Chapter 2

She was in a dazed state due to the crash as her frail body struggled to muster the strength to move. Parts of her dress was covered in dirt and dust with a few scraps at the torso and hem, her disheveled hair and patches of dirt of her face gave her a unique charm that would cause those who looked at her the overwhelming urge to help and protect at all cost.

She continued to struggle to get up off the ground until she suddenly froze due to hearing the sound of something shattering in a house behind her. She slowly recalled her memories of the attack and started to feel her fear rising at the thought of the monsters that attacked her are still nearby. She slowly started to muster the strength to stand up but stumbled, she managed to catch herself from falling by leaning against the overturned van.

*glass shattering*

The sound of the glass shattering gave her another shock as she started to move her legs that felt sore but she didn't care as long as she could get away. As she was running she heard the voice of a man screaming and cursing at something until his voice started to get fainter and fainter until it became quiet. Hearing his screams shocked her more than she already was causing her to fall over and tremble in fear.

The person in question was of a small physique and looks to be about 10 to 11 years old, hair reaching her shoulders in pigtails with the ends very curly, a smooth face with a button nose, emerald green eyes wearing dark blue shorts reaching just above her knee with a sunflower pattern on both thighs and a blouse that appears to be a bit bigger than her. She would have quite appealing to look at if not for the fact that she is covered in splotches of blood and feasting on the man she just killed.

The girl who fell had gotten up and was hiding behind a car crashed into a fence and looked at where the source of the noise originated. She was horrified at the sight of someone not much older than her eating a corpse as though it was favorite meal. When her brain processed what happened she felt weak all over and fell on all fours and vomited all the contents in her stomach in disgust. She spat out what was left in her mouth as she looked on with trembling eyes as the 'zombie' girl stopped eating and slowly turned her head with a few twitches like a rusty gear and stared at her.

The 'zombie' girl stared at the other girl she saw as though she was looking at her next meal. She licked her lips that was covered in blood and slowly hunched forward ready to dash at her prey. The little girl who saw this, before she could even comprehend what she saw her adrenaline and instincts kicked in as she got a sudden burst of strength to get up ran in the opposite direction. The 'zombie' girl saw this as smirked at the pathetic attempt her prey is attempting to escape and chased after her.

The little girl ran for her life in panic mode and looked around frantically until she saw a house with a half open door that looks relatively safe and ran into it and locked the door with the 'zombie' hot on her heels. As the little girl stepped in she was in a living room that looks moderate for this type of place, a kitchen at the back and few doors about the place. She didn't have enough time to pay attention to the minor details and ran into the kitchen to look for anything she could possibly use to defend herself with.

She looked around on the counter which her only head managing to pass it and to discover there were no cutlery or sharp objects to use. Her brows furrowed with frustration as the panic in her grew. She started to open the draws without caring if they fall out looking desperately for anything that could be used as a weapon. She opened a draw and saw knives grouped up to one side and as she was about to grab one.

*boom*

A loud sound was heard that frightened her that caused her to sweat nervously and turn her head to look at the door, only for that sound to appear again but louder as the door hinges sounded like they were about to break. She quickly picked up a knife and held it with both of her hands that were shaking, like leaves being blown by a strong gust of wind. She inhaled deeply to try and calm down but it didn't have much of an effect.

*boom, crash*

The door came crashing with a small figure on top of it that quickly jumped to her feet as though her act of breaking down the door was natural. She looked around but didn't see anyone but she knew that her 'meal' was here. She smirked at the thought that she had her cornered and walked over to the door on the left of the living room and entered it.

"Hmmmm, where are you hiding?"

The 'zombie' girl said with a curious look on her face as she walked around and scanned the room for a place that someone could hide. She searched the closet, behind the curtains and under the bed and didn't find anything so she left the room and went to the next room right beside it. This room was the bathroom and she gave the inside a quick glance didn't bother to enter since it small size meant that no one can hide in there.

She looked at the door on the opposite side of the room and did the same thing with no result. She went into the kitchen a bit bored that the one she was looking for was not in any of the rooms. She looked to her right and saw the fridge and wondered if there was anything in to munch on as she searched. When she opened the fridge she saw nothing of interest as it was half filled with the typical items.

As she was distracted looking into the fridge a figure slowly creep up behind her from a small space under the counter opposite to the fridge. When she was close, she lunged with all her might at the 'zombie' and said figure seems to have eyes at the back of her head as she turned around to see her target coming at her with a knife. She was shocked as she never expected an attack so her reaction was a little slow as she dodged to the right but the little girl managed to stab her in her left shoulder that almost went halfway through.

She screamed in pain as the little girl's hand was shaking a bit at her act but she quickly suppressed it the best she could and only focused on her survival. She pulled the knife out and was about to stab her again, the 'zombie' girl reacted better this time and grabbed the little girl's wrist with the knife inches from her throat. The little girl started to feel the grip that was around her hand that was holding the knife tightened and felt as though her wrist was about to snap.

She bit her tongue to suppress the urge to scream as she clenched her free hand into a fist and punched the 'zombie' girl in her face so she can let go. The hit caused the 'zombie' girl to be stunned for a second until she saw another hit flying towards which she dodged by moving her head out of the way and then head-butted the little girl so hard that a bruise formed on her forehead that started to bleed and almost had a concussion that causes her to drop the knife.

The 'zombie' girl then pulled the little girl closer to take a bite out of her neck, the little girl summoned all her willpower to stay conscious and punched the 'zombie' girl in her throat causing her to let go of her hand and fall to ground and started a coughing fit. The little also fell to the floor as the pain in her head and sore wrist caused her to not want to move. She slowly managed to get up and grabbed the knife to finish the 'zombie'.

The 'zombie' girl also recovered with her breathing rough as she slowly started to stand up even and stared at the little girl with anger in her eyes. The 'zombie' girl then lunged at her which caused her to thrust her knife at the 'zombie' girl. The 'zombie' dodged it and tackled the little girl to ground and held down her left hand which held the knife. The 'zombie' reached down to bite the girl's neck but received a punch which caused her stop for a split second but moved her head down faster, which was stopped by the little girl by pressing her forearm against the 'zombies' girl's neck.

She was struggling to hold off the 'zombie' as time goes on due to the 'zombie' girl being very determined to eat her. The little girl then spat into the 'zombie' girl's left eye which made her close her eyes tightly and weaken her grip on the little girl's hand. She then used this moment to repeatedly punch her in the face until the 'zombie' girl's released her hand completely. The little girl then pushed the 'zombie' girl onto the floor and was about to stab her, the 'zombie' react quickly as she kicked at the little girl.

She managed to move her right to block the left leg but the impact sent her flying across the room and crashing against the wall. The little girl was disoriented and her vision blurry but she tried her best to stand up by pushing back against the wall. The 'zombie' girl stood up with her lip bleeding and shook her head from side to side to get rid of the dizziness. She stared at the little girl with anger and hint of hatred in her eyes since she was having so much trouble against someone her age.

"Stop hitting me so that I can eat you"

She said this with same emotion in her eyes and ran at the little girl to end her once and for all but it will not be that easy. The little girl saw this and waited for her to get closer and threw the patch of dirt she took up from a small bag beside her and dodged her. The 'zombie' girl got hit in her eyes and then started to swing her hand violently as the little ran to the mesh back door to her right and quickly ran out. The girl heard this sound and briefly opened her eyes to see a figure running outside.

She gave chase as she constantly tried to force her blood shot eyes to stay open. The little girl ran with a scared and worried expression as the 'zombie' girl was still chasing after her, so she ran down the road to try and escape. The 'zombie' girl chased after the little girl and shouting at her to "slow down", so she can catch up and eat her. The little girl ignored this and continued to run with all her might to get away. The gap between them slowly started to shrink as the panic in the little girl's eye grew.

On the road connected to the main one was a car being driven by a man who looks to be in his early 30's, short black hair and a shaved face on his face going in the direction of the two girls. As he drove pass the houses he gave them a quick scan to see if there was anyone alive only to see corpses, patches of blood and other broken things. He then looked ahead to see at the end of the street to see a figure covered in blood with a crazed smile on her face chasing another figure with a dirty dress and blood dripping down her forehead.

He sped up a bit knowing who is the victim and drove towards them. Both of the figures were aware of the car but couldn't pay much attention to it since they are in a cat and mouse game. The car driver aimed his car at the 'zombie' girl which shocked her and caused her to quickly climb the 3ft tall brick wall that was used as a fence. He quickly stopped the car, grabbed his pistol from the passenger seat and got out to see a figure running at a fast speed. He took aim and shot at her.

*hit*

The bullet hit her in the left shoulder which caused her to stumble a bit but the danger she sensed made her go even faster. As he was about to shoot again he saw out of his peripheral vision that the little girl was falling over and two of those 'zombies' coming down the street. When they were 15 meters away he shot at them until they fell over dead. He exhaled and looked at the little girl passed out on the ground and picked her up and walked to his car.

"You had it rough"

He said with a calm voice with a hint of surprise that she managed to survive the 'zombie'. He placed her on the back seat and then entered the car and drove away to leave the area.