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Chapter 8 - Chapter 8

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In the retail area, I was about to walk over to Doug, when I heard the static of the walkie in the distance and turned to look at Clem picking it up, "Kssh! Hey, there, this is Glenn, and, uh, I'm kinda in a jam here. Uh, little girl, if you're there, can you put that cool guy on the phone? Or on the talkie, or whatever? Ksshh!" Glenn said.

I took the Walkie from her. "Hey, it's Wesker."

"So that's your name," Glenn said on the Walkie, "Anyway… I am down at the motor inn and, well, I—I'm stuck."

"I'll be there," I said.

"Awesome, I'll sit tight 'til then," Glenn said with enthusiasm.

I turned off the Walkie-talkie, and looked at Clem, "I'm keeping it for the time being," she nodded her head.

I told Kenny of the situation and told him to keep the group together until I returned.

By the time Carley had come out to confront me, I was already on my way to the office, which had the alleyway exit. She bumped into me. "Where are you going?" Carley asked, rubbing her forehead.

"Outside," I said. "What? I'll come with you," Carley said and began to follow me. "Where are you going? The exit's this way," Carley questioned, seeing me head toward the table instead of the door.

I picked up the cane I had left behind and headed back inside the retail area. Going over to my bag, I pulled out a kitchen knife and began to sharpen the handle, making it pointy. It was a sturdy cane that would've been difficult to carve if not for my almost superhuman strength.

I looked at my new toy, admiring it. I wacked it around a few times. "We have guns-" Carley stopped herself mid-sentence.

I handed her the knife just in case. "Use the gun only when necessary and stay behind." She nodded, and we headed out.

We exited the drugstore, with Carley following behind, carefully watching her steps to not make a sound. "You got a boyfriend?" I asked, surprising her.

I slowed my pace until I was next to her. "No," she said in a meek voice, avoiding my eyes.

"You can be mine," I said. That came out a little possessive. I shook my head, seeing that she didn't notice; her head was still facing away from mine.

There was no answer as I pierced the skull of a walker who had noticed us. "Hey, I'm not going to hurt you if you reject me," I chuckled.

"I'll think about it," She said, "But before that, how did you know I wasn't wearing anything underneath?" She asked with a red face, which I couldn't see.

I chuckled and leaned into her ear, and told her, she turned to me with a frown and a blush, "You asshole."

On the way to the motor inn, with a sickle I made out of the cane, I bashed heads left and right, though there weren't many on the way.

x6[Walker Killed] 1 point added

Soon, we reached the motor and found around 3 walkers surrounding a large green icebox. I began to bash their heads one by one, being careful not to get it on my shirt. Having killed them, I knocked on the icebox, checking if a walker was inside or Glenn.

x3[Walker Killed] 1 point added

'Hmm, 1 point for every 5 walkers killed,' I took note.

"Glenn, come out," I whispered, seeing that nothing was coming out even after making a sound.

Glenn opened the lid and got out of the icebox with an embarrassed smile.

"That wasn't so hard," Carley said, relieved that she didn't have to do anything.

"Let's get out of here, shall we?" Carley was ready to leave.

"Not yet," Glenn said and turned to look at the second floor of the motel, two walkers banging on the door. "There's a survivor trapped inside," Glenn said with a worried face.

"No way! We have to go now," Carley said to Glenn.

"We can't just leave her," Glenn pleaded.

"And if she is bitten?" I asked him.

"What if she isn't?" Glenn replied.

'That's a good argument; from everything I have seen, she could very well be ok. Might as well check it out,' I thought, wanting to go to help the girl, partially curious, and partially because I wanted to clear this motel before we come here.

"Fine, let's go then," I said, brightening Glenn's face.

"You guys are suicidal over a girl."

I looked at her. "I'll do the same for you." I winked.

"Urgh!" Carley groaned, frustrated at the flirting in front of danger.

Glenn and Carley stayed behind me while I led the charge. I walked over to the one feeding on a corpse and pierced its skull with the cane's pointy end; it dropped dead on impact. Next, we hid on the side of the RV that was parked in the middle, and I peeked to the side. There were two walkers; one was heading towards us, while the much bigger one was scratching on the walls of the guest room.

I concentrated on the sound of the footsteps approaching, and as they reached me, I reacted quickly and dispatched the nuisance. I held the corpse by its shirt as it was falling to avoid making a sound.

Next was the fatty scratching the wall, believing the cane to not hold on this bum, I thought of getting the axe that was beside the walker.

I tapped the cane on the ground, catching its attention, and as it began to walk toward us, I signaled for the two to go around the RV while the walker moved to our previous position by then, we had reached its. I broke the glass and retrieved the axe, handing the cane to Glenn.

The sound of breaking glass had attracted both the walkers, the fat one and the one without legs. It began to crawl toward us with the speed of a snail and left a trail of liquid like one, too.

I split open the skull of the fat one first, finally staining my shirt. 'It just keeps getting worse; I need to find something to clean my clothes with,' I thought.

I walked over to the snail and split its skull as well.

Glenn and Carley crouched down, walking quietly behind me. We reached the corner upstairs.

One of the walkers noticed us, moving toward us. I swung my axe sideways, decapitating it, as there wasn't much space above to put my axe in the air. The second, hearing the commotion, came running, only to meet the same fate as its companion.

"Go on ahead now," I said to them, yawning and stretching my arms.

Carley and Glenn heard the cries of a woman from inside. 

"Hello in there. We are here to help." Glenn said, knocking on the door quietly.

"Please just go away," Came the voice from inside.

Before anyone could say anything, I stepped forward, "If you don't open the door, I'm going to break it," I said loud enough for her to hear, "And for the record, I have an axe."

"No, no, no! Please! No." She pleaded from inside.

"We are coming," I said. She heard the loud steps coming close to the door.

"Don't be near the door if you don't want your head split open," I said. "Three," I counted. "Two,"

There was a long silence. "Stop, just stop, I'm coming out." The girl opened the gate and saw the guy with an axe standing behind the two.

'Was it all an act?' She wondered and looked at the two in front of her with their eyes saying, Yes, it is.

The girl was grabbing her hand. "Are you bitten?" I asked, not one bit surprised by the bite but by where it was.

She nodded her head. "I told you to leave me alone," she said, shaking her head and looking down.

"Hey, you'll be fine," Glenn tried to console her. "No!" the girl exclaimed loudly, "I won't be. M-my boyfriend was bitten, and he turned into one of them."

"You have a boyfriend?" Glenn blurted out.

"Glenn!"

I stepped forward, leaving the two behind me. "You're right, Glenn, she 'Had' a boyfriend," I said to him, winking at Glenn. Carley punched me in the back.

"You have a gun." She noticed the harness.

"I do. I'm not giving it to you till you answer my question," I said, yanking her arm. I inspected it closely, it was a small and shallow bite. "How long ago was this?" I asked with a serious tone. There was no paleness, no fever, she might survive.

"H-half an hour ago," She muttered.

"I'll chop your arm, and there's a 50% chance that you'll live," I said to her. I wanted to check how long before an amputation is ineffective. She was going to die anyway; she might as well die being a good test subject for my research. 

She looked puzzled, fearful of the pain that would come, but there was hope that she'd live..

"Do it."

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