SPACE SYSTEM IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD

CHAPTER 5

Akim's pov

"Hey! Why did you stop the car?" Asked Joanna

" Yeah I don't see any reason you should be stopping," said Joshua

" You couldn't even get anything we wanted, some driver you are," said Jonathan

" Why can't you just do your job right? "Said Emma "You are supposed to be taking me to the open air field so I can get out of this hell"

" You can't even do anything right, "said Richard "That's why we rich folks have to keep ordering you low class around so you would be able to do things"

All right, that ticked me off as I clenched the steering wheel so tightly, trying to control myself; I am only doing this because I can get to my family faster this way, and Emma has the same name as my younger sister. These brats are so annoying that I'm starting to regret why I helped them. Phew, I just have to wait for a little while. Then I can drop these kids off and get to my family, just a little more. As I started the car the girl at the back screamed, pointing to the front of the car. As I looked forward, I saw a herd of zombies rushing towards us. Shit, I can't fight this many without my blades. Is it even possible to fight this many? I looked over the kids and saw they were very terrified and were shaking in their seats, it would have been funny if not for the situation we were in. Since I can't use my abilities in front of them and the rounds in the shotgun would not be enough for a herd this size, the only way would be to forget about trying to get the crystals and just run them over to get away.

"Fasten your seatbelt kids, this is about to get rough"

As I stepped on the gas and then zoomed off to face them head-on, the herd just kept charging towards us

"Gbam"

I started colliding with them one by one running them over, thinking it was a good thing the jeep had been modified as I tried to maneuver inside the herd to get away from it fast some were trying to hold on to the sides of the jeep trying to pull it down, I swerved to the sides and used the abandoned cars at the sides to pry them off, I felt like I was playing a certain zombie game. When I was almost out of the herd, a huge zombie grabbed onto Emma's side of the jeep and started pulling it making her scream, as the zombie started trying to turn us over, his strength was more than any zombie I had seen as he was pulling it so hard and it felt like we were going to get toppled over, I tried hitting it on the cars at the side but it wasn't working at all, as other zombies jump to the other sides of the jeep. Now it felt like we might not make it from this ride. No, I am not going to accept that after all, I had overcome just to die here. I haven't even found my parents. No I am not dieing here. I refuse to accept this.

"Can you drive?" I asked Emma who was frozen in fear

"Emma can you drive?!" I yelled at her

"Y-yes yes I can," she said stuttering

She grabbed the wheel, trying to stabilize the jeep, but the zombies' pull was too strong for her. I assisted her with one of my hands, and then I grabbed the shotgun with the other hand, trying to aim; as the zombies shocked the jeep, making me drop the shotgun to the back seats.

"Pass the gun to me now" I yelled at them

Richard picked it up and pointed the gun at the zombies at the windows, trying to shoot them.

"What the hell are you doing?!!" I shouted, "Give the gun to me!!"

" I can do this, " Richard said grinning wildly

As he fired, he blasted off the shoulder of one of the zombies, causing it to hit another one as they both fell, but the recoil was too much for an inexperienced teenager as the shotgun fired backward and hit his nose.

"Argh my nose" shouted Richard

"Give me the gun, boy. I need--" I was cut off by the jeep hitting a car beside us. When I looked at the front, I saw we were heading towards a building. I quickly swerved to my right, causing us to almost topple.

" Why aren't you driving straight?" I shouted at Emma

" It's hard to okay "she yelled back

Argh, why did I even pick them up in the first place?

"You have to hold the wheel alone for a few seconds. I will be back to support you," I shouted. "Can you do it?"

" Yeah I can do it" she replied

"All right on the count of three"

"One Two Three"

I left the wheel and turned to the back seat trying to pick up the gun

"Pass the gun to me," I said signaling one of them at the back

As Jonathan picked it up trying to give it to me Emma hit something making the car shake and the gun fall from his hand, I managed to catch it and turn towards the zombie as I shot at it three times before its head could blow up then I shot at the remaining zombies causing the jeep to be balanced then I grabbed the steering wheel and pressed the gas hitting anything my way as I drove out of the herd.

When I got out of the herd I continued driving fast till we got to a supermarket in a quiet neighborhood.

I suggested we get what we needed inside the supermarket and then stay the night.

Then we heard a human scream

"Help me!!!"

I knew that it wasn't a zombie, but someone was crying for help as I got out of the car and ran inside the supermarket.

"What the hell?" I said with horror written on my face