Nine Flowers

Chapter Three

You screamed as the monster got closer but in mid air a second one suddenly came out of no where and tackled it. You watched them writhe and scream at each other and with what little brain activity you had you assumed they were fighting over you.

But before you had the chance to try and do anything the first one kicked the second off into one of the buildings. The first jumped to its feet and screeched loudly, blood flying from its mouth. It then ran at you. Paniced and full of adrenalin you turned around and bolted- it chased you and the second one took no time at all pulling itself from the pillar it landed in to follow suit.

Your legs pumped wildly as you turned a corner, nearly skidding in the process. The monster smashed into the wall, not having good enough grip with only 3 legs. The second one leapt off the first and bound after you. You jumped over a fallen trash can that someone knocked over in a panic and manuevered around many of the walking dead resort members.

As your chest heaved to breath, drafts of smoke and ash filled your throat and you coughed. Everything seemed to slow down as you heard to creaking of a falling tree, it was a plam tree which normally wouldn't seem that bad compared to an oak or something.

But this palm was ablaze with bright fire, and the tree now looking like a giant torch coming down on you. You watched it as your legs screamed in pain, you pushed them harder and you could hear the monater behind you coming closer. Shutting your eyes tight you felt the heat of the fire and the tree cracked loudly on the floor, you heard the creature wail in agony but dared not to look back

You saw a room up ahead and threw yourself against the door to open it. You had just started to close the when the second creature through itself, forcing you backwards. With cry of desperation, you threw yourself against the door again, forcing it closed so the monster did not get in. You locked it and pushed a near by desk against the door as it rattled viciously with the monsters anger.

Tears streamed down your face as you backed away and screamed. "What the hell is going on!?" You shook violently and turned away, feeling numb.

Stumbling around the room you found yourself in the back entrance to what looked like a resturaunt. Down a hall you saw the kitchen and past that must have been the seating area. In the short amount of time you had been herr you didn't yet go into any of the resorts resturaunts, and this was not how you expected to do it.

You swallowed a lump in your throat and slowly walked into the kitchen. It was earily empty, the hairs on your arms standing on end. Pots and pans swung softly from their hooks as you avoided water and blood on the floor. As you rounded the island in the middle of the room you spotted a large knife standing on end near the kitchens exit. Moving closer you also noticed thay it was stabbed into a woman for head.

Your stomach churned as you recognized the poor woman from the tiki bar the day before. "Oh you poor woman..." You whispered softly. Her blank brown eyes stared at nothing and her shirt was open slightly to reveal an open rib cage.

Crouching down you daintily reached for the knife. Before you grabbed it though you heard a groan and looked up to see a zombie pulling itself up from a table. It's teeth clacked together as it twitched and looked around with empty eye sockets.

Gagging at the sight of the flesh eaten monster you gripped the knife strongly and pulled. It came free with slicing sound and you slowly stood up, glaring at the monster on the table.

It clacked at you, knowing you were there and as you got closer you noticed it couldn't get to you because it didn't have a bottom half. Just a torso with organs and sline dangling freely. It swipped at you when you got closer to it, growling and moaning in hunger. You stared at it this pitiful monstrosity, this once human being now truned into something you only heard on the news.

You werent completely blind to the things that went on outside your own little bubble. You knew about the outbreak in Africa, the terrist attacks in China and New York just last year. You watched the news and didn't really have an opinion on what was going on in those places, after all: it didn't directly affect you so why should you think about it. And it's not like you personally could do anything- you weren't military.

You felt angry as you thought more and more about it all. You felt sick knowing you used to think that way, you didn't care about the people who were loosing their lives to monsters in power like umbrella. And now here you were, smack in the middle of one of those terrorist attacks.

In a fit of rager you swung the knife down amd plunged it into the head of the creature pawing at you. It twitched for a moment before letting out one final groan and slumped on the table in defeat.

"Rest in peace..." You said then pulled the knife free. No one deserved to die just to become one of these...things.

There was a crashing sound and you slowly turned to see the monster from before, arm still missing, leap through the window that seperated the dinning room from the kitchen. It screamed and leapt at you with no hesitation.

Your body moved on it's own as you grabbed one of the chairs and swung it into the air, it shattered over the monster and sent it down into the ground with a scream where it writhed to get back onto it's feet.

You gripped the knife in your hand, palms sweaty as you took a step back. Were you really going to come at this thing with just a knife? You could run again, but then it would just continue to chase you. You spread your legs slowly as the monster prowled closer and hissed. Gripping your knife tightly you tightened your muscles and prepared to swing when it jumped at you again.

But when it did several gun shots rung out making you flinch and close your eyes. When you opened them again the monster had crumbled to the floor, wailing pitiful. It spasmed before laying still in a puddle of its own blood. Your wide eyes looked up to see Leon in the main door way to the dinning hall, a gun in his hand and a deep scowl set on his face.

"Are you ok?" He shouted to you.

You stood still, your wide (e/c) eyes suddenly filling with tears. The knife slowly slipped from your small hands and clattered to the floor. "Leon..?"

The blonde started to walk over, a hand out stretched. He had changed into a dark leather jacket and blue under shirt, he worse jeans with two gun holsters strapped to his hips and brown boots. "Are you ok?"

Your knees buckled in as the adrenalin and short term bravery evaporated from your body, leaving you once again terrified and shaking. Leon quickly caught you though and held you up with one hand.

"(Y/n)? What happened!"

He remembered your name... You slowly started to cry. Your (h/l) (h/c) falling down out of your face.

"Leon..." You said again, choking out his name. "I just... I just woke up and... Everything was different.."

His expression softened and he hugged you. "Its ok now... Your safe- I'll get you out of here..."

You couldn't help but hug him tightly and cry. So happy you were alive.