zombie apocalypse | the fallen (book One) [REWRITING]

chapter 17

Preston p.o.v
Zoe had left almost ten minutes ago. I was preparing to go find her and hopefully catch up to her. "are you sure you'll be okay while i go look for her?" "I'll be *cough*-" Isabella was worsening with every breath. "no, you won't. Shit." Isabellas coughing blood. "just go find her. I'll be okay."  " but you're -" "it's normal for me. I've always had this problem when i cough. You can ask zoe when you go FIND HER!" " alright. Alright. I'll be back" i walked out the door. "God Zoe, where the hell are you?"

I took off in the direction Zoe ran. All i could do was guess where i thought she would go. There weren't many twists or turns down these roads. Just straight country dirt mostly. I could spot her down the road if she went straight, instead of through the woods.

I ran and ran until i finally spotted a sign. Zombies slowly shambled behind me, as if they would catch up. I approached the sign, and immediately thought it was probably zoe's doing.

"Hellville. At least i know Zoe's probably in there, running a bar for the devil. Zombies knocking shots back." I laugh to myself and begin running again. I prayed Zoe wasn't too far, but the fact I haven't seen her yet after nearly four hours, was concerning. We only left ten minutes apart, so where did she go?
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zoe p.o.v
They were walking towards where you were sitting. There was no exit that you could get to without being seen. "fuck fuck fuck! No-brains are coming!" one man said. "then take care of them you dumbshit!" the familar voice boomed.

" How about you quit being a pussy and help me then garnet!" garnet. Then it hit's you. Suddenly you felt like throwing up. 'i need to get out of here' you think to yourself. "excuse me gabe? The fuck did you just say t'me?!" Crash. You peek out from behind the counter just a little bit.

When you see who you assumed was Gabe lying on the floor writhing in pain and blood, you turned around to leave. As you turned, your bag smacked into the wall of pills, causing a loud crashing sound as they fell. You froze. A deadly mistake you couldn't believe you just made. Kyrssies death has been too much of a distraction.

And to make it worse, now your sisters life was in your hands too.

"Hello?" Garnet says loudly. You stay silent. " you better show yourself before I find ya." his footsteps shift towards you. You slowly and quietly crawl towards the door to your left. 'please have an exit behind you.' of course the door creaks. Bad luck is a bitch. "no point in being stealthy now" you say and slam the door open exit. Bless you store. "get back here!" garnet yells after you.

You fly through the door. You run as fast as you can not letting your legs stop. A zombie grabs you from an alley the right and pulls you back. You smash the butt of your gun on his head and run. Garnet is no where in sight. But you keep running until you reach a restaurant on the corner of the street.

You open the door and the bell rings but it doesn't matter at this point. You run to the back of the restaurant and sit under a metal shelf where ingredients used to be. Zombies are groaning all around you and it's dark. The front door opens. Gunshots rang through the now silent, rotting, building.

"I know you're in here." garnet says obnoxiously. You shove yourself further towards the wall. The footsteps stop in the dark empty kitchen. Click. He's reloading. You stay silent and still, stiffening up more with every step he takes. The bell rings again. And a... Car horn goes off?

" you're not leaving already are yah darling." he remembers exactly who you are. But who else is here? He walks out to the front. Gunshots ring out. " God damn it! Where did all these zombies come from?!" as he fights the zombies, the door to the kitchen opens slowly.

"Zoe. Come on." "preston? How did you find me?" you ask as you crawl out from under the shelf. " I knew you'd be around here, I left not long after you.  I also saw you run in here, but that guy was chasing you." " did you lure the zombies here?" "yeah. They were following me. I found a car and rigged the horn to keep going off.  You're not the only car master."

Preston smiles proudly as you roll your eyes, fighting the smile on your face. "Now lets get the fuck out of here."

as you walk over to preston the gunshots in the dining area stop. You freeze in your steps when you here the click of a gun being prepared to shoot. "turn around. You, get in here." you stare at preston and he nods. If he's agreeing to what a stranger says then he has a plan already brewing in his mind.

You turn around and preston slowly walks in beside you. "Well, well, well. It is you darling." shivers run down your spine as he calls you that. " i thought I'd never see you again after you ran away from home." " It wasn't a home! It wasn't my home! You fucking took me away from my mother!" you scream as loud as you can. You hoped the screaming would draw more zombies to the restaurant.

Tears threaten to spill over but you refuse to let them. You will not be weak infront of him like you were as a child. " you fucked up my life. And I'm not letting you fuck up anyone else's." "those are some bold words. I wouldn't expect those from you." He leans against the doorframe, eyeing you.

"Nobody would. You're the reason i became the way i am, keeping people away. But not anymore. You're not ruining my new life. You're not ruining what i have." "Well i suggest you shut your pretty little mouth if you wanna keep your 'new life' the way it is, before i shove my gun in it." Garnet approached you, his rotting breath filled your nose. You didn't flinch. " Do it. Wouldn't be the worst thing you've done." he opened his mouth to say something else but he closed it. Not long after, darkness overcame you.