TOYIN POV
My hands were still outstretched, trying to grab on to her, but all i could catch was air.
"LUCY NOOOOOO!!", Sandra tried to throw herself back into the darkness, but i held her tight, i was not going to lose her too, not after i couldn't save Lucy...
Carrying the kicking and fighting Sandra, i made my way forward, we would get to the bus park in 5 minutes max
Slowly Sandra seemed to lose strength and her violent protests turned into muffled shaky sobs
"i-hic hic(1)- i'm so sorry vivi-hic-an, hic-sob-sob i couldn't hic keep her safe, sob sob sob", putting two and two together, i guessed Vivian must've been Lucys late elder sister and they must've been friends at least, Sandra must be full of grief right now, and my heart ached for her, i'd have liked to join her and cry, but i had to stay strong, for both our sakes....
When we reached the bus park, we had to decide what to use, i left Sandra in one of the cars, she seemed weary, so i gave her time to think while i chose a vehicle.....but checking around, the small taxis barely had any fuel left, they seemed to have been siphoned, meaning someone had the same idea as us, suddenly one of the larger buses turned on and started moving a few seconds after, "VROOOOOOMMMM!!".
I reacted quickly by running to try and get them to stop, but i didn't need to, as the bus tire burst after entering a pothole, an unlucky but lucky coincidence that i thanked God for...
Vigilantly i waited for whoever it was to come out, then i'd know whether i could peacefully convince them to let us on...i was definitely getting on anyway.
The door slowly opened, revealing someone, covered in sand....we looked at each other for a few seconds before "she" slowly asked: "aren't you...Toyin?",
"Yeah, i am, who are you?",
"'I'm Mariam, a...friend of Zaheers",
That she knew of my friendship with Zaheer gave her some credibility, tho i didn't fully believe her just yet. i asked:
"Should i fix that tire, or can you?,
"I can fix it, but it's gonna take some time, and i don't think we have much of that" she replied while pointing, turning i saw 2 eaters racing towards us, seemed the truck had alerted them, and there were probably even more coming....
"I'll take care of them, but if you try to run away, I'll definitely find you" i threatened, holding my club menacingly, she looked kind of annoyed but she just nodded, knowing this wasn't the time for an argument. I led Sandra into the bus and sat her down, before stepping back out to face the sprinting eaters.
Closing my eyes i tried to remember the feeling of the invincible limb from before. It came back to me slowly, and when they were 10 meters in front of me, i'd imagined the limb as a barrier in front of them.
They slammed into my invisible wall and kept scratching or bashing against it trying to shatter it, with each impact, i felt myself shudder a bit. Deciding i couldn't keep on being so passive, i imagined the barrier extending a single rope to tie down the arm of one of them but it didn't seem to work, so instead i imagined, it as sticky quicksand holding them down.
Slowly their movements began to reduce before they seemed almost paralysed if it wasn't for the rapid movements of their black eyes.
Inching forward while trying to remain as concentrated as ever, i felt the mental strain increasing, Whatever this ability was it was pretty hard to use.
Once i got close to them, i raised my club high and brought it down hard on the head of one, but the feeling of smashing the head like a watermelon made me lose control of the second one. As i stumbled backwards, It fell on the ground and seemed to sniff its companions body before leaping at me, again i created the barrier to stop it, before turning it to quicksand and ending it.
Right then i heard the engine revving again and Mariam shouting at me to "get on!", Dragging my exhausted body i climbed back up and into the bus before collapsing on my seat, taking deep breaths i thought
"The mental and physical burden for using this ability is pretty damn high".....
Turning around to check on Sandra, i saw her TRYING TO LEAP OUT OF THE WINDOW!!, using my last burst of energy i grabbed her and dragged her back in,
"LET GO OF ME YOU BASTARD!, LET ME DIE, I DESERVE IT, KILL YOURSELF TOO, YOU COULDN'T SAVE HER EITHER!!" she shouted crazily before mumbling incoherently, she kept struggling and i was honestly too pissed to talk, did she think after risking my life so she could stay alive, she could just kill herself?!!,
NO WAY!!,
Angrily, i ripped down one of the curtains on the bus windows and used it to Tie her arms, when she realized what i was doing, she struggled harder but i didn't give a single Fuck. I tied both her hands and legs and for good measure i stuck a piece of cloth in her mouth to stop her hysterical shouting, it was pretty mean, but i was going to save this girl even if that meant she hated me, because at least she had to be alive to hate me right?
MARIAMS POV
"What the fuck were those people doing back there?" i wondered, forgetting not to curse in my annoyance, turning the rear view mirror, i saw the girl screaming crazily about death, and i couldn't help but chuckle wondering if she could truly survive in this new messed up world.
That guy on the other hand was pretty surprising, he seemed to have some sort of ability that he used to stop the eaters( yeah, i was watching him, i wanted to see whether i should wait for him or not.).
Seeing he'd finished tying up the girl, i asked him:
"what are you planning on doing now?"
he looked at me, contemplated for a few seconds before replying,
"I'm going to Zaheers place, the place is pretty secure plus i hope i can see my Friend",
"hmmm that's good, i also planned on going there"
"Oh, that's cool then"
(brrrrrr(2))
(brrrrrr)
"Shit....." i said
"whats wrong??"
"buckle up, there are some eaters ahead, i'm gonna ram through them!!" i said,
he just complied and got in his seat after buckling up the crybaby back there first, then i let out all the pent up frustration in me smashing into these Bastards
"NOW YOU FUCKERS ITS TIME FOR YOU TO DIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!"....