Snippet #2027122

Aika's eyes snapped open when he felt strong hands grip him. He thought he was done for, but after realizing he was being lifted up and pulled back to his feet did he remember that zombies didn't have such immense strength...at least these ones didn't. He looked up at his savior with watery eyes, still cradling his wrist as if it was a newborn child. THANK GOD, there was someone else alive besides him! Oh... although Aika often saw people as blurry images, there was no mistaking the large, bulky person in front of him.

"Ah shit man ya break it? I saw you jump out of that window. I'm surprised your not dead bro."

"Hey Sam...I think so. " Aika tried to move his hand again, this time it moved a little but hurt like hell. Then he glanced up at the broken window. "I'm surprised I made it too."

He nodded at the flowers. "Gotta thank Mother Nature." Upon surveying the dead undead littered around them, Sam must've helped him while he was incapacitated by the pain. That was when he noticed that he wasn't wearing his 'spectacles'. He pulled them out with his good hand and put them on. Instantly, his vision was blurred.

"Thanks. " he thanked the larger guy, knowing fully well they both knew what he was being thankful for. He then pointed at his 'spectacles', using the broken glass as an excuse.

"Lead me. I'll follow. Broken specs make it harder for me to walk around. " he said matter-of-factly, before smiling brightly. He caught the stench of cigarette smoke and wrinkled his nose before making his way over to the source of the smoke.

"Sam...is there someone here that's smoking? Or is it you? " he twisted his head around to look at the blurry figure of Sam. "But you're there...and I smell it coming from here...what...?" he looked back in front of him and stumbled, falling flat on his face. The fall jarred his wrist and he cried out before curling up into a ball. After the initial pain had subsided, he got up and felt around in front of him. He touched someone's shoes and looked up. Though his vision was blurry, he was pretty sure this guy was very much alive, like the rest of them...and smoking.

"Hey there. Sorry you had to see that. I'm pretty clumsy most of the time. " Aika told the person with a care-free smile.