World of Anarchy/Chapter 2

This is Chapter 2 of World of Anarchy entitiled:Run

Authors Note
Alright then. I tried to use the feedback I got on the previous chapter and make the dialogue better, so hopefully it is. Also more feedback is welcome.

Chapter 2 - Run
"Was that an 'expolsion'?!?" Teresa half yelled.

David didn't respond. He stood there playing the message over and over in his head to make he didn't miss anything. Teresa quickly walked over to the window and looked in the direction of the square.

"I can see the fire--"

A second, much closer explosion, cut her sentence off. This had com from the building directly across the street from them. The force of it sent Teresa flying right into David. They both crashed hard into the ground as did other objects in the room.

"Fuuu...Teresa? You okay?" David asked through clenched teeth.

"Yeah," She said getting up,"Luckly I had you to break my fall."

"Yeah? Well Lucky you." He said as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Are 'you' okay?"

"Don't worry about me, I'm fine. I think that explosion is a little bit more important."

He looked up at the window. The glass had shattered during the explosion leaving shards of glass all over the floor. He used the couch beside him as leverage, and walked over to the window.

The building across the street was engulfed in flames. David could see other buildings on fire in the distance, one of them being the courthouse at the square.

"The explosion from the voicemail..." He thought.

"Oh my God...why--why is this happing? Teresa said beside him.

"It doesn't matter why. All that matters is that it is."

"What do you mean it doesn't matter? A lot of people are probably dying out there, don't you care?

"I know it sucks people are dying, but...we can't do anything for any of them. What we can do is find Jim and Jackie and get to your parents in Dallas."

"But what about Jim's parents, or Jackie's?"

"Jim's parents moved to New Jersey, and I think that Jackies parents live in New York. Either way your parents are the safest bet."

David started for the door but Teresa stopped him.

"I want to do something first if that's okay."

"Umm, okay."

Teresa walked over to a vase on a counter and pulled the flowers from it. She then walked over to Jenna's body and placed them on her.

"Do you need a minute?" David asked walking back over to her.

"She was my friend--'best friend'. We've known each other scince middle school--it just..."

"I know. Trust me, that pain you feel right now...it doesn't go away. But it does get easier to handle," He said placing his hand on her shoulder,"And I know you want to stay, but Jim and Jackie need us right now."

After a moment, the pair turned and left Jenna lying there.

Out in the hall, students were gathered at the far end of the hall. The hallway was full of murmers and scared people. Teresa began to walk over to them, but David stopped her before she could.

"We should probably aviod others right now."

"You think one of them might be infected--or whatever?"

"Well, maybe not, but I don't wanna take that risk."

They walked to the end oppisite of the crowd, and entered the stairwell. They didn't say a word to each other as they desended the stairs. When they reached the bottem, David pushed open one of the double doors enough to peak through. After being sure the next hall was empty, he pushed it open fully and walked through. The hall was unnaturally quiet, which made him uneasy.

"Weird," Teresa said looking around,"Usually it's so loud in hear you can't hear yourself think."

David walked over to the exit and peered out. The outside was just as deserted as the hall.

"Alright, my cat isn't that far from here, just a two minute walk."

They both stepped out into the dark night cauciously. The ground outside was wet from the rain they had the day before, and the wind was cool dispite summer weather being just around the corner. David led the way down the sidewalk with Teresa close behined.

"Sooo...you have a car, huh?"Teresa said as tried to matched his pace,"I thought everyone that went to UNT rode bikes.

David thought back to his little brother riding his bike for the first time. The memory was replaced with pain and guilt almost immeadity as he remembered it.

"I just...don't like bikes." He said avoiding eye contact.

"Okay...but wh--"

"Shh!" David whispered pulled her behined a truck,"look."

Across the street from them, a military soldier was being yelled at by a woman. The soldier was wearing stereo-typical military garb, and was carring an assult rifle. The woman was wearing normal cloths and looked to be in her mid-to-late thirties.

"Please! Please help my daughter...she's only six years old...you have to help her!" The woman pleaded.

"B-back up lady--I don't want to have to use this on you." The soldier said holding up his gun.

The soldier began to back away, but tripped over the curb. David could see the soldier tighten his finger on the trigger as he fell. The only thing he could hear was gunfire as bullet after bullet tor open the woman's stomach. She fell to the ground with a small breath of air escaping her.

Teresa turned to David and mouthed the words "Oh my God". David only nodded in response.

The soldier's radio went off, which made him jump back. An angry voice from the walkie yelled at the soldier.

"Where the 'HELL' are you rookie?!? Get your ass downtown. A shit load of craziness is goin' on."

The soldier fumbled with his walkie.

"Y-yes sir!"

The soldier got up and took off runing in the direction of the square. After a moment or two, David finally spoke.

"We should...we should go now." be said standing up.

"That's all you have to say! We just saw a woman get gunned down!" Teresa said standing up beside him.

"Yeah, we did. So lets get out of here before we end up the same way she did."

The duo began to head to his car again. David began to hear screaming, lots of people screaming off in the distance.David and Teresa looked at each other and began to run the rest of the way. David could see his car ahead of them after running for about a minute.

"Here it is." He said as he reached to drivers side.

Teresa's screaming stopped him in his tracks. He quickly turned to see a zombie grabing Teresa. David sprinted over and grabed the undead.

"Get the 'fuck' off of her!" He yelled as he threw it into the street.

David grabed Teresa's hand to help her up.

"Are you okay? He didn't bite you did he?"

"No--I-I'm fine. He just startled me a little."

David nodded and looked back at the infected. The inhuman thing slowly began to rise from where it fell. David moved in front of Teresa and braced himself for whatever was going to come next. Just as the zombie made it's way to them, a car came from nowhere and slammed right into it. The car spun off the street, crashed into a building, and errupted into flames.

"God damn..." David said stairing at the mess.

"Uhh...David?"

He looked back to see her stairing at something behined them. Another zombie, and another, and another. They were surrounded by infected.

"Now would be a good time to run."

They broke into a run and made it back to to David's car in no time, narrowly avoiding infected along the way. Teresa hopped in the passengers side while David got in the drivers and turned the car on. David pressed his foot down on the gas and peeled out in the direction of the center of Denton.

They drove in silence for awhile until Teresa broke the silence by turning on the radio.

"Some music should lighten the mood."

For a moment there was nothing but silence, then a voice came on air.

"...Uhh...erm, the following is a list of major cities across the U.S. and their catasrophie levels: Detroit - level nine, Los Vegas - level eight, San Fransico - level eight, Washington D.C. - level ten, Houston - level nine, and uhh...woah. New York is--"

The radio turned to static before the broadcaster could finish his sentence.

"Well...that just made things a whole lot more tense." Teresa said,"My sister lives in Houston...I hope she's safe."

"I'm sure she is." David said trying to be reassuring.

They were only a minute away from the square, when David's phone began to ring. He quickly pulled it out of his pocket and answered it.

"Hello?"

"David where the hell are you?!? I called you almost half an hour ago."

"Jim? Oh thank God you're alright. I know you've been waiting, we're on our way to get you guys now."

"We? Who else is--you know what? I don't care just get down here bro."

David could see the square in front of him now. The military was everywhere as was the undead. People and their loved ones were trying to escape both.

"Alright we're here, so where are you exac--"

Before David could finish talking a truck rammed into the drivers side of his car. The last thing he heard were screams and gunfire before he slipped into unconsiousness.

Credits

 * David Andrews
 * Teresa
 * Jim
 * Jenna (Corpse)
 * Jackie (Mentioned)
 * Unnamed Soldier
 * Unnamed Woman
 * Man on the walkie (Voice only)
 * Broadcaster (Voice only)

Deaths

 * Unnamed Woman
 * Numerous zombies and people.

Trivia

 * Last appearence of Jenna (Corpse).