Hope is Dead

Chapter six

*Forecast for this weekend is sunny cloudless sky's, so pack up your summer thing's because it's starting to look a lot like summer finally-* Jon rolled his eye's and got up from his couch and grabbed his phone looking to see if Luke had texted, seeing nothing he put it in his pocket unplugging it and went to the front door getting his shoes on ''Bear!'' he called and his dog came running over, he smiled and crouched down clipping her leash to her collar and grabbed his key's leaving the house. He smiled seeing the bright sun and reached back into his house grabbing his sun glasses before locking the door and walked Bear down to the sidewalk and started walking. He looked around seeing his neighbors weren't out and he didn't really care.

He got to a main road and kept Bear from going on the road, which he didn't normally do, they stopped at the light's and waited for it to say he could walk, as he was waiting someone stopped beside him, he didn't think much of the guy but Bear started growling. Jon reached down and pet Bear's head hoping she'd stop. She never growled at strangers before so Jon didn't know what was up with her, the light's changed and Jon started walking having to lightly pull on Bear's leash to get her to leave the man's side, Jon glanced back seeing the man wasn't following him.

He got to the other side and stopped staring going to the gas station, he hooked Bear's leash around a pole and tied it tight before crouching down ''Be right back, don't move.'' he ordered and went into the station he smiled at the cashier as he entered being friendly ''Cute dog.'' she mentioned, Jon nodded ''Yeah.'' Jon agreed before walking over to the slushy machine and made himself a bright blue berry slushy. He brought it to the front seeing that the girl was looking behind him horrified, he turned around seeing someone biting into someone else neck, he was quick to leave the store without his slushy and grabbed Bear's leash untying her as she barked at the situation, Jon looked over seeing the man drop the other to the ground letting him shake and bleed everywhere next to his car.

The man then charged Jon, he dropped the leash as he was slammed to the window, Jon pushed the man away as he tried biting him gnawing his teeth inches away from Jon's face. Bear bit his pant leg pulling him away from Jon, the man then went for Bear and Jon looked around grabbing a bag of ice then swung it hitting the guy in the head making him hit the ground. Jonathan jumped over him and grabbed Bear's leash looking at him, he started getting up so Jon pulled Bear inside the station and shut the door's backing away hitting the desk were his slushy was ''What the hell is happening?'' the lady asked, Jon turned looking around seeing two other workers and tree other civilians, a guy, a woman and her child.

Jon then turned seeing the guy got up and ran away probably after more people, Jon crouched and pet Bear checking if the guy did something, he didn't, he then got up and took his slushy off the desk taking a sip, he checked for his phone not finding it. He walked over to the glass door's and looked around not seeing his phone outside ''Damn it.'' he mumbled, the guy walked over and looked outside as well ''It's probably just a crazed guy, I'm leaving.'' he said and pushed the door open walking outside and going over to his car. The woman and child stayed inside with those already in there.

Jon looked down at Bear who was sitting calmly, Jon smiled at her knowing that Bear saved his life, he then looked at the girl behind the desk then outside not really knowing what to do, he then turned to them ''Do you guy's have a radio?'' the girl nodded and crouched down ''Who are you?'' the kid asked walking over to him ''Jonathan?'' the woman went over to them ''You're voice sound's familiar?'' Jon smiled ''I get that a lot.'' the girl stood up and handed him the radio, Jon took it and changed it to all the station's he thought would have something but there was nothing, nobody was speaking about it ''What's going on?'' one of the workers asked, Jon looked over at him ''I'm not sure yet.'' he said simply and turned hearing something hit the doors seeing it was someone who looked sick.

Jon looked around and grabbed some newspaper and water, he splashed the water on the window fast then placed the paper over top hoping it would work, the sick woman on the other side banged five more time's before stopping, she turned and went after something else. Bear stopped growling and was calm again, he backed up and tried the radio again checking different stations but there was still nothing.