Extermination - PT. 8

"Three other survivors....." She stared at the door, expecting something to come back and jump them, "Well...we should go and find them. If we're lucky, they can fight." Zander was shaking his head angrily,1

"I can't!!!" He was panicky, "I can't be around that many humans! I'll snap!" Simian growled,2

"Well if you get used to it, maybe you'll be able to control yourself better." Zander looked unconvinced, but Simian didn't wait for him to answer.3

She crept over to the door, slowly opening it and looking down the hall. She didn't see anyone... but there were some new blood splatters down the length of the chamber. She left the room, and the other two followed fearfully. She slipped along the corridors, stopping when she heard a footsteps.4

"I can 'ear da footfalls...now.." Rhys said, pressing his back against the wall, as if to flatten himself and make him invisible to danger. Zander said that the scent of the undead wasn't as bad here, he could smell other living souls. Simian ran down the hallway, kicking open doors here and there. She continued down the hall, but the last door was locked. She heard screams from inside. She jammed the handle of her axe into the doorknob, breaking it off after a couple tries. She swiftly kicked the door open, and found two small children huddled against the wall, a girl and a boy,5

"Don't worry." Simian said, putting her axe down by the door and cautiously moving over to them, "I won't hurt you. I'm here to help. What happened?" The girl screamed and ran to the other side of the room, hiding behind some boxes of equipment,6

"She's one of them!" the girl cried, "Look at her arms!" Simian glanced at her arms. She always forgot that they'd been re-attached. 7

"No no no!" Simian said, "Please, I'll help." The girl was absolutely horrified, and refused to come any closer. The boy, on the other hand, didn't seem as scared.8

"You'll help us?" He asked, staying where he was. Simian nodded. Rhys ran into the room, stopping when he saw the kids,9

"Oi! yew relly are kids, ain't ye??" The girl looked at him, shocked,10

"You're a kid too!!"11

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They were all in the room now, and the trio had managed to calm the kids down. The fact that Rhys was a kid helped too. The lights were still off, and all of them were sitting against the back wall, out of sight from the window in the closed door. 13

"So why are you here, who are you?" Simian asked. The little boy was the one to speak,14

"I'm Isaiah." He said, "And this is my sister Charlotte." She nodded sullenly, and the boy continued, "We were the only survivors in out area, and Aeron and Agro captured us and brought us here."15

"Aeron and Agro?" Simian looked at them seriously,16

"Yes." he said, "You don't know about them? They're a couple of scary adults, and they work here as their hideout." Simian looked at Zander, who was practically ripping his hair out in aggravation of the smell of blood.17

"Zander," Simian said, putting her hand on his shoulder to calm him down, "They mentioned your name...do you know them?" Zander shook his head briskly,18

"No! I don't know who they are!" He looked scared. 19

"You wanna help them, Zander?" He growled,20

"It's not me...it's not my family...i won't fight with them!" Simian sighed, petting his hair lightly,21

"In your head, they're fighting." She said, "You aren't feeling good..." her eye twitched for a moment nd she turned back to the kids, "Where's the other one? There were 3 survivors...?"22

"Danny!" Charlotte squeaked, "She's our sister, and we don't know where she is!" Simian nodded,23

"I'll go find her-"24

"No!" Zander stood up, "I can't stay in here without you...i'll go."25

"Are you sure...?" Zander nodded, going over to the door and opening it carefully, looking out into the hallway before disappearing into the dark.26

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Some time later, he stopped and leaned against the wall. He'd looked for a while now, but hadn't found the other girl. He slumped against the wall, sliding down until he was sitting on the ground. He grasped his head in his large hands, biting his lip uncomfortably. He felt helpless and needed to attack someone.28

"Feint was right...." he said, his voice choked, "He was right...i can't..." He slammed his fist against the ground, "Why can't i just DIE already!!?" He laid back against the wall, chocking on tears, "Nothing i can do will help now...i'm just a danger to everyone..."29

Time passed, and Zander still hadn't come back. Simian was starting to get worried,30

"Maybe i should go look for him," She said, standing up and brushing herself off,31

"No!" Isaiah cried, "Don't leave us! We're just kids!" Simian looked at the 3 younger people and sighed, 32

"Fine..." She said, "But he better come back soon..."33

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Finally, Zander managed to gether himself again, and he continued his search, still a bit worked up. He walked down the hall, taking long strides, until he heard a faint sound behind a closed door. He kicked it open, finding a small girl cowering behind a counter. She screamed when she saw him, running to the corner of the room and curling up, trying to protect herself from the zombie.35

"Are you Danny...?" He asked, calmly but unsteadily. She smelled like blood. The girl looked at him, her eyes wide with terror and filled with tears,36

"How do you know my name?!" She asked, hugging her knees to her chest,37

"I know your siblings." He said, walking over and picking her up easily. She struggled against his grasp but he didn't let her go. He started walking toward the door when there was a loud thud down the hall. He stopped, staying against the wall, hidden in the shadows as best he could.38

"Agh!" He heard someone yell, and a desk was thrown down the corridor with a huge crash. The person advanced, his shadow casted along the wall just enough that Zander could see his approach. "I had her! Where are you, you little brat!?" It was the voice of the man from earlier, and Danny let out a little cry, only for her mouth to be covered by Zander.39

"it's Agro..." She whispered, now clinging to Zander for saftey, "Don't let him catch me..." Zander held onto the little girl, and suddenly the footsteps stopped. Zander held his breath, and he could smell the heavy scent of cigarrette smoke. a husky laugh came from the hallway, just in front of the door and Zander's eyes widened,40

"Hello, Alexander."