Hope is Dead

Chapter fourteen

Jon limped down the hall of the mall before falling to the ground, the darkness was all around him with all kind's of noises, screams, yells, groaning, the gnawing noise of teeth, the sound of flesh being ripped off living bones. Jon pushed off the ground and ran toward the front door's of the mall and just as he grabbed the door's he froze hearing a chilling voice behind him, a cold shiver went up his spine making the hairs on the back of his neck stand, he slowly turned seeing Jessica, one arm hanging from it's socket, her head to the said as she reached out to him, he pinned his back to the wall feeling his heart racing ''Jonny.'' he shut his eye's looking away as tears left the small gap.

Scarlet sat at the foot of his bed a bit panicked as he sat up panting, his heart calmed and he looked around seeing the sun was shinning threw his windows, he leaned forward and covered his face with his hands ''Where are we heading?'' she asked trying to push past the fact he was screaming a couple minutes before she entered his room, he lowered his hands and looked up at her ''The mall.'' his voice croaked at the words ''Are you sure?'' Jon looked at her ''I mean, it could be over run, such a populated area like a mall.'' Jonathan thought about it for a bit before lowering his head slowly nodding ''Is there any family around here you would like to check on?'' he asked moving the blanket just now remembering his leg was in this type of condition ''No, I asked Levi and Jason the same thing.'' Jon nodded and looked at them ''What about places out side of here?'' he asked having an idea of where he would like to go.

Scarlet thought for a while before shaking her head, she went to his side and helped him stand up and walk down the stairs just outside his door as they walked down Jon could hear a muffled shot from the back yard and motioned for Scarlet to walk that way, they entered onto the back porch and Jon saw Bear laying beside a bench, he then looked out into the backyard seeing Levi was teaching Jason to hit bottles off of the top of the fence into their neighbors yard. Jonathan saw this and remembered when Luke taught him, Levi looked over and stopped Jason from shooting more and they looked over to him, Jason put the safety on his gun and looked over to him ''Is there any family in the surrounding cities?'' Jon asked the two, they both shook their heads and Jon nodded ''Wanna head out to Washington?'' Jason smiled and nodded fast while Levi smiled and nodded ''Sure.'' Jon reached over and leaned on a post lowering himself down.

Scarlet walked over while Jason went beside Jon and watched as Levi put a silencer on Scarlets gun as well ''Do you think I could meet the guys?'' Jon nodded ''Yeah, they love meeting fans, especially Craig and Brian.'' Jason smiled and looked over to them ''Do they know what you look like?'' Jason asked looking back at him holding the gun while his arm's rested on his knees ''Luke and Evan know, not the others thou.'' Jason looked out to them hearing the muffled gun ''Are they as nice off camera?'' Jon smiled ''Yes, in fact their completely different off camera.'' Jason smiled and looked at him ''How different?'' Jon shrugged ''Ok, so Evan still says stupid thing's and David act's like he might not know a lot but their still different.'' he chuckled and Jason giggled. Bear walked over to him and laid in his lap.

Levi finished her training and they walked over ''What do we need to pack?'' Jon pulled himself up and Jason helped him stand ''What we can carry, there are three backpacks up stair's, one of them is a tactical one the other two are school types.'' he explained and Scarlet went inside to collect them. Levi helped Jon inside while Jason brought Bear in after them, Levi set Jon in the living room on the couch while Scarlet brought the bag's down, Jon knew he could help so he told them what to pack and they went around getting the items in the places where Jonathan said they would be. When they were done they brought the bags back and did the check list of items, Jon nodded then looked over at Bear ''Dog food wont be a problem, she'll eat anything we give her.'' he said and Levi got up putting the tactical bag on before helping Jon stand.

Jason put his bag on before going over and taking Bears leash off the wall and clipped it to her collar, they checked their gun's before Scarlet opened the door leading their way with Jason and Bear behind her then Jon and Levi, Jon shut the door then they went on the road beginning their walk to the highway or to find a car since Jonathan didn't have one and Luke drove his to the airport, it was still in that parking lot between a bunch of other cars.