The dead are among us - Chapter 8 - Missing

The group have just found out that Kate has disappeared. They decide that they are going to split up into 3 groups. One group is going to stay back in case Kate or the bandits come back. This group consists of Brad, Colton, Wendy, Aisha and Jamilia. One group is going off in the direction of the Nisa shop, near where Colton saw a bandit run off too. This group consists of Josh, Dean and Lewis. The final group will check in the direction of the road near where the entrance was, where Kate went missing. This group is Ruth, Geoff, Luke and Marlon.

Josh, Dean and Lewis decide to go down the alley as they want to have a look at the Nisa store to see if there is anything. As they go past the corrugated steel scrap that's blocking the alleyway they see Tiddles the cat, running off into one of the nearby gardens. They walk down the alley and as they turn the corner they see 1 of the undead. Dean is at the front and when it runs at him he uses his knife to stab it directly in the head. It drop dead in front of him and they carry on down the alley.

They get to the top and turn to go down the road. The Nisa shop is only a couple of minutes walk away but they decide to run there as they don't know how much time they have left. They get there and crouch behind a small wall. They can see 2 people inside with balaclavas. One of them looks to have an old revolver pistol. They know that there is a back entrance to the store so decide to check there to see if they can get in undetected. "Stay behind me. I've got the shotgun which I'll use if needed. Lewis, you watch out behind us to make sure nothing sneaks up on us." says Dean. Lewis is holding his pistol aimed ready to shoot. They manage to get through the stock room and hide behind one of the shelves. They can hear the 2 people talking. "Yeah max said they got one of them. They're going to use her as a bargaining chip to take all their supplies. We're going to shoot her after aswell apparently. same with any of the others that try anything." says one of the men.

Lewis and Dean both hear this and nod at each other. They both sneak up either side of the isle they're on. Dean stands up from behind the isle, raises his gun and shouts "DROP YOUR FUCKING GUN NOW. WHERE IS SHE?" Seeing that they are cornered they both drop their weapons. One drops their revolver and the other drops a machete. This was Marlons one however they have now wrapped green tape around the handle. Josh takes the 2 weapons off them and they try to interrogate them. Dean ties them up with some wire that they find lying in the shop. He ties their hands in front of them. Lewis punches both men a few times trying to get them to talk. The 2 men won't speak however. Suddenly 5 of the undead rush through the front door smashing parts of it. Lewis decides to shoot both men in the legs so that they cant move and all 3 of them run out the back door. One man gets mauled by a few of the undead. The other manages to stand and hobbles to the back door. Just as he's about to get there Dean slams the door shut and bars it by tilting a chair up against it aswell as a cabinet. They hear screaming coming from the shop which must be the men that are in there. They get out the store and sprint back home. None of the undead see them however as they are more focused on the 2 men in the store.

Ruth, Geoff, Luke and Marlon get into a car and start heading down the road. They travel for a few minutes until they see that the road is blocked by a few cars. They know that they haven't been there long so get out of the car and carry on, on foot. They don't come across anything for a few minutes when all of a sudden they hear 2 gunshots coming from the way of the Cul-de-sac. They turn and run back. Geoff says "That might be the bandits. They might have found there way to ours. get any weapons at the ready guys."

Everyone arrives back at the Cul-de-sac and Dean briefs everyone about what happened. They start gearing up preparing for war as they know the rest of the bandits were probably close enough to hear the shots. Dean is armed with his shotgun, Geoff and Lewis both have their Glock 17 pistols, Ruth has the old revolver that the bandit dropped, Marlon is armed with his machete, Josh has Geoff's axe and the others have different sized kitchen knives. They are all watching from different points. Some are from bedroom windows to get a good vantage point and some are down near the road block of the Cul-de-sac. 

"HELP, HELPPPP!!!!!" They hear A scream coming from the front entrance that sounds like Kate. She is running down the road towards the entrance of the Cul-de-sac. She climbs over the car and jumps onto the garden. "They got me. they tied me up in a car but I got away. They are going to be here anytime now I know it" says Kate. 

Kate manages to get to her feet and walks up to Josh. She kisses him on the lips and says "I didn't want to be away from you. I know I've only known you for a short time but I really like you!" Josh smiles and says "I feel the same. I couldn't live with myself if anything happened with you, you mean so much to me!"

BANG! A thunderous gunshot echo's around. Kates head explodes and covers Josh with blood as she gets shot clean through the side of the head. She drops lifeless in front of him. He looks up with tears in his eyes to see a bandit jump down from the car to try and reload his gun. "RUUNNN, they're here" Shouts Geoff in a scared manor as he witnesses this.