It Only Takes A Day

Chapter Fifteen: Dominic

BANG!
I can't open my eyes because no matter what I see, it's going to be horrible. Dominic was right, this is all my fault everyone got hurt or died because of me. I tried to open my eyes but every part of me force them closed. Why is this the world we live in? We didn't deserve this we were good kids, why did we have to be punished so. There was no movement around me. Is Dominic dead? Did he take Michelle with him? Or is he alive and Michelle dead? I opened my eyes and at first, all I saw was thick green mist and darkness. Then I saw the figures lying down on the floor. I reached for my cell phone thirty percent, I turn on my flashlight feature and saw Dominic dead body. I felt a huge wave of relief wash over me, then I got scared because I couldn't find Michelle's body. I scanned the whole area with my flashlight until I saw a shadowy figure in the corner. I sighed knowing it was Michelle, I walked over to her and tapped her shoulder. She jumped into my arms and her words were muffled by all her sobbing.
"You're okay, its okay, we are going to make it out of this okay."
Still crying, Michelle said, "Lee, you said okay like four times."
I laughed at this and she chuckled too.
"I think we should burn this place down."
We found some gasoline and poured it all over the store.
Then Michelle found a road flare and lit it.
"Lee are you sure we should do this?"
"Yeah this place has a lot of bad feelings and I think we should get rid of this place."
"What happens if it attracts soulless to our area."
"Then we will fight and we will survive."
"Alright let's do this."
Michelle dropped the flare and we saw the flame danced where we poured the gasoline. It looked magical, for a short time I forgot about everything and only saw the flame. Then the building lets out a boom and was completely engulfed in the flames. We just stood there for a while admiring the flames and there dance. Michelle started to speak but I was so consumed by the flames I couldn't hear a word she said. Then she started shaking me wild and yelled "Lee! Soulless, let's run!"
I bounced back to reality and started running with Michelle down the streets. The streets all looked abandoned. I was scanning all the building when I suddenly saw a building flickering its lights.
"Michelle that building is flickering a light, maybe we should go over there."
"Are you sure we could trust people? What if there like Serenity?"
I wanted to say no but then I heard the footsteps of the soulless behind us and kept going towards the building.
"Michelle we have no other choice what floor is the light on?"
"It looks like the...... The seventeenth floor!"
"Alright let's get going there hot on our tails!"
We ran into the building slammed the doors shut and started running up the stairs. We were reading the floor numbers as we were running. Twelve... Thirteen...Fourteen, then I heard a crash downstairs the soulless had broken down the door.
"Lee, there in the building RUN!"
Fifteen...Sixteen... And finally Seventeenth floor. "Lee which room is it?"
"I don't know check the doors to see if any light is coming out of them."
We ran around the floor and the last room had a light shining under and we banged on the door.
"PLEASE LET US IN! WERE SURVIVORS AND THE SOULLESS ARE RIGHT OUTSIDE!"
A gentle voice came from the door and asked in a calm matter " What do you mean soulless."
Michelle screamed "THE MONSTERS! THE HUNGRY BASTARDS!"
They were on our floor now and one of them grabbed my leg. The door opened up and a girl with brown curly hair shot the monster in the face.
"Get in slowpokes, you attracted a whole group of them."
I and Michelle ran into the apartment and the mystery girl slammed the steel door. She had to lock at least three different things before she gestured us to the living space. We sat down on the sofa and then she brought out her pistol out and yelled: "Lauren!"
Then I turned around and saw a blond hair girl hit Michelle over the head with a frying pan.
"Guys were frien-"
My body hit the floor and I got knocked out.