The girl introduced herself as Maya. I told her that I had no idea what my name is. When I find out I will let her know. She gave me a name till I found mine. She called me Roxanne. I didn't feel like a Roxanne. I felt more like Debbie or Cathy but I kept it to myself. So I inquired about Sasha. All Maya said was that Sasha was the queen of both immortal ones. She was a hybrid so she has unusual abilities. She has used them to help innocent people. The military has tried to recruit her but unfortunately she wants nothing to do with them since they have a bad intentions. She was murdered a few days ago. The immortal ones have made a fortress called the Endless night. This is where she was going. I saw the way she behaved when she talked about it so when she wasn't looking I left her. At least she had the decency to be half honest with me.
I kept going till I heard footsteps so I quietly checked to see who it was. It was an injured man. He had hole in his hip. I ran to assist him. I used the first aid kit and tried to patch him up. He saw what I was doing and smiled. He brushed my hand away. He used some kind of chemical and it made a hissing sound as it sealed his wound. He asked me who I was. I explained my predicament and he said that the girl I met is a scout sent by the military to look for Sasha. That hybrid is tough cookie. She has faced zombies, armies and goodness knows what. They don't call her apex predator for nothing. She has survived a lot so blowing up a building to kill her seems less likely to do anything. I wanted to know why they were after her. He explained that they wanted to be immortal as they ruled the world under one government. The countries would become districts that will be under their control. The entire world will become one country. The leaders want to be immortal since she is the toughest of them all. But the problem is she has ingested poison to make sure that it is impossible. So they are trying to replicate her by acquiring her corpse. Both vampires and werewolves are under the protection of the people but she is both so she is in murky territory.
I thought about it for a moment and hoped that I am not Sasha. She seems to attract a lot of trouble. He smiled, "I am sure you are not Sasha. You look like you are still going to school. Sasha is at least twenty years old." I blushed, "Thanks" I gave him an energy bar and a packet of cigarettes and walked off. He asked me to avoid talking to strangers since they like to hurt the loners. I thanked him as I went along.
I went along the trail that looked pretty stable. I found a bunch of bats that were flying around. I mysteriously remembered that I could do echolocation and used it to get as far away from trouble as possible. This way I will not be riddled with bullets. There were those that saw me at a distance and they would call and wave at me but I felt safer alone so I ran away as quickly as possible.
I found food and clean water here and there so I was content. Till I saw those mercenaries again and I felt my life drain from me. I ran away as quickly as possible till I was sure that I won't see them again. I ended up in a den where survivors trap others and watch happily as they are killed by an unknown entity. I wanted nothing to do with it so I tried to open the door but it was locked. So I tried to claw my way out. Miraculously I managed to climb out of there without any sort assistance from a rope or a ladder. I must have a good grip or it was an adrenaline rush.
I was trying to get as far as I could when I saw the guy that warned me about Maya. He was fighting someone but the guy managed to get him face down so I snuck up behind him and hit him hard enough to knock him out. The guy gets up and he gave me a bemused look before he shoot the guy in the head. I tried to walk away but he insisted that I come with him. I apologized in repeated succession. He gave me an annoyed look before he walked off to his bike. I decided that I am going in a different direction but he grabbed my arm. He asked me nicely to get on his bike. I did and he drove at insane speed. I was so happy till he almost crashed us.
We almost ran into a man that was chasing after something. He said he saw the zombies run away for some reason. He was sure that someone or something made them do that. He is trying to triangulate the signal. I mumbled, "His mother most certainly dropped him as a kid so crashing into him wouldn't have improved him a bit" The guy in the bike started to laugh. When signal man left to chase the munchers. HE drove in the opposite direction. He introduced himself as Hayden. I sadly replied, "I have a head injury so I don't remember my name. When I do I will let you know" He smiled, "You have a deal. You have specific direction you want to go?" I looked around and saw a poster of Washington DC. So I pointed to it. He smiled, "I am heading there too. But I have a few stops to make before I go" I noticed that he had an accent. I liked it a lot.
We drove around till we saw a military convoy. Some of them were severely injured while others were dehydrated. So I lent them a water bottle and they smiled with gratitude. They each took turns drinking it and gave it back. The leader was on the phone talking to someone at a place called HQ. Wherever that is. I accidentally used echolocation and saw the road up ahead was not safe for travel. Meanwhile the radar system on the military vehicle went bananas. There was a guy who wearing headphones had to pull it screaming in pain. Maybe I was a little sharp. They were wondering why the zombies have disappeared. They are calling for back up. They had heard that Sasha has survived so the vampires and werewolves were mobilizing to get her to safety. If that happens the military will lose numbers as the zombie hoard will increase in numbers. They wanted to get to her first so they can appeal to her in the hopes that she would consider joining the army. They were told that she wouldn't consider it but they seem optimistic. I gave Hayden a nudge to get out of here since I was feeling uncomfortable. He felt annoyed that they had no real data for him so he hopped on the bike and we drove off.