Life's Test

Chapter Six - Ready! Aim! Fire!

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      Lachlan's P.O.V
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*3 weeks later*


I take my Katana out of it's holster that lies on my back and knock away the dirty glass pane that belongs to a medical center we are only now getting around to looting.

We brought the rest of the survivors from the roof to the house and they all picked out weapons, we picked the place clean. We have tons of ammo but we can never have enough.

Sam is back on the roof stressing out, the baby will be here soon, but we only have one doctor and not enough medical supply's.. This brings us here.

Me, Steve, Norman, and Adam, a survivor we picked up last week, are going in to the medical center on the outskirts of the city.

Steve, Norman, and Adam go to climb into the window but I put my hand up, stopping them.

I whistle twice, only loud enough for whatever is inside to hear.

I hear gurgles as a few Infected start to come out of the darkness, blood dripping from their eye sockets and ears.

One of them looks freshly turned.

The other guys pull out the knifes they have in there belt and take action on a Infected.

One Infected trudges it's way over to me and I prepare my Katana for the kill.

When the Infected is close enough I throw the Katana around with my hands and slash upwards on a slant, chopping the Infected head off in a weird way.

Another Infected grabs me before I can see it, I just elbow it and kick it in the chest, making it stumble back, hitting a window and falling through it with a loud crash.

I cringe from the noise, If any Infected are near, they are coming our way now...

I walk to the Infected who is about to get on it's feat and drive the Katana through it's head, making it come out the other side.

I tug on the handle to get the sword free of the skull but it only makes a weird squishing noise.

I bite my lip in frustration and grab the handle with both hand. 3....2....1... I pull the sword to the right, making the blade come out the back of the skull.

Nasty.

I look at the blade to my Katana as blood drips from it, hitting the pavement with a splatter.

Bending down I wipe the blade on the Infected cloths.

The four of us gather and look around at the seven dead Infected, waiting to see if anymore show themselves.

None.

I keep hold of the sword so that it is in front of me, ready to be used, as we climb into the broken window.

We are lucky the window is almost on the ground, and is big, it's like a display window!

"Look for anything that will help Samantha in having the baby or the camp" I instruct. No one says anything as we file out.

~~Time Skip~~

After grabbing a large bag full of supplies each, almost cleaning out the medical center, we decide it is time to leave, the sun is starting to set, that me and the Infected will be more active.

I open the back door to the car we took and throw the bags in.

Steve and Adam hop into the back and I sit in the drivers side as Norman gets in the passenger seat.

I reach under the seat and grab the keys to the car, the cool metal making me shiver.

The engine of the car purrs to life silently, the reason we took this car is because it makes zero noise, so we can sneak in and out of the city where the roof is, the Infected in the city have sort of wondered off, we only see a few on the road each day, unless they are in the buildings, but after what we seen in the city, we arn't taking no chances.


As we drive towards the camp only few Infected are in the streets.

As the roof comes into view one gunshot sounds from what seems like camp, and when it do, all I hear in the car is guns being pulled from holsters and the safety coming off.

"Think their being attacked?!" Norman asks in a worried tone.

"I dunno' but we have to find out" I tell him, pushing my foot to the floor, making the car speed up really fast.

I make a sharp left turn and a immediate right turn, making the car bump as we start to come up a ramp, that leads to the roof.

I pull the car into park next to our other seven cars and shut it off, leaving the key in the ignition.

Everyone hops out quickly and I take my revolver out.

We run to another ladder that goes to the roof and start climbing.

When I reach the roof I see everyone sitting around the edges of the roof, looking over to see where the shots came from.

"You're Back!" Alec says, distracting everyone as another shot sounds.

"We heard shots and we thought you we're being attacked, we have tons of medical supplies in the car" I say out of breath.

"I'll go get the supplies" Adam says, inserting his pistol back in his holster and climbing down the ladder.

"Sam is asleep, she is doing fine" Alec reassures me, I give a faint smile and look over the edge of the roof.

Bang. Another shot sounds and this time I see a figure not to far from here run down the street, a small herd of Infected on his tail.

The guy looks back and trips falling on his face.

The small herd closes in on the guy and he screams as they drop to their knees, digging in.

The guys gun fires several times before it is silent and so is he... He is dead.

I resist the urge to vomit and accept that this is our reality, this is how we will have to life, if not forever, for a good bit. The government isn't doing so well in helping...

I rub my face and make my way to the ladder to see how Adam is doing when I hear a scream coming from the bottom of the ladder.

"Adam!" I scream as I see him being tackled by a Infected.

I'm only half way down the ladder when I see more Infected pile into the parking lot.

Shit.

I pull my sleeves over my hands and grab the outer ladder, putting my feet on the outer ladder as well I slide down at a quick pace, struggling to keep my balance Adam looks at me from a few feet away.

Then his eyes widen and he screams; "Behind You!" My eyes widen and I turn around, coming face to face with a Infected.

In about a millisecond I grab my revolver, pull the hammer back, making the bullet go into firing position, and put the gun to the chin of the Infected, pointing the gun upward, and pull the trigger, making the Infected's head spit back, blood and brains everywhere as it falls to the ground.

I turn back to Adam but it is to late, about thirty Infected fight each other to get at Adam, who is dead, with his eyes wide open, looking at me.

"Oh My God" I whisper and sob a little.

The Infected feasting on Adam turn to me from the shot I fired.

They hop to their feet and make there way to me slowly.

I look up to the roof. I hope the Infected didn't find the stair way up...

About seventy or eighty Infected are on the ground and when I look at the stair way, tons are piling up it... Alec must of fired a shot to help from up there.

I turn and make a mad sprint to the ladder, climbing it quickly, skipping two at a time.

When I reach the roof I see everyone looking over the edge again, this time at the Infected coming to our camp.

"We need to leave" I make the quick decision, yelling it to the group.

"What! Why! The Infected cant get up here!" Norman yells at me.

I rub my eye brow, deciding to ignore him.

"Everyone pack as much as you can, be ready to climb down the ladders and get in the cars in five" I yell running to Sam's tent, unzipping it, only to see Sam already packing.

"We nee-" She cuts me off; "I heard, I'm packing what I can Lachy, I love you, now go get what you can!" She gets me out of the tent and I make my way to my tent.

We couldn't share a tent because none were big enough..

I grab my large bag and pack it with food, water, ammo, weapons of sorts, a flashlight, a lighter, and other things we would need, along with a map and compass.

Walking out of the tent I see the stairs as Infected start to pile on to the roof.

"Everyone to a ladder! Be prepared to shoot!" I tell them and they all run to the ladder, going down one by one.

Twenty-Three people are going down one ladder.... great... Not including me.

I take my revolver out as I strap my bag on.

Sam exits her tent and her face goes from worried, to horrified in seconds when she sees the amount of Infected piling on to the roof.

Seconds later I hear gunshots going off, my people must of reached the ground.

Sam whips out her pistol and shoots a Infected.

We back up as they start to close in on us.

"Sam you gotta run" I say to her.

"Not without you!" She screams to me, a tear rolling down her face.

"The baby gotta' survive!" I tell her.

"Not. Without. You." She says once more, this time more serious.

I close my eyes and take a deep breath, The Infected have the ladder blocked off and we need to get to it.

With Our backs against the walls, we take a breath, "Ready! Aim! Fire!" I scream; "Ready! Aim! Fire!"
and I start to take down the Infected easily with my own patters, Sam with her own.

"There!" I say pointing to a small space to run through.

Sam dosn't hesitate, neither do i.

We reach the ladder, and I look down, some cars are piling out and some people are still fighting through the Infected.... The others.... Dead.

Sam starts to climb down the ladder and I cover us, The Infected tear through our camp to get to us.

Bang.

Bang. Bang, Bang. Firing my gun until it clicks and then hopping on to the ladder and making my way down, Infected falling from the roof all around us, landing on the pavement and splattering.

As I climb down I reach into my waist band, grabbing my automatic pistol and switch it with my revolver.

The pistol I now hold has twenty rounds.. That should work.

Sam is on the ground now, shooting to cover me.

"Get to the car we took on the run!" I scream to her, its one of the only cars left.

She waists no time, moving swiftly to the car, shooting when she needs to.

My feet hit the ground with a thud as I jump from the last step.

I see about six people dead on the ground, being feasted on by the Infected.

I just run, pistol at the ready.

A turned Adam cuts me off, and I kick him in the back of the knees, ignoring that he was my friend, and pointing the gun to his head, pulling the trigger and continuing to the car.

Sam has reached the car and she bends over, picking something up and closing the back door.

She must of put the medical stuff back in the car... Adam never made it up with it.

Just as I hop into the drivers seat, with Sam in the passenger seat, Infected swarm the car.

I put my pistol in it's holster and throw my bag into the back, starting the car and stepping on the gas peddle, giving Sam a reassuring smile, before following the other cars.