Just Ozzie

Chapter 9

I was too shocked and confused I didn't do anything.

"Mommy!" Peter cried. He ran to her aid. She was knocked out.

"Did you hit her back?" Ashley asked walking up to me.

"No, she never hit me".

"Well what the hell happened?"

"She passed out".

Ashley turned to Peter. "Peter, get away from her!"

"What?" "Why?" "What's wrong with mommy?" "Why is she sleeping?"

"I said get away from her". Ashley barked. She walked over and ripped Peter away from Kayla. Peter started crying. Can't really blame him, he doesn't know anything. Ashley had got him settled down by placing him in the time-out-chair.

"Is she infected?" Ashley asked getting back to me.

"No, the symptoms would've showed". I asked.

"Is she dead?"

I walked over and checked her pulse. "No". I answered. "Help me get her into bed".

Ashley rolled her eyes and helped me carry Kayla into bed. We tucked her in and left her room closing the door behind us.

"I bet she ate something, or maybe she has a disease". I suggested.

"She could be a new breed of zombie". Ashley said with a smirk.

"That's not funny".

"I'm serious, she could be infected differently than others".

Peter's head popped up around the corner. "What's infected?" He asked.

Ashley and I went silent. Peter crosses her arms across his chest.

"What's infected". He repeated.

"Its nothing Peter don't worry about it". I said.

"No, I don't want that, I want the answer". He whined.

"She said don't worry about it". Ashley said sternly.

"Is mommy the infected?" Peter asked.

"Don't-

"Isn't that how you become the zombies that are outside?" He added.

That was like a giant bomb that had went off for me and Ashley. I squatted down to Peter's level.

"How do you know about zombies?" I asked with a serious tone.

"A man told me about them". He answered.

"What man?"

"He was big and looked like a big me". "There's hair on his face and he has muscles". "It was my first time ever seeing one". "He came around right after you left, he was really nice".

"What did he want?"

"You and Ashy". "He asked when you'd be back". "I told him I didn't know and I should tell mommy he was here but he insisted that I didn't so I didn't". " Then he came inside the house and went up to the kitchen". "He only took a apple, I let him have it".

"You just let him in the house?" Ashley asked with an edge.

"Yeah, why not?"

"All he took was an apple?" I asked.

"No, he went in your room Ozzie". My heart sank. "He took that big metal thing by your window". " He ruffled my hair and left".

He took my freaking sniper. This was very dangerous for us. Since we've been living here, we've always been careful not to attract any danger from other people. Most of the time that's not a problem because we live in the woods and that town is very tiny. But when that one person does come around and find us, they always try to kill or steal from us. They always underestimate us and we end up killing them. This person could be no different.