THE ZOMBIE OUTBREAK

chapter twelve

Johnny and Fred kept walking, trying to look for a clue that would tell them where their families had been taken too. They had seen that Derek and the rest of the soldiers had dug their way out of the ground. "What exactly are we looking for?" Johnny looked at Fred. 

"We need to find anything that would tell us what really happened here." Fred replied 

"Do you think the zombie did this?" Johnny said, looking a little bit taken back. 

"I don't know, kid." Fred scratched his head, trying to think of something. They were about to walk back to meet Ethan and Clara when they heard a squeak at the door. "Sh..shh...hh." Fred looked at Johny. Both of them immediately went under the table and stayed quiet. The loud snarl of the zombie could be heard as it tried to find its way out of the room. 

Suddenly, it made a snarl, and she walked out of the room. "We need to follow it." Fred said, looking at Johnny. 

"What do you mean, follow it? Are you seriously thinking about killing yourself?" Johnny looked into his eyes. 

"Do you have a family?" Fred asked, and Johnny was quiet. His family had died when the catastrophe hit the city. Johnny had watched as his mother and father were turned right before him. "Yes, I have a family, but they are dead," he said, trying to keep the tears that wanted to come streaming down from his face. "I am sorry; I don't mean to bring up the past, but I would do anything to see my family back, and I am sure you are going to do the same if you were in my shoes." Fred said, gently coming out into the open. 

"We need to tell you, Ethan. I am sure he must have a plan for all of this. Johnny pulled him back. 

" What? I don't have the time, boy. Something tells me the zombies are getting smarter by the day. We don't need anyone to tell us that. If we don't now, then I might not get the chance to know where they took them." Fred removed Johnny's hands from his shoulder and ventured into the dark. 

"Fuck!" Johnny said, slowly rubbing his hands over his hair. 

He slowly walked back, trying to get back to Ethan and Clara. He knew he had a better chance of survival than following Fred on his successful mission.

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Ethan rubbed his face and looked at Clara, who didn't understand what was going on. The loud snarl of the zombie is getting closer. " Ethan!" Clara shouted his name, bringing him back to reality. 

Ethan immediately drew the bow and shot the zombie in the head. He looked at Clara and saw she was a bit shaken up by what just happened. "Are you alright?" she asked, looking into his eyes. 

"I would be. We need to leave here. This place is a burial ground," he said, walking out of the room. Ethan heard a snarl and quickly pulled Clara to his side. He peered into the darkness and saw all the zombies coming out of all directions. "Come have a look at this," Ethan said, slowly pulling Clara closer to himself. "It looks like they are being controlled by something." Clara said with her eyes, Pin on the hole right in front of her. 

"Not something, but someone." Ethan replied 

"We need to follow them. They might be the key to getting back our loved ones." Ethan said, slowly opening the door. The squeak sound made by the door attracted some of the zombies around, and they immediately turned their attention towards Ethan and Clara. " Run!" Ethan shouted as he shot the nearest zombies closer to him down. 

They both saw a roof top, and they immediately ran in that direction. Johnny saw them and immediately ran in the direction they were heading. 

They climbed as the hordes of zombies ran after them. As they climbed up, Ethan looked at Johnny. "Where is Fred?" 

"He followed the zombie. He said they would know where his family's are." Johnny replied 

Ethan looked at Clara. "I was right after all. I think Derek and the rest of the soldiers are now super soldier zombies." 

Johnny's eyes open wide. "What do you mean, super zombie soldiers?" 

"There is something I saw at the hospital when we went there. There are some humans who have a higher level of immunity in their bodies. If the immune system can fight off the virus, then they become stronger, faster, and better than we humans. But still, they are zombies, just that they have the senses to reason just like we humans do." Ethan replied, and the atmosphere became tense. 

"How are we supposed to kill them if they are stronger and faster than us? How do I get my family back?" Clara said, falling down to the flow and sobbing. She had lost her brother, and right now, the only family that she had was her little sister. 

"We need a plan." Ethan said, looking down at the zombies before them. Johnny's stomach rumbled, and Ethan dipped his hand into his pocket. "Here," he said, throwing some snacks at him. Ethan pressed his pocket and saw a capsule he had taken at the hospital. It had a yellow liquid inside of it. 

"What is that?" Johnny asked with his mouth full of the bite he took. 

"I saw this at the hospital the last time we went over there." Ethan replied, looking at the glowing object. 

"What does it do?" Clara asked, wiping away the tears on her face. "I don't know, but I think we need to go back to the hospital to find that out." Ethan took a seat on the pavement. 

The loud roar of the zombies was unsettling as Ethan looked down each time to make sure they were not climbing up to the roof. 

"We can't stay here. We need to get down from the rooftop. Any plan?" Johnny asked, looking at Ethan. 

"I am not..." They heard a loud bang at the door opposite them, and they froze as the loud bang continued violently.