Nine Flowers

Chapter Five

"We gotta run faster-"

You were interrupted as Leon suddenly tackled you to the ground. "Get down!"

The axe of the giant man suddenly went flying over your heads and impaled into another zombie. It groaned and fell over on impact, you didn't have time to think as you botb started rolling to avoid the female zombie who had leapt in the air. She had a sharp stick in her hand which she used to try and stab you. Thanks to Leon's quick thinking though you managed to avoid getting stabbed.

"Stay back!" Leon pulled his pistol up and fired two shots at the woman, all the bullets did was pierce her body with wet thuds. Blood and fluid falling from the open holes as she started to walk towards them. The man had retrieved his Axe and was now advancing on you as well.

Cursing under his breath Leon quickly looked around then grabbed your hand. "This way!"

With a yelp you got yanked by him as he bolted into the woods along the dirt road. You heard the war cries of the zombies behind you as they gave chase.

"Where are we going?!" You shouted over the wind that started to pick up. You looked up at the sky to see rain beggining to fall. "Oh no..."

"Hold on!"

The next thing you knew was Leon pulling you up and into his chest. You screamed and clung onto him, realizing that he had pulled you into a bridle style hold just to leap over a cliff- luckily it wasnt that steap.

With a painful grunt leon planted his feet into the now muddy ground and started to slide doen the cliff towards the town you could see below.

"We have to go there!" You shouted and pointed to the town.

"I gathered that!" The blonde shouted.

Your attention was drawn up suddenly by the shadows over head whe  the zombies leapt to follow you, though instead of just sliding in the mud they used their long legs to bound down the hill after you, crossing paths and humling over rocks and fallen trees.

Leon used all the strength in his legs to barely jump or dodge any of the wepaons or attacks that were flung at the both of you. He steered around large rocks and getting on his knees to duck under a large tree, timing it just right so one zombie slammed into it.

As he hefted himself back to his feet, with a groan of great pain you saw that the town was slowly getting closer, the cliff would drop you right on top of one the buildings at this rate.

"This is the most intense thing I've ever done!" You screamed, your voice cracking as your head swung around to follow the leaping zombies. One of which leapt in the air and timmed it just right so he would land on you both. Leon was to busy using all his muscle strength to keep his stance right now.

An idea suddenly sprung through your head. As quickly as you, you squirmed in Leon's arms to reach down and fumbke for the gun strapped to his thigh.

"What are you doing?!" He snapped through grit teeth.

"Trust me!" You managed to pull the fun out and held it straight up at the zombie, luckily in the time it took you to grab the fun the monster was about resdy to grab you. Even a rookie couldn't miss point blank.

The kick back was powerful as you pulked the trigger and fire the gun, nearly loosing the gun. The bullet ripped through the creatures wrist and embedded itself right into it's undead forehead. Its body smashed into you and Leon and tumbled down the rest of the cliff side.

"Leon!" You wailed and reached for him as you were launched over tge edge of the cliff and into the air. You both waved in the air trying to grab each other, you were about to snag his hand when you felt the impact of the building bellow and crashed through the roof into an office hallway. Your body screamed in pain as you wheezed to try and catch your breath but the impact had knocked all the air out of your lungs and you writhed in pain among the dirt and debris you landed with.

Once you could take a deep breath again you slowly stood up and grabed the wall to steady yourself. "Leon..?"

The hallway was empty where you were, but you were so close to grabbing him that he couldn't be far.

You remembered that you still had the hand gun and looked it over. It was heavy in your hand, and your wrist ached from the kick back from the first bullet you fired. After fiddling with it you popped the magazine out and saw bullets still in the clip, you put it back and stopped in case you did something wrong.

"G-guaah... Ah..."

Your head shot up in fear as you hears the moan come from a cracked door. You shaking held the gun up and pointed it at the door, very slowly you started to approach it. There was more moaning and a cry of pain that made you jump and freeze. You thought of all the horrible monsters you faced so far and shook in fear.

Still you pushed yourself forward, sliding the gun between the door and the frame to open it up. Inside you saw a stair case, the number 4 printed on a plaque on the wall. You skanned the small room in search of the zombie making the noise but-

"Leon!" You gasped in horror as you saw the man layong down on the bottom of the stairs. You stumbled down the stairs to quickly get to him, dropping to your knees and putting the gun down, making sure the barrel pointed awsy from him.

"Oh god..." You gently touched his body to make sure he wasn't a zombie but the way he suddenly grabbed your wrist and pointed his second gun at you meant he was ok.

"(Y/n)!" He gasped out then cringed in pain, dropping both arms. You could see as he laid against the wall that he dragged hismelf there, a bloody spot was near by- that must be where he landed. But where did the blood come from?

It was then you saw it. A six inch pipe was sticking out of his right side, and he was struggling to breath.

"Oh my god-!" Your eyes widened in horror and you covered your mouth. "L-leon you-!"

"Ill be fine..." He coughed out. "Are you ok..?"

"Compared to you I- I'm-" you were slowly loosing the ability to speak coherently as you watched Leon wince in pain ever few seconds. "We have to pull it out!"

The blonde shouted at you as you tried to grab the pipe. "NO!" He cringed again groaned loudly, grabbing his shirt around the wound. "That will only kill me faster..."

"Th-then what do I do..." You pleaded to him.

"Theres nothing you can do." He closed his eyes slowly.

You grabbed his shoulders and shook him gently, trying not tk agrivate the wound. "No! I must be able to do something!"

He opened his blue eyes slowly and looked between your (e/c) ones. He stared for a long time, noting the desprate determination on your face. Finally he sighed. "I need three things..."

"Anything! Ill find you anything!"

His hand reached into one jacket pocket and he pulled a piece of paper out, holding out. You took it and unfolded it to find pictures of plants. "What is this..?"

"Herbs." He coughed. "Three of them... If your lucky you can find them... Crush them into a fine power, mix it with hydrogen-poroxide and spray it on my wound. I'll be good as new..."

You found that a litte hard to believe but nodded your head anyway. "I'll do what I can..."

He chuckled softly. "stay safe... And don't die."

"I should be telling you that." You said, smiling softly.

He watched you before closing his eyes again. You couldn't help but hold your palm to his cheek, he already looked dead when he closed his eyes. Luckily though you felt him nuzzle against your hand and you smiled. You then pulled away and grabbed the gun again. You stood up and turned around to look uo at the dark stays that lead up and down the building.

You would have to be fast to make this herbal medicine before Leon Died...