me fall to the ground..

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