Me Vs Zombies [Book 1 & 2]

Chapter 35

[Charlottes POV]

I rose from my bed in shock as big arms pushed against me and shook me hard.

I screamed in shock but a hand slapped over my mouth before the sound could escape.

I thrashed about when soothing words filled my mind. 'Hush Charlotte, it's me, Ben.'

I slapped him away in shock and rose to a seated position staring at him in shock, anger and slight irritation. 'Benjamin! It's 1:30am. What could you possibly want?'

'You know you asked me what as wrong and I said it wasn't important... it's important now.' He gulped and pulled me from my comfy bed next to Eugene.

I stared behind me as I was pulled out the room at my dear Eugene, he slept with a smile on his face. Did he always sleep like that?

Ben pulled me all the way to the bottum of the stairs in the dark, I fumbled around but I could feel nothing except the ground beneath my foot and Ben clutching my arm.

I growled. 'Ben? What's this ab-'

He cut me short by turning on the lights and pointing to an unconcious figure sprawled across the floor.

'D-D-Da-Daryl.' I gawped.

'Payton did it.' Ben muttered. 'Daryl stopped her before she could go to die... So she knocked him unconcious.'

'Why is she going away to die?'

'She has walker blood in her system... The acidic blood of a walker melted through her stomach, I thought I cleaned the wound but it was dark when I did it and it turns out I didn't...' He whispered and looked to the floor.

I gawped and suddenly collapsed backwards against the wall, taking in what he said. 'Why are you telling me now?'

'So we can get her... Before she turns and fix her before the blood reaches her brain... It's a risky operation but I believe I can be successful what with my big brain and my fathers work I studied for hours on end back at the old house.'

'But... But...'

'She might not be the same but she'll still be alive now we must hurry before it's to late.'

I nodded and jumped into my boots at the front door and grabbed my crappy bow and knives.'

'No guns tonight.' I whispered. 'Tonight we need to be silent.'

He nodded. 'Leave Daryl we'll leave him till later.'

'Ok.' and we sprinted out the door and into the wood as fast as we could.

I sprinted in and growled in the darkness. 'She could be anywhere.'

'Shes just outside the perimeter.' Ben nodded. 'I watched her go plus she told me her plan anyway.'

'WHY DID YOU NOT TELL ME EARLIER THEN?!?!?!'

'I didn't have the tools to do the surgery earlier, but then I found some stuff in the basement and a table and everything.' He growled. 'I feel like a dick that I didn't wake Payton to tell her that.'

We printed out of the perimeter and something caught attention of my hears.

'Thats her.' Ben gulped and jumped through the woods silently as there were walkers around that Payton were killing.

'How bad did you say the damage on her could be?' I whispered.

'Minimal damage, a bruised neck and very pissed off personality.'

'Ok. Thats better than something else like immobility.'

He nodded. 'Hurry.'

We jumped through the trees and thats when we saw Payton, tears streaming down her face as she killed another walker.