Life's Test

Chapter Three - Downtown

IMPORTANT! THIS CHAPTER IS NOT YET EDITED! I'M WAITING FOR MY EDITOR TO GET BACK TO ME!!!

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After another day of driving the car starts to spudder, slowing down and coming to a quick stop, making me thrust forward.

Thats when I realize the car is out of gas, I never botherd to glance at the gas meter.

The good thing is last night, after the infected swarmed the car we made a disision to turn back, and we are almost in St. Johns once again.

"What happend?" Sam ask's worried from the back seat.

"The- The car is out of gas" I say as I rest my head on the wheel.

"What do this mean?" Sam ask's in a panic.

"We have to walk, don't panic, thats the last thing we need" Alec says from the seat next to me.

"Get your things" I tell them as I look at the sun rise over the horizen.

They don't hasitate, they strap there bookbags on and have there hand on the handle of the door.

I reach into the back seat and grab my bookbag, opening it I take out the full box of ammo, opening the chamber of my revolver, I load six bullets into each slot. I tip the box upside down in my hand, letting twelve bullets land in my hand, I put them in my pocket. I put the now half full box back in the bag and zip it up.

I look between Samantha and Alec.

"Ready?" I question them. They nod with little hasitation.

I open my door and they follow suit, the smell of rotting flesh fills my nostrals and I gag.

I hear someone throw up and look to see Sam throwing up all over the car.

Alec just has a look of descust on his face, "We'll get use to it" I tell them trying to return my face back to normal.

They just nod and Sam wipes the remaining bit of vomit off her face.

I grab the straps of my bookbag and start walking up the road, Sam by my side and Alec behind us.

I see that we are heading into the downtown area, maybe we can loot some stores there?

I stop immiditly and so do Sam and Alec when the trees to our right start rustling.

I pull my revolver out pretty damn quick and raise it.

One woman infected with a white dirty tattered and blood stained dress makes its way out of the bushes, her stomach ripped opened. 

"Gross" Sam says looking away.

I take aim on the Infected's head, and as soon as I go to pull the trigger, Alec stops me.

"Noise brings more" And with that I put my gun back in my holster and when I look up, Alec is plunging his knife into the skull of the Infected.

I will never understand this virus fully but I do know that we may be killing sick people, but as far as I know, there is no way out of it.

This door will make me fall into a trap door of depression..

There were no more signs of life, besides the living dead that is, which disapointed me, there was no way that we're the only survivors of this Infection.,
Who knows, maybe this virus is only in Newfoundland.

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Time Skip
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After about twenty minutes of walking we manage to reach downtown, and surprisingly no Infected are in the streets.

I hear a faint alarm in the distance, probally from a store or car.

Walking in the barren streets makes me wonder, downtown is always packed... Were are the Infected?

We come to a hult when we hear feet stumbeling over glass, cracking it more.

I take my knife out with a swift movement, as do Alec, Sam just stands there shaken up. She may be my girlfriend, but she is weak for this world, as was I. This world already changed me in the two days the infection was here.

A male infected in a pharmesist lab coat stumbles out of the pharmacy, his glasses broken.

Alec goes to march to the Infected to put it down, but I stop him.

"I'll do it" I whisper.

Sam's head snaps to me, wide eyed.

"You can't stop me" I say.

And I start walking to the Infected with harsh footsteps.

I bring the knife over my left shoulder and go to stab the Infected in the temple but get stopped when the infected grabs my arm and pulls it to the blood stained teeth that lie in it's mouth.

My eyes widen as the Infected's teeth make contact with my forearm, and his growls pick up.

I close my eyes and brace myself when the Infecteds growls come to a abrupt stop.

I open my eyes to see the Infected unmoving and wide eyes. I get really confused when I hear something squich and the Infected drops to the ground wih a thud.

I look up grom the ground to see Sam standing there, her knife in her hand, blood splattered on her face and cloths, and tears rolling down her cheeks.

She drops her knife to the ground and throws her arms around me.

"Thank you" I whisper in her ear.

"Come on love birds! The suns gonna set sooner or later! We need to find somewhere to sleep!" Alec says from a distance.

I pull away from the hug and pick Sam's knife up off the ground, handing it to her.

She wipes the blood off in her shirt and tucks the knife in her holster.

We take off in a slow walk up the street into the depts of downtown.

And once again we come to a stop when gunshots sound somewhere downtown.

"Shit" Alec mutters.

"What do we do?!" Sam screams.

I think.

"Follow it" I say and take off in a sprint to the source.

I stop when I see Infected starting to swarm a man and woman about my age, and only one thought was going through my head...

I Needed To Save Them.

I pull my revolver out and pull the hammer back, taking aim on the first Infected.

Bang.

I fire the first shot, making the peoples attention snap to us.

"Keep Shooting!" I scream.

I watch as they shoot they Infecteds chest and the Infected continues moving.

"Aim For The Head!" Alec screams, and they do so.

I see Alec shooting, and I continue shooting.

Sam has her gun in hand but isn't shooting, tears roll down her cheeks. I'm not going to push her into killing the Infected..

I pick up the pace and more Infected start to pile into downtown.

I hear a scream coming from Sam and turn to see a Infected grab her shoulder from behind.

I go to shoot it but my gun clicks, It's out of ammo.

"Shoot it!" I scream, shes to far from me, I wont be able to make it to her and kill the Infected...

Without hesatation Sam uses her left hand and digs the barrel of the gun into the Infecteds mouth and pull the trigger, I watch as blood and bits of skull fry out the back of the Infected's skull.

Sams eyes widen and she plugs her ear.

"Make it stop!" She screams, I get confused but then realize she just shot a gun in her ear...

"It will stop soon" I promise her.

"It's not that.." She says standing.

I give her a questioning look and speak; "What do you mean?"

"I just killed a living being" Sam says a tear falling down her cheek.

I run my hand through my hair.

"They are dead Sam, now pick up the gun and start shooting these things, they kill people, we seen it, now... we are saving people, we are strong, like it or not, this is the new world at least until the government comes and fixes this..." and with that she nods and picks the gun up.

I watch her as she takes a shakey breath while aiming and fires, she continues this and I know I can now continue to shoot.

About a hundred or more Infected are piling into downtown.

"We need to clear them a path" I say as I lower my gun.

Sam is shooting and has a solid look on her face.

"Go! I'll cover you!" Sam yells. That takes me back a bit, did she just become brave that quick?

I listen to her and tuck my gun away into it's holster, taking out my knife, I know from my last experiance I shouldn't use a knife, but I have to, I'm running low on ammo.

I take off in a fast sprint to the people.

A teenager Infected comes up to my right, and I know what I have to do...

I swing the blade up and then down in a fast motion, the blade burrying itself into the Infecteds skull, and with one tug the blade pops out, sending the Infected straight to the ground.

I hop foot to foot with a rush of adrenilan and run again, this time a Infected grabs my shoulder.

I bring my elbow up, and knock the infected in the face, making it fall to the ground, and it goes to get back up.

If i drop to my knees to stab it, the other Infected downtown will be coming towards me and I wouldn't be able to get up.

So I comprimise..

I bring my boot up high, and with all my power stomp on the Infected''s head, making blood and brains go everywhere, but doing the job and killing the Infected.

I quickly glance around at my surroundings.

Most Infected have stopped going after the man and woman and are now turned to me.. Shit.

'How do I get out of this?' I ask myself.

Then I see it, a damaged car that has crashed into the side of a building.

I run to it and with two steps jump on the bumper and I am now standing on the roof of the car.

I watch as the Infected swarm the car, leaving me safe up here.

I see the two people start running to Sam and Alec as the Infected that we're going at them are now at my feet.

I see Alec and Sam talk to them for a moment before running to me.

I watch as Sam fires a few shots with one hand, getting use to the major kickback.

Alec grabs a Infected by the head and turns it around, stabbing his large knife through the things neck and into the Infecteds head, removing it with a tug.

The man I don't know the name of I now see has a scruff and I watch him grind his teeth as he pulls a knife out of his back pocket and jabs the nearest Infected in the temple, I watch as he removes the knife and continues hacking away at the other Infected.

The woman, she has blonde hair that is tied back in a messy pony tail and has what looks like blue eyes, she hauls a pocket knife out of her boot, snapping it opened and locking it in place she brings the knife up high and in a swift movemet, drills the blade into the skull of an Infected, removing it by kicking the Infected in the stomach as it falls to the ground like a rock, she wipes some of the blood off her cheeks and continues killing the Infected.

Sam is now slicing away at the Infected's head making me smile as to how quick she came along and how brave she got in the last twenty minutes.

A smile path is cleared for me and I don't hasitate, jumping off the car and bending my knees as I hit the ground.

Immiditly an Infected grabs my arm, and I grab it and throw it over my shoulder, once again stomping on It's skull.

After about five minutes we manage to get through some Infected and a open road lies ahead of us.

"Come On!" I scream at the four people behind me as the Infected chase us.

I'm getting tired as I run but we pick up the pace, watching as the hot sun starts to set below the horizen.

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Time Skip
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We manage to loose the Infected awhile ago but we needed to make as much space between us, and them. The sun was set and we are now running with only flashlights when a home on the side of the row comes into view.

"There" I whisper. andSam, Alec, and the two other people do not waist time and start walking silently to the house.

"Wait" I speak before they reach the door.

"We don't even know your names" I say.

The woman looks at the man before speaking.

"I'm Clair, and this is Adam" She says with a faint smile.

"Hello Clair and Adam, I guess you're our new friends" Alec says walking up to them shaking their hands.

When we all shake hands the man, Adam speaks;"Thanks for saving us back there."

i smile, "It's nothing" And with that I just walk to the door.

I silently pull my revolver out of it's holster, pulling the hammer back just incase.

The door is un-locked, and thats a bad sign.

I push the door opened quickly and a fat man in his thirtys charges at me, with a knife in hand, sending me to the ground.

And I Scream..

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A/N: OKAY SO AMANDA SEYFRIED WILL POTRAY CLAIR AND ADAM SANLER WILL POTRAY ADAM! ANYWAYS SORRY FOR THE LONG WAITS! BUT I NEED TO WAIT FOR MY EDITOR TO GET BACK TO ME BEFORE I POST THE CHAPTERS!