loaded up. We decided
that since we had not heard from the girls, that
we would join them inside and see if anything
good was to be had.
I lit our way with the small mag lite I had
taken from my stash of flash lights back home
and opened the squeaky door.
“What y’all got ladies?” I asked.
“A dead guy, some food and batteries.” Kris
rang out.
“I found some hygiene stuff and a few
meds.” Karen said.
“I got beer!” Lisa belted out at them.
We headed for Lisa’s voice and grabbed a
hot beer she held up to us.
“I mean really, I tell y’all I have some dead
guy and y’all go for a beer?” Kris shouted.
“We got thirsty.” I said walking up on Kris.
The dead man laid with an axe splitting his
skull and flies had gathered around him. I
covered my face from the smell and stepped
over him to go behind the counter. I rummaged
through what was left and found another flash
light and two packs of opened cigarettes. I
stuffed the cigarettes in my pocket and turned
the flash light on and slid it across the counter
to Gizmo that was making a face after taking
another sip of his hot beer.
“Quit being a whiney bitch. At least it’s
beer.” I told him.
“Hey, I found their stash of shit, bring me a
flash light!” Tina called from the back of the
store.
We all headed her way and found her
through an open door with only the moonlight
shining through a window. I shined my light in
to show boxes marked with Frito Lay and Little
Debbie.
“Well hell, load that shit up!” I demanded.
“Everyone needs a Little Debbie.” I joked.
Everyone grabbed a box and headed out with
it. I turned to see that the shelves were empty
except for a few boxes here and there.
“Load up, let’s move on and cover some
more road.” I demanded. “Once we get into
town a little more, I need y’all to head to
Lowe’s and get whatever generators are left.
We are going to do the whole gas thing and we
will meet up back here later.” I explained.
“So can we stop other places on the way?”
Karen asked.
“If it will help bring things back home, sure
what ya got in mind?” I asked.
“There is a mall that I saw
when I was on the
way when this all started. So, we can maybe
stop there and rummage through some shit.”
Karen half asked.
“Haha, we get to go shopping!” Tina belted
out.
“Oh God, Tina, you don’t need a bunch of
shit. She has shopping problem.” Gizmo stated.
“I bet they have some awesome shoe stores
there.” Karen leaned over and whispered to
Tina.
“No, No god damned shoes!” Gizmo yelled
at them both.
The two girls turned and headed to the truck.
Kris ran over to kiss me and shot back to the
driver’s seat of the truck.
“Hey the turn off is going to be up past the
next place we stop!” I hollered to Kris.
She threw her hand up and hopped up in the
truck. We continued on, taking note of all the
cars that had to be checked on the way back
through. The next gas station came into view. It
looked like it used to be an old Exxon, but the
sign had been broken and all you could read on
it was the ‘N’ at the end of the sign.
“Let’s see how much gas has been left here.”
I opened the door.
The girls honked as they drove on past us.
“They are gonna go to that fucking mall
aren’t they?” Gizmo said pissed off.
“Maybe Tina will bring you back something
pretty.” Donald joked.
Gizmo shot him a look while we all laughed.
I threw him the syphoning hose and went on to
check out the store signaling Howard to come
on.
“Why me?” Gizmo asked.
“Cause I wanted to give you something else
to cry about.” I said walking away.
Howard and I carefully pushed opened both
doors. The sun was just coming up and gave a
bit of a glow inside to where we didn’t have to
use our flash lights. We both readied our
weapons and turned the opposite way of each
other to look for any rotters.
“Clear.” Howard whispered.
“Me too.” I stated back.
We split up
that since we had not heard from the girls, that
we would join them inside and see if anything
good was to be had.
I lit our way with the small mag lite I had
taken from my stash of flash lights back home
and opened the squeaky door.
“What y’all got ladies?” I asked.
“A dead guy, some food and batteries.” Kris
rang out.
“I found some hygiene stuff and a few
meds.” Karen said.
“I got beer!” Lisa belted out at them.
We headed for Lisa’s voice and grabbed a
hot beer she held up to us.
“I mean really, I tell y’all I have some dead
guy and y’all go for a beer?” Kris shouted.
“We got thirsty.” I said walking up on Kris.
The dead man laid with an axe splitting his
skull and flies had gathered around him. I
covered my face from the smell and stepped
over him to go behind the counter. I rummaged
through what was left and found another flash
light and two packs of opened cigarettes. I
stuffed the cigarettes in my pocket and turned
the flash light on and slid it across the counter
to Gizmo that was making a face after taking
another sip of his hot beer.
“Quit being a whiney bitch. At least it’s
beer.” I told him.
“Hey, I found their stash of shit, bring me a
flash light!” Tina called from the back of the
store.
We all headed her way and found her
through an open door with only the moonlight
shining through a window. I shined my light in
to show boxes marked with Frito Lay and Little
Debbie.
“Well hell, load that shit up!” I demanded.
“Everyone needs a Little Debbie.” I joked.
Everyone grabbed a box and headed out with
it. I turned to see that the shelves were empty
except for a few boxes here and there.
“Load up, let’s move on and cover some
more road.” I demanded. “Once we get into
town a little more, I need y’all to head to
Lowe’s and get whatever generators are left.
We are going to do the whole gas thing and we
will meet up back here later.” I explained.
“So can we stop other places on the way?”
Karen asked.
“If it will help bring things back home, sure
what ya got in mind?” I asked.
“There is a mall that I saw
when I was on the
way when this all started. So, we can maybe
stop there and rummage through some shit.”
Karen half asked.
“Haha, we get to go shopping!” Tina belted
out.
“Oh God, Tina, you don’t need a bunch of
shit. She has shopping problem.” Gizmo stated.
“I bet they have some awesome shoe stores
there.” Karen leaned over and whispered to
Tina.
“No, No god damned shoes!” Gizmo yelled
at them both.
The two girls turned and headed to the truck.
Kris ran over to kiss me and shot back to the
driver’s seat of the truck.
“Hey the turn off is going to be up past the
next place we stop!” I hollered to Kris.
She threw her hand up and hopped up in the
truck. We continued on, taking note of all the
cars that had to be checked on the way back
through. The next gas station came into view. It
looked like it used to be an old Exxon, but the
sign had been broken and all you could read on
it was the ‘N’ at the end of the sign.
“Let’s see how much gas has been left here.”
I opened the door.
The girls honked as they drove on past us.
“They are gonna go to that fucking mall
aren’t they?” Gizmo said pissed off.
“Maybe Tina will bring you back something
pretty.” Donald joked.
Gizmo shot him a look while we all laughed.
I threw him the syphoning hose and went on to
check out the store signaling Howard to come
on.
“Why me?” Gizmo asked.
“Cause I wanted to give you something else
to cry about.” I said walking away.
Howard and I carefully pushed opened both
doors. The sun was just coming up and gave a
bit of a glow inside to where we didn’t have to
use our flash lights. We both readied our
weapons and turned the opposite way of each
other to look for any rotters.
“Clear.” Howard whispered.
“Me too.” I stated back.
We split up
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