stepped in to the verbal fray.
“Stop it, all of you!” Kevin snapped. “We have been through all this. Taking shots at each other is a sure fire way to end up dead. We are a team and, like it or not, a family. We are all each other have.”
“I’m just saying that the princess over there needs to start getting her hands dirty with the work around here,” Aleah grumbled. “I get it that Erin has a baby to care for, but Shari is using it as an e x cuse not to do anything that might chip her nails.”
“That’s not fair,” Peter spoke up. “Every time she offers to help, you and Heather say you have it covered.”
“That’s because she asks right about the time we are finis h ing—” Heather began.
“Enough!” Kevin snapped. “I said for everybody to stop. I am going out tomorrow to try that neighborhood again. There is a lot of stuff that we can use and just a quick look around has me co n vinced that there will be a decent amount of supplies that we can salvage for the baby in addition to things for us.”
“I still don’t get why you didn’t bring a bunch back,” Heather said.
“With the attack, I just felt we might be in danger of getting trapped,” Kevin replied. He hadn’t said a word about Aleah’s little potty accident. “Plus, Aleah had lost a lot of blood and I was worried she might have problems.”
“Yeah,” Peter agreed, “you can’t risk infection. We need to start remembering that things we never gave a second thought to can kill us these days. It is basically like being tossed back to the pi o neer era.”
“Only with a bunch of zombies trying to eat us,” Aleah ad d ed with a laugh.
“Yes,” Kevin gave everybody that look he used when he was trying to let them know he was b e ing serious, “well, be that as it may, we have some grim work ahead. The weather is tur n ing fast. We keep getting little dustings of snow, but there won’t be any radar reports warning us when the first real storm is about to hit. We need to stick to the plan.”
“Plan, plan, plan,” Shari groaned. “Every single day that is all we hear about. Plan this, and plan that! Can’t we just take a few days and catch our breath? Peter has been building on your wall forever without even an afternoon off. He is a doctor, not a construction worker. What if he hurts his hands out there?”
“We don’t have that kind of luxury, Shari,” Kevin said, feeling like a broken record. He was b e ginning to wonder if maybe he was pushing everybody too hard. He just couldn’t escape the feeling that things needed to be done as quickly as possible. The weather was changing fast and it could eve n tually become a bi g ger danger than the undead.
“I’m sick of listening to you bitch,” Heather snapped. “Aleah, Kevin and I are the only ones g o ing out on these scavenging runs. Why don’t you make the next trip and see what it’ s like to actually do something for a change?”
“You don’t think I could handle myself out there?” Shari took a step towards Heather.
“No,” Heather and Aleah said in unison.
“I said ENOUGH!” Kevin yelled. “This damn fighting is not helping. So here is the deal, Heather, you are going to help Erin with the baby the next couple of days. Aleah, you will join Peter working on the wall reinforcements. Shari, you will leave with me in the mor n ing to do a scavenger run.”
Kevin stomped away leaving the group staring at him with open mouths. He couldn’t shake the feeling that they were under a bit of a deadline. There wasn’t anything specific, just the fee l ing that if they didn’t get things taken care of soon, the zombies might prove to be the least of their problems.
Entering the country club he found Matt putting the final touc h es on a set of lined gloves. A stack of finished ones sat on the table beside him.
“Sounded like things were getting a bit testy out there,” Matt said, setting the newly finished pair with
“Stop it, all of you!” Kevin snapped. “We have been through all this. Taking shots at each other is a sure fire way to end up dead. We are a team and, like it or not, a family. We are all each other have.”
“I’m just saying that the princess over there needs to start getting her hands dirty with the work around here,” Aleah grumbled. “I get it that Erin has a baby to care for, but Shari is using it as an e x cuse not to do anything that might chip her nails.”
“That’s not fair,” Peter spoke up. “Every time she offers to help, you and Heather say you have it covered.”
“That’s because she asks right about the time we are finis h ing—” Heather began.
“Enough!” Kevin snapped. “I said for everybody to stop. I am going out tomorrow to try that neighborhood again. There is a lot of stuff that we can use and just a quick look around has me co n vinced that there will be a decent amount of supplies that we can salvage for the baby in addition to things for us.”
“I still don’t get why you didn’t bring a bunch back,” Heather said.
“With the attack, I just felt we might be in danger of getting trapped,” Kevin replied. He hadn’t said a word about Aleah’s little potty accident. “Plus, Aleah had lost a lot of blood and I was worried she might have problems.”
“Yeah,” Peter agreed, “you can’t risk infection. We need to start remembering that things we never gave a second thought to can kill us these days. It is basically like being tossed back to the pi o neer era.”
“Only with a bunch of zombies trying to eat us,” Aleah ad d ed with a laugh.
“Yes,” Kevin gave everybody that look he used when he was trying to let them know he was b e ing serious, “well, be that as it may, we have some grim work ahead. The weather is tur n ing fast. We keep getting little dustings of snow, but there won’t be any radar reports warning us when the first real storm is about to hit. We need to stick to the plan.”
“Plan, plan, plan,” Shari groaned. “Every single day that is all we hear about. Plan this, and plan that! Can’t we just take a few days and catch our breath? Peter has been building on your wall forever without even an afternoon off. He is a doctor, not a construction worker. What if he hurts his hands out there?”
“We don’t have that kind of luxury, Shari,” Kevin said, feeling like a broken record. He was b e ginning to wonder if maybe he was pushing everybody too hard. He just couldn’t escape the feeling that things needed to be done as quickly as possible. The weather was changing fast and it could eve n tually become a bi g ger danger than the undead.
“I’m sick of listening to you bitch,” Heather snapped. “Aleah, Kevin and I are the only ones g o ing out on these scavenging runs. Why don’t you make the next trip and see what it’ s like to actually do something for a change?”
“You don’t think I could handle myself out there?” Shari took a step towards Heather.
“No,” Heather and Aleah said in unison.
“I said ENOUGH!” Kevin yelled. “This damn fighting is not helping. So here is the deal, Heather, you are going to help Erin with the baby the next couple of days. Aleah, you will join Peter working on the wall reinforcements. Shari, you will leave with me in the mor n ing to do a scavenger run.”
Kevin stomped away leaving the group staring at him with open mouths. He couldn’t shake the feeling that they were under a bit of a deadline. There wasn’t anything specific, just the fee l ing that if they didn’t get things taken care of soon, the zombies might prove to be the least of their problems.
Entering the country club he found Matt putting the final touc h es on a set of lined gloves. A stack of finished ones sat on the table beside him.
“Sounded like things were getting a bit testy out there,” Matt said, setting the newly finished pair with
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