chapter two

Chapter two

Damian sat a the far end of the basement, his back against the wall and his face staring at the ceiling. The two girls were having a conversation with Beatrice which Damian didn't bother to listen to. He had his mobile phone in his hands, he dialed a number with the name 'Mike' attached to it. The phone ringed for a while as the person accepted the call.

" You are still alive huh. " That was the first thing Damian said.

" Good evening to you too. Little brother. " Mike hoarse voice sounded on the phone.

" Yeah, is everyone doing ok? " Damian asked with a concerned look on his face, he was in a gang of gangsters at the age of thirteen and they are the only person he could call family and care about.

" Well, we lost Scorpion. " He paused lightly and continued.

" But the rest are doing fine. But I still don't understand what the fuck is going. We were at the capital and suddenly we saw rocks falling from the sky. When it collided with the ground green smoke filled the air and before we could realise it, people had been zombified. We had no choice but to protect ourselves. " Mike said with fear in his voice.

" That's bad. "

" Beatrice is she there with you? And we are you? So we can come rescue you. "

" Beatrice is here and we are in the school basement. Come quick. " He said ending the call, he looked at the three for a while before getting on his feet walking towards them.

" What are your names? " He asked frightening the girls.

" My name is Sarah and this is Mitchell. We are both in SS3, same class as you. " Sarah the fair skinned girl said pointing at Mitchell who was chocolate skinned with brown eyes and black hair.

" Well, help is on the way, and don't think am doing this because i feel like, I am just acting because of Beatrice pleaded me to do so. " Damian said picking up his bag filled with sausage rolls and water. He unzipped the bag and poured the contents on the table and walked away.

" Help yourself. " He said resuming his seat. Beatrice looked at him with a smile and decided to join him.

" You are becoming kind hearted. And which help is on the way? " She asked.

" First I am always kind hearted and secondly the gang is coming to get us, so just prepare. But with the look of things, they may arrive tomorrow morning. "

" So the virus has spread through out Lagos? "

" Am afraid so. "

" And what are you going to do about your cuts and bleeding head, what the hell happened out there? "

" I got some plasters and some wool to treat the wounds in my bag. " Beatrice rushed and got the supplies.

" Let me help you with it. " She said turning his head sideways, where a piece of ceramic plate had pierced his head.

" Damn. " She muttered hesitant.

" Just remove it. " Damian said maintaining a straight face. The two girls looked at him horridly, they always knew he was someone not to mess with and the most scariest guy in class before the apocalypse started, he was in the most notorious gang in the whole Lagos, a gang the police wouldn't want to mess with, the Sango gang.

When they saw him entering their new found safe zone, they were more scared of him than those flesh eating zombies.

" Hold on tight. " Beatrice said as she used the wool to surround the ceramic piece and removed it slowly making Damian to groan lightly, she used a cotton wool to stop the bleeding while getting a bottle of water from the table, she poured the water on another piece of wool and used it to clean the dried blood on his head.

" Are you alright? " She asked earning a nod from Damian.

" I encountered a zombie who enjoyed inflicting pain on others than eating them. But I managed to kill it." He said earning a gasp from the scared girls.

" You killed a zombie with only your knife? " Mitchell asked in amusement but a glare from Damian shut her up.

" Am sorry you had to go through all that because of me. " Beatrice said tieing the white bandage around his head.

" It's alright. " He said, he has always had a soft spot for Beatrice due to some strange reasons know to him.

" I think it's already getting late. " He said glancing at the girls, Mitchell was on her phone while Sarah was lying on the floor with sweats dripping from her head, gripping her left hand hard. Damian looked at her furrowed brows.

" What's the matter with her? " He asked Mitchell.

" I think she is having a stomach upset since we got to school today, just let her be. " Mitchell replied avoiding his death glare.

" Oh Kay whatever you say. You guys should sleep while I take watch just incase. " He said glancing at Beatrice who was already taking a nap.

No one could believe that the last day of their paper could become the day of their death, most people had parties to attend, feast to eat, people to meet and many more, but who would have think of that very day as their death day. The streets of Lagos was filled with explosions here and there, burnt cars, corpse lying in every corner as the new threat of humanity started hunting down people that came to sight.

Mike a sturdy man with little beards and long hair which was packed in a bun, he had brown eyes and he had numerous tattoos on his reveal left arm but on e which stand out, was the tattoo on the back of his palm, it was a tattoo of a flame which was a common tattoo to everyone in his gang. He had in his hands a rifle in his hand as he kept shooting non stop at the incoming zombies, he was called by one of the commissioner to do his dirty job again when the supposed meteorite fell not to far destroying building and creating earthquake and soon enough anyone within the radius of the impact died and reanimated and started this huge massacre.

" Aim for their heads. " He yelled at his fellow men and the soldiers that was dispatched to subdue the attacks. They were cooperating together because of the citizens they were trying to protect and trying to get everyone to safety which was not affected by the impact.

His younger brother had called him and he was relieved that the only biological family he had was still alive but time was not on their side, it won't be long for the zombies to smell their location.

" Alpha. These zombies are having special abilities, they are faster than cars how are we going to out run them. " A short man with a bald head with similar flame tattoo on the back of his palm calling Mike by his codename.

" I know but we must not let them get close until the evacuation is done. " Mike yelled looking at the sergeant not to far away from him.

" Hey, use rocket launchers on this motherfuckers. " Mike yelled as the sergeant signaled to his team to ready the rocket launchers. They fired as the asphalt in front of them explodimed.

" Go go go! " He yelled mounting on his bike.

" Where are you heading to? " Bullet yelled. Mike smiled at him and gave him a reassuring look.

" I have to pick my bro from school. " He said as he started ignition.

" Get everyone to a safe zone, I will be right back. "