“Fuck!” Her head was spinning as he pulled her close behind the half broken wall. Numbly, ignoring all her exhaustion, she looked up at him, silently begging him to make it all stop. To make them all to away.
Behind them and behind the wall she could hear the monsters creeping closer, their footsteps so harsh on the soft ground, and even from this distance she could hear the growling evaporating from their chests.
”Hazel..” She turned around at the sound of Grayson’s voice. He faltered. “You need to run. If you leave now, you might still make it back to the rest.”
“But what about you??” She screeched as quietly as possible. “I won’t leave you here, all by yourself! They’re going to kill you”, she added under her breath. She pulled herself closer to him, resting her head on his chest, knowing this was probably the last time she did so.
His eyes were filled with sadness as he smiled down at her. “I’ll keep them entertained for a bit”, he whispered. “I’ll give you a head start, you know?”
Her eyes widened. “No”, she said. “No, no, no.” Hastily she shook her head. “You cant do that!!” she wined. “Sure, you’ve got your gun and your- your axe and I don’t know what else but they’re too many!!” She gulped. “Way too many.”
The groaning noise grew louder. Each footstep was now audible by itself, shivers ran down her spine. The devouring smell of the zombies behind them became almost annihilating. She shuddered.
”Now!” He urged her. Gently he placed one last kiss on her forehead. “You need to leave now. Don’t mind me, really. Just leave.”
Hazel’s eyes shut for a moment and when she opened them, she was ready. As ready as she could be.
She didn’t waste another moment and sprinted off, she ignored the screams, the groans, the sound of battle behind her.
She knew where to go. She knew the sacrifice that he, Grayson, her boyfriend, had made. She hated it. But there was nothing she could do but run back to the camp, run back to the ruins they’d been resting in and telling this story to all the friend’s and accomplices they’d made along the way.
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