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at the panel van in the parking lot. Some of the engineers had acquired it a few days before. They had also found a fair amount of supplies. Most of them still sitting inside, waiting for the group to have to bug out. Now all that food and water might as well be miles away. There was no way they were going to get to it now.
For two days now, they had been so worried about the other living humans around, that he had gotten complacent about the zombies. Now with the other humans making enough noise to register on the Navy’s SOSUS warning net, every zombie for miles was running around looking for food like a bunch of sharks circling a boat.
“Keep an eye out and stay quiet. Everyone but Mr. Love is crashed getting some sleep. Let’s not make his night too exciting shall we?”
He descended the ladder and walked to the reception area. There he founds Mr. Love playing a game of solitaire with a deck of cards by candlelight.
“Sorry,” he says as he blows out the candle. “It seems that our friends out there have attracted quite an unwanted crowd. From here on out, we make like church mice; quiet little church mice.”
“How big of a crowd?” the older man asked. SSgt Brown could see the fear in the older man’s eyes. He’d heard what the teachers and kids had gone through before being found by the engineers. And, he understood the man’s fears.
“Oh, I’d say we have about 50 or so close to the building.” The older man’s jaw dropped. He just stared at the glass door twenty feet away. “Yup, so keep it down and stay sharp.”
Day 20
The woods outside of Valhalla
Jackie couldn’t see where she was going in the woods. There was a moon, but it wasn’t bright enough under the trees for her to see much more than a few feet in front of her. She’d already fallen three or four times. She couldn’t keep this up.
She wondered about the little Indian girl. She’d decided she must be of Indian descent. But, where was she? She wanted to call out. She wanted to find the girl. But, she knew better. She knew there were dead around. She also knew there was living nearby. She knew they would look for her. She knew they would punish her and the little Indian girl for running. Please let me get out of here, she prayed as she ran.
She felt her leg. It was still bleeding. How could you be so stupid? Slicing your leg on your own knife? Ok, calm down. Keep walking. You can do this, she told herself. She kept walking towards what she thought was the road. She remembered there was a big road somewhere when the men brought her here.
She limped on. Occasionally, she’d round a tree and find a zombie. The first time she did this, she squealed in panic. The zombie turned and reached for her. She was able to get around it and it just followed her. She couldn’t really move fast enough to get away from it, but it wasn’t gaining on her. It just kept following her, moaning the entire damned time.
She bumped into another one as the sky began to lighten. This one was a little faster than the first one. She had to jog for a minute or so to keep it away from her. This wasn’t that hard as she could see well enough to avoid the trees.
Her leg throbbed with every step and was starting to stiffen up. She reached down again. She could feel a large knot forming on the outside of her thigh. Again, her hand came back wet with her own blood. She began to wonder how much blood she had lost and how much more she had in there.
Another two zombies appeared from her right. She ducked left to avoid them. A gunshot rang out from that direction, the bullet barely missing her and striking the tree to her left.
“There she is!” someone yelled. She recognized the voice.
No! It can’t be, she thought. But, it was. Thor and his people had found her. She saw four of them. All were armed and all were pointing guns at
For two days now, they had been so worried about the other living humans around, that he had gotten complacent about the zombies. Now with the other humans making enough noise to register on the Navy’s SOSUS warning net, every zombie for miles was running around looking for food like a bunch of sharks circling a boat.
“Keep an eye out and stay quiet. Everyone but Mr. Love is crashed getting some sleep. Let’s not make his night too exciting shall we?”
He descended the ladder and walked to the reception area. There he founds Mr. Love playing a game of solitaire with a deck of cards by candlelight.
“Sorry,” he says as he blows out the candle. “It seems that our friends out there have attracted quite an unwanted crowd. From here on out, we make like church mice; quiet little church mice.”
“How big of a crowd?” the older man asked. SSgt Brown could see the fear in the older man’s eyes. He’d heard what the teachers and kids had gone through before being found by the engineers. And, he understood the man’s fears.
“Oh, I’d say we have about 50 or so close to the building.” The older man’s jaw dropped. He just stared at the glass door twenty feet away. “Yup, so keep it down and stay sharp.”
Day 20
The woods outside of Valhalla
Jackie couldn’t see where she was going in the woods. There was a moon, but it wasn’t bright enough under the trees for her to see much more than a few feet in front of her. She’d already fallen three or four times. She couldn’t keep this up.
She wondered about the little Indian girl. She’d decided she must be of Indian descent. But, where was she? She wanted to call out. She wanted to find the girl. But, she knew better. She knew there were dead around. She also knew there was living nearby. She knew they would look for her. She knew they would punish her and the little Indian girl for running. Please let me get out of here, she prayed as she ran.
She felt her leg. It was still bleeding. How could you be so stupid? Slicing your leg on your own knife? Ok, calm down. Keep walking. You can do this, she told herself. She kept walking towards what she thought was the road. She remembered there was a big road somewhere when the men brought her here.
She limped on. Occasionally, she’d round a tree and find a zombie. The first time she did this, she squealed in panic. The zombie turned and reached for her. She was able to get around it and it just followed her. She couldn’t really move fast enough to get away from it, but it wasn’t gaining on her. It just kept following her, moaning the entire damned time.
She bumped into another one as the sky began to lighten. This one was a little faster than the first one. She had to jog for a minute or so to keep it away from her. This wasn’t that hard as she could see well enough to avoid the trees.
Her leg throbbed with every step and was starting to stiffen up. She reached down again. She could feel a large knot forming on the outside of her thigh. Again, her hand came back wet with her own blood. She began to wonder how much blood she had lost and how much more she had in there.
Another two zombies appeared from her right. She ducked left to avoid them. A gunshot rang out from that direction, the bullet barely missing her and striking the tree to her left.
“There she is!” someone yelled. She recognized the voice.
No! It can’t be, she thought. But, it was. Thor and his people had found her. She saw four of them. All were armed and all were pointing guns at
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