really happy about it. Grinning like a fool, I watched as Chris squeezed through the cars and over to the van. I still hadn’t got up from where I was crouched.
“Alright, dickhead!” Chris said, looking down at me.
“Yeah, not so bad.” I answered.
Laughing, he dragged me up by the arm and grinned at me before his face went deadly serious and said “What the fuck were you thinking?”
Spirit sprinted passed me and ran straight to Amy. I watched as she crouched down and got her face washed doggy style.
Chris poked me in the shoulder with one of his thick fingers and said “I said what were, you thinking?”
I looked round at him and said “I told you on the radio.”
“I know why! I just wanted to know why you thought I wouldn’t want to help.” He said looking very pissed off.
“Look, you and Tessa were happy and so was everyone else. Benton has a lot to answer for, and seeing as I started all of this, I thought I should be the one to end it.” I said, looking him in the eye.
Chris nodded. His head and said “Ok, I just wanted to look you in the eye when you said it.”
Amy looked up from stroking Spirit and said “Look, we can talk more back at the safe house.”
“Safe house?” I asked.
“We got into town late last night and secured somewhere to bed down. Then last night Chris heard a car engine and went for a look and saw the truck driving out of a car park. But he said it wasn’t you driving. We went back to where it had been parked this morning and saw some infected hanging about. We decided to have a little look around before clearing them out and seeing if your dead body was in there. As we scouted the streets, we saw you and tried to catch up. Then you hid in here.” Amy said.
We all heard the moans and the sound of feet.
Chris looked over the tops of the cars and said “Look, lets piss off before they turn up.”
I nodded my head and we headed over to the ATV’s. I went to climb on with Amy but she shook her head and pointed over at Chris. I shrugged my shoulders and headed over. I looked over my shoulder and watched as she lowered her helmet on and started the engine. I climbed behind Chris and put my hands round his waist.
“Hey, don’t get too friendly back there.” He said through his helmet.
“Fuck off, Chris.” I said, a little too harshly.
“Look, she has every right to be fucked off with you.” He said starting the engine.
Chapter Seven
The thing was, she had every right and I knew it. I watched her pull away and Spirit ran along beside her. Chris gunned the engine and pulled away following her as we moved through the streets.
The safe house turned out to be a huge brick firehouse. They had managed to force open one of the garage doors and they drove the ATV’s straight inside. I hopped off the back and watched as Chris pushed the door closed. I followed them both up a flight of stairs and we headed to where the firemen and women would have slept. I dropped my rucksack and the hunting rifle on one of the beds and sat down. Amy walked passed me and head to where the toilets were.
“Is she really that pissed with me?” I asked.
“Really? Are you that fucking dumb? Of course she is pissed off with you. Marc, you left in the middle of the night and didn’t say anything to anyone. It was by chance that Jake remembered you asking about the ship in Hull. We then managed to put two and two together and thought you would head down here.” Chris said throwing his leather jacket on to a bed sitting down.
“How did you catch up so quickly?” I asked.
“David. He managed to find those ATV’s and some leathers big enough for me. After our little conversation the other day Amy decided that she was going to come and kill you. As you can gather, we managed to talk her out of it. We left the same day and drove non-stop down here. It was pure luck that I heard the truck last night.” He said lying down on the bed.
Spirit