The Infected & The Healer

Part 4

Gunshots is all we heard as we rushed to find our weapons. When we got to the school roof I almost fainted on the ground but Jojo was there to catch me while Miles ran to us telling us a squad of dead ones were to the north and west. "At least they are in suburbia now if we pick off a lot of them then the city's refugees can deal with the rest" Charlotte grumbled. I grabbed my sniper rifle and shoot at the dead flesh that could walk. "Don't even try!They are to thick!" Devin hollered over the deafening gunshots. Everyone stopped and stared at each other thinking "Can we beat them?" so I just got my bow and arrows tied a grenade to my arrow held the ring and shot. As soon as the arrow hit a body it blew up knocking everyone's eardrums to the Bahamas. I looked at the group of bodies to only discover ashes on the middle of the street. The northern group of flesh eaters hesitated after getting knocked over from the explosion. Jojo didn't wait to grab another grenade and chuck it at those corpses. BOOM!!!! "Anyone up for lunch?" he cheerfully asked. Without warning he picked me up bridal style and took me to the kitchen to warm up some pizza in the school freezer. After the main course we grabbed ice cream and went to the sports field to lay in the grass and lick our dessert. Propping himself up he asked if I wanted to see his house before it was infested with the infected I accepted. We told everyone that we would be back before 9 and left to Jojo's house. Once we got there I was amazed at how beautiful it looked. It felt like they bought a house right out of a magazine compared to when i last saw it. He showed me to his room which was even better than the entrance. Cherrywood bed frame with blue sheets, a bean bag chair, an organized desk, and a clean closet. I was shocked when he told me he wasn't going to miss his house. Then I remembered, he was abused by his mother before she was sent off to war. I started to cry and ran to hug him. He put his arms around me again and looked pained just thinking about what he had been through. It broke my heart to see him like this so I told him to get what he needed and get in the car. He only walked out with one thing, which was one of his mothers bracelets and handed it to me."why are you giving this to me?" I pouted. He said that even though it hurt what he'd been through it made him stronger. He also told me when he got the bracelet right before she was sent away to fight. "She had said thank you and hugged me before she walked out" Jojo remembered. We both look at the clock and it's 5:45. "Cold Stone?" I asked mischievously. "Why not, let's go" he said playfully. The place had been closed but the electricity was on so it meant the ice cream was safe. Thankfully no one else discovered this paradise. Jojo hopped behind the counter and said " Hi there pretty one what would you like today?". I answered "marshmallow, Oreo ice cream with sprinkles, cookie dough, gummy bears, caramel, and some Twix on top". He pouted "that's not what I meant". I said " I know" and smiled. We made each others favorite treat but I was confused, I never asked him what was his perfect ice cream. He must've know what I was thinking and smiled that meant"figure it out". I thought about it and then it hit me. Twinsies! I snatched everything I had on my mind and proudly shoved a spoon in his surprised mouth. "Whoa there are you trying to choke me!" he smiled. "Absolutely" I said adding a smile and wink. Once we finished we got bored so we walked to a pet store which we found out was still in business. We walked inside ice cream in hand and asked "are you open?" The grumpy man pointed to an "open" sign and said " take whatever, you are the only people with the guts to be in this part of town" we pondered what he had said and looked outside seeing a few corpses walking to Ross where we had walked not to long ago. "They don't like dogs and snakes" he told us after he said his name was Bert. After negotiating with bert we took all the dogs and snakes.Bert looked happy with his gun that we traded "the last time I held a gun was the War of Poison!" Jojo looked at him with wide eyes. "that was the war that our parents were sent to!" he said. "Were there any survivors beside yourself?" I asked hopefully. "Maybe, I turned 60 the day after the drafting so i was barely told what to do before i was sent back here". "The possibility of our parents being alive passed through our minds for minutes while our bodies were in shock. We asked if he would want to join our team and he agreed if we could safely escape without the zombies sensing us. He also told us that they were blind and deaf so their strong suit was smell which was our disadvantage with Bert with us he smelled like a ferret. Yet we walked out of Petsmart without a problem we were debating on whether the dogs and snakes did the work or Bert's stench scared the zombies away. Hopefully both because we could use all the help we could get. Jojo dropped us off and said for us to stay here and tell June to go with him so I did that and pondered why he didn't ask for me to come but the idea was dismissed when Miles asked me to go with him somewhere so I agreed. We sat on the roof looking at the sunset while I shot birds with my crossbow thankfully ruining the moment itching to throw myself off the building when he asked me a question "What are you hiding from everyone?".