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Chapter 16: How I Survived

**Emily's POV**

I watch as he shoots Lola in the stomach. The only the thing that comes to mind is running up to him and stabbing him, but I need to get these children out of the camp. I look as the biters get closer. I get all the children together and I try and run, but I forget about my leg. I look down and see it pouring with blood.

"Ok guys you just run in that direction and I will be right behind you!" I say to the children.

All the children run down the hill and escape, avoiding all contact with biters. I look out for Lola, but I can't see her there are too many people. Grahh. I look behind me and the biters are in reaching distance. I give up trying to look for her and I follow behind the children making sure they are safe. I look back to see if Lola is anywhere to be seen, but she's not the biters have overrun the camp. Maybe she's dead. All my focus is on getting the kids outs of here.

1 Month After The Attack

I make my way through a street, keeping my gun in my only hand. I search in buildings and houses trying to find food and water, but I can't seem to find anything useful. I look for any signs of life, but there's none no biters no humans just empty.

I look down a small alley way and see a light shining right at me, I'm confused as I stare into the light trying to make out what is. I slowly make my way towards the light aiming my gun, but all of a sudden the light goes off and everything is pitch black. I turn around to walk back into the street, but a man is blocking my way. I turn around to go the other way and I run towards the other end tripping and hitting my head against a cement block.

12 Hours Later

I wake up from being unconscious on in a strange room, I look around and everything is blurry. I try to stand, but I come crashing down to the floor because I'm so weak and drained. I manage to pull myself back onto a bed and I sit there waiting for someone to come in.

As I hear the door creak I divert my eyes to look at a young woman and there's another woman behind her. I try to focus on them, but my vision is still blurry.

"Hi sorry for waking you we are here to bring you water and food," One of the girls say as my vision starts to come back. I stare at the girl and she's only young about 20 and the girl behind her looks about the same age. The tallest girl comes up to me and gives me food and water.

"Thank you, " I say as I wolf down my food and drink.

"It's no problem," Says the two girls.

"I'm Alivia and she's Alexia we're twins," Alivia says as she helps me out of bed.

With the support of Alexia and Alivia, I manage to pull myself out of bed. They hold me all the way to the bottom floor. They let go and I manage to walk by myself. Alivia and Alexia walk towards a room and I follow behind them. As I walk into this room, I fall to the floor and the girls help me back up I manage to get back up and as soon as I face forward there's a mans face in mine. I look at him petrified and he just turns around and sits in a giant chair.

"Take a seat," He says as Alexia points to where he wants me to sit.

"So what's your name?" He says demandingly

"Why would I tell you?" I say angrily

"Well, my name Is Grant. Now you" Grant says placing his hands on the table.

"My name is none of your business," I say, trying to be stubborn.

"Just tell him your name he can't do anything with it," Alexia says still standing behind me

"Fine my name is Emily Quartz," I say giving in

"Ok, that's great Emily, are you with any other group," Grant says, looking back outside of a window.

"Not anymore but I used to be," I say, staring at the window, realising what he was staring at.

"Fire Fire" A man shouts from outside.

I jump up out of my chair, forgetting about my leg. We make our way out of the room and then out of the front door to see a giant fire burning building and burning down the walls.

Bang

I watch as one of the walls collapses, crushing people underneath it. I stare at the collapsed wall to see biters pouring in like a flood. There's no escape the gates are surrounded by biters and the walls are falling.

"There's no way out," I say as another wall falls.

Bang

"Obviously you don't know our trick," Alivia says as she takes down a biter and drags it into the house.

We all follow her inside and I stare at the body on the ground I think to myself what are they doing but it's too late. I watch as Alexia and Alivia drive their knives through the biters chest and slice it open. They rip the skin back revealing all the biters black and rotting guts. I turn around and throw up because of the smell I turn around and I see them rubbing guts on themselves.

"What the hell are you doing!" I say as Alexia rubs biter blood across my top.

"The biters are attracted to smell so if we smell like them, then they won't recognise us," Grant says

It's a really clever idea so I dunk my hands in the biters body and rip out its organs and rub them all over my body. After we cover all of our bodies, we open the door to see the biters all outside of the house. I'm the first one to go out I make my way past a biter and he doesn't do anything I slowly slip through the crowd of biters. To realise that Grant wasn't with us I forget about him so fast and it's because I didn't care for him.

"Ah help me - *gurgle*," A man says I turn around to see Grant being ripped to shreds and I watch as he chokes on his own blood.

We finally make our way through the herd of biters and we start running away so that the biters are out of viewing distance.

"Where are we going to go now?" I say as I stare back at the old place on fire and full of biters.

"I know a place," Says Alexia

"Where is it we need to go if it's safe, we're not going to survive out here, " I say waiting for her response.

"I'm not sure what it's called, but I'm pretty sure it's called Whitefield," Says Alexia.

"Ok, let's go to Whitefield"

Will Emily Make It To Whitefield?

Can Emily Trust The Twins?

Will Emily Ever See Lola Again?

Find Out In Chapter 17: The Way Home

Yay !! Emily is alive but the question is will she stay alive to meet Lola again. I'm so excited to bring Emily back it's been along time coming but she is back. I would just like to say thank you for I think it's 128 follows and over 700 views and over 300 votes and comments it means so much. Thank you.
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