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I 2 I For what feels like the millionth time I question my decision to divert from the right arm. Yes it was noble to keep watch over my adopted children I guess even if we are the same age. I had to I can't just give them to the cranks while I live an easy life while they slowly perish.
But maybe I'm just delaying the inevitable to clear my own conscience? No Rhain you can't think like that! They look to me for protection so that is what I will do for as long as I can.
"Just shut up already Jess! Complaining doesn't make the sand go away if you haven't noticed" I hear Aaliya yell behind me making me sigh, of course another bitch fight just what I need nobody lets me sulk in Pease.
"if you don't want to hear me complain maybe you should not walk next to me" Jessica counters while being busy trying to fix her hair. After all the years we have spent in the maze she is still worried about how she looks. Personally I have giving up on my hair, it's curly and I'm sure that even brushing it would just result in the brush breaking .
"I walk where ever I want, you just need to learn to complain with your mouth shut" After that I just tune their bickering out and look around the group. Ceylon and Emme already sat down into the sand, not a bad idea we could use a little break and it gives the bickering bitches time to lose some steam. Riley stands to the right of me just calmly watching the girls bicker, she's always been quiet but there was little she didn't see. Her red hair looked even more stunning in the sunlight, I wish I had that hair simple straight red hair instead of my rats nest.
A loud thud and scream brings me back to Jessica and Aaliya they had started to literally fight. Idiots! Don't they know we are in dangerous territory. I quickly run over them to pull Jessica of Aaliya while Riley helps her up and also to keep Aali back.
"Do you two have a dead whish or are you just plain stupid" I hiss at both of them while holding Jessica by her shirt.
"You might as well just walk to a WICKED stronghold and that wouldn't be as stupid as you starting to fight!"
"but-" they both started but I held up my hand shutting them up. I will not hear their pathetic excuses. With a deep sigh I rub my temple "let's just keep moving" I release my hold on Jessica's shirt as Ceylon and Emme get up from the ground even though quite reluctant.
Then somewhere in the distant I hear a few high pitched scream. I close my eyes in the hope that it was just my imagination. A second later I hear even more screams I quickly turn around and I already see some cranks running in the distance.
I quickly turn to Ceylon who looks at me in slight fear, just like everyone else 'the depend on me' I once said to the Right arm "Cey take Emme and run ahead up that hill we need a place to hide anything will do" she nodded and grabbed Emme by the hand and started sprinting up the dune hill not easy with the soft sand but they made it seem easy but was exactly the reason I send them first.
"ok come run you three I will be right behind you" I push the rest of the girls up towards the hill. The shrieking becomes higher and I now can clearly see the Cranks now, of course it's never just one. I grab my gun from my waist belt and shoot a few of those suckers but more seem to be coming and with a simple hand gun I can't do much. Quickly I follow the rest up the hill. We need to get out of their site.
"this way!" Ceylon yells and without even thinking I just nod and she disappears down the other side of the hill with the rest following quickly. When I reach the top I quickly look down to see that the numbers of Cranks have doubled if not tripled "crafty little bastards" I mutter as I decide to slide down the hill to be faster. Ceylon choose a huge building, not in height but in width, perfect we can lose them in one of the pathways.
When I reach the base of the hill I see Ceylon and Emme already at the entrance followed closely by Aaliya and Riley though Jessica has fallen behind. The screams of the cranks get louder and see that they are already coming down the hill on different places along the top. I quickly sprint towards the group while motioning to Ceylon to just go. But of course she waits until I have reached Jessica. I grab Jessica's arm forcefully and drag her with me and only let go when I know for sure she keeps up.
Inside we ran up some iron made stairs suddenly followed very closely by the cranks. Riley falls on the stairs and while the rest keeps running I help her up "go!" I yell before I get knocked down by two cranks, the air gets pushed out of my longs and I hit the side of my head on the stairs and for a few seconds I see nothing and while I try to get them of me my actions are a uncoordinated. When my visions return I manage to get my knife and kill a few before I can break free and run after my girls, the cranks quickly catching up.
We reach the top floor and sprint of into the closest hallway we can find. Not daring to look back. Ceylon falls to the floor taking Emme with her, it takes a few seconds for us to fully register it and by that time some cranks over them. I ordered Riley to find us a hiding spot while Jess and Aaliya helped me get to Cey and Emme. I found rusty crowbar and used it to smash a few of those zombies away from them giving them enough time to get up and run, we see Riley standing by a door that leads to a woman's restroom, but if we are to hide we have to find a distraction for the cranks or the restroom will become our tomb. Suddenly Ceylon starts shooting at the glass ceiling making it break burying the cranks under a mountain of sand only one manages to escape but I quickly bash his head in.
Ceylon and I look at each other before we embrace in a quick hug "great thinking girl now let's hide before the crawl through here" she nods at me while we all ran towards Riley I guess were sleeping in a restroom tonight. Ones the door closes Riley locks it, just in time cause we already hear the cranks walking past the door. A few minutes go buy until we only hear some in the distance. I breath out in relieve, we survived another day.
