chapter 8

" What about you," asks Spencer. " I had two careers that I wanted to do. My main one was to start my own gaming company. The second one was to be a teacher." " Whoa," says Spencer. For the next two hours, we carry on walking in silence until we hear a car engine. Lily gasps. " What should we do," I ask. Lily points to a warehouse that has its door opened. "Let's go," says Spencer. We run as fast as we can into the warehouse. We close the door behind us. The car's engine gets louder every second. Some shouts can be heard. " We better find something useful in this place ach." I shudder. I want to avoid conflict. I hope they are not going to come to the warehouse. "Let's search that warehouse." Of course, they said that. This is a warehouse after all. I hear a bunch of footsteps. Spencer eyes a crate. " Help me," he says. Lily and I both go over to help him move the crate. We make such a noise. Then all of a sudden shouting can be heard. " Looks like we got ourselves some potential servants ach." Ach I assume is their leader. We manage to push the crate in front of the door just in time as the outside party tries kicking down the door. "Let's leave through the back" I whisper. We start running. As we are running we hear gunshots. We are running to the back entrance. Luckily for us that the exit way is unlocked. We run out and see a small cottage shed at the back. That is our destination. The cottage shed is the last thing I see before I am knocked out. When I wake up I feel a lump on my head. That's not the worst thing. I am in a big sack. I am struggling to breathe. As I start moving, someone hits me with the back of a gun." Ouch," I yell. I hear someone laughing. What kind of sick person laughs at someone else's pain? After what feels like forever, someone releases me from the sack of imprisonment. I take a deep breath and look at my surroundings. I am still at the factory. What the hell? I see a man by a small fire. Is he planning to burn me? It's as if the flames are mocking me. The flames knowing that I am going to be its victim. I see a man with a hideous beard. He has yellow teeth, some of them a bit black. " Good to see you in the realm of the living," he says with a sneer. " What are you planning on doing with me," I ask. I decide to be straightforward. The man smiles. " I am using you as bait to draw your friends out. They will want to save you. " I laugh. The sentence is quite laughable. " Do you think that they will try to save me? They won't. They are probably long gone." The man thinks about the statement. " I will give it more time. What makes you think that they won't return?" I answer. " first of all, That guy was my bully and the woman was someone we just met. Why would they come for me?" The man rolls his eyes. " I can tell that you are someone who complains about everything. I bet you won't even happy before the outbreak happened." I feel like he just slapped me. Besides my time with my parents and Mary, I was never happy and was always complaining. Maybe that is my kryptonite. Maybe it is a good thing that Spencer and Lily left me behind. I am a terrible person. I know a quick way to approach my death. " Hey, you. Has anyone ever told you that your face looks like a garbage container?" The man looks at me with a frown and raised eyebrows. " What you say to me punk?" I smile. "Does your mom know that she gave birth to an ugly monster?"

The man jumps up. " You asked for it now brat." The man runs to me and punches me in the face. I cough out blood. Then as he is about to punch me, I hear a gunshot. I gasp in shock as blood splashes on my face. I crawl away from the body and to my surprise, I see Spencer and Lily. Spencer looks worried. " Alright there Andrew?" Spencer helps me up. Lily runs and hugs me. I am shocked and surprised but grateful. " Thanks, guys. You saved my life." It's strange. I was willing to die not so long ago and now I want to live. " Thanks for saving my life guys. I don't understand though. Why did you come back?" Spencer has a look that says " isn't it obvious?" " For you Andrew." Lily smiles. "Let's go guys. There are still bad guys out there. We didn't get them all." I see my backpack near the fire and I go to grab it. I open it and to my horror, all my supplies are taken except the journal. " Guys my supplies are have been taken." Spencer says " we will worry about that later. Let's go." We start to leave the factory.