RUNAWAY,
CHAPTER FIVE

MIKEY and jill walked out of the office, eliminating enemies that stood in their way. the two make it back into the diner. "you feeling okay?" jill asked, looking over at the teenage boy.

"yeah." mikey nodded. "just exhausted." he took a step, only for him to fall on the floor. jill's eyes widened, helping mikey back up on his feet. the brunette leads him towards one of the booths.

"okay, let's rest of a bit." jill sighs, helping the boy sit. once mikey sat down, she sat across from him. "do you still have water?" she questioned, only for him to nod.

mikey takes off his bag, opening the big pocket. he takes out his water bottle, unscrewing the cap of it. "do you—."

"no. stop offering." jill shook her head at the boy's offer once again. mikey stares at the woman for a bit before talking a sip of his now hot water.

"i'm sorry for slowing you down, jill." mikey frowns, closing his bottle. "i know how much you wanna get to the station already. i'm just making it harder for you." he sighed, putting his bottle into his bag, zipping it up after.

"hey, you're not slowing me down." jill denied, giving mikey an assuring look. "we'll take all the time we need." she smiled softly, reaching over to ruffle his hair.

"so, since we're here.." mikey smirked softly. "how about you tell me what's going on with you and carlos?" he joked, raising his eyebrows up at the s.t.a.r.s. officer.

"for the ten thousandth time, nothing is going on between carlos and i." jill answered, shrugging her shoulders softly. "i mean, i think. i don't know." she groans in frustration. "it's complicated." she admitted, looking down at the table.

"complicated? how so?" mikey furrowed his eyebrows, looking at jill in confusion.

"because— forget it. let's go." jill shook her, removing herself from the booth. mikey stands up, pulling his backpack on.

"but wait, i wanna know—."

"mikey, let's go." jill interrupted, walking towards the doors of the donut shop. mikey sighs in frustration, walking towards the door with jill.

they open the door only to see the deadly creature growing something on one of the zombie's heads. "what the hell is it doing to them?" jill questioned, taking her shotgun out. jill glances at mikey, handing him her handgun.

"jill, i don't— i can't—."

"i believe in you." jill reloads her shotgun, getting ready to run. "only shoot when something's in front of you. for now, run!" she throws him the gun, starting to run up the stairs of the street.

mikey follows the girl, running as fast as he can. he glances over, only to see that one of the tentacle creatures grabbed jill. "get the fuck off her, you fucker!" he shoots at the mutated zombie, causing it to let go of jill. jill rushes over to boy, starting to sprint towards the subway station with him.

"c'mon, we're almost there!" she huffed. overwhelming fear rushes over mikey as the huge monster runs after them with great speed.

the two make it inside the subway station, collapsing to the floor. mikey coughs a bit, trying to regain his breath. jill looks over at mikey, crawling over to the boy.

"you did good." jill smiled weakly, putting her hands on his shoulder. "i'm proud of you." mikey tears up at her words. no one has ever said that to him. not his dad, not his friends, not even his teachers. mikey's bottom lip trembles as he pulls jill into a tight hug, letting soft cries out of his mouth.

jill hesitates for a minute before hugging the boy back. "we're safe now. it's okay." she whispered, resting her chin on his shoulder. after staying in jill's arm for a few minutes, he pulls away wiping some stray tears away with the sleeve of his sweater.

"c'mon, let's go." jill stands up, holding her hand out for mikey to grab. mikey grabs her hand, helping hisself up. the two of them make it to the lower ground of the station, trying to find carlos.

once the group makes it downstairs, carlos smiles in relief. "nice job super cop, i'm impressed." he then notices mikey standing there, handing jill her gun back. jill takes it, putting it into her holster. "i didn't know you had a friend with you." he commented.

"we back business?" jill asked, ignoring carlos' comment. carlos nodded at the girl. "yeah, mostly. but we need thirty to forty minutes to finish maintenance." he informed.

the gates open, causing carlos to hold his gun up at the people entering. he lowers his weapon, realizing that it was other members from the ubcs.

"nicholai, how are we doing?" carlos questioned, walking towards the intimidating man that pushed mikey earlier.

"jill, i don't feel good." mikey mumbled, clenching his stomach a bit. jill glances at the boy, shaking her head.

"there's nothing i can do right now. i'll ask one of the doctors here if they any medicine, okay?" mikey nodded, standing behind jill anxiously.

"the town's crawling with those freaks. no chance of fighting our way out of the city." nicholai informed, his eyes narrowing at both jill and mikey.

"why are they here?" nicholai spat, walking towards the two. mikey clenches his fists almost as if he was ready to attack. jill holds her arm out in front of mikey just in case nicholai tried something.

"they're helping get the train's working again." carlos explains, glancing at the two. he noticed their defensive behavior towards the man.

"bad time to start carrying dead weight, friend." he stood in front of jill, glaring into her eyes. "they're unreliable. can't pull the trigger when it counts." he spat.

"you want me to pull the trigger? cause i will." mikey spoke up, glaring at the man. some of the ubcs officers brought their weapons up.

"calm down, he's not gonna do anything." carlos reassured the group of officers, giving mikey a look that basically said "behave yourself."

jill kept her glare on nicholai, ready to attack if he came towards the two. nicholai gives the young boy a low chuckle before turning back towards the man. "they'll get you killed." he snarled, turning his back towards jill and mikey. nicholai and his friend walk away from the trio.

"sorry about that. everyone's a little worked up." carlos apologized, looking at both jill and mikey. "and you— i get things have been hard for you, kid but you can't threaten us like that. you have to control yourself." carlos lectured.

"yeah, mikey. it's fine, i got this." jill rubbed mikey's shoulder, resulting in the boy to scoff.

there was a loud crash coming from the end of the hallway. "no no no no no." mikey repeated with his heart beating fast.

"aw c'mon, not again." carlos brings his gun up, aiming towards the entrance. jill presses the button to the gate, motioning the two to enter inside.

the three of them enter the gate, only for jill to stop. "it's me it's after." jill rolls out from under the gate. "i'll buy you some time— carlos, watch mikey!" she exclaims, running down the corridor.

"jill! no!" mikey calls out. "open that gate, i-i need to go with her, she's gonna—."

"c'mon, this way." carlos ignored the boy's pleads, heading downstairs with mikey. mikey stares at the hallway before walking back downstairs with carlos.

"she'll be fine.." mikey told himself, biting his lip in fear.

father carlos has made it into the picture. the next chapter is gonna be about them developing their little father, son relationship. i'm excited 💗💗

DATE PUBLISHED: 7/20/20
TIME PUBLISHED: 2:05 p.m.
WORD COUNT: 1298