Our Days Are Numbered

Chapter 30

Over the next few days, everyone was making preparations, some people were still in two minds about what they wanted to do, others had flat out said they were staying behind and the rest were busily running about and getting almost everything they could, completely forgetting what I had said about packing what you could carry. Of course, we would avoid walking as much as we could but if it came down to it we would only be able to take what we could carry in a bag and the rest would have to be found along the way.

Mykie and her little friend ran past me as they tried to stop a ball from rolling away. Their giggling made me smile and I looked back to watch them. Movement caught my attention in the distance. I moved my gaze from the girls to whatever I had seen in the distance. It was staggering. I could hear the groaning

“Girls!” Hannah shouted behind me in fear. My mind took over and I sprinted towards the girls. Their screams filling my ears. They were running back to me as I ran towards them, I picked them both up, fractionally missing the eater's hand as it made a grab for me. trying to run with the girls in my arms was a struggle I could hear Hannah shouting in the distance, but I couldn’t make out what she was saying. I couldn’t help thinking that she was making a huge fuss over one Eater. Two men ran past me, then another two, and yet another one. I stopped with the girls on my hips, turned, realization hitting me like a stone to the temple. There wasn’t only one, there were close to ten of them.

The men there making fast and little work of the Eaters, realizing again that I had the girls in my arms, I turned back looking at Hannah who’s eyes were huge while she looked at me. I put the girls down telling them to run over to Hannah before I turned back and ran over to the men that were taking out the Eaters.

The eaters that had been in the camp now lay on the ground, their fluids soaking into more of the ground. I shook my head and looked at the men, they were all staring at me.

“What?” I snapped it was Scott that answered me though,

“The fence was cut,” he said in a weird-sounding voice, I stood up and walked over to where he was pointing to. Right down the length of the fence. “almost like someone was trying to make a point, hey” Scott said. Wait, was he saying I did this, oh f**k no

“You have something to say, Scott?” I asked turning back and looking at him, hands on hips, my brow raised.

“Yeah you run around shouting danger, this was probably you trying to get your pint across, I bet you made the pack push the fence down too, there has never been an issue in this camp and now there has been multiple, so yeah I have something to say, you are the one causing the issues, maybe you should leave” his voice was rising as he spoke, the other four men were starting to back away.

I looked up at them, their faces looked terrified, I heard the groan too late and I felt a hand snatch at my top. I pulled away hearing the material ripping off. Turing and swinging my fist into the cut part of the fence, it ripped at my skin put I pushed it down against the eaters face backing away as quickly as I could

“see?” Scott said pointing at the Eater as he looked at the men, “this is all her”

“Scott” I shouted as I made a move to grab his arm. The eater pushed through the fence grabbing him before I could, I watched as its nails sunk into his skin how it dragged him closer to its face and its teeth clamping down onto his arm, pulling away and taking a chuck out his arm. I picked up the closest thing to me, a log stick, from the ground and shoved it through the eater's eye socket. It stopped and fell to the ground. Scott was screaming in pain as he fell backward.

“You b***h, you f*****g b***h” he shouted at me as he clutched his arm to his chest “ this is all your- “ I watched his gaze move, it was the sound of the fence swaying that made me back away, and towards Scott, I helped him up, the other men took aim but didn’t shoot. I had guessed that they were worried about hitting us. The eaters pushed their way through the opening in the fence. I held onto Scott’s arm as made a run for it. we moved a few paces before I was jerked back.

“Get help!” I shouted knowing exactly what had just happened, I let go of Scott, losing balance and falling flat on my face. I looked back two eaters were busy ripping and eating away at Scott. I turned so that I was on my ass and pushed myself back, bumping into someone's legs, he pulled me up and the shots began. The eaters were taken down but one was trying to push through the fence.

DEVIN POV

I stood on the sidelines out of view from the crowd that had gathered around the cut in the fence that I had made. I knew it was a stupid idea from Porta’s side but he was adamant that no one left the camp. but she wasn’t supposed to be in there. I was meant to swoop in and save the day. Scott had found the cut, who knew he was going to blame her. I saw it as a blessing in disguise cause it would stop people from wanting to follow her. I had jumped out of my hiding spot when she had gotten caught. I watched the whole thing unfold. She had tried to help but Scott was bitten. She still tried to help though, even with him shouting at her and calling her a b***h.

“Devin” Hans called to me and disappeared back to the crowd of people. That was my cue. Zoni was moving backward while on her butt as she got to me I pulled her up. Holding her back to my front, I savored the moment for a second - I could smell her hair, her warmth against me was like heaven -before I pushed her behind me

“Hey!” she shouted pushing back so that she was back in the action, she pulled the gun from her holster that was around her upper thigh, it got me thinking as to why she hadn’t done that before now, she shouted back to one of the men, I didn't really pay attention to what she was asking for. It was when she started firing at the eaters that I did pay attention she was trying to keep them from the fence, she was going to try to fix it.

GRANVILLE POV

The gunshots in the distance had a few people stopping what they were doing. Some of the younger people started walking in the direction of the shots. I couldn’t help my curiosity and made my way over to the sounds, as the shots continued I started running, something was wrong. Hannah was screaming and crying as someone walked her over to the clinic. I pulled out my own gun as got closer to the scene.

I scanned the area, on the ground there were eaters scattered between two of them that looked like the remains of a human but I couldn’t be too sure.

Zoni and two other men were trying to wind thick pieces of wire around the fence that looked like it had been cut. Zoni’s uncasted hand was bleeding as she handled the metal, twisting and turning it as she weaved it through the two edges of the fence.

I pushed my way through, shouting and asking what the f**k had happened. Zoni looked back at me there was relief in her face as she turned back and carried on with the task at hand.

“Someone cut the fence” she shouted pulling back as an eater tried to push at the fence. she shot at it before they carried on with what they doing. I moved towards them now shooting at the eaters that were getting too close

Bang!

“Mother fucker!” I shouted and looked back, I grabbed at my shoulder. I saw the smug look on Devin’s face before he changed it to shock. “You f*****g shot at me” I roared

“You are in the way” he called back. I turned around facing him, completely ignoring the searing pain in the back of my shoulder as I walked up to him. I was seeing red considering there was a bigger problem at hand. I lost all sense to what I was doing

My fist connected with Devin’s chin he staggered backward, shock on his face at what had just happened. He made a move to hit me back but I blocked it swiping my leg against his feet, I swiped his legs from under him. He went down like a sack of potatoes. 

ZONI POV

Oh, you had to be f*****g kidding me, I moved from the fence, as Hans took over from me and the three of them continued to thread the wire and close the fence up. I walked over to the two men that were now fighting full-on. Daniel and David trying to pull the two idiots off each other.

I got between the two, ducking and diving the punches that were being thrown before I pushed Devin away from Granville. I looked back at Granville, I could see blood seeping through his shirt

“get him to the clinic” I snapped at David, with some struggle, David got Granville to move with him to the clinic. I rounded on Devin, pushing him. yes, I was angry at Granville too, but he hadn’t sot someone that was trying to help.

“what the f**k is wrong with you” I shouted, pushing him again. of course it did not affect him, he just moved as though I bumped into him.

“he got in the way,” Devin said calmly as he put out his hand to touch me, I shoved at him hander, something fell from his pocket with a thud as I hit the ground.

I looked down at the object on the floor looking back up at him

DEVIN POV

I looked down at the bolt cutters, I knew how this looked now. I looked up in time to see a hand swing at me and then all I saw was darkness. f**k.