The Beginning of the End

Chapter five

Tate and I woke up early the next day and started to get ready to hit the road. We brushed our teeth and gathered up our things. We were about to leave but I felt like there was something else I had to do. I told Tate to wait outside and I went back into the house. I walked upstairs and pulled a knife out that I had stashed down the back of my belt. I crept up to the door of my parents bathroom and thought about opening it. Instead I carved * don't open, dead inside* I felt a bit better but decided not to do any more harm. I walked down the stairs and joined Tate just outside the front door. I looked down at Tate and took in all his features. His beautiful little innocent face, his blonde slightly curly hair and his light blue eyes. I would have to remember this moment because I knew once he saw what our world had turned into he would change. I grabbed his hand and we set off.

We walked down our street keeping in the shadows with very few dead walking past. We checked some abandoned houses every now and then to stock up on supplies. We stopped in one house and had a small snack. We continued when we came across this one massive beige house. It didn't look like it had been ransacked so we decided to check it for any loose supplies. I told Tate to be as quite as possible in case anything was inside. We opened the door and crept inside. I had my knife at the ready and I had Tate behind me. We listened for any sounds. I heard some light footsteps which was coming from the stairs to our left. I told Tate to stay a little behind me in case something happened. We went to check it out. I turned the corner to the stair case and bumped into a young girl in her mid twenties.

She had short black cropped hair and was tall and thin. She was wearing all black and had two knifes down her belt, a pistol down her front, some large combat boots on and a small machete down the inside of her boot. She looked like a survivalist guru. I called Tate back and said that it was all clear. She introduced herself to the both of us and asked our names. He name was Joanna, Joanna Bassoon. We told her our names. Eilish and Tate. She asked if we wanted anything to eat. We were fine. We shared our stories about what happened since the start. She told us that this was her house and that it was packed to the roof with survivalist gear. It was getting dark outside so Joanna let us stay the night.

We had three bean mix for tea and then turned the lights down low so we were less noticeable. We made small talk with each other and told stories about the past. Before all this went down. Tate went off to bed early and I wasn't far after. Joanna and I talked about things that we couldn't talk about when Tate was here. We talked about more grown up things. I said goodnight to Joanna and headed off to bed and so did she. It was quite hard to sleep. Every time I closed my eyes I my dad's face popped into my mind, the difference and thoughts of what was going to come. I sat up and just thought for a while but I was cut off by a large alarm sound. I peeked out of the boarded up windows and found it was only one of the dead running into an abandoned car obviously with its batteries still running. I looked for Joanna. I walked past Tate and saw him sleeping happily. It made me smile. I headed up stairs to Joanna's room to look for her. I saw her. She was in her room standing in front of the shuttered doors to her bathroom but she didn't seem to be opening them.  I knocked on the door to let her know I was up.

She turned around and she looked just like my father! Grey eyes and pale face.  Joanna had turned into o ne of them. I didn't have my knife and Joanna was coming at me fro m across the room. I searched the room for something I could use as a weapon. She was coming faster and faster at me. She was so close. I couldn't call Tate he wouldn't know what to do. I didn't know what to do. I had to think fast!

Hey guy's,

I really tried to make this chapter longer and I might update another one later tonight so bear with me. I'm also trying to speed it up and it will happen I have big plans. I'm also thinking about adding a love story in later later but I'm not sure. Guy's what do you think is going to happen??? Will Joanna get Eilish???!

thanks

~M