These Are My Friends Now (Part 2: Escape)

A week passed by, and my wounds were about fully healed. Everyday though sense we started staying here, more infected seemed to stumble around the parking lot below. Vicky had been staying up all night trying to clear the lot, but every night more and more came. We knew we would have to leave soon. We gathered up our weapons and what supplies we had left. Vicky had also grab a few medical kits in case of any trouble, and had given us each a bottle of pain pills just in case. When we got to the front door, I stopped and turned to Vicky. I asked, "Before we go one, I have to know, are you immune like me and Tim are."

Vicky looked down at the ground a bit and said "Honestly, I'm not sure. I haven't been bitten yet, and I don't plan to." This changed everything. If it turned out Vicky was not immune, we could be facing some serious trouble. If she were to be bit, we'd have to kill her, and I'm sure neither Tim or me could do that considering all she had done for us this past week.

I frowned a bit and said "Then you better stay damn well close to me." She nodded, and already got closer to me. I looked at the two of them and said "Getting out of the hospital parking lot is going to be hard in itself, much less escaping this city. We're gonna have to use every bit of our wit if we want to live to see a normal world again. Vicky, I want you to take this." I handed her the magnum "A sniper rifle isn't going to do you much good in a close up fight. Now, we need to come up with a plan to get out of here. I'll run out first, I have an automatic weapon so I should be able to dispatch quite a few of the bastards before they even know what's going on. Vicky, I want you to stay behind me and try to shoot some as well. Tim, I need you to back me up. After I give you the signal, charge out and hit any that are close. You have a shotgun, so it shouldn't be difficult. We're gonna make a break for the parking garage. From there, we can escape down a service shaft into the main street. From there, we're gonna try to find a working car. If that fails, we're gonna walk out of here on foot. Everyone got it?" They nodded at me.

I loaded up a clip and turned on the laser sight. "On three" I said to Vicky. "One...Two...Three!" We charged out the front door and began firing at the horde of zombies. They turned and let out a yell. I could see waves and waves of them charging. I have Tim the signal, and he began following at full speed, blasting anything that was unfortunate enough to get close to us. Vicky reloaded a clip while I continued firing. I could see that we were getting close to the parking garage. I suddenly heard a growl and and a yell. I could see a black figure in the sky lunging down at me. I was quick to react and managed to shoot it in the face. It yelped and fell over, dead. "Damn hunters" I muttered, reloading.

We continued sprinting. By now, we were beginning to enter the entrance of the parking garage. Now was the time for a final stand against this horde. Vicky got behind me while time got beside me. As infected began swarming the narrow entrance to get inside, we unloaded. They fell is massive groups due to the combination of my automatic gun and the spread of Tim's shotgun. Vicky conserved her ammo, knowing that we had it. bodies stacked up to the point where the last infected were tripping over them trying to get to us. I smirked and reloaded. We were safe...for now.

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The inside of the parking garage was dark, and only Vicky had a flash light. She flicked it on, and looked around. Cars were piled on top of one another, almost as if a fort were built here. We ducked inside and saw a bunch of bodies, none of which had looked infected. We glanced around in horror. All these people had been in the hospital and had come here to try and hold back the infection. There was one good thing out of this though: These people still had supplies and weapons. I picked up a M16 and tossed it to Vicky.

She grinned and said "Oh, hello there hun, we're gonna have some fun." She found some more clips near the body where I had found it.

"Yo Tim, come here." I said grinning a bit. He walked over and grinned when he saw what I saw. A M79 Grenade Launcher with four grenades. "It's yours mate" I said "I know how you like big explosions." He picked it up and slung it on his back, then picked up the grenades and attached them to his belt loops.

I grabbed a few molotovs, as did Vicky, as well as a pipe bomb. We began heading for the service tunnel when suddenly we heard a growl and then a yelp, followed by a gun shot. I turned around and looked on in horror

Vicky had been bit....

-END CHAPTER 2-