Chapter 7

Tabitha jerked awake to the screams coming from the front room. She snuck in and fell to the ground in time to dodge a bullet.
     Krystal was shooting at a large group of the freaks. They were grey, and covered in rotting flesh, the smell made Tabitha gag. The protector that was with Krystal was laying dead on the floor, a group of the freaks were eating her. Krystal pointed at the window.
     “Run, Tabitha!” she said and dragged her to the window. “Get down the fire escape, I’ll be down right behind you.”
     Tabitha started to climb when she looked and saw me run up to the base of the ladder.
     “Tabitha!” I yelled and motioned for her to get down. “Come on! We need to get out of here!.”
     She slid down the ladder and I caught her on the way down. Krystal was fighting with one of the creatures, and I saw that she was missing several pieces of flesh. She looked back and shook her head at me and I started to run off, dragging Tabitha with me.
     “Come on Tabitha!” I said and motioned for her to follow me.
     She resisted. “NO!” she yelled. “We are waiting for Krystal.”
     I picked her up, it was all I could think to do. She was screaming at me and kicking me as hard as she could. And explosion rocked the area and she went completely still. She was just staring back at were the apartments used to be.
     We got to the vehicle depot and saw that there was only one vehicle left, a two seat jeep. I set her down in the passenger seat and strapped her in. I hot wired the vehicle and we took off towards the front gate. I ran over a couple of the freaks on the way out.
     We got outside the dome and we could see the gate was closing. The giant screen outside turned on and Fred was on the screen. He was covered in blood and he looked near death.
     “Sanction is lost.” he sobbed. “Everyone who got out.” he paused and smiled. “And Zack and Tabitha, be safe.” he said and turned off the screen.
     We pulled up to the bar and saw that it was the only place that still had power. Tabitha followed me in and I had her hide behind a display they had set up.
     “Hello?” I yelled and I heard someone start to come down.
     He got to where I could see him. He was tall, maybe six feet tall. He was wearing a bartender outfit for a bar that was on the other side of town. He had a huge revolver pointed at me.
     “Who the hell are you?” he said and walked closer to me.
     “Ethan?” I heard Tabitha say as she came out from behind the display.
    “Tabitha?” he said and took a closer look at me. “Shit Zack, I didn’t recognize you.”
     “It’s all good Ethan.” I said and walked up to the top floor.
     Two men were playing poker up there. One, the tall black cap, was the clear winner, while the guy in the baseball cap was holding the cards the wrong way.
     “You guys!” Ethan said and pointed at us. “Got two old uninfected friends here.” he said and pointed at our eyes. “They have the immunity thing that lady we ran into was talking about.”
     The police officer stood up. “Guess we got a couple more survivors here.” he shook my hand. :Marcus Delany, police. That dude in the baseball hat is Wade.” we looked and saw that he was trying to read a book upside down. “He ain’t playin with a full deck of cards.”
     He sat back down and pointed at a queen size bed. “That is the only free one we have. Hope you both don’t mind sharing.?
     I sat down and took off my boots. Tabitha laid down and was asleep before she hit the pillow. I stood back up and walked over to Marcus.
     “How did you guys get here?” I asked and sat in front of him.
    He smiled and began to talk.