Survive ❦ Namjoon

11 | The Other Survivor

His metal mask shone in the sunlight; he prayed that this would not be his last day.

For now, he was grateful that the mask was keeping out any harmful gases that were being carried by the fog, that was now hanging low over the city. At least, he could breathe with no complications.

Be that as it may, he still felt unsafe and was waiting for the right time to make his escape. Zombies blocked off all the exits that he knew of, and he was planning on how to get past them.

He then heard an empty metal container scrape along the floor, and several heavy footsteps followed. In the sun's light, that shone through cracks in the shuttered windows, appeared a group of people. Most of them were guys and with them was one girl.

In their hands were various bloodied weapons and behind them was a trail of beaten bodies. He didn't know whether to be happy that they got rid of so many zombies, or fear how strong they appeared to be.

"Are you alright?" The girl smiled warmly down at him. "Can you stand?"

He allowed her to help him to his feet and then went back to stand next to one of the guys; they seemed pretty close.

"Are you alone?" the supposed leader of the group inquired, and he admired the way the blood on the bat in his hands glistened in the little light there was. "Where's your group?"

"They're in an abandoned building a couple of miles from here..." He answered shakily and gulped when the guy pointed his bat in his face.

"Take us there."

"Namjoon, don't frighten the poor guy." The girl scolded him and she made him lower the bat.

Then she stepped forward and plastered a pleading expression on her face. "I'm sorry about him, he's just a little tense - we all are. All we're asking is if you know of a safe place for us to rest? We've been on the move for months, and would like a place to rest for a while."

"Um..." He scratched his cheek and returned the girl's smile. "The place we've been staying at is relatively safe. I can show you there."

"Thank you!" she squealed and hugged her friend's arm. "Did you hear that, Joony? We have somewhere to go now."