Roaming Of The Afterlife

Jeffrey and Lydia

I sigh in relief as the sun begun to slowly rise, I glance at Aurei, she was a wild sleeper and she still is, her hair was still parted and in a low ponytail but her whenever she sleeps, she has a mean glare on her face, and I didn't know something like that was possible.

I stand up to see small embers inside the wood, but sadly we ate the last can of food, so we'll have to go hunting when she wakes up.

"Please tell me that you got some rest." Aurei mumbles, sitting up. She's onto me....

"A little." I lie, standing up on my feet, I felt a little hot, I gaze down at the dried blood down my arm. If I didn't get it fixed soon, I could get a quick infection.

Aurei stands up, glaring down at me.

"You're lying, I'm not a fucking kid Avery." Aurei snaps as she crosses her arms. I let out a deep sigh, she's fourteen...but hopefully when she gets older she won't become a cold hearted killer.

"Hey, we need to go hunting, stay close." I said, Aurei nods quietly then takes out her switchblade.

We creep through the woods, she looks left and right. Dad taught her how to hunt rabbit, she almost shot a
deer but it got away.

I had my revolver close to my side, and I glance over my shoulder to see Aurei creeping beside me. I look down to see dead birds.

"We don't know how they ended up like that, we shouldn't take the risk." Aurei whispers, I nod. Aurei knows a little more about hunting more than I do. We kept walking through the woods, Aurei grabs my shoulder.

"Look." She whispers, pointing at a brown hare that was eating bits of something in the grass, I grip onto the handle of Joe's old dagger, then I creep towards it, but I quickly back away when I see a roamer collaspe down and tear it's tiny body apart.

A ear peircing gunshot startles us, and the roamer that was eating the rabbit collapses to the ground with a bullet hole in its head.

"Woah, woah!" A low voice whispers, it belonged to a guy, I point my gun at the man who had his hands up, immediatley surrendering.

"Don't take a step closer." Aurei warns.

The man's eyes dart towards Aurei, he smiles as he lowers his gun. He's pretty dumb to use a gun just to kill a roamer, knowing there's more out here in the middle if the woods.

"I will shoot." I warn, noticing the deepness in my voice. I glare at the man then I feel something cold press at the back if my head.

"Try it." A high pitched voice whispers.

"Lydia!" The man shouts, glaring at the little girl behind me who was pointing the gun at the back of my head.

"No Dad, she pointed the gun first, and she'll know to never mess with us." She said. Never in my life had I wanted to slap a child in their mouth until now.

"Vice versa." Aurei shot back, I can almost see Aurei glaring at the little girl with the gun in her hands, I felt it tremble.

"Listen little girl, put the gun down. You clearly don't know how to use it." I snap, her dad stares at her with a pleading look on her face.

"Please Lydia." He begs, staring at her, I felt the girl lower her gun from my head, for one long silence I turn around to see a little girl glaring at me. She had light brown hair that went down past her shoulders, olive colored skin and she wore a beige jacket over a stained white shirt, she was skinny then I see Aurei giving her the most menacing glare she could give.

"W-we have food! Shelter!" The man stammers, walking closer to us, my eyes stay fixed on every move he makes, I've been in wrestling for a year and a half before Dad died...so if I can take on Joe and Juan...I can definitely take on this skinny little man...but I shouldn't underestimate them off the bat...