The New Plan

"And what exactly do you think are doing Mr? Last time I checked sitting outside someone's room is considered creepy so tell me why you decided to do it."

The stranger asked William before kicking him in the head until he sat up.

"Well last time I checked this isn't your room, its actually more MY room, in MY house. That we decided to put you in when ME and MY friend saved you on the school roof. It was MY girlfriend who nursed you when you were unconscious, so I don't think you're in a position to be pissed at me."

This shut the stranger up and they just walked over to the bed and fell backwards onto it with their arms folded, William walked over and sat on the bed beside them but didn't lie down.

"So are we finally going to learn what your name is or are you going to be called stranger until you're strong enough to leave, or just leave whenever you want I guess. We can't stop you and even if we did why would we, none of us know you at least the others don't, I feel like I've seen you before but I cant remember when or where."

"Felix."

"...ok anything else I get to know about you Felix, like what age you are, how you survived until we found you, any family that you can go to, what your plans for the future are. You know, important things really."

"Ummmmm I'm 17, basically just punched any zombies I saw until they swarmed me so I ran to the roof, technically yes but I would prefer not going back to them, and as for the future I have no idea really depends on what you guys are going to do I guess. Oh and im a guy, guess thats also important information."

"OK I dont get why that's so important, its not hard to see that you're a guy but anyway, at this point we are just surviving each day while getting better at killing zombies, as we have noticed that they are getting stronger, faster and smarter as each new generation of zombies are infected. Unless they stop getting stronger they might become invincible at somepoint, and if they do we have to be ready to hide I guess, so we mjght also build a base somewhere. I dont have a problem with you joining us but Annabel might be less enthusiastic, you did throw a vase at her after all."

At this Felix looks away in shame and mutters a quiet 'sorry' before trying to change the conversation again.

"So does that mean im allowed to join you guys, at least until I figure out what else I could do. I finished what I wanted to do in the school so right now I'm pretty bored and ready to do anything, as long as I have a good enough food supply im happy."

William just looks at him before swearing under his breath.

"For fucks sake, he's just like me. This is basically just another day for him, at least that means im not alone but still."

He then gets off the bed and grabs one of Felix's arms.

"If you really want to come with us then you better hurry up and apologise to Annabel, as much as im the leader whatever she says is final."

When he mentions Annabel, Felix cringes but doesn't stop William from pulling him up and dragging him downstairs where Annabel and Jack are sitting talking on the sofas. When Annabel saw that William was dragging Felix she at first looked shocked then just plain confused, Jack just couldn't care less about it all and went to grab a snack.

"Uhhh hey Annabel...we kinda had a rough start...and im sorry for throwing the vase...and I hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive me...and if you wouldn't mind would it be ok if I stuck around with you guys at least for a few days..."

"Well I dont exactly blame you, last thing you remember is being on the roof surrounded by zombies, then next thing you know you are in this house and I appear from nowhere. Its not your fault but still, poor vase. As for you joining us, the more the better for now, maybe not too many more but a group this size is still manageable. But we also need to know what our future plans are, we cant just stay here forever and I know that there are people we want to find or at least know if they are alive or not."

Just as Annabel finishes Jack comes back in this time with a cookie in his mouth, he waves at them and takes his seat on the sofa again before continuing to eat said cookie. William looks at him for a few seconds then shakes his head.

"To answer Annabel's question about plans, our best but also worst bet would be the safe zone in Belfast. If the military and police have actually managed to control the zombies there then thats where people would go, if they haven't or can't control the zombies for long then all they are doing is grouping thousands of people together for any zombies that get close enough. Its up to you guys if we go or not, if we do we have a higher chance of finding people but an almost 100% chance of dying if something goes wrong, if we don't go we have a way smaller chance of finding anyone but a way higher chance of surviving. I'll go wherever you guys go so I won't decide.

They discussed their options for a while before they decided to go to Belfast at least to see if they could find anyone, if not they would leave as soon as they could, they decided to take Annabel's parents car and then the quad as well. Jack and Annabel would travel in the car while William and Felix would take the quad but they wouldn't leave each others sight. They packed clothes and food into the car while William went to get for fuel for the car and quad, while he was out he also kept an eye out for Ban but didn't see anything. By the time he got back they were all packed and ready to go, they all checked one last time to make sure they had anything then set off towards Belfast...

With all the abandoned vehicles on the road it would take them 3-4hrs to get to Belfast and William and Felix would need to stop at least once to refuel during the trip. This however gave the two plenty of time to talk and learn more about each other. Like how Felix used to live with his grandparents, how he was bullied at school for his appearance (he had a very feminine look) and that was why he was still in the school when the zombies appeared. To try and find as many bullies as he could and if they were still alive then give them to the zombies, however he couldn't find anyone then got stuck on the roof. They also found out that they have the same dark humour, so the 3.5hrs were mainly spent joking about things that might make other people sick.

By the time the quad had nearly run out of fuel they had made it 3/4 of the way to Belfast, they stopped at a filling station to refuel and get whatever else they might find. The station was deserted, but most of the windows were covered in dried up blood but when the went inside they saw no bodies, a few limbs from humans but nothing from zombies. They didn't find anything of value, it had all been taken by someone else. They fueled up and started back on the road but this time there was a lot more cars on the roads so they had to go even slower. They saw a lot of zombies but until now the didn't have to fight any as they always managed to outrun them, but now that they were slower they had to fight. William went over to the car and grabbed his trusty bloody sledgehammer, Jack grabbed his axe and Felix just put his fists up and Annabel just stayed in the car. They all knew she wouldn't be able to help them at this point, she didn't have any weapons to use and hadn't killed zombies so might hesitate putting them in even more danger.

They were up against sixteen zombies closing in from all sides, Felix stayed by the car to protect their supplies and Annabel while William and Jack went straight to the zombies. William went straight for the biggest zombie and swung the sledgehammer as hard as he could hitting the zombie in the stomach. The sledgehammer just bounce straight off him, not even leaving a mark, at the same time Jack swung his axe at one of his zombies hitting it in the neck but just like William, the axe barely did anything to it only leaving a slight nick a few millimeters deep. They glanced at each other before running off away from the car, most of the zombies went after them with three staying behind and moving towards Felix. They ran towards an abandoned building nearby while the zombies followed slowly getting closer to them. They didn't even stop to try and close the door, they just went straight up the stairs to the very top as fast as they could. Thankfully the zombies couldn't run up the stairs as fast as William and Jack so they had a little more time before they attacked again, William got straight to work smashing the stairs so that they couldn't be followed. The stairs started to crack as the zombies got closer, they had started on the last set of stairs before Jack decided that he had had enough and grabbed William and practically dragged him onto the roof and shut the door, using his axe he jammed the door.

While all this was going on Felix was still fighting the three remaining zombies but was having an equally as tough a time as William and Jack. Just like the other zombies, these ones were too tough to kill, especially for Felix whos way of killing zombies was boxing. His attacks hurt him more than the zombies and he could only dodge them for so long he was getting tired very fast. Annabel was still inside the car looking through all the bags trying to find something but whatever it was she couldn't find it, and if she didn't hurry up and find it she wouldn't get the chance.

All it took was one mistake, and it finally happened. One of the zombies charged at Felix and he dodged backwards to put some distance between them, but instead of going behind him his back hit the railing along the side of the road and tripped over it falling on his back...