Bitten

Author's Note: I am so sorry for not posting for a few days. Unfortunately, my family and I contracted COVID so we have been recovering from it. I am fully recovered, yet again I am so, so sorry. Enjoy the chapters!

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Dani looked behind her, she saw how many bitters were after us. "That's a lot." Dani pulled out an arrow and aimed her bow towards the group, she released the arrow; it went in between the biters right eye, killing it. "This has been a terrible day so far!" She grunted and looked at me. "Are you okay? Do you want me to give him a piggyback ride?" She raised an eyebrow.

I looked at her. "Wha? No… I'll be okay. I'm just getting tired." I chuckled, Dani looked at him and pointed over at a building. The sign was tilted downwards, and the letters were mostly gone. All I could read was 'Dan's workshop.'

"Here!" Dani tried to open the gates. "God damn garages!" She grunted. "Ted will do it!" Ted climbed off and he tried, he couldn't get it open. "Dani." I looked at her and she nodded, she turned around and aimed her bow, firing an arrow into a biter's skull. Luckily, they weren't runners or else we would be fucked.

Stalker aimed his gun and fired, killing a whole lot of biters. "SOMEONE GO AFTER THEM!" He exclaimed, he pulled the clip out and shoved a new one back in, he slid the thing that was on the side of an AK-47, and he continued firing.

Emmy and Dak both ran off. "ONLY ONE OF YOU-" Stalker tried to warn them but it was too late, they both ran off to help them. Jug clenched his spiked baseball bat, he swung it, the nails got jammed into the biters head good, causing him to let go of his only weapon. "Shit!" Jug stared down the biters that were limping towards him.

Maverick aimed his gun and shot the ones that were close to Jug, he ran over and pulled out a machete from his sheath and handed it to Jug. "Thanks." He grabbed it. "That weapon will get you killed in a fight like this, and don't mention it." He shot another zed.

Finn and Bandy stood next to each other and began gunning down biters. Bandy reloaded his rifle. "We're almost done." Bandy looked at everyone.

Dani looked at the street ahead, there were biters. Maybe a hundred. "Oh fuck." She ran over and began helping Ted and I, but it wouldn't judge. The biters closed in. "Fuck fuck!" Dani aimed her bow again.

An arrow came out of nowhere, killing a biter. Then Emmy and Dak came into view. "What the shit!" Emmy stared down the herd that was heading our way.

Emmy aimed her gun and shot a zed in the head, she ran over to help us, Dak covered us, he pulled out his machete and began stabbing them. I stood up and pulled out both of my blades. "Cover us." They were getting the garage door open.

I kicked a walker away from Dak. "Hey kiddo." Dak smiled and stabbed a biter. "Sup." I stabbed two biters at the same time, I pulled out my blades, causing both biters to fall at the same time. "MOM!" Ted smiled. "Yes honey." Emmy looked back at the biters.

Ted smiled and looked at the biters, his smile faded. He felt fear, there were so many. "We almost got it!" All they needed was to get it open enough so that everyone could get through. Dani's fingers began to bleed a bit due to the pressure; it was heavy. She ignored the pain and continued going.

I kicked a biter away. Dani and Emmy finally got it open enough, Emmy went under and used her back to leave it open for everyone. "G-GO!" Emmy winced.

Ted crawled under; Dani followed him. She aimed her bow and killed the biters that were inside.

I grabbed Dak and ran over, he slowly crawled under due to being old and all of that. I slid under. "EMMY! COME!" I yelled, A biter limped over to Emmy and grabbed her by the arm, it pulled itself towards her and bit into her shoulder, Emmy screamed in pain as the biter took a minor chunk out of her shoulder, blood splattered across the pavement. "SHIT!" I went over to the door and slid back out, I jammed both of my blades into the biter's skull.

Dani and Dak ran over and quickly grabbed a hold of the doors so that they could still get in. I grabbed Emmy by the arm and went over to the doors, helping Emmy get under. I then crawled through. Dani and Dak let go of the door and it slammed shut.

Stalker and the group were waiting for us. "They should be back now." Aria spoke, she was tapping her feet out of anxiousness. "They know where we will be." Bandy said calmly. "How could you be so calm?" Aria asked. "Because Cody is smart. He will know that we will continue on without them." Bandy smiled. "But what if they are?" Jug chimed in. "They won't be dead, trust me. Cody will do everything to his ability to keep everyone alive."

Stalker nodded. "Bandy is right, I agree with him. I've known him for a fair bit. He's strong enough to handle himself." He smiled. "We will leave a note in case." Maverick pulled out paint spray and began spraying on the side of the hostess truck. "There, it says 'safe haven' they will know for sure!" He smiled. "We can read." Finn joked and he chuckled. "Yeah… I know."

They began to walk off, most of them were worried about them. But this time they had to keep their hopes up.

Dani turned on her flashlight and looked around, I grabbed Emmy and rested her against the wall near a red cabinet where you would store tools.

The biters began banging against the garage door, I looked at Emmy. "Shit." Dani went over and examined the bite. "Tsk." She frowned. "I know… this is the end for me…" Emmy chuckled.

Ted went over. "Mommy?" Emmy looked up at him. "Come here…" she smiled, and Ted ran over, hugging her. "Ted's mommy is bit?" He asked. "Unfortunately, so…" she brushed Ted's hair from his face.

Tears formed in Ted's eyes. "No.."

I stepped back and watched, frowning. Dak pulled out his flashlight and looked around. "The door to the lobby is locked shut." He tried to open the door. "We need to take a break." I looked at him, Dak just slightly nodded and sat down. "We will wait for them to pass." I sighed.

"And how long will that be?" Dani looked at me. "I'm not entirely sure…" I sighed.