THE ZOMBIE OUTBREAK

chapter nine

Ethan shouted at the walkie-talkie he was holding. "Is anybody there? Marcus! Sandra! Can you hear me?" he shouted, hitting the table in frustration. "What the hell is going on?" Johnny looked at Ethan's face and didn't understand what was going on. "The zombies—did we burn them?" He asked, taking a part of the vile and strapping his back to his bag. "I don't think we did. We had them buried." Johnny replied 

"Then we are fucked." Ethan said this under his breath as he walked towards the exit. 

Johnny ran to his front and immediately blocked his path. "Are you trying to get us killed? I think you need to tell us anything if there is something wrong." He said, looking at but being thrown off by Ethan's reaction. 

Back in his youth, Ethan had always gone on solo operations. He was better, faster, and could concentrate when he was alone. He doesn't need the help of any teammate, and he has always done fine on his own. He drew Johnny towards him and looked into his eyes. 

"Did I ask you to come with me, boy?" he shouted in anger. "You are going to do exactly as I say, or I would have to push you out and let the zombies feast on you." Ethan threatened 

Johnny's face became pale as he looked at Ethan, who seemed to mean every word that he said. "We need to blow off this place." Ethan looked at him. 

"Blow off? Why do we need to do that?" Johnny asked again. 

"You are doing that again. I just told you that no questions."Ethan looked back at him. "We need to leave this place as soon as possible too. The refuge is being swarmed with zombies, I think." Ethan's face showed he was scared. 

He had just reunited with his dear sister, and now it looked like he was going to lose her all over again. Johnny looked around, and he saw a lighter. He walked closer to some of the glass tubes on the table and mixed some content together. "This should do the job." He looked at Ethan. "It seems like you know what you are doing." Ethan complimented him. 

"I was the best science student during my school days, so yes, I definitely know what I am doing." Johnny replied 

"So, how do we get the hell out of here?" He added, staring at Ethan's face. 

"Where the hell is Clara?" She should be back by now." Ethan looked at the door, and they heard a sound. "I think that is her." Johnny said, slowly leaving the heavy metal they had used to barricade the door. "What are you doing? We need to leave now. Did you get what you came for?" She looked at Ethan, who walked out of the hospital without saying a word. 

Clara looked at Johnny, who trailed after Ethan. "Are you coming?" Ethan looked at Clara, who was still standing at the entrance of the hospital. She entered, and the hospital blew off before they sped off towards the refugee camp. Ethan's face showed he was worried about why Johnny kept tight-sealed lips. Clara, on the other hand, glanced at both of them and wondered why the atmosphere was a bit tense, unlike when they first walked out of the camp in pursuit of whatever it was that Ethan was going after. 

"Did you at least get what you came out here for?" Clara asked Ethan again. "The refuge is under attack. I think that is what you need to be worried about." Ethan replied 

Clara looked at Ethan and then back at Johnny. "Are you kidding me right now?" She said it with a bit of a frightened face. No one talked, and she lost it. "What the hell is going on?" Clara sbiuted, making Ethan stop the car. 

The snarl of the zombies could be heard getting closer to them. Ethan turned back to look at her. "The next time you are going to raise your voice at me, child, I am going to throw you out of whatever it is that you are in. Or shall I throw you out right now?" He squeezed his face. 

"Yeah, he said that to me too." Johnny was looking out of the window when Clara looked at him. They kept driving back, as the journey was going to take them half a day's journey. The chirping sound of the cricket was all they could hear as Ethan kept driving at full speed. Marcus, Rachel, and Sandra were all he could think about. He prayed silently that they should be alive when he got back to the camp. 

Clara looked at the map leading back to the camp. A sign of fear was evident in her face. Her mother was back at home, as was her little sister. 

They got to the front gate of the camp, and Ethan got out of the car. "Give me the bow." He requested it with his arm stretched out. "Shoot anything on sight and make sure you are not killing any real humans." He ordered

"How do we know they are not real humans?" Johnny looked at Ethan, who had his eyebrow furrowed. "Did you just ask me that?" He looked back at him.

Clara dipped her hand into her back pocket and roughed out a dagger. "You need to protect yourself with this." She said she was walking behind Ethan. 

The town was awfully quiet, as Ethan's ragged breath could be heard. He pushed the gate back gently, with the squeaking sound audibly heard. "Eyes sharp." He looked at Johnny and Clara, who were right behind him. A zombie came out of nowhere and charged towards Ethan. He quickly shot it down and kept walking. "Where is everybody?" Clara said, looking around. The place looked isolated, and she wondered where all the people they had left behind before leaving were. "Do you think they escaped?" Johnny asked, looking at Ethan.

" Look." Clara's voice made Ethan follow her hand to the horrible sight before them.