"It was really the worst time in my life having to spend 3 days in that truck waiting to heal myself and get strong enough to move again... At least I know that Bill and Roberto weren't just gonna leave me behind, I just had to recover first... I just hope they stick to the plan as I'm about to... Somehow I needed to find a lab first, then locate someone to bring back for some answers... What happened to Diana made me realize I could never go back to that hospital, but I made one promise in my heart - Should I find the one responsible for her death, I swear to God I'm gonna fucking kill them...! I already knew that that son of a bitch General gave the orders, but somehow I want to finish the one who pulled the trigger first... This has to wait first, My life is on the line right now and for some reason I find it much more fearing surviving alone out here... I really need to find the others or at least let them find me... Already 3 days passed and I was ready to move out, grab a few supplies of my own... A part of me believed that Bill might come back here again, And for me to leave a note could help them find me faster, but it's still too risky for any other survivors to get this message first... Not only will it mess up the plan, but that message might end up in the wrong hands... It already became clear finding people to trust was something close to impossible but supplies wasn't to hard to find making other survivors a threat to each other... On these 3 days of hell trying to stay alive, I realized one thing for sure... The world of indivituals were long gone and finding trusted friends were one of the best plans any person could have... As bad as things seemed, You need all the help you can get and not just against the undead, but against other people as well... For some reason I also believed going out there alone might give me some kind of answer I can give survivors to work together... I also believed that having people work together under these circumstances might be a lot easier, but once again trust issues made it nearly impossible to unite... I got everything I could from that truck including most of the medication,
knowing it was the medic bag in that truck who saved my life more than once...As soon as I got the most important things, I was ready to head out... I didn't even take a chance trying to drink from the river as the only water I trusted was from a bottle that still had the seal attached... I took the highway road in the direction the truck was headed... The sun was coming up fast and walking with supplies made me tired really easy... I wasn't fully healed but I believed time was against me anyway... I wasted 3 survival days back there eating and drinking 3 days worth of supplies including medication... I took a few pain killers and walked for hours resting and walking without end... The pain started again and this time with my legs as well, luckily I reached a board saying 'Mountain Valley 5 Miles'... I wasn't sure if this direction might have been the one Bill and the boy took, but I chose this one because I knew what was back in the other directions... I was close to a town and wondering on foot wasn't a easy way to travel... I quickly had to stop for a snack to regain some strength... I was lucky to travel a great distance without running into trouble - or Infected as you know them by now... While I was enjoying the last can of mixed fruit, I realized that the next 5 miles might not be so peaceful... For as tired and painful as it all seemed, I just had one thing on my mind... My hope and wish that Bill And Roberto would still be okay! For those who grew tired of hearing me introduce myself - Allow me to annoy you again... My name is John Richards and this is still my bad ass story Surviving alone!"
3 Months & 15 Days of Mutation 17:54 PM...
While John Continued his walk to Mountain Valley town, Bill and Roberto walked inside a small city closeby.
The City was at least 20 miles from Mountain Valley and the car the two stucked with at least 8 Miles from the Small City.
They managed to reached the city after walking 8 miles none stop.
When they arrived Bill had already finished the last of the supplies they carried with them.
Roberto was thirsty and no clean water was in sight.
Bill saw a Doughnut shop just across the street and smiled at Roberto.
"Don't worry buddy... before we head into the paradise, we can quickly make a stop in that cafè over there, and when we get out... You'll never thurst again!" Bill whispered to Roberto.
They soon made a run for the store and entered quickly without any infected notice them.
Bill locked the door and when he turned around, He saw the worst came to be.
One of the infected was in the store and had bitten Roberto on the hand.
Roberto sweat in pain as he tried not to scream.
"Ah Shit Carlos, I'm Coming!" Bill said running towards the infected.
As Bill rushed over, an african american woman jumps out from the back of the kitchen and stabs a knife in the infected's head and grabs the meat cleaver shortly after.
She grabs Roberto by the arm and hold it against the table.
She swiftly swing two times chopping Roberto's hand clean off.
Bill stands there unable to move gazing at the woman unendingly.
"Fuck... Help me get him up, we need to stop the bleeding... Stop looking at me like I'm crazy and help Mother Fucker or are you deaf?" The woman said to Bill trying to pull up Roberto.
Bill swiftly runs to help Roberto and put him on the table.
"Shit I don't have anything to stop the bleeding, Do something!" The woman paniced and shout at Bill.
Bill rips a piece of his shirt off and undid his belt to stop the bleeding.
Roberto's face is full of sweat and passed out from the pain.
He screamed right after the first swing was made.
Bill tries his best to stop the bleeding.
"I'm not sure if this will help, but we need to get him some first aid soon or this boy won't open his eyes ever again..." The woman said holding her forehead with her right hand while the other hand was on her left hip.
She was a very attractive african woman with a pure caramel brown skin and round earings.
Bill stared at her again and slaps himself on the left cheek.
"Focus Bill... Sorry I'm really shocked right now, That freak came out of nowhere taking the boy down... I went for the door... I really hope he can hold out a bit longer I'm going out there! I won't return until I find something to help the boy out...!" Bill said with a very sad face.
"It's the store manager..." the woman said.
"What...?" Bill asked.
"This man I just killed... I knew him from before, He was the store manager... He... - He was still alive when I first came in here, everything was fine and he suddenly went to the bathroom... I thought it was strange for him to be in there so long, but he was infected and he hid the Fuckin' bite from me... Coz He knew a sister don't play with Shit... We take all them bad mother fuckers out!" Listen I'm really sorry about your boy... You get what you need and I'll keep things cool here... is that alraight with you?"
the woman asked Bill.
"It's the best plan we have right now, I'll be back in a minute..." Bill replied running out of the store.
The woman put her hand on Roberto's forehead and feels him burning up.
Roberto breathes hard and painful.
"Hang in there little man... I'm not sure the whole off cut thing is working but It's the only way right now..." The woman softly said to Roberto.
Meanwhile at the highway towards Mountain Valley...
"Ah Shit...!" John shouts with a tired face full of sweat as he runs passed the 1 mile board.
John looks behind him and see 2 mutations chase after him.
He keeps on running while the two infected close in on the gap right behind him.
John swiftly grabs the pistol and shoots the first one in the head and falls over to the ground as the other infected falls over him.
The zombie quickly gets up chasing after John on the ground.
John takes another shot at the second infected shooting it in the right eye as the bullet breaks the back of the infected's skull.
"ahh... augh - haugh... uhhh" John tries to breath laying in the dirt.
It wasn't long before John could rest, A few more infected came running from the town towards him.
John hears growling from a distance and swiftly sits up straight and first look to the left side of the highway and then to the right side towards town and see in the distance up to 6 mutations approaching him very fast.
"Mother Fucker! I'm beat..." John says opening the load of the barrel.
There's no bullets inside and John's stands up breathing heavily while watching the undead get closer.
"Shit... I'm done running, this is as far as I go... Sorry guys, I guess this is where my living days end..." John said as the Infected runs towards him.
One of the infected runs really fast ahead and jumps John to the ground trying to bite him on the neck.
(Screaming) John struggles to get the one infected off him while 5 other infected comes running towards him.
"Ahhhhh! Fuuuuuuuck!" John screams as his arms grow tired.
The mutation leans a little forward and bites.
Back at the Store in Small City East...
The sun is Gone and It is really dark in the store.
Only the shine of the moon makes it barely visible to see.
The woman stands by the table as poor Roberto fights for his life once again.
A few minutes passed and one of the infected starts to pound at the door.
"Oh shit...! I better take care of that one before he gives others the idea... I can take at least one of these slow walking Mother Fuckers!" The woman says to herself grabing the cleaver tight and walk slowly towards the door.
The woman grabs a hold of the lock and right after she unlocked the front door, The infected's brains splatters all over the windows as Bill smashed a fire axe into the infected's skull.
"Get in here... Before someone else sees you!" The woman said draging Bill inside and lock the door again.
"You mean if something sees me... How's he doing?" Bill asked the woman.
"He's really weak... I don't know If he'll make it, but let's do all we can..." the woman said to Bill.
The woman grabs a few things from the bag Bill brought and let them fall as she runs towards the boy.
She grabs on to him as his body starts to shake.
"What's happening? Is he Dying...?! What's going on, why is he shaking like this!?" The woman panics and shouts at Bill trying to hold Roberto's body from falling off the table.
"Oh wait... I know this! He's having a seizure... It's a good thing I took this shot before we left the truck... Keep him still! He needs this shot to stable..." Bill said to the woman taking out an injection out of his back pocket.
The needle was a little bend, but in some way Bill happens to inject Roberto.
A few seconds after the injection was made, Roberto stopped shaking.
"He lost too much blood..." Bill said and grabs a few things from the bag.
"This is going to be risky, but I'm going to extract blood from myself and inject him with it..." Bill said with a stressed voice.
"He needs blood, so how would that be risky? You sick or something?" the woman asked Bill confused.
"No... We may not have the same blood type, it's going to be really bad otherwise... At least I hope he has the 'O' type!" Bill said wiping the sweat from his forehead.
Bill managed to donate blood to the boy and wait for Roberto to wake up.
A few minutes passed and Bill falls asleep.
The woman leans forward to feel Roberto's head.
The woman feels Roberto's pulse and find that he died.
"Oh no... This isn't true...!" The woman said with a said face and a panicking voice.
Bill wakes up and look Roberto in the face and say "Oh great... He's finally awake! and watch Roberto get's up.
The woman swings the cleaver at Roberto's neck also making him fall back down to the floor.
"The Fuck You doing?!" Bill shouts.
Roberto gets back up slowly as his throat is cleaved open.
Bill swiftly realize no blood flows from the wound and Swing the Axe cleaving Roberto's head into two.
"Agh No... John is going to Kill me!" Bill shouts throwing the Axe and grabbing his head and cries.
The two sit in silence for almost 20 minutes until the woman starts to talk.
"We have to go... This spot isn't safe no more, we have to leave..." The woman said with a soft voice.
"Too dangerous at night... well never make it anywhere..." Bill answers calmly.
"How would you know, we haven't tried..." The woman said.
"It's just a rule for survivors..." Bill said.
"Rule... What rule? There are no more rules! We're just normal people surviving out here..." the woman said out loud.
"If John was here, The boy would still be alive... He'd know what to do in this messed up situation...." Bill said feeling disappointed.
"Who the fuck is 'John'? and what makes him so great that he could have done better!?" the woman asked Bill with a serious face.
"He's like the John Wich only a little less attractive, but I'll tell you something... before I met John, I was a survivor just like you and better yet I was with at least 6 other people... Within a day all 6 survivors died leaving only me alive, I was at my limit as well and then I met John... He could make the best out of the worst, even when people he loved died He didn't just give up... Those people's death made him smarter, creating rules for people like us to survive better... I once tried to go out at night when I heard him say at least 5 things that could cause my death out there..." Bill explained.
"What were thos 5 things?" the woman asked.
"Well he said something about the dead being attracted to light, and... I also think something about not being able to see wide enough to know which direction they come from... and He said not being able to see far ahead makes you reach your destination longer... He also said should you use a gun at night you're practically screwed... I believed everything he said..." Bill said.
"Why? Why would you believe things like this from a guy you hardly know? He from the army?" the woman asked.
"I don't think so... I believed him because right after we met It started getting dark real quick... I believed his warnings because we just met and he made me realize why 4 of those other survivors I was with died... I knew then that he was catching on fast and I needed to stay with him, I even watched him save this boy from dying once... He treated this boy as a son of his own and taught us how to look out for each other... Anyway I need to find him quickly!"
Bill said focused.
"Why do you need to find him so badly and how did you even separate in the first place?" the woman asked.
"Let's just say I fucked up and he was the one having to pay for my mistake... Anyway He needs a lab and someone smart enough to analize data and such things..." Bill said to the woman.
"Wait... you mean like a lab expirements and goverment lab and such?" the woman asked surprisingly.
"Yeah... We got burned really bad the last time we tried to find one, we lost someone important to us and now finding someone like that is gonna take more than balls..." Bill said hopelessly.
"I know a place like that, but it seems kinda hard to get in..." the woman said.
"Hell yeah... now we're talking, how far to reach there?" Bill asked excited.
"Well... if I remeber correctly, heading east road down the small city main road it might be 2 miles from here..." the woman said.
"I really don't know why do they call it small City, coz the place is fucking huge! To check something, can we drive there?" Bill asks.
"If we can get a car running we might be able to reach the far end of east side of the city but we'll have to take a off road that might be open in that direction... Wait You're not planning to..." The woman said stopping her sentence halfway.
"Oh yeah... I say we get ourselves a nice Wheeler, Drive the fuck all the way to the front door and find a way inside, we'll probably be trapped inside, but at least it will be the right place to hold up... If this is the nearest lab to find, I know John will meet us there!" Bill said picking up the fire axe.
The two prepared to go outside to find the nearest car.
"Hold up... Are you trying to take the whole shop with you?" the woman siddenly asked Bill.
"We don't know how long we're gonna be trapped there, so we should take what we can!" Bill suggested.
Soon the woman helped Bill packing supplies and prepared weapons.
"Shit... we need guns!" the woman said.
"No... we'll get guns at the right time, but using one now will only get us killed..." Bill replied.
The two was finally ready to leave when Bill grabbed the door handle, the woman grabbed his arm and the stopped.
"Hold up big guy, We been through so many shit together And I still don't know who the Fuck you are..." the woman said.
"Oh yeah... I thought you knew, but I forgot I lost my tag a long time ago... Name's Bill, how about you sweetheart?" Bill said in a flirty way.
"Milla Anderson... people call me 'Coco' in the hood at least..." the woman said to Bill.
"Well Milla... Chocolate's my favorite just so you know..." Bill said.
"I can see that..." Milla said looking at Bill from head to toe.
"Ha haa ha haha..." Bill laughed and opened the door.
They swiftly grabbed the stuff and started running while shinging a flashlight in front of them.
"John wouldn't run like this in the night, I sure hope he's okay... Don't worry buddy we'll be wating for you!" Bill said out loud while running.
Back at Mountain Valley 20:21 PM...
John was driving in a car with 3 people.
One was a blonde woman in army clothes and two young girls in their early 20's.
While the car drives through the town, John notice how most of the buildings were burned to the ground.
"I... I just wanna thank you girls for saving me back there,I was really in a bind there..." John said to the others.
John swiftly gets a flashback on what happened back at that time.
'John saw the infected on top of him again laying on the ground.
"Aghhh... Fuuuuck!" (car driving) John screamed when I car drove passed him running the other infected over.
the Zombie lean's forward biting the Revolver in John's hand.
a girl leans out of the window with a rifle and shoots a clean shot through the infected's head on top of John.
"Get up or die... Choose now!" the girl shouted from inside the car.
John stood up walking fast towards the car and jumped inside the opened door.
The car drives off as one of the infected tries to get up.'
John's mind finally clears from the passed and hear the blonde say "You're welcome... This means you owe me one... I don't care who you are or even where you're from, As you can see I'm the one driving and I have the highest Authority here that makes me in charge... Got a problem with that then speak your mind now so I can stop the car and throw you the fuck out! Or simply agree and enjoy the ride with no comment..." and look in centre mirror to see John's face.
John said nothing and sigh with tired eyes.
"Good... Meet the girls... This is Stacy and the one in the back next to you is Grace... I'm Jane... Before you say your name these girls haven't even turned 25 yet, to me they wouldn't even know shit about the world out there So try anything funny, and I'll make sure to cut your Balls off myself... Now I'm done yelling, Name...?" The blonde woman driving asked.
"Great... I guess it's finally my turn to speak... I've went through hell myself surviving this long, you may have helped but I can asure you Jane, those clothes mean shit out there! As for you girls I keep my cool around young girls like you without a hussle... I've lost more survivor's than the boys you've kissed, and since you're the one in charge Jane... Allow me to tell you this much... Working together is the only way to stay alive in this Hell world... I'm not sure what the plan is and where you headed, but I've got something much more important to attend to and if you don't help me you can stop the car and let me off then, but before you do that, listen to what I'm about to say... I met the person's friend who caused all this and I know more about your leaders than you do Miss Jane... I now have research that needs to be analized so maybe a cure for the infected can be made... First I need to find a lab, and second someone smart enough to analize the data..." John explained while the others remained shocked.
"I don't know of any remaining smart people out there, but I do know of a lab... It's a research Base a few miles from here... I used to report there a few times in the past, but I guess my life wasn't much to the goverment after this freak show started... I'll take your word and head over there... Even when we find the place, We'll still need the smart Dr. to do the research..." Jane said to John.
"I'll do whatever it takes to find someone, let's just find and secure the lab..." John said.
after one hour drive, they arive at a city enterance.
"This is Small City East... we need to take a off road and maybe we'll be able to reach the lab round about 2 miles from here..." Jane said.
"Stop here... That store over there, one of the infected was killed by the front door meaning there might be survivors inside, we'll quickly head in there for supplies..." John said.
"No time... Stacy quickly run over the store and check for any survivors... Make it quick! We have enough weapons and supplies in the trunk to last us at least 3 weeks... So stay put!" Jane said.
after a short while Stacy comes running back to the car and got in.
"Any survivors...?" Jane asked Stacy.
"No... Just a man behind the counter with a knife inside his head and some poor kid who's head's split in two... other than that, the place was cleaned out completely..." Stacy replied.
They drove off towards the research base.
When they arrived, Jane puts brights on to see ahead and saw the gate was driven down and many undead were surrounding the area.
Jane continued to drive increasing the speed.
"Look over there it seems there's the car that broke the gate there must be people inside!" Grace shouts pointing out the way.
"Shit hold on... I'll try to run down as many as I can, girls get ready to shoot... By the time more of them arrive, we should be inside by then, so don't hesitate to shoot...!" Jane said focused.
"I might have an Idea... try not to shoot, Give me your pistol Grace I've noticed yours won't make much noise... All 3 of you head for the door once we end up inside, Jane hit as many as you can on the right side..." John suggested While Jane enters the base yard.
They soon stopped at the right side and the girls rush to grab the supplies from the trunk as John runs towards the other car.
John swiftly grabs a rock and break the driving side window.
Shortly after John shoots 3 infected in the head and find the keys still in the car.
John gets the car started in gear and put the rock on the gas peddle allowing the car to drive off alone.
Shortly as the car speed increases John shoots the steering wheel breaking the horn of the car allowing it to blow constantly.
Most infected turns around unable to see John and the others at night and follow the car noise outside.
"Holy Shit... Who the Fuck is he?" Stacy ask with surprise watching John walk back with an empty pistol in hand towards them.
"That right there girls, is a real man!" Jane said with a soft confident voice.
The front door by system opened and shut again as John and the 3 women entered the lab.
John walks in front down a hall way entering another doorway.
After the door opened John sees Bill standing with an african american woman.
"Holy Shit! You look like hell..." Bill said running towards John to hug him.
"Nice to see you too Bill..." John smiles as he grabs on to Bill.
"I see you brought some wonderful guests... Ladies..." Bill said greeting the 3 women behind John.
John looks around the room and back to Bill.
"Where's Roberto? I bet he'll be glad to see me..." John ask with excitement.
Bill looks down at the ground and while the others notice how John's smile disappears.
"Bad news... He-.... The boy got bitten and turned... there was nothing I could do to save him..." Bill said with a sad face.
For some reason John didn't know how to react and instead of crying, John puts down the empty pistol on a nearby table and sit in silence for a moment.
"We got the place now we need someone for the information processing... Bill, I need a full check on this place I'll be heading out in the morning to find someone fit for the job, I think it's time to end this fucked up World..." John said with an angry expression.
"That was some enterance you made out there..." Milla said folding her arms.
"You never told us your name!" Grace said out loud.
She had a very soft voice with curly brown hair.
"That's right... We didn't get to hear the name of our hero..." Jane said.
"I'm sick and tired of loosing people, seing people die just because the world is now fucked up... For a long time I waited for another chance to find a cure and this time I won't fail! For those of you here who may not yet know who I am... My name is John Richards and I'm about to End this nightmare!"
To Be Continued...