Into Darkness novel Chapter 4

If I had to take a guess, I'd say that Oliver was around Lucas age, maybe a few years older. He seemed nice, but I'd barely known him for a day, so it was hard to say.

"Well then, I really don't know if running in skinny jeans are the optimal choice, but it worked earlier right?" I asked rhetorically, but they still nodded.

"We're off as soon as the others arrive... Where's James and Peter, by the way?"

I looked around the room and shrugged.

"Probably on the second floor or at the toilet or something" I guessed and he seemed to agree.

"We should pack some bags, so we can put stuff we find in it" A new voice said and I turned around and was pleased to see Peter.

"Have you seen James?" Lucas took the opportunity to ask.

"Yeah, he's upstairs fixing our sleeping area" Peter answered, pointing up the stairs.

"OI, JAMES?" He yelled.

"YEAH?" We heard someone, probably James yell back.

"COME DOWN AND GRAB A BACKPACK OR TWO WHILE YOU'RE AT IT"

I furrowed my brow, my ears were extra sensitive right now, especially since I had a headache.

"YEAH, YEAH, WHATEVER"

Peter chuckled and smiled for himself.

We soon heard footsteps coming down the stairs and James appeared.

"Here you go" He said to me as he handed me a backpack while smiling.

The man, who seemed to be in Peters age or older also handed Lucas a backpack and gave him the same warm smile, which he returned.

About an hour later, the doors in the front opened and five panting people came through them.

"We're back motherf*ckers!" A petite girl with short dark hair yelled.

I raised an brow and she had a smug look on her face.

I saw some of the older people look at Harry and then back at her with an disapproving look.

"Great, then it's time for us to leave" I broke the awkward silence and took the knife from the girl.

"I'm pretty sure I need this more than you do now" I said, while she handed me it with an amused smirk.

What the heck was her problem?

"Did you see any zombies?" Peter asked a boy from the group and he shook his head.

"We kept walking in the same direction we did earlier and eventually ended up in the town next to us, but it was completely dead over there. No one was outside and the houses seemed empty."

"There was people outside though" The girl I'd started to dislike, added.

"But they were dead" The boy said, with a cold glare at the girl.

She shrugged and I frowned.

How could she be so indifferent about all of this?

"Let's go" I muttered and grabbed Lucas wrist, surprising us both.

He however, didn't say anything and we were soon outside.

"Are you to tired to run or are we good?" Oliver asked, as he started to jog.

"Maybe we can jog fast or run slow?" Peter suggested.

"Mm sure" We agreed and we were soon running past the trees listening to the birds singing.

The world still seemed so peaceful, I was expecting clouds and rain but of course the weather didn't change just because we were going through a zombie apocalypse.

"So we're going to the town they just visited?" I asked, seeing as we were running in that direction.

"Yeah, it seemed safe enough and we can break into the houses or some shop and take food and maybe even find a gun or two" James answered.

"Wouldn't that be stealing?" Oliver stupidly asked and I rolled my eyes.

Okay, calm down Raven. Stop being such a grumpy cat.

James just stared at him and Oliver looked down at his feet, bro ably realizing what a dumb question he asked.

A stupid, stupid thing to do while running.

"Oooff"

And that's what it sounds like when you run straight into a tree.

"Oh bloody hell!" I cussed and stopped running.

I jogged over to Oliver who was now groaning at the ground.

"Real clever" I sarcastically remarked and he glared at me.

"Just help me up" He muttered and I grabbed his arms and pulled him up.

"Are you okay, mate?" Peter asked, he looked rather concerned, which I was too. But I'd guess it was for different reasons.

He was probably concerned for his physical health, while I was concerned for his mental health.

I mean, who runs into a freaking tree just like that.

"Okay let's keep moving" James voice snapped me out of my thoughts and I started to run after them. I could feel my legs getting tired, but I couldn't complain.

"Oi, Luke!" I called, mentally face palming.

Why did I call him Luke? Maybe he doesn't like to be called Luke?

God damn it Raven, why must you be such an awk-

"Yeah?" I forgot about my internal battle and looked forward where Lucas eyes met mine.

He raised his eyebrows and I gave him a foolish smile.

"Wait for me to catch up?" I asked more than demanded.

He ran slower and I was soon by his side.

"So which college did you go to?" I asked him, a little bit bored. I was also trying to distract myself from the tiredness I was starting to feel.

"I went to Oxford" He said it like it wasn't a big deal and my jaw dropped.

"That's so cool!" I said with a fascinated grin.