Behind You
Elyza's P.O.V.
I'm strumming away at the guitar Strand gave to me and humming softly when I hear a scream, my head snapping up as I run from Alicia's room and sprint down the hall, leaving the hallway and darting onto the deck. I look around to see Chris, Madison, Travis and Daniel looking over the railing; my mind blanking completely as I run over and see Ofelia and Alicia swimming in the ocean with a rope over the side of the boat connected to the railing. I sigh and lean down, resting my hands over my face and Chris looks over at me "Chill, nervous nelly. They're just swimming" He says in an annoyed tone and I turn to him, pushing his shoulder slightly "Hey mate, don't tell me to 'chill' when I hear screaming. Don't you know it's an apocalypse? I don't care if you're jealous or hate me or anything like that all I care about is that we all bloody survive" I shout at him and he shrinks, my eyes fiery as he backs up into Travis "Alright, Elyza. Relax" Travis says and puts his hands on his son's shoulders, lifting one hand to hold up in front of me and I feel arms wrap around my waist. I turn and see Alicia facing me, moving a hand to my cheek and looking in my eyes making me calm down. I sigh and relax in her arms "I'm fine, so is Ofelia. Don't worry, 'lyza" She says and I nod, kissing her lightly before seeing her pulling back and seeing a wicked smile cross her features. I raise an eyebrow slightly and she hops over the railing and jumps down into the water, my hands gripping the railing as I watch her plummet into the sea below. She emerges and I sigh, leaning on the railing smiling as she laughs and splashes with Ofelia. I look over and see a walker splashing towards them, making me stiffen and run off into my room. I grab my knife and put it in the holster on my thigh before grabbing the railing.
"Alicia! Ofelia! Swim to the rope!!" I shout down and they look up, continuing to splash each other. I groan and now notice two walkers swimming closer to them. I growl and take off my coat "What the fuck are you doing?" I hear Nick say and I glare over at him "I'm saving them from those" I growl and point over to the walkers swimming towards the unaware females. His eyes widen and he nods before I step over the railing and look down, taking a breath before jumping down into the water landing next to Ofelia. I emerge and take a breath, turning to them and they look at me confused,
"Why'd you jump in completely clothed?" Ofelia asks me and I cough up some water "Climb up the bloody ladder and get on the damn boat" I hiss and they look at each other "There are walkers behind you!" I scream at them and they jump before swimming over to the rope ladder, I start heading over to the walkers. I unsheathe my knife and swim over to them, pulling my arm out of the water and burring the blade into one of their heads. Their facial expressions falter and the start sinking as I pull the blade out of their skull. I move onto the next one and repeat the action, feeling something grab my leg and pull me under. I inhale a breath before being dragged under, the water burning my eyes as I look down and see a woman trying to bite at my ankle. I kick her away and she starts biting my leather book, not being able to get through the tough material, making me kick against her more. Her dead weight weighing me down and pulling me down more. I gasp for air but inhale salt water, choking on it before snapping her head to the side making her jaw snap off and let go of me. I claw at the surface and reach the rope, slowly climbing up it and coughing up water. I feel arms pulling me up and I let them "Alicia..." I groan and look up, seeing her crouching in front of me "Check her for bite marks!" She screams and Travis picks me up, carrying me to my room with Madison and Ofelia following behind him. I groan and feel stinging on my side as he lays me down. I look over at Alicia next to me and smile at her "Hey, Heda" I mumble, the words falling from my mouth and everyone around us looks around confused before Madison pushes Travis out of the room and I'm stripped of my clothes as I start shaking from the cold "Ofelia, get me a bowl of warm water and a towel" Madison says and I feel Alicia bend down "Shh Wanheda. We'll talk later" She whispers and Madison looks over my body, seeing a huge gash at my side and a cut on my forehead "It looks like you cut your head on the boat when you jumped in and your knife at your side so at least it wasn't a.... walker" She says cautiously as the word leaves her mouth. She walks off and runs into Ofelia "Clean her cuts, I'm getting gauze" She says and Ofelia walks in, my smile widening "Thank you, I can take care of it" I can and take the bowl, dabbing my cut and groaning slightly at the pain as I clench my jaw and keep cleaning. The girls look at me with shocked expressions and I smile "Hey, I know I have a nice body but don't stare" I say through clenched teeth and a forced chuckle making Alicia blush a deep red and Ofelia laugh, while Madison walks in with bandages and gauze as she quickly walks over to me, "Sit up" She says and I slowly do, groaning as I swing my legs over the side and sit up straight. She rubs some ointment on my cut and I hiss slightly before she puts gauze on the cut and starts wrapping it around my torso. I sigh when it's wrapped and taped down, feeling a bandaid being put over the cut on my forehead. I smile and look at Ofelia and Madison "Thank you, can I have a minute with Alicia?" I ask and they nod, leaving the brunette and I alone. I look over at her "Can you hand me some sweats and a flannel?" I ask and she nods, going over to the dresser and pulling out the clothing I asked for. She hands it to me and helps me into the sweats before helping me with the flannel. I button it up and look at her.
She sits down next to me and turns to me "Obviously we met in a previous life" She whispers and I nod, putting my hand on her thigh and looking over at her "I don't remember it but I remember calling you Heda, and you calling me Wanheda or houmon" I say softly and she nods and lays back groaning
"I think it's fate that we end up together" I say
"Yeah, I agree. How about we just leave those names for other times and not in front of others? We'll confuse them"
"We could say it's made up names" I suggest "You know, just incase it slips"
"Good idea" She says and smiles at me, slowing laying back to her as I keep eye contact. I look over her features and hum softly as I press my lips to her "I love you" I whisper and she curls into me "I love you too" She mumbles into my neck before I yawn "Can we sleep? Saving your asses tired me out" I tease and she laughs, making me smile "Yes, we can" I say before hearing a knock on the door, walking over I open it and see Nick, Chris, and Daniel standing there. I raise an eyebrow and lean on the doorway "What's up, stooges?" I ask and hear Alicia stifle a laugh and Chris steps forward "Thanks for saving them" He says and shoots me a glare before walking off quickly, making me smile before shaking my head and turning to Daniel "You saved my daughter, my only family left. Thank you" He says and strongly shakes my hand and I shake back, nodding at him "Anything to keep us alive" I say and he walks off before I turn to Nick, seeing him eye me up and down before smiling "You've kept your promise, thank you" He says and lightly hugs me, I feel his jaw move and hear Alicia growl slightly before he lets go and walks away. I close the door and make my way over to Alicia, sitting down again and curling under the blanket yawning. She smiles and curls up against me, pulling the blanket to her chin and I hold her against my right side, my good side. I close my eyes and hum "Goodnight, Alicia" I whisper and she smiles against my neck "Goodnight, Houmon" She mumbles and I feel her breathing even out before I'm sucked into a deep needed sleep.