Snippet #1825939

The blood trickled down the hockey stick and onto the tiled floor. It began to form a small pool of blood. The young brunette exhaled deeply as she slumped up against the wall. She was meant to be learning to save lives not taking them away. Exhaustion could be deadly in the situation they were in. However, so could closing your eyes for a quick nap. Her eyes became heavy; she couldn’t even remember when she last got a full night’s sleeps. She had been keeping her body awake by consuming energy drinks and coffee but that never last long and only resulted in her having to pee a lot.

“Hello,” a rather cheerful voice spoke as footsteps could be heard coming down the wooden staircase. “Good morning,” Daniela replied trying to give the little boy a blissful smile back but she failed miserably. “From the position the sun is in right now…I don’t think its morning anymore. More like mid-day.” He almost skipped towards the refrigerator and opened it up trying to see if there was still anything to eat that hadn’t gone off yet since the electricity has dead. “Did you have a good nap?” She slowly rose to her feet brushing her hair out of her face as her dark rimmed eyes stared at Alex waiting for his reply. “It was good. I see we had a visitor.” He moved towards the cabinets and began open the ones he could reach. Daniela just nodded trying not to remember back to what she was forced to do earlier that day.

“There is nothing to eat. I think we need to go to the deli down the road.” He closed the last cupboard and walked right up to her. Alex eyed Daniela up and down, seeing her in the state she was in sent a worried shiver down his spin. “You look like shit,” he smirked at her and she couldn’t help but let out a small chuckle. “Sorry that we can’t all look as handsome as you,” she gave him a quick cuddle and a kiss on the forehead. She was happy that she was lucky enough to have company with her because otherwise she would properly have given up when this all began.

“I guess we don’t have any other choice…your dad still got that Harley Davidson in the garage?” This was only the second time the two of them had left the house. The first however was only to go next door to find some more supplies. This time the distance would be far greater and she was feeling a little nervous especially since they didn’t have a car. Alex nodded and then signalled her to follow him. “Wait a second…just let me grab a few more things,” she grabbed the duffle bag of the couch and loaded it up with some butchers knives, some pots and a small fire extinguisher. This should hopefully do. She threw the bag over her shoulder before grabbing Alex’s hand as he lead her to the garage.

Once reaching the door that leads to where their vehicle was she signalled Alex to go behind her. She gripped the hockey stick tightly with both hands and she kicked the door open. There was a loud bang as the door hit the wall, it echoed through out the room. The two waited patiently for any signs of life but there was nothing. “Let’s go,” the two rush down the three steps and towards the bike. Alex pulled off the cover of the Harley as Daniela grabbed them two helmets and opened the garage door. “Just to be safe,” he grinned at her before popping it on. Daniel took a seat first before helping him onto it. However, instead of having him hold on to her back she allowed him to sit in front of her, in hope that this would protect him more.

“Do you know how to ride one of these?” he asked her as she turned the ignition key before switching on the fuel line. “No,” she spoke in full concentration as she slowly accelerated a little. The bike roared to life as the two exchanged a look of both surprise and relieve that it worked. Daniela sped out into the street before putting down the screen of her helmet as the sun glared down on them. The street looked completely dead.