Dead of the Night... Silently Happening.

[Ash]

Ryan was still confused on why the girl had jumped off the handle. He understood her not wanting to waste the food but he hoped his argument would have calmed her down some.

He cleaned up the stuff and moved back into the hall. The fish had caught his attention and he wondered how many animals did this girl have! He dashed a good amount of food on the water’s surface. It was rather entertaining how they attacked the food. He smiled to himself before moving on. In his boredom, he eventually turned his eyes to the staircase and wondered if there was anything entertaining upstairs.

Ryan was distracted from his thoughts when Max barked. It was a simple 'Hey.' kind of bark but it made Ryan jump. When he realized it was nothing dangerous he laughed to himself and shook his head. He might as well take his own shower while he had nothing else to do. He tossed his clothes into the washer since it was all the clothes he had and she doubted she’d have anything better. Black jeans with straps and buttons, a long-sleeved blue shirt, and a short-sleeved black shirt to go over that. He tossed his boxers in after covering himself with a towel and started the machine while he got in the shower. He figured the girl was going to stay in her room all day and he wasn't going to sit around in a nice place with bloody clothes.

The young adult jumped in the shower and when he got out he put his clothes in the dryer. Since she hadn't come down yet, he lounged in the living room in nothing but a towel. He had grabbed a random book off her shelf and was going through the pictures. He was halfway through one book when he heard the girl cry out.

"Oh my God! You sick pervert!" She screamed at him after seeing him practically naked on her couch.

Ryan rolled his eyes and puts the book down. She'd accuse him of jacking off to the sex organ pages here in a minute.

"What the hell are you doing?" She screamed again.


"I took a shower and I'm waiting for the clothes to dry." He said calmly in a slight cocky tone, he didn't mean it to come out like that but what was he supposed to do? "If you have some spare clothes I'd happily wear those while I wait." He didn't sound so snobby that time.


Promise was tempted to toss him into the zombie pit again! Now he was acting like a child!!

She was gripping the corner’s of the map now, threatening to tear it apart as her anger stirred inside her. "You're such an ass!" She accused him of turning around and taking a few deep breaths.
She’s always had an anger problem, but after she got away from her parents and her dozen of sisters she liked to think she has calmed way down. It was nice to breathe in fresh air instead of hairspray fumes! "I figured out what we're going to do, we're leaving after lunch." She said sharply before going into the kitchen.

Unfolding the map onto the table she waited for him to come to see for himself. In each major facility like the hospital, she worked at had an emergency button. In case part of the station is doomed for whatever reason they can announce to the command center that there are still people alive. Promise imagined she'd only have to use the procedure if there had been a cave in from the surrounding caverns. Or something predictable like that. As of the moment, it was the only plan they had.

The woman found her place and circles it in a blue marker. Her neighborhood was counted as first class area. The closer you got to the hospitals in each cardinal corner of the station, the neighborhoods got more and poorer. Promise expected it was because if a rich girl was in need of a doctor they could buy a ride, while it was harder for a poor girl to get to the hospital. If that was the case she had respect for the station's government.

She then traced three routes to get to her place of work. Straight down the road, zigzagging through alleys and streets, and a long hard way. She would let the animal look it over and choose his own path, but she was going to take the harder way. One had to climb up on this ledge on the walls of the station and then go through an adventure to go where you needed to go. However, it was safe to assume fewer zombies were up there than on the other two paths.

She jumped when she heard her dryer go off. When she looked over to see the guy coming to get his clothes. She listened as he took everything out and moved around. He was changing right there!! She felt a twitching under her skin just above her eye as she realized he didn’t respect anything in her house. She decided to drown out his rudeness with something from the fridge. When she turned back around there he was still shirtless. She quickly noticed the rings piercing his nipples and instantly facepalmed. That said, she was shocked to only see one tattoo. Some circle of writing and symbols in the middle of his shoulder blades. It was as big as a dinner plate… Super professional.


Ryan hovered over the map. He looked over at the end of the rainbow made by the marker lines. The hospital.


He remembers how his dad told him to find a police station or a hospital if he ever got into trouble. Said that there would be someone to help him get in contact with him and they would keep him safe. He wasn't sure what they could do because he never needed to get out of trouble. Maybe that was what the girl was trying to do. Maybe she knew what was there and how to use it. "So to the hospital?" He asked, feeling her glare on his bare skin.

"Yes." Promise said sharply. "I marked three paths so you could find your way there. I work there so I know all the path's by heart."

"Why can't I just go with you?" Ryan was sure she didn't like him, but he did have the guns.

"You think you can squeeze through the pipes? Fine, but if you end up getting lost you have the answers right there." She replied with frustration rich in her voice. She sat down and looked the map over. She had originally planned to take it herself, but there was a map at the hospital she could take if she needed one. "I'm going to leave after lunch. There's no use in staying here. No one will come for us if we're locked up here."

"Right. I'll be ready to go when you want to leave." Ryan said making the decision to stay with her. He needed her as much as she needed him, whether they wanted to admit it or not.

Besides, she was kinda cute.

The woman just rolled her eyes and went back upstairs to decide on what to take.

She pulled on a belt, who knew when her pants would be something to worry about? Then she had to go through her closet to find a bag. She grabbed the biggest bag she had and pushed in a hoodie as soon as it was opened.

Now that that was out of the way… She was lost. What does one take for a zombie adventure? Clothes didn't really matter, nor did things. She could only think to take food and weapons, but she still didn't have much of either. Hope grabbed a hair tie and pulls her hair up off her neck. The hoodie was red with a black hornet and golden unreadable writing across the chest. It's been her favorite for a few years.

Promise looked up when she heard the door open, she was expecting one of 'them' and was sadly disappointed when she saw the guy instead. "What do you want?" She asked a little angrily.

"Hey, I don't recall us introducing ourselves. In the middle of all that's happened, I can't imagine us worried about that.." He said looking defeated now. "But I've been pretty rude, and I just wanted to say I'm sorry. Also that my name is Ryan, so if you ever need me just call."