![]() “I skinned it again,” he hissed, prodding the pink raw skin. He sat down on the mattress and examined his stinging elbow. They would never EVER sleep together in a sexual way that would be as bad as sleeping with your sibling. The pair always shared it, to converse body heat and all that. There was a cooler in one corner, and a twin mattress on the floor next to it. They had removed most of the leather seats, leaving two rows in the back. He turned and looked around the bus as he crunched on the bar. “Yeesh.” Neil mumbled, straightening his glasses and unwrapping the cellophane. She’ smacked Neil in the face with one and ripped the other’s wrapper off with her teeth. “Tsk,” Nikki hissed and popped open the glove compartment, pulling out two protein bars. ![]() “Two arrows broke when I was trying to get them fucking clean!” ![]() Neil stomped to the front, and waved a few broken wood pieces in front of her face. “Bad luck?” called Nikki from the front seat. “-two more goddamn arrows, damn this fucking apocalypse, even the shit keeping us safe isn’t cooperating-“ Nikki heard the hatch open and Neil’s feet hit the isle as he mumbled angrily. She pulled open the emergency hatch and, after tossing down her bat, lowered herself down and shut the door behind her. Nikki climbed up onto the hood, then hoisted herself over the windshield and onto the roof. The bus, heavily armored with bits of metal and the doors welded shut, was parked in front of the empty school. She kicked through patches of gravel, spraying rocks everywhere as she turned a corner. Nikki jumped on top of a car and ran across the top, dropping back onto the ground from the hood. The brick walls were covered in everything from graffiti to blood splatters, and some parts were crumbling from nobody being there to take care of the building. “Kay! Don’t get eaten!” Nikki slung the dripping wet bat over her shoulder and set off to the other side of the school. “Go ahead back to the bus, I need to get these clean.” But the gore has already dried on them, refusing to rinse off. Neil grabbed a handful of arrows and held them under the stream too. The faucet squeaked as she turned it, then waited.Īfter a few moments a steady stream of water spilled onto the blood-covered bat, washing the red onto the concrete. “Here it is!” Nikki jogged over to the coiled hose and untangled the last few feet. Neil and Nikki’s footsteps echoed in the empty school parking lot as they made their way to the side of the building, searching for the hose. But he kept the keys with him at all times, as to not let Nikki get her hands on them. Neil always said that if they ever needed a quick escape, he could drive it to safety. ![]() They had armored the bus so much that the only way in was the top emergency hatch. The two teenagers were camping out in an old school bus parked in front of their empty high school. Neil and Nikki had been surviving together for about three months, ever since the virus broke out across the globe. Dark clouds were rolling in the sky, creating a grey hazy feel to the already chilly September air. He pulled her up onto the crate stack, then the two of them hoisted themselves over the fence and out of sight.Īs the pair walked through the deserted streets, they were alert and listening, waiting anxiously for growling or the sound of dragging feet. “Come on,” he called to Nikki, who tossed her bat over the fence and grabbed Neil’s outstretched hands. He threw his backpack over and then climbed on top of a stack of crates piled against the fence. He walked over to a tall wooden fence at the end of the ally, wiping his sweaty hands on his vest. “Good idea,” agreed Neil, who was pulling his arrows free from the zombies’ heads and putting them back in his backpack. She held up her baseball bat, which was dripping with blood. “I think so,” said Nikki, wiping sweat from her brow. “You think we got them all?” Neil wondered aloud in a low voice. Nikki walked over the bodies to Neil, who was listening and looking around for approaching figures. The ally was quiet aside from the sound of their heavy breathing. Two more zombies were downed by arrows, as well as four with bashed-in skulls. He raised his crossbow and sent an arrow flying through the zombie’s forehead, knocking it backwards to the ground with a dull thud. Neil turned to find himself face-to-face with an armless zombie, growling and snapping at Neil as it staggered closer. “Neil, watch your back!” She yelled to get his attention before whacking another zombie. She turned to look over her shoulder at Neil. More blood splattered on the brick walls as she bashed their skulls in. Nikki shook the access block from her baseball bat, then swung it at three more zombies limping towards her. Two more bodies were knocked to the ally’s dirty ground, dark liquid pooling in the ground from their smashed faces.
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