Alive

Friend or Foe

I woke up around seven, sitting up yawning and rubbing my eyes I seen Drax still sleeping. I moved  myself into the front seat. Drax heard me and got up, I knew he needed to go to the bathroom so I unlocked the door and let him out. I took the time to look in the trunk to see if there was anything else I should find that would benefit me and my new dog.

Popping the trunk I got out and opened it, there was clothes and empty rappers of food. Nothing useful. I dug through a little more and found a lighter and a box of matches now those were useful. I closed the trunk and sat back in the car, about five minutes later Drax came back. "Now lets eat." I  told him I pulled out a can that didnt have a label and opened it, it wasnt human food, it was dog food.

"I guess this is all yours then." I set the can down and let him eat , I only had three cans left. So I ate another granola bar instead. I grabbed a water bottle and drank some water, I was running low on that too.  After we were done eating we were back on the road. There was about 1/3 of the tank left. 

We drove all the way until the car was completely out of gas. Which did get us pretty far, I seen a sign that said  " Phoenix 1.5 miles " so we are in Arizona. I got out and strapped my katana to my back then put everything  in my backpack and put it on. "Lets go boy" I told him and he got out and walked next to me. When we got into town I was on full alert. 

We walked in the middle of the street. There was something that didnt feel right. Where was the dead? I kept my eyes out for anything strange. We kept going nothing was work looting, until i heard movement in one of the buildings. I drew my sword and walked towards it  carefully and quietly. The door looked like it was broken, someone had been here for sure.

I opened the door carefully and looked inside, I seen something move. I went after it, going up the stairs with Drax following me. I went all the way up to the roof, but I still didnt see anyone. I told myself that I was seeing things. I went back down stairs. I was just being paranoid. We left the building and continued walking. I put my blade away and took a deep breath 

" Lets get out of here boy I have a bed feeling about this place." I looked down at Drax. He seemed to agree. We started walking again, I heard another noise behind us. I drew my blade and turned around very fast.  Someone blocked my hit, they lunged at me and I dodged. Drax started barking. " Drax quiet." he listened. 

The other person and I were fighting, they were pretty good. Blocking some of my hits, until I knocked them on the ground and put my knife to their throat. But they twisted and we ended up switching places now they had the advantage. 

I was pinned, then I seen their face. It was a boy, he didnt look that much older than me. "Calm down and I will let you go." he said with a deep voice. I didnt answer him I only stared into his green eyes. He spoke again, " Im letting go dont freak out and attack." he started to release his grip on my arms. 

I just layed there while he got up, I then jumped up and Drax was growling at the boy. " Im not going to hurt you." He put his hands slightly in the air. He looked behind me, " Shit we need to leave now." He looked scared, I looked behind me and seen a big group of dead coming towards us. I didnt hesitate to grab my katana and started to run. Drax and the boy were doing the same thing next to me.

We turned the corner, "In here quick." he shot into a small hole in a building. I hesitated but did the same along with Drax. We were inside of a warehouse, I looked around it was big and has no big openings. There was a big door but it was boarded up. Catching our breath he spoke again, " Im Beckett, but people used to call me Beck." He said. I looked up at him "Charlie and this is Drax."

Drax sat down next to me. "Where did you learn to fight like that?" he asked wiping his sweat from his face. " I studied in China and Japan." I replied and sat down. "You are really good." he looked around. " Do you have a group?" he added and I shook my head. "I dont like people and prefer it that way." I looked at him. 

We were there for about an hour before he got up to check if the group had passed, it did. We crawled out of the small opening, there was still a few dead roaming around so we killed them. I wiped off my blade and put it away. 

"We should stay together, you watch my back and I watch yours." he said. " Im good I have Drax." I turned him down. "Come on, I dont like being alone, and im searching for someone. I could really use some company, not in a creepy way I swear." he said, I thought about it, it might be nice to talk to someone who talks back.  He also hasnt tried to kill me or anything else yet so why not. 

I sighed and stopped and turned to face him. "Okay we can stay together but if you go after me or Drax I will floor you in a heart beat. Got it?" I asked him. "Deal." he said. We started walking again.

"So who is the person you are looking for?" I asked. "My brother Daxtin, we were separated about a month ago. He is the only one that I have." he told me "Well I hope that we can find him." I told him "Thanks, me too." he replied. "What about you? Did you have any siblings?" he asked me. " Actually yea, I had a younger sister, but she died in a car crash in 2013." I said

We were silent for about ten minutes he looked at his watch, "7:37." he said, "We should set up camp for the night." I said. He nodded in agreement, we found a small one story house down the road, I crawled in through an open window, I walked over and unlocked the door and let Beckett and Drax in. There was three rooms Drax and I took the one in the far back, Beckett took the one next to us.

Before we went to bed we ate. It was silent until Beckett spoke, "Where are you originally from?" he asked, "California, but my parents moved to Japan and had me and when I was about ten we moved to Hong Kong and when I was fifteen we moved back to California." I said and took another bite of my last can of ravioli. "What about you?" I asked him 

" My brother and I are from Nevada, we were on vacation when the sickness spread, they wouldnt let us go back to our parents because where they were was contaminated. We never saw them again." He said, we finished eating and then went to bed.

Drax lied on the bed with me, I put my katana under my pillow and the gun next to me. I couldnt fall asleep so I talked to Drax. "How do you feel about this guy? Did you sniff anything bad about him?" I asked as  I petted him. I started to daydream about my sister, and about when she annoyed me when I was studying. I slowly drifted off into sleep.