Third Person POV
Ella wakes up to the sun coming up into the sky. She sits up and takes a deep breath. 'Last night was just a dream. He is still alive. I mean how could he not be alive. He is my little brother after all.' Ella thinks as she stands and grabs her bag. "Now off to... The one place I told myself I would never go to." She says as she closes her eyes tightly. She then slaps herself. "Don't be a pussy! You're not scared of a fucking building!' She quietly yells at herself. She walks along the edge of the building checking the streets.
She sees no zombies so she goes back to the ladder she used to climb onto the roof. After making sure the alleyway is safe she climbs down. Once down she pulls a spray can. She spray paints her tag then points a small arrow up to the roof. Once she is done she sits the spray can onto the ladder next to the tag. Ella kisses her fingers then presses it to the tag. Silently hoping her brother stays alive and well. Ella thinks she should pray for her brother's safety. But that wouldn't do anything.
What has god done for Ella? You know except for getting her beaten and hurt all the time. Anytime she has ever prayed something bad has happened. Whether it's to her or her brother. Ella has given up with the whole religion thing. Plus if there was a god. Why would he do this to the world? A zombie apocalypse. Doesn't seem like it's a good thing. In Ellas eyes all it does is kill most of the good people and leave a lot of bad people. Ella snaps out of her thoughts and looks away from her tag. She slowly walks out of the alleyway and begins to lightly jog in the direction she needs to go in.
The warehouse she is going to is a few towns over. And it will take about a week or so for her to get there. It would take less time if she had a car. But every car she checks either does not have gas or is totaled. So Ella continues to run. She runs into a couple zombies here and there. But she quickly takes care of them and continues running. Around noon Ella stops to take a break. Around noon Ella takes a break. Up till now she has taken a small 3 minute break every hour or so.
But it isn't until now that she allows herself to sit down and relax a little. She looks around from her spot on the ground. That is now when she realizes she is on a highway. She nods proud of herself for getting out of the town before 1 pm. Ellas stomach begins to grumble and flip in hunger. She sighs and shakes her head. Not yet understanding why humans have to eat. But she knows if she wants to survive she has to eat. So she grabs an apple out of her bag. Wanting to eat what little expirable food she has first.
Ella eats half of the apple before her stomach begins to hurt. Because Ella rarely ever eats it is hard for her to finish anything. But she forces herself to finish it. Knowing she needs the strength. She grabs a water bottle and taes a small drink out of it before putting it away. Ella lays her head back onto the car she is leaning on. Her body trying to get her to take a nap so she can run more. But she forces herself to stand up. Knowing it would be too dangerous to sleep on the ground.
She walks off to the side of the road. Luckily there is a first next to the highway. So she climbs into a thick dense tree. And she climbs onto the biggest branch. She makes sure she is steady then hangs her bag on a branch. Knowing no one can see her from where she is at she allows herself to relax. Her eyes close as she listens to the birds chirp around her. She lets out a low whistle that only birds can hear. It doesn't take long for all the birds around her to begin to copy her whistle. With a small chuckle Ella falls asleep on the tree branch.
Ella wakes up when she hears zombies groaning. She sits up and looks down but luckily there are no zombies under her. She carefully moves some leaves and looks at the road. Ella sees about ten zombies on the road. Ella quietly grabs her bag and tries to get down without being noticed or making noise. She makes it onto the ground luckily without making sound. Ella begins to think all is well as she turns and begins to go through the forest. Not wanting to be on the road with the zombies. Knowing more will come to the sound of other zombies.
Ella begins to think she is in the clear. That is until she steps on a bear trap. Sure she has boots on but the bear trap pierced through the sides of her boot and into her ankle. Ella falls to the ground and holds in a scream. But it is too late. Ella watches as five zombies come out of the trees. The zombies, having heard the sound of the bear traps metal clank. Ella stands up holding back tears of pain. Ella pulls out one of her katanas and waits for the zombies to get closer to her.
Ella raises her katana and quickly kills the zombies. After their dead, Ella falls to the ground. She quickly tries to get the bear trap off her ankle without causing anymore pain. But whenever she moves the metal she is met with more and more pain. Ella takes a deep breath and grabs a handkerchief out of her bag. She takes another deep breath and puts the hanchechef into her mouth. To muffle any screams or yells. And so she has something to bite down on. Ella grabs both sides of the bear trap and closes her eyes tightly.
With a deep breath through her nose she quickly pulls the bear trap off of her foot. She bites onto the handkerchief and holds back a scream. She sits the bear trap next to her and grabs onto a tree to pull herself up. 'I need to either get to a house or a car. Just for a little so i can take care of my wounds. I can't walk with blood filling my shoe.' Ella thinks as she walks back to the highway. She gets to the highway and looks around. Luckily for her there are no zombies around. And there is a car right in front of her.
