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Survival or Struggle?

Together We Stand


"Where do you want to start looking?" CC asked as they walked.

"Looking? How about surviving first?" Ashley asked him as he walked quickly to avoid being tracked by another group of man-eating children.

"Hardy-har-har Ash. We need to find the other three." CC said.

"No need for the obvious." Ashley retorted, shaking his head at their arguing. They needed to keep their heads on straight. They needed to locate they others, like CC said.

"Well, we could try the bar. It's across from the venue." Ashley said, pointing. CC grimaced a little.

"Might as well be the ocean between us and the bar. I mean, look at everyone." he said, sweeping his hand around in a dramatic fashion. Ashley did indeed look, there were a bunch of teenagers stumbling around and going after people, biting others, and even eating a few; much to Ashley's dismay and disgust.

"We have to try. You were the one to point out that we needed to find the other CC." he said, raising a brow. CC mumbled something Ashley didn't quite catch, but only smirked in answer. They started trekking to the bar, and knew right away it would be impossible without some sort of plan. And only having a guitar and drum sticks for weapons weren't all that reassuring. CC sighs and Ashley looked at him.

"We can't stay in the shadows." CC said softly. They had crept along the part of buildings where the...zombies couldn't see them. But CC did make yet another good point: staying here wasn't going to do anything. Ashley nodded and looked at the groups of infected. No plan would be a good one. But seeing as they needed to get moving, Ashley figured he would go first.

"I'll go first, no offense CC, but my guitar make cause more damage than your drum sticks. At least in short distance. I'll cause a distraction, you try and find a weapon and try and meet me at the bar entrance before everything goes to hell again." he said softly.

CC didn't like the plan, especially if it put his best friend in danger, but he had no choice. Ashley moved a little when CC put a hand on his shoulder. Ashley turned to look at CC.

"Be careful, and I'll look for another weapon for you. No offense, but lugging that around will slow you down." CC said. Ashley nodded, agreeing. He turned back around and sighed. He ran out and deliberately made a loud noise; running into a trashcan and knocking it down. It made an echo in the quietness of the infected slowly moving around. But once the movement was heard, all eyes were on Ashley. Ashley gulped and forced his voice, and legs to begin working.

"Hey, how about something new to feast on?" Ashley asked. Who was he kidding? These things probably didn't understand a word he was saying. But they darted forward anyway, gaining speed at an alarming rate. This definitely wasn't something he had planned on.

"Definitely not good!" Ashley said, turning around and running in the opposite direction. He could hear the zombies running after him and gaining on him quite easily. It was a good thing he was in great shape. He ran around the corner, taking his guitar from off his shoulder and swung it at a zombie's head, crushing it instantly. The smell of death and decay made Ashley wrinkle his nose and gag. But he did little else as he made himself run again.

He had to make enough time so CC could get a proper weapon and get to the next location they needed to go in. He ran around for a few minutes before coming into contact with a group of zombies. Ashley hit yet another zombie with his guitar, knocking the zombie's head clean off his shoulders. Well, that zombie had looked almost decapitated anyways. But either way, Ashley almost sick at that one while backed up. He grabbed a discarded broken bottle and jammed it into the zombie's eye and kicking it to the ground. Ashley would never get used to the smell.

After dispatching the last one with a lead pipe to the skull, he ran down an alleyway, seeing the shadows of the zombies coming towards the alleyway. He looked around and found a ladder and climbed it quickly. It was rusty and almost non-usable, so when he climbed to the top of the building, the ladder came apart from the wall and crashed down on several zombies, crushing them. Ashley shuddered, knowing he almost could have gotten eaten at that moment. He walked to the middle of the roof and sat down, catching his breath and looking at his guitar, grimacing. He would never play this one again, not only was it covered in blood or brain matter, but it was coming apart. A few more smashes to a zombie's skull and it would fall apart.

"I sure hope CC is okay. And actually has some better weapons on him." Ashley said, running his fingers through his hair, forcing them down, knowing that they were probably covered up in zombie matter. He blew his hair out of his face instead, looking around and listening. At least the zombies couldn't get to him now. Wait, could they even climb? Because if they did, he was even more relieved that the ladder had crashed down on those things below. He sighed and forced himself to get up. He needed to get back down somehow and get back to CC. If he was even there to begin with. He looked around and seen a pipe he could slide down. He didn't see any other way down.

"This better not kill me." Ashley said, shaking his head. He strapped his guitar to him and carefully went over the edge and wrapped his legs around the pipe. Once far enough, he wrapped his arms around the pipe and slid down as quickly as he could manage. He was glad that the pipe actually stayed put and nearly kissed the ground once he landed safely. Although, he wasn't safe, he knew that enough to not fool himself. He looked around quickly and knew that he was close enough to the bar, he just needed to take a shortcut or two. And hope that nothing decided to kill him along the way. So Ashley quickly took one alleyway and made that one without trouble. As he turned into the other one, he came face to face with a zombie; a very large zombie.

"I never learn, do I?!" Ashley asked himself, cursing. The zombie, who looked about two hundred pounds overweight, groaned and lumbered towards him. Ashley backed up, he knew that his guitar wouldn't be able to do away with this one. Ashley looked around and saw a tire iron lying discarded a few feet away. He got to it quickly just in time to swung the tire iron under the zombie's chin. It stumbled and Ashley used the opportunity to lunge and hit him. But the big zombie swung around and hit Ashley, causing him to slam into a wall. Hurt and stunned, he couldn't see straight, seeing the zombie lumbering towards him, closer and closer. Ashley, despite his hurt and stunned state, stumbled up and weakly grabbed the tire iron and swung it at the zombie's head, stunning it in turn. Ashley took that opportunity to slam the tire iron into the zombie's head, over and over again.

"Ashley! Ashley enough!" a voice said, pulling Ashley away from another savage hit. The pull spun him around and came face to face with CC. Oh, thank god. Ashley breathed a sigh of relief and stumbled a little, CC catching him.

"Whoa dude. What happened to you?" he asked, seeing how stunned Ashley was.

"That thing slammed me into a wall. I just needed to make sure it stayed down." he said, pointing to the now huge dead zombie a few feet from them. CC looked at it and grimaced, tugging Ashley's wrist. Ashley looked at him and CC handed him a pair of machetes and a loaded pistol.

"Come on, I cleared the way to get to the bar." he said to him.

"Did you find the others?" Ashley asked.

"Only Jake and Jinxx. Andy is still missing." CC said. Ashley nodded, still worried about their now only missing member. They made it a few feet from the bar when he heard the same lumbering sound that he hated to hear. He turned to CC, pushing him towards the bar. There were a bunch of them, including a couple of huge ones. Ashley looked at the pistol and then CC.

"How much did you load in this thing?" he asked.

"Not enough," CC said, looking at the surrounding horde.

"Any extra?" Ashley asked simply, CC responded with a head shake. They couldn't all take of these out. But they could take out the closest. Problem was, Ashley figured that the loud noise he made earlier would probably be the same result here: it would attract all sorts of these things. So he took out his machetes, CC was armed with a sawed off shotgun and a scythe. Where in the hell did he get that from? But Ashley didn't focus on that for long. He swung the machetes at the nearest ones while they both backed away closer to the bar. As they got closer to it, they suddenly felt the ground shake, like a grenade had gone off. A hand pulled him into the bar: Jinxx. Jake was the ones throwing the grenades and Jinxx pulled CC in next and slammed the door, barricading the door again. Ashley leaned against the wall of the bar, his pains suddenly too much to handle.

"Ashley!" CC said, sliding next to him. "Don't you dare pass out on me." he warned.

"Sorry." he whispered, dark spots blackening his vision as he passed out, darkness blanketing his vision as he gave in to it.

Notes

Well, didn't expect that, now did you? What should happen? Where will Andy be found? They will get through this? Who knows, stay tuned. Comments, advice, critiques, and ideas are always welcome. :)




Comments

@blackstar_111
Awesome!

@Whiny Emo Batman
Awww, thank you. :)
I've been having a long bout of writer's block.
Currently because of real life stuff that has gotten me down.
But I intend to get back to this story. I will NOT abandon this. :)

blackstar_111 blackstar_111
1/25/19

I really like this story! I will wait patiently and as long as necessary, for updates... :)

@onefinalfightdoe
Awwwww, I feel so loved. <3 <3
:D

Thank you and I'll continue to thank you and everyone else for your continued patience. :)

blackstar_111 blackstar_111
7/26/18

@blackstar_111

When it comes to your writing, we will wait for however long it takes :3