Me and Holly walk up the fire escape and get to the roof. A woman stands there waiting for us. "Hello" She says.
"Hi" I respond clutching my wounded arm. I look around the roof and see it is an absolute clutter. There is a bright orange tent set up in the middle of the roof. There are also about 3 plastic buckets, 4 cooking pots, and about 10 cups and coffee mugs placed around the ground. They are about a quarter full of water. She notices me looking at them. "Taps ran dry about 2 weeks ago. I've got some tap water saved in bottles if you want some"
"I'm ok but she" I point to Holly. "Are you thirsty Holly?" She nods. "She will have some thankyou. The woman crouches down and brings a water bottle out of her cooler. She hands it to Holly. "My names Ashley by the way"
"Dave. This is Holly" I wince in pain as I remember there's a bullet in my arm. Ashley notices this. "What the hell happened to you?"
"New order stopped us when we entered the city. Shot me in the arm"
"Oh those heartless fucking parasites. They think they can run the city how they see fit just because the army pulled out of the country. Well fuck em. I got my gun here if any of them come knockin" She taps a sniper rifle slung around her shoulder.
"Ok we need to get you fixed up. No offence but I don't think that tape is doing the trick"
I look down at the tape which is now peeling off. Blood drips from my arm and onto the ground. Ashly walks to her tent and pulls out a first aid kit. "I don't have any sort of operating table so I need you to lie on the ground" I slowly bring myself to the ground and lie on my stomach. Ashley crouches down next to me. I don't have any pain killers so sorry in advance. She says as she pours a bottle of disinfectant onto a pair of pliers.
"Shit" I mutter before she grabs my arm and jams the pliers into the bullet hole. My whole arm feels like its on fire as I jerk my body in reaction to the pain.
"Dave I need you to hold still!"
"FFFFFUUUUUUUCKKKK" She grips the bullet and I feel it get plucked out of me.
"Now for the stitches"
I feel a needle puncture the skin around the bullet hole. I grit my teeth so hard they could crack. As she passes the needle in and out of my skin.
"Aaaaaannnnnnd, done"
I get up feeling light headed. "Thanks"
"Don't mention it"
We hear a shout come from the street as we both turn
"DAVE!"
I recognise the voice as Hanks. Me and Ashley both begin to walk to the ledge before I stop her "No stay here"
I look over the ledge and see Hank. Standing on the hood of a car as a dozen or so men stand around him. All heavily armed with assault rifles, shotguns, bats, and metal pipes.
"What do you want Hank!"
"Why the fuck did you attack my boys! You killed Paul and broke Jerry's arm!"
I look just behind Hank and see the sunglasses wearing man holding his arm. His sunglasses are bent and a lens is missing. This is likely the Jerry in question.
"They attacked me first! And besides. What do you care? You shot that other guy in the head"
"That was different! Paul was a good honest man. And Jerry says you ran him over!"
"After he threw a molotov at my car. And Jerry? He pointed a gun at my head Hank!
Jerry walks up to Hank and begins speaking. Too quiet for me to hear but it looks like he is trying to explain himself.
"Jerry says you're infected. Is this true?"
"..."
"DAVE!"
"YES IM FUCKING INFECTED!"
Hank puts his hands against his head and expresses pure misery.
"Happened when I went to my parents house to see if they were alright. My dad nicked me on the hand. I'm sorry. But Hank, these men you ride with aren't saints. They attacked me when I tried to enter the city. I have a girl with me and that Jerry character was being a creep towards her"
"You have a girl with you? A child? Dave is she safe with you? You're infected"
"I still have time. But that guy behind you. He was a creep towards her and pointed a gun at my head. Oh and if you want proof" I walk over to pick up the bullet that was plucked out of me. I come back to the ledge holding it while showing my stitches at the same time. "This is the bullet your men put in me!"
Hank turns to face Jerry who puts his hands up passively. Hank explodes into rage punching Jerry to the ground before getting on top of him. Hank begins to pummel Jerry as blood begins spilling from Jerrys face. The other men around Hank just stand there watching. Hank gets up off of Jerrys body before unholstering his pistol and aiming it at Jerrys the face. One of Hanks men shouts from the crowd.
"Boss no!- BANG
The gunshot echo's through the streets. Crows fly into the sky. Hank turns back to face me. "Hank. You should give the girl to us. We can protect her" He smiles.
"Fuck that Hank!" She's not going with you and your savages! I'm taking her to Montana-
"WELL FUCK YOU THEN DAVE! FUCK YOU YOU STUBORN CUNT!"
An infected runs out of an alley and towards Hank and his men. One of his men sees it and jogs towards it with his crowbar before swinging it against its head and cracking its skull open on the curb. "Boss we need to leave!"
Hank continues to stand there staring at me with rage. A gust of wind blows trash across the street where he is standing. A dozen or so infected run out and begin to be shot at by Hanks men. "Boss! Now! Lets go!" Hank Shakes his head at me before getting in the back of one of the cars. All the other men scramble into the cars before driving off into the distance. I turn around and see Ashley pointing her sniper rifle at me. "Fuck!" I move to the side.
"Don't fucking move!" She orders. I put my hands up while looking at her with confusion.
"Are you one of the new order!?!"
"No"
"Don't fucking lie to me"
"No! I'm not I just know the guy!"
"Bullshit!" I look next to Ashley and see Holly looking at her with fear and confusion
"Listen he was an old friend. A fishing buddy back in Tennessee where I live that's all"
"Get on your knees" She walks closer pointing the barrel directly in my face.
"Oh F-Fuck! Please don't shoot me I don't wanna die!"
"You're already infected what difference does it make!?!"
"I still have time! I need to see my wife and son again please don't do this!" As I say this she looks down her scope. I close my eyes and grit my teeth.
"NO!" I hear Holly shout "He's not bad! He promised my parents he would bring me to the safe place! He boosted me up so the monsters wouldn't get me! He's not bad"
I open my eyes and see Ashley looking down at Holly. Then back at me.
"You're not from the new order. I- I'm sorry I..." She lowers her gun with a look of defeat. "I lost someone a few weeks ago. To a bite. How long do you have?"
I look down at my watch "50 hours or so"
"Right. I'm gonna help you get to Montana. Because I need to get there too. There's nothing left for me here but bad memories.
"Alright. Sounds good."
She nods "Suit up. We're moving out. She drops a duffle bag in the middle of the ground.
"We're leaving already?" I feel pretty tired. I haven't slept in 2 days
"We have some places we need to stop first. We'll rest up after that"
"Ok"
She rummages around the bag before handing me a machete and a small pistol. Its a .32 calibre. I attach the machete to my side then walk up to Holly and crouch down to get on her level.
"How you feeling kido?"
"I was scared. I thought she was going to shoot you! And the monsters almost got you. And I couldn't do anything!"
"If you want to be able to do something you should learn to use one of these" I pull out the gun and she gasps.
"Don't be scared of it. It cant hurt you if you use it right. Now here's the magazine. Its what has the bullets in it. You put the magazine in the empty space at the bottom. And then slide it back like this" I pull the slide back. "Now the bullets are in the gun and you're ready to shoot" I pull the slide back slightly to show her the chambered round. "See?" She nods. I take the bullet out and put it back in the magazine and hand it to her. "This is not a toy. I don't even want to see you pull the slide back unless it is an emergency you hear?"
"Yes"
"Ok good. Lets go."
Ashley walks up. We need to go to the clothes store"
"Why?"
"We're gonna need clothes for winter in Montana"
"Well you 2 will. I'm afraid I wont make it to see another Christmas"
"Either way we need to go. Then we're going on top of that building to rest. She points to a high up building with smaller buildings built into it.
"Well lets get to it then."
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