Josh's dead body still sobbing. Three undead were headed straight for her. I thought I should pull out my bow and shoot the bastards but I was afraid of alerting the guys slaughtering my friends to my location. Before I really had a second to think about it, an arrow whizzed by, landing straight between the eyes of the flesh eater closest to Danielle. It was Sam, one of the guys in our group. That's when I saw Lucas for the first time. He came from around the side of the cabin shooting. After five shots, he took down another of the zombies. He certainly wasn't the best shot. Unfortunately, Bo was. He pulled a gun from his pants and shot in Sam's direction. I was about to take a shot at him when Danielle screamed. The last of the undead visitors had grabbed hold of her. She was unwilling to leave Josh's body so she just sat there screaming. I had to choose between shooting the flesh eater before it got Danielle, or Bo before he shot Sam. I chose to help Danielle. As I shot my arrow through its rotting skull, Bo hit Sam. I was hidden behind a tree so they didn't get a good look at me but I could tell they were planning out what to do next so they could add me to the pile of my dead friends." Will took another deep breath and a long draw off the water bottle. My head was throbbing more intensely than before and I had to fight back sleep. I wanted to hear Will's story and I knew he needed to tell it.
"You okay Andi?" Will looked me over.
"Yes, go on." I did my best to hold back a yawn. Will looked at me unconvinced but continued on anyway.
"I knew I had to do something fast. We still had one more person unaccounted for and Danielle was still on the ground by Josh's body. I wasn't even sure how I was going to get her out of there or if Janet, the other girl from our group, was even alive. I guess they were planning to wait me out. They took cover behind their truck, not making a sound for what seemed like hours. I made my way closer to the cabin inch by inch. By the time I could get Danielle's attention, she had calmed down considerably. She didn't look like she was willing to move from the body of her dead husband, but she was no longer sobbing. After a few attempts, I managed to get her attention. She looked surprised to see me there. I explained to her I was going to get her out of there, but she was going to have to go without Josh. She looked down at Josh, then back at me. Her eyes pleaded for anything but that. After I tried reasoning with her and failed, Lucas called out from behind the truck. He told us the cabin was theirs and we needed to go. They promised not to shoot, not wanting to hurt a pregnant woman, but we needed to get lost and never come back.”
“They just let you go?” I couldn’t believe either of those two could even imagine doing the right thing.
“They said they would and I really wanted to believe it was true. I didn’t think they would kill a pregnant woman. Plus she was sitting there the whole time during this whole mess by Josh’s body. They could have killed her any time if they had wanted.”
I couldn’t hold back the yawn any longer. Will stroked his hand across my face and smiled sweetly.
“You should get some more sleep. I want to get you back to the basement before dark and you don’t look like you are in any shape to travel just yet.”
“No, please? I’m not really that tired. Finish the story.” Will didn’t believe a word of my lies, but he let me have my way again anyway.
“I finally convinced Danielle to leave Josh and come with me for the sake of her baby. They did keep their word. They didn’t shoot her.” Will tugged up his jeans to show me a scar where he had been shot.
“They shot you?” The thought of Will being shot was enough to wake up my brain.
“Yeah, they put off about six rounds before I took one in the leg. I think they would have kept it up until they killed me but I managed to get Bo in the shoulder with an arrow. He was a real baby about it
"You okay Andi?" Will looked me over.
"Yes, go on." I did my best to hold back a yawn. Will looked at me unconvinced but continued on anyway.
"I knew I had to do something fast. We still had one more person unaccounted for and Danielle was still on the ground by Josh's body. I wasn't even sure how I was going to get her out of there or if Janet, the other girl from our group, was even alive. I guess they were planning to wait me out. They took cover behind their truck, not making a sound for what seemed like hours. I made my way closer to the cabin inch by inch. By the time I could get Danielle's attention, she had calmed down considerably. She didn't look like she was willing to move from the body of her dead husband, but she was no longer sobbing. After a few attempts, I managed to get her attention. She looked surprised to see me there. I explained to her I was going to get her out of there, but she was going to have to go without Josh. She looked down at Josh, then back at me. Her eyes pleaded for anything but that. After I tried reasoning with her and failed, Lucas called out from behind the truck. He told us the cabin was theirs and we needed to go. They promised not to shoot, not wanting to hurt a pregnant woman, but we needed to get lost and never come back.”
“They just let you go?” I couldn’t believe either of those two could even imagine doing the right thing.
“They said they would and I really wanted to believe it was true. I didn’t think they would kill a pregnant woman. Plus she was sitting there the whole time during this whole mess by Josh’s body. They could have killed her any time if they had wanted.”
I couldn’t hold back the yawn any longer. Will stroked his hand across my face and smiled sweetly.
“You should get some more sleep. I want to get you back to the basement before dark and you don’t look like you are in any shape to travel just yet.”
“No, please? I’m not really that tired. Finish the story.” Will didn’t believe a word of my lies, but he let me have my way again anyway.
“I finally convinced Danielle to leave Josh and come with me for the sake of her baby. They did keep their word. They didn’t shoot her.” Will tugged up his jeans to show me a scar where he had been shot.
“They shot you?” The thought of Will being shot was enough to wake up my brain.
“Yeah, they put off about six rounds before I took one in the leg. I think they would have kept it up until they killed me but I managed to get Bo in the shoulder with an arrow. He was a real baby about it
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