Five minutes had passed.
Aeren was with Lester, searching the building for Hayley and Max. It was hard to do without being spotted, but they managed.
What scared him the most was the fact that kids were being eaten alive before his eyes, kids older, kids younger, but all in his age range. They were bitten and suddenly, they were awake again, pale, and eating as well, in a constant chain.
Lester pulled Aeren into a room as they heard sobbing, and when they got in, Aeren came face to face with a knife and a teary faced Hayley, protecting two kids about a year or two younger than them.
Hayley froze and stared at them with teary eyes, before dropping the knife and whimpering. Lester pulled the girl into his arms and hushed her softly. 'It's going to be okay Hayley.. We won't let anything happen to you..' Lester whispered.
Aeren looked past the two, trying to see if he recognized any of the two kids she protected behind the closed door. 'Who are the kids?' He asked, turning to look back at Hayley, who had turned her wary attention towards him.
'Jenni and Jayse.. they are 14 year old twins.. They were the first two to spot the adult before he got to Tyler..' She muttered, closing her eyes to think for a moment. 'Aeren, where did Max go?'
'He ran off to find his brother Tyler..' Aeren answered with a weak and shaky smile. 'We have to find him and get out of here..' Lester said after, looking at the twins. 'You two, go into that closet and grab things that would work good against the dead.' Lester spoke again.
The twins got up without a word, and Jenni opened the door to the closet and Jayse rummaged through it, laying a baseball bat, broom pole, two pellet guns and two knives. 'These good?' He asked, seeming a little calmer now.
'Yes, good job. Aeren, Hayley, pick something.'
Aeren instantly picked up a pellet gun, and he smiled at it. 'Nice gun..' Was all he said, looking at the pole, which was what Hayley picked up.
Lester took the other gun, Jenni took the knives and her brother took the bat, giving it a practice swing.
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AdventureA 15 year old boy named Aeren recently moved into a new neighborhood. He doesn't know anybody, and doesn't know about the current clash between each side of the neighborhood. Coincidentally moving into the house that was the half way point of the st...
