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weeks.
“Yeah, they really aren’t used for much,” Emily said.
“Not too many people driving around in rural Kansas?” Neil asked with a twinkle in his eye.
“Not anymore.”
“What about before the apocalypse?” Kari asked. She hoisted her backpack up over her trim hips. Emily thought that in a former life, Kari could have been a model. She knew the woman had been a airman, but she carried herself with such grace.
Was that a byproduct of military training or something more?
“This land is all owned by a guy who is never around,” Emily pointed to the right side of the road. “And I have no idea who owns that,” she pointed to the left. “You have to remember that land is high value property. Even if you don’t put anything on it, you keep it for hunting or fishing or just to say you’re a landowner.”
“Seems like a good place for squatters,” Robert frowned, staring into the lightly wooded area. This part of the road had many trees, but wasn’t so thick they would call it a “forest.”
“When I first moved in, the sheriff came by to warn me that if I saw any campers on my property, I needed to call him right away,” Emily remembered.
“Campers?” Robert asked.
“Apparently there’s a problem with meth in the area. Well, there was. People would camp around and make it in tents. There’s so much empty land out here that most people don’t even notice if someone hangs around for a few days or even a week.”
Robert grunted. Emily made a mental note never to piss the guy off. He’d make a mean sheriff and an even meaner supervisor. She wondered what, exactly, he did in the military.
The group kept walking.
Minutes turned into hours and by the time the sun started to set, they were all exhausted.
“We need to find a place to hole up,” Neil finally said. They were at a four-way intersection. All the roads were gravel. “I know I’m not the most familiar with the area,” he admitted. “And we don’t have a fucking map,” at that he rolled his eyes and Emily wondered if there was a story behind that. “What do you think, Emily?”
Five pairs of eyes turned to her and she blinked, unused to the attention. She tried to recall which roads went where, but she so rarely came out this way on these back roads that she really couldn’t be sure.
“There’s a town that way,” she finally said, pointing south. “I’ve only been there once. Drove through it. I can’t remember exactly how to get to it.” She blushed. She was turning out to be a piss-poor guide. How had she managed to find her sister, again? Sheer dumb luck, was it?
“We don’t really want to be staying in a town, love,” Butter said gently, placing a hand on her shoulder. “Too many Infected and it’s probably got other scavengers close by. I haven’t seen a farmhouse in over two hours. Any idea which direction would be best for that?”
She thought for a moment, then pointed, once more, toward the town.
“There should start to be sparse houses as we near the edge of town,” she said. “And you have to remember that this is rural Kansas. When I say, “town,” I mean a population of 500. This isn’t Howe.” She smirked at Neil. “You guys really trying to tell me you couldn’t take out a couple hundred Z’s by yourselves?”
“Don’t call them that,” Robert grumbled and started walking.
“He really hates the nicknames,” Kari added. She hoisted her bag up once again and soon the sun had set even more. Darkness began to fall and the first stars came out. Emily wondered how they could dare to even shine when there was so much garbage in the world right now.
“Still, you guys are airmen, right?” She sneaked a glance at Kari. “Airwoman?”
Kari snorted.
“Female airman, love. There are male airmen and female airmen. No airwomen, thank-you-very-much.”
“ Aren’t you like, killing machines?” Emily asked.
“Your ignorance is astounding,” Robert
“Yeah, they really aren’t used for much,” Emily said.
“Not too many people driving around in rural Kansas?” Neil asked with a twinkle in his eye.
“Not anymore.”
“What about before the apocalypse?” Kari asked. She hoisted her backpack up over her trim hips. Emily thought that in a former life, Kari could have been a model. She knew the woman had been a airman, but she carried herself with such grace.
Was that a byproduct of military training or something more?
“This land is all owned by a guy who is never around,” Emily pointed to the right side of the road. “And I have no idea who owns that,” she pointed to the left. “You have to remember that land is high value property. Even if you don’t put anything on it, you keep it for hunting or fishing or just to say you’re a landowner.”
“Seems like a good place for squatters,” Robert frowned, staring into the lightly wooded area. This part of the road had many trees, but wasn’t so thick they would call it a “forest.”
“When I first moved in, the sheriff came by to warn me that if I saw any campers on my property, I needed to call him right away,” Emily remembered.
“Campers?” Robert asked.
“Apparently there’s a problem with meth in the area. Well, there was. People would camp around and make it in tents. There’s so much empty land out here that most people don’t even notice if someone hangs around for a few days or even a week.”
Robert grunted. Emily made a mental note never to piss the guy off. He’d make a mean sheriff and an even meaner supervisor. She wondered what, exactly, he did in the military.
The group kept walking.
Minutes turned into hours and by the time the sun started to set, they were all exhausted.
“We need to find a place to hole up,” Neil finally said. They were at a four-way intersection. All the roads were gravel. “I know I’m not the most familiar with the area,” he admitted. “And we don’t have a fucking map,” at that he rolled his eyes and Emily wondered if there was a story behind that. “What do you think, Emily?”
Five pairs of eyes turned to her and she blinked, unused to the attention. She tried to recall which roads went where, but she so rarely came out this way on these back roads that she really couldn’t be sure.
“There’s a town that way,” she finally said, pointing south. “I’ve only been there once. Drove through it. I can’t remember exactly how to get to it.” She blushed. She was turning out to be a piss-poor guide. How had she managed to find her sister, again? Sheer dumb luck, was it?
“We don’t really want to be staying in a town, love,” Butter said gently, placing a hand on her shoulder. “Too many Infected and it’s probably got other scavengers close by. I haven’t seen a farmhouse in over two hours. Any idea which direction would be best for that?”
She thought for a moment, then pointed, once more, toward the town.
“There should start to be sparse houses as we near the edge of town,” she said. “And you have to remember that this is rural Kansas. When I say, “town,” I mean a population of 500. This isn’t Howe.” She smirked at Neil. “You guys really trying to tell me you couldn’t take out a couple hundred Z’s by yourselves?”
“Don’t call them that,” Robert grumbled and started walking.
“He really hates the nicknames,” Kari added. She hoisted her bag up once again and soon the sun had set even more. Darkness began to fall and the first stars came out. Emily wondered how they could dare to even shine when there was so much garbage in the world right now.
“Still, you guys are airmen, right?” She sneaked a glance at Kari. “Airwoman?”
Kari snorted.
“Female airman, love. There are male airmen and female airmen. No airwomen, thank-you-very-much.”
“ Aren’t you like, killing machines?” Emily asked.
“Your ignorance is astounding,” Robert
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