Chapter Four

The place was very noisy which was getting really annoying. Like too annoying.

"We should've stayed in the hotel" I scoffed as I adjusted myself on the floor.

"Yeah right... We would've ran out of food and supplies " Elise said and she was making so much sense it was getting more annoying.

"If you keep staring at them you'll definitely freak them out" Jake said which made my heart nearly leave my body because of how close he was to me.

"I'm just looking at thier faces Incase one of them looks sick yunno" I shrugged

"Yeah well you have to me more worried about getting robbed, raped, kidna..."

"Hey ! Thanks alot I feel so much better now"I rolled my eyes and he chuckled.

I watched as the workers passed around food in plastic bags for us to eat and my stomach grumbled happily

"You must be really hungry" Elise said beside me "I'm so hungry too"

"Yeah.... I'm really hungry" I took the plastic bag from the worker and thanks her as I opened it. There was a bottle of water ,a sandwich, and some cookies. At least it's still food.

I chewed it happily as I looked around the room. The place was jam packed and kind of stuffy. I noticed all the armed men around looking sternly for a sick person. I just hope they don't use the guns again.

" Attention everyone" one the armed men said as he stepped forward "we have an announcement from the national tv quiet down so we can all hear the announcement" the place suddenly quieted down as we all waited for the broadcast to be played.

The broadcast played and the only thing I could pick was that the island was in a state of emergency and everyone should stay indoors and avoid contact with the infected. I mean I'm sure everyone knows this already.

"So the island is in the state of emergency which means... No planes?" Elise asked panicked.

"Well I guess"

"Then how the fuck are we supposed to get of this island" Elise asked

"I don't know ok.... We'll have to find another way"

"What about boats" Jake said I swear I keep forgetting there's someone like him ."or ships"

"Yeah... You're right... We need to get to the ships" Elise said with a lot of hope.

"Elise darling... How do you suppose we do that huh?" I said "the road is swamped with sick people who are hunting for our flesh and ... No service to call our parents at the moment and.... We can't even operate it"

"Yeah .... You're right we're fucked" she said with her mouth full.

"Um..... It's not good to talk with your mouth full" a small voice said behind us. I turned and saw a little girl with red hair and light brown eyes looking at Elise with a disapproving look.

"Huh?" Elise said obviously taken aback.

"My pops said you'll choke" the girl said as she tucked her hair behind her ears.

"And your pops is right it's not good" I said with my mouth full too .

"Your mouth is full too" the girl said and Elise chuckled.

"What's your name?" I asked immediately I finished chewing. She was about to answer as I hear a voice

"Lena! " The little girl jumped a little as she turned to look at the person who screamed. I also turned and saw a tall fine boy who looked exactly like her well except for thier hair. His hair was brown and he was well.... Fine.

"Lester" the girl said as she smiled innocently.

"I told you to stay close to me " he eyed her and she shrugged.

"I was playing" the girl said. He sighed and looked our way .

"I'm so sorry hope she wasn't bothering y'all" he smiled.

"Oh no she wasn't" I smiled back and he nodded.

"I'm Lester and this is Lena" he pointed to the little girl.

"I'm Ethel ,this is Elise and this is Jake" I smiled

"Where are you guys from" Lena asked.

"New York" I said and she nodded.

"We're from Canada" she grinned. "My pops said people come here to drink" she smiled.

"Lena..." Her brother said in a warning tone. And I laughed

" Well he's not wrong we actually came here for our last year of freedom before going to college" I said as I took a sip of water.

"We're here on vacation" Lester finally said.

"Can we stay with you guys?" Lena asked with so much hope in her eyes.

"Of course you can" Elise said. She was obviously saying it because of Lester not Lena .

Lena jumped up and ran back with her brother behind her. They came back almost immediately with Lena pulling her little suitcase and Lester with cots. They set all thier things and we began to talk. Lena was a carefree kid but... I wasn't really good with kids unlike Elise who seemed very happy to answer all her questions.

" I'm so sorry my sister can be a handful" Lester said trying to break the ice

"Oh no problem" I smiled " well my sister seems to be enjoying it" I laughed .

"You guys are sisters?" He asked looking from Elise to me

"You're actually the first to look surprise" I said .

"Well ... Now I can see how your face looks the same" he said still looking at my face

"Well we're twins"

"Really? wow" he said looking more confused which was so amusing.

"What about your ...urm... parents" I asked slowly silently praying that they weren't dead and I didn't open up a wound.

" Well they're in Canada" I guess my face looked so confused "we came here with them but they had to go back for an emergency and didn't want to cut our vacation short"

"Ooh makes sense" I smiled. "Well.... I just hope they bring emergency planes" he nodded.

"I hope this place is safe tho" Lester said and I nodded

"I hope ".

I rolled on the cot which was cold and very uncomfortable and finally gave up as I stared at the ceiling. Elise was sleeping peacefully beside me with her arms wrapped around Lena who was also sleeping soundly. I sighed as I turned one more time.

"Can't sleep?" Jake said from the other side and I turned towards him.

"Oh my what gave it away" I rolled my eyes and he chuckled.

"You're really cranky huh?" He smiled.

"Well... When you're in a death situation I think you'll be too" I said.

"Shhhh" Elise said slowly "you'll wake Lena " she said this with her eyes closed. "Keep your flirting for tomorrow" we both said sorry and I turned to the other side and closed my eyes trying to force myself to sleep.

Like I was cursed, as I was drifting into sleep, I heard a shrilling scream and the whole room became noisy.Elise shot up with the others looking confused and we gathered our things.

"Hurry!!" Lester screamed as we gathered our stuff. I was struggling to zip my suitcase as I stumbled.

"We have to leave them Eth" Elise screamed and I knew she was right. We can't possibly wheel through the sick people.

"Lester .... I'm scared" Lena said as she looked at her brother teary eyed.

"It's ok we'll get out of here" Lester held her hands as he led us through the scattered crowd. Everyone was running around and screaming.

We ran towards the hallway which led to the classes but it was swamped with sick people and they were coming for us.

"Run!" Lester held Lena by the hand and dragged her by the hand. We ran to the other side leading to the gym classes. We ran passed some classes locked with sick people in it and it was getting scarier every moment.

"Hurry!" I ran as I saw dead bodies of some students with uniforms. I saw the exit sign and the happiness built in me covered the nausea. I sighed in relief as I ran and pulled the door.

It opened with a loud sound which hurt my ears.

"Damn I haven't seen outside in like forever" Elise said beside me. Such a drama queen.

As we all stepped outside, the silence amongst us told me they where thinking the same thing.

"Shit" Lester said as he stepped beside me. Yeah shit is what I was thinking. The street was lifeless and bloody. There where crashed cars everywhere. Both bloody and crashed.

The silence sent a shiver down my spine and I wasn't liking it.

"Where do we go from here" Elise held my hands and I could feel her squeezing it. She was really stressed.

"I don't know Elise...." I said looking from left to right. "shouldn't we at least get weapons? You know... Incase those sick people attack again"

"Yeah....you're right but where on earth will we get weapons" Jake said and I turned to look at him. He really has no presence what so ever

" I think we passed a store and I'm sure they have something even though it's a bat" Lester said and I nodded.

"True" but the only problem is....

"We have to be careful I think there are such people around" see..... The twin thing is real

"Elise is right" I said "we have to be very careful".

"But I don't think walking to a store is careful" Jake said.

"Yeah let's use my car" Lester said as he brought a bunch of keys out of his pocket.

"Really ? You had a car this whole time and it's now you're mentioning it?" I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah well it never came up.... So let's go?" Lester said and we followed closely behind him. He was parked at the entrance of the school which I'm sure was packed with sick people.

As we walked back into the building, I saw a hockey stick which looked really strong. Wow at least we had hope of weapons. Elise a broken chair leg and Jake took table leg. I hope this gets us through.