Snippet #1840678

Protecting the Innocent

Alex closed his eyes hugging Daniela’s leg as the stand off continued. There was silence amongst them all as they all had their fingers firmly on the trigger of their weapons. All off the sudden out of know where a coke can comes flying through the window and knocks one of the men out. But from the sudden surprise one of the men fires off a shot towards the two of them. Daniela picks up Alex and leaps into the next aisle and before she could even check if either one of them got hit she heard a female voice calling out to them from outside. She was ordering them to knock the other three standing out but not shot them. Daniela opened her mouth to question her orders but the girl had already disappeared and just as she did so did one of the men. It looked like he was going to go after her from knocking out his mate.

“Where is that bitch and that little boy?” They heard the woman calling as the two of them scrambled on their hands and knees into the next aisles. “Come out…come out where ever you are!” Her voice seemed to echo in the empty store. However, within only a few minutes of the other survivor coming to the rescue another man came running into the station holding a shear in his hand as he screamed out before stabbing them into the man’s chest. Daniela covered Alex’s eyes as her own eyes widened with shock. Although the group had clearly down wrong she wasn’t planning on killing them. They were human beings after all and not infected. “Alex start filling up the bag with food…hey and not just lollies,” she whispered to Alex before handing him the duffel bag as she rose to her feet. Her gun was now pointed at the man in the shears who now had taken out the man who got bunched in the nuts. “HEY, STOP!” She called out to him before seeing the woman running out of the station in fright.

Alex ran threw the aisles, forcing as much food into the bag as he could. Although he spent most of his time in the lolly and chip aisle, he didn’t manage to get some more healthy food options as well. Daniela in the meantime made herself closer to the stranger, weapon still drawn as she picked up one of the rifles to check how much bullets where in there. To her surprise it was empty. She cursed underneath her breath. It would’ve been great to have some extra weapons. Alex came slowly walking back to her side as he dragged the overflowing bag back to her. “All done,” he smirked before his eyes met the strangers. Seeing his bloody shears his eyes trailed down to the two dead bodies. Daniela quickly turned him around not wanting him to see all the blood. “I think we will take the back exit…” she pushed him forward before picking up the bag and turning back to the survivor. “Thanks for you help,” she gave him a polite smile before she turned back to Alex and walked towards the back exit. She was truly grateful for the man’s help but she was still concerned with protecting Alex’s innocence.