"I'm starving" Casey mumbles as we travel along a dirt road, Casey calls it a 'country road'.
"Me too, but I'm not complaining about it" I say to her and she sighs.
"Okay...Well, we're gunna have to turn off here, cross over this field, jump the brook and then we should be there" She says and I nod, looking at the small dirt road leading off this one. I jog towards the fence and follow Casey over it. Thats when I hear it, the gurgle of infected in the long wheat. I pull out my bow.
"We can't sneak by with this wheat...it'll make noise" I mutter to Casey and she pulls a brick from her backpack, throwing it as far away as possible and about 10 infected run at it. I grab her arm, pulling her up and running. She follows quickly and we make it across the field in quick time. We get to the end of the field and I leap over the fence. I see the brook she was talking about and we rush down to it.
"Shit...look at this..." I say and Casey rolls her eyes.
"I wasn't expecting it to be so over flowed" She says and I sigh.
"Well I can't swim..." I mumble and she laughs.
"What?!" She giggles harder and I push her away.
"You can keep me afloat right?" I ask and she shakes her head.
"I'm not a strong swimmer...here! Use this" She says, pointing at large rocks sticking out the water.
"Okay" I mutter, leaping to the first one. I wobble for a minute, then I see her swimming a long side me. I jump again, nearly falling into the water and then I leap to the next one, thats when a wave of water knocks me down. I gasp as I hit the water and I swing my arms, trying to resurface. I push my head above water and I gasp, gripping onto a log thats hanging on the edge of the water.
"HELP!" I yell and then I hear feet crashing along the floor. I gasp as Casey rushes towards me.
"They're here...my group" She says as 4 people jump down to us. I feel myself going lightheaded as two of them, maybe three, pull me out, the other talking to Casey.
"Wheres Jim?" She asks. I'm pulled onto the side and they stare at me.
"Whos this? Is this the girl?" the woman asks and Casey nods.
"Ellie" I cough and they help me up.
"I'm Eleanor, you can all me Ella though...What happened to your father?" asks the woman and the other three, who are males, check me over.
"I'm going to be off then..." I say, looking at them all and Ella grabs my arm as I start to walk.
"No you're not, you're coming inside...we might keep you" She hisses down my ear and I look at Casey, who seems to be shivering.
"Boys, get her inside...Casey, your aunt is waiting for your arrival, your cousin Leah seems to be missing you, here, let me take you" Ella smiles at her, throwing me towards the men. Two of them clamp their arms round mine and they lead me towards the old factory thing.
They drag me through the main gates, stripping me of my backpack and gun, but they completely miss my switchblade in my backpocket.
"Right this way Ellie" Says a man approaching me.
"Fine..." I mutter and then I realise where hes leading me, past numerous people in cages, shaking the bars, begging me to help them.
"What is this? A looney bin?" I ask and he chuckles.
"In here please" He says, leading me into the end and the only empty cage.
"Its not the first time I've been in one of these" I mutter, stepping inside and he slams the door and locks it. I look at the sleeping bag on the floor, a bottle of water on the small metal table thats attached to the wall.
"Dinner gets served at 5" He says before walking away. I sigh, leaning up the wall and I put my knees to my chest and put my arms round my legs. I start sobbing and then I look to my left and see that a girl a few years younger than me, probably 11 or 12, dark skin, brown hollow eyes, black hair tucked under her cap. She wears jans, a strippy jumper covered with a t-shirt and some black boots. Shes looking up at me and I smile fakely at her.
"I'm Ellie" I call over and she crawls towards the bars.
"I'm Clementine" She says and I smile weakly.
"How old are you?" I ask and she looks up at a ledge with a window in it. I follow her eyes and see someone looking down on us.
"Can all members of the hold please stand for infection inspection" the person says into a microphone and I watch as everyone stands. I gulp, looking at my arm, where the bite is, covered by my jacket. I watch as the doors are opened by the guards and Clementine is checked. I gulp as the person scans my neck. I gulp, grabbing my blade and stabbing the person in the arm, taking off in a run. I see this as an obertunity to grab Clementine and pull her with me.
"Quick!" I say to her as I hear gun shots and I stop in my tracks.
"Where to?" I ask and she runs towards a room on the side.
"WE HAVE TWO FEMALES ON THE RUN- I REPEAT WE HAVE TWO FEMALES ON THE RUN. ONE OF THEM IS INFECTED- I REPEAT ONE OF THEM IS INFECTED" I hear and I pull her into the room.
"My bag!" I say, grabbing it and pulling it on, she finds her backpack too.
"Lets go..." She says and as we leave I hear footsteps.
"Ellie..." I hear as Casey appears and I scowl at her.
"Move out my way" I growl and I shove her.
"No, I want to help you" She says and Clementine nods.
"Come on Ellie" She says and I grab Clementines hand and we run after Casey. I hold my switchblade in my spare hand and then we rush out the main doors and towards a hole in the fence.
"Move, quickly, keep down in the wheat, they'll miss you" Casey says and I smile at her.
"Thank you, for everything" I say and she passes me a 9mm pistol, its not mine, but it'll do.
"Now go" She says and I climb through the fence, pulling Clementine with me.
"Move!" I say to Clem and we rush towards the trees.
I hear the gunshots and bullets fly past us.
As soon as we reach the trees I fall against one.
"You're infected" Clementine says, pulling a hammer out her backpack and holding it up.
"I'm not...I can't get infected" I say, pulling up my sleeve and showing her the bite.
"Theres loads like me, even the Fireflies say so..." I say to her and she sighs, lifting a small metal chain, a firefly pendant hanging off it.
"I'm a Firefly and theres none like you" She says and I blink at her uncontrollably.
"You mean...I could be a cure?" I ask and she shrugs.
"I guess...The Fireflies are mostly dead now...after some guy killed most of the group trying to save...wait...Are you Ellie? as in Marlenes friend?" Clem asks and I nod.
"Holy....You're the one who the man saved...You were about to have the immunity taken from you, you were all preped for surgery, and that man took you, he killed Marlene and most of the group..." She says and I feel myself shaking.
"Joel lied to me...Joel swore to me everything he said about the Fireflies was true..." I gasp for air and then I feel myself hit the floor.
And thats a wrap!
~ChloeCumberbatch~
