The Strays

chapter one

Introduction

Stepping into the light of day I felt as if i haven't had freedom in an eternity, knowing that we've only been in the cave for 3 days and the others, who are weaker, must feel worse I shake the feeling off and look to the rest of the group. There's 6 of us, Saude, Hardin, Everleigh, Rose, Tyson, and me, Jax. We all have our own back stories, none of them being any good, Saude was introduced to the plague by his fiancé, he's the loner of the group, especially when he has to interact with Everleigh or Rose. After shooting the love of my life I guess I wouldn't want to risk catching feelings in this place either. Hardin, also known as crybaby, he's the wimp of the group, the weakest of all of us in fact, his father pushed him to be a football player, when really all he wanted to do was spend time under the bleachers with his boyfriend, he was introduced to the plague by his dog, one day playing in the park and poof his world changed forever. Everleigh, the diva of the group, she was from the rich family, I don't want her here, if it wasn't for crybaby she wouldn't be, she was exposed to the plague by eating her precious protein shakes, we we're told to not drink anything unless we ourselves prepared it, I guess having a perfect body is more important than living. Rose, she's the baby of the group, she would be the leader if I wasn't here tho, she's tough physically but mentally she's the worst of us, shes been through hell, thrown around from house to house, several suicide attempts, recovering addict, she was exposed by a blade she thought was sterile, obviously not. Tyson, he's the bad boy of the group, the tough one that everyone thinks should be in control, his past fucks with him the worst tho, he lived with his grandmother after a fatile car crash that killed his family, he was the driver, he's never been the same, he blames himself for their deaths, but in this world they wouldn't have lasted anyways, he was exposed because of the wreck, one fresh cut and boom. And then there's me. 

                  Part one: The Beginning

             Chapter One: The Occurrence 

       Hearing the loud obnoxious alarm I know we don't have much time, I grab as much as I can and start tossing it into the back of the van. At age 16 I've already broke in, wiped out more stores and killed more than anyone else that I work with. I know we're about out of time 

"Let's get this van rolling now" I say screaming over the alarm

"Jax, man, we got time, let us get a few more things" theo who has been working with me for almost three months comes up to me and put his hand on my shoulder

"I said let's go." I walk away from him as he continues to grab more stuff. 5 minutes, we have 5 minutes top. 

"It's greedy asses like you that gets us caught" I stop and pull a gun to Theo

"I said let's go." I take the safety off and the click makes him stop. 

"What you gonna do little man, shoot me? You forgetting I've done this for 10 year longer than you" he says cocking his head and allowing a grin to creep on his face

"You forgetting, you've been caught everytime until I joined? I play smart, I said let's go" 

"I ain't-" I cut him off by shooting the ceiling. 

He chuckles "you won't shot me" I grin back at him, and pull the trigger. I watch his body fall to the floor then get in the van. 

"Let's go" I say to Mack, who's been my driver for almost a year now. I heard sirens and I knew it was too late, we weren't going to get away, not with mack's driving. I knew I needed to get rid of the gun but I knew we weren't going to get far enough for me to be able to throw it out. This is it, this is how I get caught. And it's all because of that jackass.