The Arising: Something To Fear

Chapter 11

"During the attack Heath retreated. We won. That means we can do it again. I followed them to their place. I have found out that they stay at the Entertainment Centre. We have multiple choices on what to do to them. We can either go there now and kill them all. Or we can give them their own medicine by directing a horde straight towards them. What do you guys think?" I asked.

"I like the horde idea!" Jeremy said.

Everyone agreed and shouted out the second idea. I thought for a little, trying to think where a big horde of Walkers might be. I looked up at the crowd.

"Does anyone know where a horde might be?" I asked.

Nobody answered. But then after a minute someone responded.

"I know!" Aydan yelled.

"Where?" I asked.

"Do you know Hindmarsh Stadium, also known as Coopers Stadium?" Aydan said.

"Yeah" I said.

"Well that place is full of Walkers all over the grounds. We should take a look at it. All I remember about it was that there were a lot of Walkers there" Aydan said.

"Alright. I'll take a few people out and we will check it out. Alleigh, Hunter, Mabel and Aydan. I would like you guys with me. Alright let's get to it" I said walking away.

I walked away once again. We all got together.

"Alright you guys ready?" I asked.

"Yeah" Everyone said as we got into the van.

I drove forward towards Hindmarsh Stadium. I looked in the rear mirror and saw Mabel and Aydan hugging. I then saw Alleigh looking lonely. She was looking outside. Hunter reached for my leg and started to stoke my leg up and down. I took one hand off the wheel and picked her hand up. I kissed her hand and put it back down on my leg. Hunter smiled at me.

"How are you going Alleigh?" I asked.

"I'm good, how are you?" Alleigh said.

"I'm managing" I said.

I looked down at Hunters belly and pat her belly.

"What should we call it?" I asked trying to hope nobody here's.

"Call what?" Alleigh said looking up.

I looked in the rear mirror and saw Mabel and Aydan look up as well.

"Excuse me?" I asked.

"You said you were going to call something. Are you giving someone a name?" Alleigh asked.

It got kind of awkward. I looked at Hunter. I could tell she was waiting for me to tell them. I cleared my throat.

"Well. Hunter may or may not be pregnant" I said.

"Really! Wow! Congratulations guys!" Alleigh said shaking my seat.

"Thank you" I said.

"You're pregnant. Isn't that a bad thing especially in this kind of world?" Mabel asked.

"It's not that bad. We need to start populating the world again" I said.

"You guys are like fifteen as well" Mabel said.

"Age doesn't really matter much anymore. You would know that. I thought you would be supportive of us" I said looking up in the rear view mirror.

It went silent for a bit. I can tell there is still a little tension between Mabel and I about me not telling her about Frances.

"Well. I am happy for you too. You guys would be great parents" Aydan said smiling.

I nodded at Aydan and looked back at the road.

"I remember Hindmarsh Stadium. I remember living around here with my mum. We lived near a park, and from the park you could see the stadium just over the horizon. I loved that place. I think I went there about six times maybe. Well before my mother's death. This will bring back a few memories. I think we're here" I said stopping the van in front of Hindmarsh Stadium.

We all got out holding our weapons. We walked up to the gate of the Stadium and looked in. I could hear a lot of Walkers inside. We started to bang on the fence. A few Walkers came at us from behind but we took them out easily. We waited a few minutes and no Walkers showed up.

"Where are they?" Aydan asked.

Then suddenly I saw a big horde of Walkers slowly walking up to the fence.

"There they are" I said pointing at them.

"That's a large amount" Alleigh said.

"It is" I said.

"So how are we going to do this?" Hunter asked.

I looked around.

"I think we should drive the van down that way and make a route we can lead the horde to" I said.

"Alright" Hunter said.

We all got back into the van. We drove down the road and then came to an intersection.

"I think we can pile cars there. Maybe three. Mabel you want to help me?" I asked.

She nodded and got out of the van.

"Hunter do you want to take over? Just keep driving down the road and note turns we need to make" I said.

"Yep got it" Hunter said.

I got out of the van, gave Hunter a kiss and she got into the drivers seat. Mabel and I walked over to a few cars parked to the side of the road.

"Try to see if they have keys in them" I said.

The first car I searched didn't have a key. But it looked like it was a strong car we could use.

"Can you help me push this one?" I asked.

Mabel walked over. I put the handbrake off and Mabel and I slowly pushed it to the turn off.

"Mabel. Look I'm sorry. What I did was best for you. I get that you're pissed off at me. But you don't have to be rude to me. We might all be dead if I told you about her. You just need to know that" I said.

"I just don't want to talk about it" Mabel said.

"And I do. You've changed Mabel. I want the old Mabel back. I miss her" I said as we walked away to get another the car.

"I'm still the same" Mabel said as we started pushing another car to the turn off.

"Well. It doesn't feel like you are. I know you lost someone. But please don't take it out on me. You have been different towards me ever since Frances died. I just want you to be happy again. I want us to be friends again" I said as we walked away to get the last car for the turn off.

We pushed it slowly to the turn off in silence. When we finished Mabel walked a few steps away and turned around crying.

"I'm not happy. I'm never going to be happy. I miss her so much, and don't say I want us to be friends because we are. We are more then friends, were siblings. Forever" Mabel said crying.

I slowly walked up to Mabel and hugged her, she hugged me back.

"I'm sorry" I said.

I stepped back. Mabel and I walked over to the side curb to the road and sat together listening to the birds in silence while waiting for the others to get back. About two minutes past and they came back down the road. They stopped near us and got out. I stood up and walked over.

"So what do we have?" I asked.

"We only have two turns. This one and one up more which is the turn off to the Entertainment Centre. We think it would be to dangerous to set up a turn off on that road" Hunter said.

"Ok. We will do this in two days time. Let's get back home" I said.