User:Skull26374/MySims Zombies/Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Information
Lyndsay Harris woke up on June 24, 2013 expecting it to be like any other day. She was a typical young woman, on summer vacation, fresh out of high school. She decided to work at the Willamette Mall information booth with her best friend, Mira. They'd worked there every summer together, after all, and were friendly with everybody in the mall. They knew each store owner, and each guard and employee. It was like a second home to them. Lyndsay followed her usual routine that morning. Wake up, shower, brush teeth, eat whatever's available, pick up Mira, then drive to work together. She did her usual clock in that morning, and ran into a younger friend of hers from high school, Luis. They made small talk for a while until the mall began to fill up and people began coming up to the booth. She never knew why such a small town could get so many vacationers, then she remembered that this was the only thing Ohio was known for. She liked that her town got recognition. Her and Mira's information booth was a small stand surrounded by a counter. Every night they would log off the computers, pull down and lock the gates, and head home. She didn't even think that this would change today.

~

Lyndsay had been checking her email on the computer when the screaming broke out. It was about 7 p.m. She looked up to see Mira looking frantic. People were running everywhere, screaming. "Mira, what's going on?!"

"I- I don't know! People just started screaming and running and it's like a stampede!"

"Oh my..." Lyndsay gasped as she looked across the mall lobby to find a woman hunched over a man, drenched in blood. It appeared as if she was eating him. She picked up the intercom. "Everybody please exit in an orderly fashion! You will make it out, but do it safely! We will investigate the situation! Lockdown in twenty minutes, I repeat exit! The mall will be on lockdown in twenty min- MIRA, PULL DOWN THE GATES!!!" Lyndsay shrieked as she got up as a man came charging at the booth. Red dripped from his mouth.

"HELP ME, LYNDSAY!"

The two girls managed to pull the gates down just as the man reached in. His hand was in the way, and the gate landed down on it. A loud crack was heard as Lyndsay frantically finished locking the gates. The man stood snarling and trying to pull his way through the gates to no avail. Lyndsay turned to see Mira, tears streaming down her face. Lyndsay knew she was thinking of her parents who worked there too. "It's going to be okay," Lyndsay said as she pulled Mira into a hug while they sat in the booth. The mall was still in chaos, and there was nothing that they could do. The man wouldn't stop. She couldn't think. All she could do was hold Mira. She sighed as she stared at the lockdown button.

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Lyndsay got up. It had been well after the lockdown had been initiated. The doors were barred. Everyone who remained in the mall was trapped. There was a way to unlock it at the security office, but regardless, they had to follow protocol. Mira had stopped crying, her eyes were read though. The man who had been trying to get in had left. And it was completely quiet. Lyndsay slowly got up to see some bodies on the floor. She gasped, covering her mouth to ensure that she didn't make noise. "Is it okay yet?" Mira asked, sniffling, still on the floor.

"I- I think so."

Mira got up as Lyndsay looked in the desk for a flashlight. The lights had been shut off, lockdown protocol. There were only faint red lights lighting the mall now. When she found the light, she turned it on and looked around. The bodies around them were lifeless, and there was no other sign of life. She shone the light at the mall's entrances. There were people everywhere outside, just gathered in front of the door. When the light drew their attention, they began banging to get inside. It wouldn't work, but the sound was maddening. Lyndsay sighed. What could she do at this point? She didn't even know what was going on. Was it even safe to leave the booth? Were the people around them dead? These were questions she didn't even want to think about. All she could think about was helping who she could right now. Mira. She looked up to her and her face looked to shock as Mira was slowly unlocking the booth. "What are you doing?!" Lyndsay whispered.

"Trying to get us out of here!"

"Are you crazy?! Do you see what's around us?! The man who tried to get in?!"

Both girls stop arguing and their eyes widened as they heard shrieks. Not normal shrieks, but like animals. Lyndsay got up to see a group of people running towards them. Their clothes were ratty, and they were covered in blood. Lyndsay could tell now, it was all blood. As the group drew closer, Lyndsay pulled Mira down to the ground and began pulling the gates down. This time in much more time before the group came. She locked it up as four hands tried to get through the bars. Lyndsay once again dropped to the ground, sighing, pulling Mira into another hug as she cried.

"I'm sorry..."

"I know."

~

Lyndsay was dozing off when she was startled by the sound of gunfire.

"Am I going to die?" she thought to herself. She turned to see Mira. She knew she was the thinking the same exact thing.

"Hello?" a voice called out. It was a woman's voice. Soothing.

"What are you doing Selena? Trying to git more of them to come here?" This voice was male. Southern accent.

"We are sent to extract survivors, Finn."

"Yeah, now that we know that we're facing zombies," another man's voice said. "Zombies?" Lyndsay thought to herself.

"Hello?" the girl, Selena's voice asked. Lyndsay realized she said her thought out loud. "We're not going to hurt you."

"We're troops sent from the SPA," the other man's voice said.

Lyndsay stepped up from the floor to see the three soldiers.

"Names?" the southern man asked. "Well wait, I'm Finn, this is Selena, and Derek. And it looks like we just saved your butts."

"I'm Lyndsay. This is Mira, we run the information boo-, you can probably see that."

"Yeah, Justice and Barney sent-," Derek tried to finish his sentence.

"Barney, the security guard? He's alive? Thank God," Mira exlaimed with a huge smile. Tears forming in her eyes.

"Your father is safe, yes. And you guys need to come with us too, you're safe now," Selena said with a smile.

"Let's get 'em out," Derek smirked.

Lyndsay thought in her head again. And she smiled. She smiled because she didn't die. She smiled because she and Mira were safe. Even while they were running through the crowd of zombies. Yes, zombies. Running past them, at them. They were safe. They were safe.

~

Lyndsay smiled when Justice hugged her in the security office. The worst was over. She watched Mira and Barney embrace.

"Is mom okay?" Mira asked.

"Knowing her, she will be," Barney replied, tears welling in his eyes. He turned to Lyndsay. "Thanks for keeping her safe."

Lyndsay just nodded and smiled. She was even happier to see Luis had survived as well, hugging him also. When she and Mira cleaned up, they were brought back to the main room of the bunker.

"Lyndsay did you bar the mall?" Justice asked.

"Yes, I followed protocol like I was told," Lyndsay replied.

"So, zombies?" Rosalyn asked.

"Yes, zombies," Derek replied.

"Well this isn't exactly anything I've ever had to face..."

"This isn't anything any of us have faced," Walker responded. "None of us. I can't even believe it's real."

"Well we did good for our first way down, huh?" Finn smiled.

"You guys did great," Mira said with a smile. "You brought us back, safe." Lyndsay was happy of the outcome. Not the zombies, but that they were safe. That Mira's father was okay. That Justice and Gabby were alright. She thought of her parents at home, then she remembered that she was their daughter. She knew that if she could make it, so could they. And with that, she walked away from the SPA team's conversation. She could leave that up to Barney and Justice and even Mira. She was tired, she went to one of the rooms, laid down, and fell asleep knowing she was safe.