Chapter- 2

ZOMBIES

E-9813's P.O.V.

I was currently wearing a black jagging and a tight black t-shirt, and a red cloak, with the hood down, a pair of elbow length gloves were snuggly resting in my arm, as if they had been made to fit me, and I was feeling safe, after wearing my cloak, almost mechanically I had known how to fit all my blades, and my dagger, that gave me intense satisfaction, sitting on my waistband,

I was sitting in front seat, as I watched the streets littered with dead bodies, or more appropriately, pieces of dead bodies, hands legs, internal organs, strewn across the streets like a bloody mess, making me cringe.

"What the- What happened."

I asked the guy, who introduced himself as Kyle, I turned to face him and saw him already gauging my face.

"You really don't have any Idea, Do you?"

He said as he turned towards the road again, sighing to himself making me scoff.

"Finally."

I said and suddenly noticed the minivan was dead silent, I looked back and saw everyone watching me with curiously, and noticing my stare they all started clearing their throat and look away, making me frown, and turn to the bag in my lap.

I opened the bag and curiously took out the sniper, and frowned, because it looked a differentyet familiar, as I traced my thumb over a faded barbie sticker, worry filled my chest, making me touch my chest and frown.

"Its broken."

I heard someone say making me turn around, and I saw the brunette guy from earlier who introduced himself as Allen say, making me look at him, and I watched confused when his face became red.

"T-the spotter, i-its missing."

He stuttered and I heard the red head who Introduced herself as Jasmine, scoff and look out of the window, making me frown.

She doesnt likes me.

I then looked back at the brunette who had been leaning towards my seat all along, lean back into his seat, I looked back at my sniper, I don't know why it felt as if it was mine.

I sighed and took it above my shoulder and pointed it outside randomly, and gasped when my eyes like a spotter got closer to my target.

"Its not."

I said convincingly.

Then something caught my eye, in the middle was a matt black box, I opened it and there was a chip inside it, making me frown.

"What's that."

I heard Rhea, the baby of our group ask me, making me shrug,

"I have no Idea."

I said while shrugging, as I searched my bag for a laptop, and sighed feeling oddly empty, as my hands itched for one.

"Sooo, you never told us your name."

I heard Kyle say making me give him a duh look.

"I dont remember"

I said as I started checking out my bag and the minivan went back to its conversation, but I frowned at a piece of folded paper. It said.

E-9813

I couldnt meet you, and I hope I dont, but know you are the only way for the salvation of the world, go through the chip, it will give the chip, it will give you answer to every question, It has your past, present and future all recorded.

Goodbye.

"What's that?"

I heard Allen ask me, while leaning into my lap to see the letter, and I shrugged.

"Its for you"

He more like told me making me nod.

"So apparently my name is E-9813"

I said while scratching my head, as I saw everyone including Kyle look at me in horror and confusion, but Allen looked deep in thoughts.

"You need to decode the chip."

Allen said, making me nod almost immediately immediately as I sighed and folded the letter back and put it back in the black box, along with the chip, but we jerked to a stop making me jerk forward, but I stopped myself in time.

Hey what the-

I heard Allen start, but Kyle shushed him with a gesture and I froze as I watched people come out of their houses, they all were all bluish black coloured skinned, there face blood stricken, as if they had been crying bloody tears, blood around their mouth, their e, their eyes wide open, and I watched them having a cover on their eyes, almost as If a grey sheath was covering their eyeballs.

Donot move, and donot make a sound

I heard Kyle say, making me freeze as I watched with only my eyeballs moving. They were walking with wide open mouths, as if they could smell through your mouth, as they kept wandering aimlessly, I watched one of them run into a dustbin can and in a second they all came alive as they ran towards the bin box, some limping without their arms and aimlessly started biting the bin and everyone around them, At that moment when they were growling and fighting, the car came alive as it was drowned by the voice of the bins hitting the ground and them growling and hissing, when we were far enough I let myself voice my thoughts.

H-how- Whe-en?

I saw Kyle eye me with pity as everyone collectively released a breath.

Its been a week, and since things havent been.pretty, as you can see.

I heard him say making me look at him and frown.

How, why?

I heard him sigh before answering.

I dont know, a vaccine was released, and everyone took it, I was about to too, but I was on a plane, but as soon as we landed. It was a mess.

He said with a frustrated look.

Everyone died from the vaccines, first their nose started bleeding, then their eyes and finally, they would .start choking on their own blood, their skin would turn pale and bluish and. thats it.

I heard Allen say the last part in a small voice.

But the most dangerous is when sometimes one of those people survived, they would wake up like like a zombie.

I was shocked to hear all this, It was a lot to take in. So I stayed silent trying to make sense of what I just saw and what I just heard, feeling extremely, not scared, strangely, but confused.

"Where are we going?"

I asked them out of the blue, making a dense silence settle and suddenly I heard a scoff making me turn back at the red head who had her arms crossed as she leaned back on her seat, while her eyes were narrowed on me, as I felt everyone stiffen.

"You, are not coming with us anywhere, We, don't trust you."

She said irritated as minivan turned dead silent as I watched from the corner of my eyes, Kyle glance at me and the road guiltily, as the grip on his steering tightened, I looked back through the rear view and saw Allen avoiding my gaze.

I frowned but nodded and continued to look out for a place, I could tell them to leave me, as I passed strangely familiar place.

"What place is this?"

I said and felt everyone relax. I heard Kyle clear his throat before speaking.

"Uhh we are in NYC, Manhattan."

He said, making me nod but I gasped in surprise as I watched Rhea crawl in my lap, and curl next to me, while throwing an arm around my neck and burying her face in my stomach as I felt her tears wet a part of my black t-shirt as sobs racked her body, making me sigh and rub her back and coo in her ears and wrap my arms around her tightly, in an attempt to calm her down, but she kept sobbing harder.

"Why don't we let her have Rhea."

I heard Jasmine making me look at her in shock.

"JASMINE?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! First you decide that she cant stay with us, and now you are sticking up with a child?!"

I head Allen yell as I watched Kyle's lips upturn in disgust, as his grip on the steering tightened.

"What? Look at Rhea?! She is already accep-

But Kyle cut her off,

"Allen, tell your sister to shut up"

And my eyes widened in shock, as I noticed their similar eyes.

They are so different.

After Kyle's yell, nobody spoke and the only voice that could be heard was Rhea still sobbing, as I rocked her, soon enough she was sleeping peacefully in my lap, much to my satisfaction.

"Where are you guys going"

I asked as I watched Jasmine narrow her eyes at me, and look at me suspiciously.

"We are going to see If we can find Kyle's parents."

Allen said in a forced neutral voice, as I nodded, and said nothing, not knowing what to say, but I patted Kyle on his shoulder awkwardly once and watched the brute, blush in embarrassment, and give me a small smile and look back the road.

I sighed as suddenly all emotions left me and my mind almost robotically started to calculate everything for me.

It was in my best interest if I parted my ways from them at a mall, I could easily get a car in a parking lot, and some supplies, though I had to be extremely silent about it, but I felt my brain demand more answers regarding the.... zombies?

"Can you tell me more about zombies."

I asked Kyle who sighed and nodded.

"We have figured out that they detect us through sound and that they can partially see us, that's why you need to freeze whenever you see one, and I saw them sniffing out once, and also, never have a zombie on your tail, these guys can run really fast without stopping, so they might be able to catch your car even after you outrun them and can attack you when you are unprepared."

He said in one breath, as my mind, started calculating possibilities of zombies in the mall, but something told me I have enough stealth to deflect a few zombies easily.

"Can you leave me near a mall."

I said, making Kyle frown in confusion and worry.

"You shouldn't go-

But I cut him off.

"You shouldn't care."

I told him making him flinch, but it was the truth.

"Are you sure about it."

I heard Allen say in an unsure voice, his voice barely above a whisper, making me sigh and nod in confidence, as I locked my eyes with him, showing him my confidence, making him nod in understanding and lean back on his seat, deep in thoughts, as I looked towards Kyle.

"Its right in the next lane but the last time I-

"Thank you so much."

I rudely interrupted him, and he closed his mouth, almost immediately, and nod in acknowledgement.

No one spoke after that.