The Undead

Chapter 34: Splash

--Phillips Point of View--

After everyone decided who is gonna leave or not Andrew and I took them upstairs and into my room. We gave them the plan and updated them on whats really happening. I informed them of Kaleb waking up, and added how he lost most of his memory. The others , especially Jillian seemed upset at the last part. "Where is he?" She asks me. "Well he is on the roof. I told him to stand guard up there....meanwhile you guys actually should get packed withing the hour we might leave tonight"

The following people have decided on going: Andrew ,Kaleb,Jillian,Kyle,Renaldo,Melanie (default) and Josh, Stevie and Ryan.

Which leaves Britni and Antonio. Andrew seems rather pissed at Britni and I am quite mad at Antonio. This would be more simple if everyone would respect me or Andrew.

I leave the room and bump into Antonio "Hey" He remarks "What's up?" "I thought about it.....and I think I'll go.......there is nothing that I care about here" "Well pack your shit....and talk to Andrew because he has some things that you need to be informed of" "Will do...." I walk off and look for Britni. I have to change her mind before we lose Andrew mentally.

She is sitting by the pool with a gun in her hand. "Hey" "What do you want?" "I just wanted to convince you to come with us to North America.....back to our home" "Our home is in Michigan...not West Virginia.....Nice try" "Britni, you'll be the only one staying...you do realize that?" "Then I guess I die here...alone"

"Britni think......Andrew? Me? Even Kaleb?" "Kaleb is practically dead.......are you taking him?" "Of course" "Then good, he'll take my spot" "Britni!" She sits in silence for a few moments appearing to think it all over again. "Kalebs awake Britni......he lost all memory of this world....he only remembers it before this all happened" "Why didn't you say so...I'll go now" "That's exactly why I didn't say anything! You guys go wherever Kaleb goes....He isn't the only leader you know? Andrew and I refrained from telling anyone to see who would actually respect OUR decision as leaders" "Well...." "Just nevermind.....pack your things..... We leave tonight"

I storm out and onto the roof where Kaleb is sitting, clutching his sniper. "Hey....everyone except Britni respected our choice......I had to tell her to convince her not to be left behind" "And did she listen?" "Yeah, shes gonna come now......I just wanted to know...do you think you can fly a helicopter still....or did the memory really wash away"

"Dude.....I'm sure I could learn easier...but no I am afraid I have forgotten" "Just what I feared.....well everyone will be ready in an hour at least, so lets get some flight time in" I tell Kaleb and I climb into the Co-Pilots seat of the helicopter. Kaleb gets in and I go through the basics.

--Andrews Point of View--

I hear the helicopter on the roof and I bump into Britni. "Hey" "Hey babe" She replies. "Whats up?" "I know" "Phillip?" "Yeah...he seemed upset that I was gonna leave you" "Sounds like him....always trying to keep friends together" "Well, Its a good thing I packed your bag for you then haha" I say to her playfully. "So we got down time?" She asks with a sly smile. "Sure do!" and we retract into our room.

--Kalebs Point of View--

I jump into the pilots seat and Phillip runs over the basics. This feels familiar but I cant picture it in my head. I fly into the air smoothly gaining altitude. I maneuver like I have done this before plenty of times, which I have only I cannot remember. Phillip seems impressed. "You got this man, you can fly for us....I trust you.....but prove you can land" He says to me. I lower altitude very slowly and back onto the roof where some of the others have gathered. "Looks like we can finally get back home!" I say to Phillip in excitement.

I land almost perfectly and the others start piling their shit and themselves into the helicopter. This might be a transport helicopter but it still feels packed in the back. Ten minutes down the line everyone has their shit and we are ready. I take to the skies and head west. 

The flight is the worst part. Its like a prison sentence. Everyone is talking at once, and you are going one direction. Its no fun, but after a while we finally reach land, I believe it is Florida and we are just about out of fuel so I look for an airport. "Well guys, we made it...lets hope we can get some fuel..or we might be taking to the roads for a bit" Phillip says breaking the silence. "Well, I dont see any aiports....we have two percent fuel left....I think I am gonna land on this beach" "We're too high.....two percent?" "Yeah..thats enough right?" "Hell no! We'll burn that lowering ourselves.......get over the water.......lower us over the water" Phillip shouts. I  realize I have fucked up once we get over the water and our rotor cuts off.

We fall through the skies. "Start it again!" Phillip screams. I try my best to start up the engine, it starts and the rotors spin faster and faster. "Okay...we might survive the crash now....dont press anything!"

I let go and strap myself in. Everyone else has done the same now and we are nearing the ground and our engine dies out once more letting us drop faster and faster.

The helicopter smacks into the water and the liquid fills up over us and we drift to the bottom of the lake. I look around and everyone is out. My lungs are starting to lust for oxygen. I try and unstrap but they wont come off. This is how it ends....

I close my eyes and accept my fate, except I feel weightless. I feel a slight tap. Britni stares me in the eye and gives me a knife. I take the hint and cut Phillip out. I grab him and Ryan and swim up next to Britni , an unconscious Melanie and Andrew. We swim back under and grab the others as the helicopter reaches the bottom of the murky water. We swim to shore back and forth three different times.

"Thanks.....we could have drowned" "Well......we didnt...lets get them up" She says and we begin to awaken the others.

We get'em up and look around. Walkers dot the horizon. "We are going to be killing.....for a while" "Well....we got to get our shit" "Its at the very bottom half-buried in the muck.....go ahead and try....Im gonna stick with evading these things" I announce. I clutch the knife Britni handed to me and she grips hers. "If they get to close Britni and I will get'em" I warn.

"Hey...where is Melanie?" "She was next to.....wait where the hell?" "Oh shit....this again" "Stay close...no use in looking for her, thats what she wants us to do....we'll continue on"

--Melanie Point of View--

I slipped away when no one was looking, my hands still bound together behind my back. I ran into the thick woods and hid behind a tree. I rubbed the ropes against the rough bark for a few minutes before they ripped off. I had my hands, now to wait for someone to notice  I am gone.

I peer around the tree just as they start to walk away from the beach.