User:Skull26374/MySims Zombies/Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Silence
Violet Nightshade looked around the darkness. She could hear growls, snarls, banging, and scratching beyond the doors to the store. Thank God Goth Topic was equipped with both front walls, doors, and a pull-down gate. Extra security is what saved their lives. The only other noises she could hear was the sound of her boyfriend and best friend's breathing. They were all shaking in fear. Violet sighed and her mind flashed back to that morning. She had woke up, got ready, came to her job like always. She LOVED her job. It was the perfect store and she had her closest friends there. She worked with Ray, her boyfriend, Raven, her best friend, and Crystal, another very close friend... The thought of Crystal made her breathe a heavy sigh. It was her turn to pick up food and she had left right before the incident started. And her little sister, Poppy. She was only ten. Violet dropped her off at the ice cream shoppe with her friends. She was with Roxie meaning she was safe. Roxie was the most responsible girl at her school. School president and all. Ugh. She needed to see Poppy though. Her eyes teared up knowing she couldn't do anything. She prayed on the cross she wore when she felt an arm go around her. Ray pulled her close to him. Raven sat across from them with her head in her knees. They sat safe behind the counter to the store. The lights were off to divert attention. The sound of the... people trying to break in was maddening, they couldn't handle it. Suddenly she saw a light. It was Raven's cellphone. She made a call and after thirty seconds put the phone back down.

"She's still not answering..."

"Raven, she'll be fine. Crystal's the toughest girl I know," Violet said with some hope.

"I hope so..."

"We all do," Ray said.

"GB won't answer either," Raven spoke after a bit. GB was another one of their friends, Herman. He hated his name and wanted to express his 'bond' with the darkness so he made everyone call him Goth Boy. They later decided it'd be much easier (and normal) to call him GB. He worked at the Crazy Bean Cafe, a job he despised.

"He's probably fine too Raven," Ray said. "You're killing us all with the worry."

"We should be worrying. These are our friends!" Raven stopped. "I'm sorry..." She frowned at Violet, remembering her sister had been in the mall as well.

"It's fine, let's just, let's just hope until we know anything... that our loved ones are safe," Violet said as she leaned on Ray's shoulder. She had already tried Roxie's cell. Nobody was answering. Dead silence.

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"What the hell was that?" Ray asked standing up, accidentally knocking Violet off his shoulder. "Oh... sorry," he said as he helped her up. Violet heard it too. It was people talking on the outside. A kind of burning sound was heard. Suddenly gunshots rang and smoke began to waft the air. Laughter was heard beyond the front of the store. Two men and a young woman.

"We need to get out of here, now!" Ray whispered, grabbing the two girls.

"There's nowhere to go," Raven said in a panic. Violet shined her light from her phone around the room desperately searching for an exit. There had to be somewhere.

"Violet?" Ray asked his girlfriend.

"Yeah? I'm looking..." Violet thought and thought until her light shone across the ceiling. She flashed by the air vent then an idea popped in her head. They could go in the air vents. It was directly above the counter anyways... They could do it. "Guys, the vents..." she said as she stood on the counter and began unhooking it. Thank the lord they had a structure check-up recently. The vent hadn't been bolted properly yet, it could be easily opened and closed. "Help push me up," she said as she began to reach ahold of it. As long as Ray helped her and Raven in, he could make it in on his own. After all, he was almost a foot taller than the two girls. As soon as she was in the vents, she helped pull Raven in. Soon after, Ray climbed up himself and they pulled the vent opening shut. After a few minutes of silence, they saw light flood the room of the store. It was a man with orange hair, a beard and sunglasses. Following him was a dark man with pointy greyish hair and a pale girl with huge, spiky hair.

"Grab anything you can, this outbreak is gonna make us stinkin' rich. Put the fire out Vincent, we wanted to get in, not burn the whole place down," the orange haired man said.

"Fine, Skip," Vincent said with disdain. Suddenly the girl spoke. She was Asian, Japanese maybe.

"I have taken all of the money, hehehe, shall we leave?"

"Great Yuki, grab anything else and let's move on to the next store," Skip ordered. Ray and Raven watched through the vent as Skip pulled Vincent back.

"Hand it over," Skip ordered.

"Hrm..." Vincent said as he pulled out a knife and gave it to the other man. It was Ray's pocketknife. After a few more minutes, the looters left and the three decided to climb through the vents until they found somewhere safe. Their store was exposed now. At one point they reached a vent on the roof of one store and peeked through to see the mall center. Flooded with those... zombies. It was horrifying. Raven gasped, Ray sighed, and Violet just called the other two behind her. She wanted to reach safety, and find her loved ones. Either one would work for her.