Creativities Dead End (Book 1, Series 1) (Zombie Apocalypse Au)

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Ezmeralda sat near the river, curled up slightly. She softly hummed to herself and closed her eyes. The cold air felt soothing to her. She liked the cold. She was a very warm person. She had finally changed her outfit to something warmer. More comfortable.

"Ezmeralda!" A voice yelled.

It wasn't Robin- It wasn't an angry voice....

"Ezmeralda!?"

Oliver ran over and tried catching his breath. "There's a girl here! She says she's Thomas's sister-"

Ezmeralda got up and ran to the girl, Oliver trailing behind her.

"Charlie!?"

Sure enough, Thomas' sister, Charlotte, stood there. Ezmeralda stopped, "Holy shit, Charlotte! Are you okay!? How did you get here!? Where are your parents!?" Ezmeralda asked in a panic.

Charlotte moved her brunette hair from her face and looked up at her brother's friend. "I- We crashed and I got separated from My mom and Dad-" Charlotte explained.

"I'll go get Thomas!" Denton exclaimed as he ran off.

Ezmeralda noticed Charlotte was exhausted and worn out. "Okay- sit down in the grass for a minute hun. Are you hurt?"

"I don't think so-" Charlotte replied as she sat in the grass. "Where is Thomas?"

"Thomas is on a supply run with Alistair and El.... and everyone else" Ezmeralda explained, "I'll go get you some water-" Ezmeralda mumbled as she ran off.

Daylan and Oliver stood there looking at Charlotte... talking.

Robin poked his head from his cabin before walking over. "Who's this?"

"Thomas' sister-" Daylan replied.

"Oh-.... she doesn't look to good-"

"No duh Robin! She just ran through the woods to find us!" Oliver snapped.

They argued for a little bit.

Robin snarled at Oliver about how he was manipulating people into hating him before he noticed something on Charlotte's shoulder.

"Is that a bite?" He mumbled.

"What!?" Charlotte panicked.

Oliver looked at Charlotte's left shoulder to which a chunk of flesh had been ripped out. Oliver bent over and checked her temp,

She was burning up. Her skin was growing paler. Her breathing was getting labored....

"Shit-" Oliver muttered.

Charlotte looked up at him in fear. "That's impossible-"

Ezmeralda ran outside again and handed a water bottle to Charlotte. "Here-"

"Ezmeralda-"

"Yes?" Ezmeralda asked as she looked at Oliver.

"Charlotte's been bit-" Daylan whispered.

The world froze.... Ezmeralda looked at the ground in slight fear. "What should we do-?" She asked.

Charlotte started losing focus and her hearing seems muffled. She closed her eyes and slowly laid down. Her headache was pounding.

"We should see how long it takes to infect her fully-" Oliver suggested. "It would be useful."

"That's kinda cruel," Daylan answered. "We should wait for Thomas-"

"We don't have enough time for that! Just put her out of her misery-" Robin exclaimed.

Ezmeralda looked around, "but- Thomas-"