Chapter Nineteen

(Tom)

The pitter-patter of our footsteps as we descended down the stairway of this hidden corridor were all that you could hear.

Went down maybe 2 sets of 8 stairs before we'd finally reach something new. Sitting in front of us was a terribly beaten and damaged door.

The long claw marks the ran across the middle and the top only have 3 nails as it seems. Harsh dents littered the entirety of the wall which told us something else had obviously tried to get into this door.

"Look, theres a print thing right there" Dipper said pointing his finger toward the glowing pad. I pressed my hand against it stupidly, it obviously wouldn't work for me.

"Fuck this" I swore as I bashed my hand against the red panel. Sparks flew as both Dipper and Tom backed up yelping.

They uncovered their faces when they heard the door beep and open up. "That actually worked?" Tom asked bewildered, "apparently so" I told him.

When the door fully opened it revealed something that made our hearts drop. In the corner were piles on piles of food, an in the other was ammunition.

"Holy shit!" Tom exclaimed, "this could last us, like forever! And they're all preservatives??" He gushed.

I chuckled at his excitment and began walking into the room before haulting suddenly. A piercing familiar scream rang out, alerting us and whatever is close by to its presence.

I look at Both of the young men right next to me, nodding at each other as we ran up the stairway as fast as we could.

Once we reached the surface again, another ear ringing scream sounded. This time we could pinpoint where it's coming from.

We ran right as the scream resonated most that way. Once we got to that area, we were greeted by the sight of our ex-friends fighting zombies and losing terribly.

I look at the two next to me and sighed, "we cant leave them to die, we have to at least help them" I said. "Fine, but let's make this quick we have a months worth of food to get back to and take" Tom said.

With that I leaped into the air and augmented my arm, slamming down into the nearest zombie and hearing the others gasp.

"Dont think anything of this, were just helping you out and then were gone" I stated coldly.

They nodded and began shooting at any straggling zombies coming our way. Both me and Dipper handle the front line attacking zombies head-on. There were so many, the scream must of been the one to bring them closer.

There must of been dozens, and I was wearing myself out. One by one we killed but more just came to replace them, they didnt even dull in numbers. We were getting overwhelmed.

Dipper and I were both tired and the others ran out of bullets. Fuck, we'll have to retreat back to the other base.

"Fuck it, follow us! You guys can just come stay with us until this shit passes!" I yelled as I turned back and began running the direction opposite of the hidden passage.

They followed and we ran as fast as we could, me and Dipper in the front. We weren't at our fastest but we slowed down in order to keep up with the rest.

The zombies were far away but still on our trail, I waved and pointed right into an alley way. We all duck and diverted, hiding behind a few concrete pillars until the zombies pasts.

We waited a few minutes, I peeked my head from around the corner and saw the zombies were no where in sight. I let out a breath of relief and turned to the others.

"Alright, come on you guys can rest up then leave" I said not sparing them a second glance before heading to the complex right next to us.

I went up to the door of the apartment we had just been staying and opened it. I threw my bag on the floor next to the couch and sat down exhausted.

I had only now realized how much of toll that tedious fight took on me. I looked up to see the others walk in apprehensively and rolled my eyes. Dipper and Tom sat on either side of me as well all eyed the rest.

They threw their bags on the floor across the room and sat down on the wall opposite to it. staring back at us.

This went on for about 20 minutes before Jean spoke up. "Alright, I cant take this fucking silence anymore. We all hate each other let's talk about it" Jean approached.

"What's there to talk about? You guys view us as monsters it's fine, we dont want shit to do with you anymore" I said crossing my arms.

"Yeah hes right, I mean all we've done so far is protect and help you, but you guys cant even spare us the decency of being nice?" Tom questioned.

"He stabbed you!" Klancy exclaimed.

"You dont even know the full story, so don't blame him bitch!" Tom yelled back.

"Guys calm down please, you'll attract the entire east coast this way" I sighed rubbing my head.

"Look, the full story on that topic is I had a nightmare, and I was startled in the dream while waking up and stabbed Tom in the process" I explained.

"It was completely an accident and we've moved past it, theres no way in hell I would purposely stab Tom or Dipper" I finished.

They all looked at me with sorrowful looks, but Klancy had other plans. "Look I still dont like you, nor do I trust you and your little boyfriend who called MY girlfriend a bitch, but we have been mistreating you so were sorry" she apologized.

"We dont like you guys either, as soon as you can just go. I don't ever want to see your faces again" I hissed. They all nodded, Daniel nodded sadly but I Ignored it he was with them afterall.

I braced myself for the next few hours and the arguments that were to follow. I was sad that we lost friends just that quick but on the bright side, we found our cache and as soon as they leave were going right back.

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