THE ZOMBIE OUTBREAK

chapter eleven

Ethan looked back behind him and saw the figure moving and getting closer. He immediately drew out his bow as the two men looked at him. He shot an invisible arrow to his disbelief, and it hit the zombie. The creature snarled on the floor as the men watched. "I am here to look for my sister and friend too. Who the hell are you guys?" Ethan asked, trying to come back to his senses. "I am here to find my wife." The man said it again, but with a soft voice this time around. "I am sure they must have been taken by someone or something," Ethan replied. 

The men looked at themselves, releasing Clara and Johnny. "What are you not telling us? If you know something, then you need to spill it. We don't know what is going on at the moment. One minute later, we were out to get some food supply as we could get back to this." The other men said it again.

"The zombies are now getting wise, I think." Ethan paused as he looked at the zombie he shot. He got back up to his feet. "That is impossible." Ethan said, looking at the figure in front of him. 

"Get behind me!" He shouted again and immediately knocked on his bow. 

Ethan fired another shot, and this time the zombie dodged it. Ethan remembered what he had seen at the hospital, and it looked like his nightmare was getting real. " Run!" Ethan shouted, but before they could get to their feet, a zombie burst out of a room close by, grabbing one of the men. The loud horror sound of his wail rippled through the cold atmosphere as Ethan and the rest of the survivors ran for their lives. 

"What was that?" The man asked, trying to catch his breath. 

Johnny looked at Ethan and asked, "IIs that what this was about? Please don't tell me that zombies are getting wiser and can think like us." He said it with a shaky breath. 

The fact that the zombies were able to anticipate the humans next action was something that was going to cause catastrophe. "I find out that the dead could come back to life." Ethan looked at the man, who was now showing signs of fear. 

"What do you mean the dead could come back to life?" Fred asked 

"The bodies of the soldiers, what did you do with them?" Ethan asked 

"We had them buried, although a man said we should have burned them." Fred replied 

"The site; can you take me there?" Ethan said quickly 

Fred looked back to make sure the zombies were not following them. "What about the zombies? What do we do when they attack again?" Clara asked, sniffling. 

"We kill them and burn their asses," Ethan said with anger. 

"Wha about shooting them in the head? I have watched many zombie movies, and I think the head is mostly the target." Fred replied, making Ethan stopped walking halfway. He looked back and walked towards him. 

"Does this look like some Hollywood shoot to you?" Ethan shuddered, raising his voice a bit. "You saw that, right? I fired an arrow at his head, and do you think it stays dead?" Ethan asked 

The tension was high as they looked at him, not sure of what to say. "If we can't kill them anymore, how do you propose we do that?" Johnny asked 

"I am not sure about anything right now. I don't have the answers; I only do as I am directed by the system." Ethan replied, walking away from them.

"Is he always like that?" Fred looked at Johnny. 

"If you mean that he is always bossy, then I would say yes. Don't worry, you will get used to it." Johnny answered, walking alongside Clara, who hadn't said enough words since Ethan shot his brother dead. 

They got to the burial ground, and Ethan marveled at the way the zombies clawed their way out of the ground. He looked at Fred and said, "II think we are dealing with another walking dead in our hands. We need to find them before they find us." Ethan said with a sigh. 

His friend, Max, and his sister were now in danger once again, and they needed saving. "We don't know what took them or in which direction to look for them. What do we do?" Fred asked, feeling depressed. 

"First, we need to see if there was any message they managed to leave behind. There must be a clue about what happened here. I am sure someone must have dropped a message for us." Ethan looked at their faces. "We are going to separate now and meet back at that gate. I want you to watch your six and report through this." Ethan brought out a walkie-talkie from his pocket. 

He gave Fred and looked at Johnny. "YYou both should stick together. We need to find out what we need before dawn. Clara is coming with me, and don't you ever think of slowing me down?" Ethan said it with a stern look on his face. 

"We meet here back in an hour. And note that every single detail matters. Don't leave any stone unturned." Ethan commanded, and they all nodded. 

Ethan grabbed his bow, and immediately they ventured into darkness, with Clara trailing behind him. 

"You need to stay focused, Clara; he is gone, but we might still be able to save the rest of them. I am sure you want to meet them, right?" Ethan said without looking back. His concentration was more on finding his sister and Max. Deep down, he prayed they were alright. "Do you think the world is going to go back to the way it was?" Clara asked, and Ethan paused. 

He looked at her and didn't say a word. Etha simply kept waking and later coughed, "I don't know, kid, the world is messy right now, and I was thinking it could get better. I am not sure of that." Ethan said when he heard a snarl. 

His vision blurred again. " Rachel." He said slowly, with disbelief in his eyes, at the eyes of the creature, staring right back into his eyes.