Chapter 2

Then we went into town, I did my best to hide my fear and avoid crying for everything that happened, at that time I wanted to prove strong, I had to do it or else I would be a burden for Leon.

I wonder, who is that girl he is looking for, and what is he doing? Well I'll ask another time.

We crossed again the bridge that I had thought was the exit and we went to the huge entrance door to the town. I stopped to close my eyes and try to forget everything that had happened with those people and my parents.

- You're okay? - Leon asked me.

- Yes, it's just a headache, but nothing to worry about. - I answered something sad.

Leon looked at me and with a half smile he rested one of his hands on my right shoulder.

- I understand. - It was the only thing he said and kept walking.

I kept thinking, did he spend the same as me?

We entered the site and approached a tree, I observed that he, with his binoculars, looked at the area.

- Oh no. - He murmured. - We have to cross between them.

- Aha. - I just said.

We both went to the side so they would not see us, we crouched behind some woods and I got a better view of the place.

Everything seemed calmer, the spaniards were doing their usual jobs that they used to do before everything changed course, there were not even the bodies of the murdered, it seemed a normal day. Although something wasn't right, their ways of walking, of doing certain things, seemed to have the same pattern in all individuals. It did not take long for some flames to catch my attention, I tried to focus my eyes to see what was being burned, something was hanging, it looked like a body ...

- A stranger! - We heard someone screaming behind us.

My skin bristled, and I turned in his direction. It was one of them who had a machete with him, I was quite surprised. When did he arrive here?

When he was going to attack me, Leon shot him and he fell dead to the ground. I froze and looked at the blonde.

- Get up. - He gave me a hand and I stood up.

Suddenly a crowd of settlers approached us.

- Move on! - He exclaimed and ran while I followed him with some difficulty.

Leon stopped and began to shoot with his pistol, some fell and got up, they looked like zombies, but most he hit them to the head and killed them directly.

- Shit - Leon murmured reloading his gun.

They increasingly approached us more.

- Quick, in that house. - He said and fired again.

We jumped over a small fence and opened the door to enter, Leon successively closed it and locked it.

- What're these people? - He asked a little confused and looked out the window while I was panicking but trying to calm down. - What are they planning?

Suddenly we heard a chainsaw and he walked away a little.

- Great. A chainsaw. - He said sarcastically.

Kennedy pushed a piece of furniture to block the front door. And he looked at me.

- Hey! Hey! Girl, I need your help. - He shook me so that I reacted.

- We are dead. - I mumbled without even blinking my eyes.

- No, I need you to listen to me carefully. - He looked me in the eyes and I nodded. - You have to trust me. Okay?

- It's okay. - I took a deep breath and noticed that Leon, quickly, removed some things from a closet until it was half empty.

- You have to hide here, until I let you know. - He pointed and I looked suspiciously.

- Guacala! This sucks, man. - I said with disgust.

- Come on, it's not time to be a delicate girl. - He said offended me and before I said anything, we heard broken glass sharply. - Shit! - Leon exclaimed looking up.

- I am going to kill you! - Shouted a man with a hat hitting the window that was blocked by some wood.

- Son of a bitch. - Leon prepared his gun in hand and pushed a piece of furniture to cover that window. He looked at me as if giving me an order, then I decided to go inside that stinking closet.

At first I felt something useless and cowardly, I started to hear some shots and I got a little nervous. I heard that they hit the door very hard until they got through it, I really couldn't see anything, I tried to ignore the nauseating smell that flooded inside the closet.

I started to hear footsteps and the noise of the chainsaw getting louder, it was a sign that they had already taken the house, but what about Leon?

I slowly opened the closet, I saw that the entrance door was shattered but apparently there was no one in this sector. Confident of myself, I went out and heard the chainsaw and a few gunshots, they were on the second floor.

I was very scared, at first I didn't know what to do, the simple fact of hearing the sound of the chainsaw gave me chills, but I had to overcome it, I am already here and there is no turning back.

I took courage and quickly looked around for some object that could serve as a defense. I got an iron stick, it was something heavy, but it was that or nothing.

When I slowly approached the stairs to climb to the second floor, my legs began to tremble and I began to think, What am I doing? Actually I could flee from this place immediately, while everyone is distracted by Leon, but he helped me and I could not leave him just like that.

I stepped firmly and climbed the stairs, I noticed that a masked man with the chainsaw was a few steps away from attacking him, while he was firing at the settlers who entered through the window.

Thousands of almost inexplicable sensations passed through my whole being, instinctively I decided to hit with the stick, to the man with the chainsaw, straight to his head thinking that I would knock him out, but without letting go of a word he stopped and turned to my direction. That was scary. I swallowed saliva and my breathing started to shake.

- Behind you stupid! - I heard someone scream.

I turned a little scared, but quickly with the iron stick I hit him brutally that I threw him from the second floor.

In a sudden turn the man with the chainsaw attacked me, and I decided to bend down, making his machine stuck by a piece of furniture. When I stood up they threw an ax at me, I dodged it and it was impregnated by the wall, all this happened so fast, until in an oversight one of them fell on me and we fell on the stairs, that old man was trying to hang me, I was trying to grab the stick but I couldn't.

Suddenly I heard a shot and blood splashed on my face, the old man stopped attacking me and fell dead rolling down the stairs. I sighed somewhat relieved and wiped my face.

- I didn't tell you to go out. - He looked at me in disapproval and I between closed my lips without knowing what to say.

Leon helped me to stand up and we noticed that the masked man managed to free his chainsaw, due to this, my companion shot him several times in the head, but it didn'tt hurt him.

- He doesn't die! - I exclaimed.

Kennedy then shot him twice in the legs and gave him a quick kick, leaving him on the ground and his chainsaw to one side.

I was surprised at that action but soon my attention was focused on the masked man who was slowly rising.

Some flashes came to my mind, from when he decapitated my father, his headless body, the blood scattered all over the surface ... anger and revenge took possession of me very suddenly, so I ran for the chainsaw and I picked it up

- Die you idiot! - I cried through tears, giving him back that caused.

His head spun on the ground and his body began to bleed, he definitely died. I had so much anger, my heart was beating a thousand times an hour, sweat ran down my forehead and some drops fell to the floor. Until I realized what I did and I dropped that machine, I became a murderer, I did not control my impulses.

- What did I do? - I looked at my hands, they had traces of blood.

Before Leon said anything, a lady grabbed him from behind and took him by the neck, but quickly he managed to save himself and shot her, he didn't have enough time to recover because several more came in through the window.

- Come on, if we stay here we will die. - Leon said breaking another crystal.

I nodded drying my tears and we left that part of the house, we ran through the roof while he shot some, until they began to corner us.

I noticed that we were on the edge of the roof and that it wasn't very high. So I gave a signal to the blonde, he at first cared about my leg, but it was worth a damn, so I threw the iron stick and jumped, waiting for him to do the same and he did it.

We prepared to flee, but out of nowhere more of them appeared, closing us off. I got scared, I decided to go elsewhere, but they also blocked my way, Leon tried to do the same, but he had no way to escape. We were both surrounded by the Spaniards, I held tightly the object that served to defend me, while Kennedy reloaded his gun. When it seemed that the battle was about to begin, we heard the sound of a bell.

- Oh, the bell. - Warned one of them.

- It's time to pray. - Said another.

- We have to go. - Added another inhabitant.

They just dropped their weapons and walked away from us, but what happened? We followed them slowly and saw that they entered a very peculiar door, with a strange symbol.

We both looked, confused, around us there was nobody.

- Ah, where's everything going? Bingo? - Leon asked sarcastically.

He received a call, woow and I thought there was no signal in this rural area.

Meanwhile I went to where the flames were, finally I could identify what was hanging, was a policeman, lay dead with severe burns and face unrecognizable, covered my mouth with one hand, but then I remembered that I had blood stained I almost vomited, I wiped it with the sleeve of my shirt and looked at the burning body again, trying to see his face, I only imagined my uncle's face.

I closed my eyes trying to ignore any similar thought and sighed, when I felt the presence of my companion I opened my eyes.

- He came with you? - I asked looking at him.

Leon said nothing, only turned his gaze elsewhere. Then I understood.

- Sorry. - I murmured.

- Forget it. - He said something sad, but soon changed his expression. - Is it hard to obey for a while? Why did you go out? You would have died there.

- I'm sorry, but even if you don't believe it, you would have died too, you needed some help up there.

- It's okay. - He sighed. - The next one you warn that you're being attacked, don't be afraid, okay? - I nodded. - How do you feel?

- Well, ignoring that I stink like a skunk, I feel fine. Sure, a shower would not hurt. But if you mean what has just happened ... - I was silent for a moment looking at my hands.

- Laura, don't think about that, you did the right thing, never regret it. Now we better look for something that can serve us, before they come back.