The Undead

Chapter 22: First Branch

**AUTHORS NOTE**

Okay guys...this and the next two chapters take in the three seperate groups point of views. This one is based on Kaleb ,Ryan, Stevie and Melanie. Chapter 23 will be only Phillip and will take place from where he left off on chap 21. Then chapter 24 will be Andrew and Britni from where they left off on chap 21.

**Story**

I slip on the Polo and thank Stevie. Melanie and Ryan lay on the bed. I look through the drawers while Stevie raids the closet. I find a case of .35 rounds. I move over to the bedside table and open it and find the .35 revolver to match. "Found a gun.....how about you?" I ask Stevie. "Baseball bat" He says tossing it on the ground. "Sweet" I say. "We got some sort of defense.....We need to wait a bit and let this cool down....at night we will roll into the crash site. Hopefully there is some shit salvageable" I explain with little enthusiasm.

I let Stevie handle the .35 and I take the bat. We chill in the room for a couple hours. I notice the sunlight beginning to exchange for moonlight. "Alright....lets move" I whisper. We creep out of the 2nd story window. I look around. "Jump" I whisper. I jump first and land on a walker. I swing my bat into another one and Stevie shanks a third as he lands. Ryan jumps into my arms and then Melanie lands beside us. "Ok.....let me and Stevie lead" I say.  We walk together through the alley. Walkers dot the streets for kilometers. "Shit.... Silently take em out if they get close" I  say quietly handing Ryan and Melanie each a knife. "Only hurt the monsters if they get close" I tell Ryan. He is shocked I gave him a weapon. We stroll down the street towards the crash site. I can see the flames from here.

"Almost there" I say. I bump into a Walker and push it onto the ground before striking its head in with the bat. Ryan runs ahead of me and stabs the next walker. He runs back and I run and finish it. "FUCK!" Melanie shouts. Stevie fires the .35 into the walker that was chasing her. I run up and smash a walker that was behind Stevie. "We gotta run" Ryan says. I look to see a horde starting up chasing us. "Let's go!" I shout and we all run. I pick up Ryan and we ran I could hear the walkers behind us.  After several kilometers of running we were close to the crash site.

I led them into a gas station. "We need to hurry" I say stopping at the gas station. I see a car. "Lets go" I say. We all pile in the car. "Fucking steering wheel is on the other side" I say to Melanie and she sits on my lap and I scoot under her to the driver seat. The keys are in and I drive off. Its weird driving on the right side. I pull up to the crash site. "Holy......" I say to myself stepping out. Flames and building rubble everywhere. "Right through a fucking building" Melanie says. I run to the back of the destroyed building. I find a sniper. "Found one gun!" I say. It has a clip in it. I start picking walkers off.

Stevie is taking shots with the .35. I hear rapid firing. "Found an M4!" Melanie shouts over the gunshots. I notice it isnt mine from the lack of a supresser. "Lets go....we need to get on top of a roof" I say as my clip runs dry. I run over to the walkers and bash heads in with my bat. Ryan is by Melanie as she runs dry  in her clip but she has more. I run to her.

Stevie joins us. "Dude....we are running out of ammo" Melanie says to me. "Lets get back to the car.....we'll roll out of here" I plot. We run towards the still running car. Walkers are closing in on us. I drive off just as one smacks the window cracking it. "Fuck...thats scary" Stevie says. We leave the site and drive down an aimless road. "Its the IFV" Melanie points. I look over and see the IFV landed on an apartment building. "It landed safely...I wonder if it'll drive" I say. "Even if its on like the 7th floor" Stevie says. I yank the car to the left and pull up to the building. "Lets go...we dont have much time" I say. The IFV moves a few centimeters and a 2x4 falls and pierces the windshield. "See...lets go" I say again. We rush through the building and up stairs. I have to carry Ryan and walkers are a floor behind us. We find the IFV. "Get in....fucking hurry" I say setting Ryan down. Melanie hands me the M4 and gets Ryan and herself in. I climb ontop and shoot the walkers that try to get in the room.

Stevie gets in and gets on the .50 and fires into the walkers providing me enough time to get in and drive. I man the 100mm cannon and I fire a shell into the walkers. The recoil throws us out of the building. We land on our side but we roll onto our feet when I use the barrel to move us. "Holy shit" We start driving away and I crush our old car. "Stevie dont shoot...they cant get in.....lets just get the fuck outta here" I say. I cant believe that we found my baby. I roll back to the crash site. "We'll wait here." I say turning the engine off. Walkers run up and start beating the sides. "Woah shit" Melanie shouts. "Shhhh" I say placing my hand over her mouth. "They cant get through......they'll give up" I whisper. I relax in this confined area. I sit next to Melanie and she takes my hand. 

I hear the sounds of something hitting the metal. The groans stop. "Whats happening?" Stevie asks. "I dont know..hold on" I reply peering through the windshield. "Holy fuck....its Phillip!"