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She took a quick glance down each direction of the street as they crossed. No one else had shown up yet, but it was only a matter of time before the noise alerted zombies, humans, or both.
And now she’d need to re-gather everything from the duffel bag, which would cost even more time that she couldn’t afford.
“Tyler?” the girl asked, her head tilting just slightly to the side.She wore silver aviator sunglasses and almost appeared to be looking right past them as they approached.
Saff turned her head, checking behind them.
Still no one.
They took the last few steps and stopped a few feet in front of her.
“Knees,” Saff commanded, shoving the gun into the man’s back.
“What–”
“Get on your knees,” she snarled, quickly losing whatever small ounce of patience she possessed.
He carefully knelt down on the ground beside the young woman, and Saff watched as her right hand shot out to touch him, grabbing onto his forearm without looking.
“Who else is with you?” Saff asked, keeping her gun trained on the man.
“No one. I swear,” he mumbled. “It's just us.”
“Don’t lie to me."
“I’m not, I–” His eyes darted back and forth like cornered prey. Then he reached down, scratching at his ankle. “Look, I don’t care. You can take everything we have!”
“Tyler,” the girl beside him scolded, tilting her head in his direction. “Don’t be an idiot,” she hissed. Then she straightened her head again, looking straight across the street. “You can take half of our food. But nothing else.”
Saff’s head pulled back an inch as she almost scoffed aloud. “You’re not really in a position to be negotiating.”
The girl’s jaw twitched. Then, after a few moments of silence, she spoke again. “He was lying. We are with a group.”
“Maddie–what the fuck!” he yelled, throwing her hand off his arm. She fell forward, catching herself with both hands on the pavement.
Saff turned her gun back on him. “Where are they?”
“She’s lying,” he blurted, his jaw trembling enough to shake the words as they left his mouth. “There’s no one else, I swear.”
Beads of wetness rolled down his forehead and neck as his eyes shot back and forth frantically. It was turning into a warm morning, but nowhere near hot enough to make someone sweat the way he was.
Which meant he must’ve been nervous.And she couldn’t tell if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
He wiped his brow, then scratched at his ankle again.
“They—we—” he stuttered, renewed fear spreading through his eyes as they refocused on the barrel of her rifle.
“They’re within a mile of us,” the girl cut in beside him. “We spread out to search these few blocks for supplies.”
Saff tightened her grip on her gun and quickly checked both sides of the street again.
“They probably heard the gunshot,” she continued. “Which means they’ll be here soon. But if you leave now, you could probably still get away.”
“Right,” Saff replied. “So I should probably kill you both before I go, so you can’t tell them which way I’m headed.”
The young woman stiffened slightly, but otherwise kept her composure. “If you kill us, our group will go after you. But if you leave without hurting us or taking our stuff, they won’t.”
“Yeah, right,” Saff muttered, checking her peripherals again.
