Chapter 31
This revelation scared her, Chrissie didnt seem to know about the different grade of zombie . But her description left Pezzie with no doubt , it was one of the evolve specie , she had believe for the last five years that Jebedaiha son , Justin was the last one , not worldwide of course but in the vicinity . She had amassed an army by her newest resident tale . It was hard not knowing what to deal with , zombie could be taken out by simple trap , some trenches , a hole in the ground with wooden spike , hell a single person on a horse could lead them away . They had done it twice with a group , it was the military town tactic and it was efficient . But any other rank of infected wouldnt be fooled , she doubted her number of ammo was enough, the other problem was that if they attack they would be stuck in the town , if the gate came down once , they would come down again . They could fight outside of the town but the risk was too great , she couldnt spare lives . Why was it that when thing couldnt get better , they right away switched to the worst case possible . Even if Chrissie had greatly overestimated the number coming , it was still an issue , even if they were not to reach the town in the next month it would be a constant problem . Horde of zombie moved almost always in a straight line but this time it wouldn't be as easy to predict . If they reached the town it was over . But it was still to early and she couldnt be risking the life of people in her community , without at least ,knowing for certain the size of the horde. How could she leave the town without people asking question? Someone else would have to go someone is more than able to manage on his own . Ben was constantly patrolling the outskirts , he was in charge of mapping the surrounding . He would be a good choice , but he couldnt go alone , maybe he could go with Chrissie but Pezzie didnt know how much she could trust the newcomer . Perhaps someone from the military town , that would be an option, equal risk taken plus it would be an opportunity for both communities to cooperate. She kept going around her day as business usual . But her mind was obsessed by the problem there was a high chance that it would be entirely or would mainly consist of zombies , which were not easy to control . Then it hit her , that time with Jeb ,when Finn and Thomaz saved her the evolve zombie was a women it could be the same one , today was less busy and she decided to go see Thomaz , she needed to ask him without making him concerned , she felt bad but that information could create chaos , she wasnt ready to break the news to everyone ,not so early.She loved going to see Thomaz they had gotten closer since they created leader assembly, and he worked in a bakery , yes the bakery was one of her favorite place ,one of the book she had consulted to improve the town , contain a how to make bread from crops book , they were now baking bread and it was some damn good one, one of her best item when it came to trading .
- Hey Pez , how is life ? He ask her
-Pretty good , she said not wanting to alarm him, cant complain . You've gain some weight , someone been trying sample?
He laughed
- Cant trade if theyre not the best bread around lets call it quality control .
They were both laughing as he offered her a piece of bread , he had become a pillar of the community thanks to the bread . After talking about the community gossip , she took a deep breath and ask
- You remember when you found us that day before we came to the town ? Can you please tell me what happen ?
He look at her confused , she needed to justify her question it was so long ago .
- Today is the anniversary , i was nostalgic ,she lied
She felt bad about lying but she couldnt see other option , his confusion became compassion . He smiled and said ,
- Of course I can tell you , well we were doing a supply run , it was still pretty early on , we were looking for weapon .Yes i remember now weapon and medicine , a certain antibiotic I forget the name, we were low on gas . We went to a gas station ,when we found your car , Finn notice the light was still on , we investigate but there was no one , we saw a group of zombie heading in the store . I was scared and thought we should leave , Finn thought that it could be a family , we started to shoot at the zombie , thats when we found you three .
Pezzie analyze what she just learned, it didnt help her much , he didnt see the women ,even if he saw her would he remember all these years later?
- Did you notice something strange by any chance , anything at all?
Thomaz scratched his hair , he seemed to be lost deep in thought , after a couple of minute he finally said .
- Well there was this one thing , shortly before we reached you guys , we saw a woman , we called out to her , but when she looked at us and saw the guns she ran away, maybe she got scared . We went back to find her again but never found her .
That confirm what she thought, the zombie who were as smart as human, also looked normal it was a easy mistake, the women was the same she saw , she had run away not because of them , but because of the guns . She remembered the attack on the town all these years ago , the evolve zombie had also ran away . So it would make sense that they were rare or at least that they were aware of how dangerous weapon could be . That confirmed her existence , only thing was knowing how big her horde was or how big it would become . She decided to go and see the other two ,at this point any information would be crucial . She went to see the architect , who confirm avoiding a giant horde , he mentionned a women too,when asked, he said the horde was about four hundred strong , it was less than she expected but it was still a considerable number. Then came the turn of the chemist .But nothing came from asking him . The bell rang for the night communal activity , seeing the people ,especially the kid laughing was painful they worked so hard for all of this and it was at risk . Seeing that Parker was looking at her ,she forced a laugh , convince or not thats the best she could do . After the play they headed back home , as soon as she close the door , Parker told her .
-So do I have to ask or you are gonna tell me ? He ask
She knew she wasnt gonna fool him , he knew her by heart , it was a burden she wanted to carry alone , protect everyone . It made her feel guilty that she would tell him and not anyone else .
- The newcomers saw a horde , it isnt close , she said seeing his reaction , but it isnt far either, a little less than five hundred , im not sure whos they gonna attack yet , us ,zombieland or military town .But they have a evolved one the same as Justin .
There was a moment of silence , then he sight and said .
- Well theyre nothing we can do now , do you have a plan and who knows?
- we are five to know , i want to make sure of the size of the horde and therre location , i was thinking of sending Ben before we make our move , as for the plan I have no idea we dont have enough ammo or people .Any suggestions?
- Ben would be a good choice , when hes not goofing off ,hes pretty reliable , we are seeing some representative for the militia town tomorrow im sure we can recruit someone , as for how to defend ourselves, I hear one of the new guys is a chemist , could make some explosive .
- okay ill see what i can do , thanks for being understanding , oh Parker one more thing , she said
- Yes? He asked
- Dont tell anyone , she said with a grave tone
- I think we should , he started
He knew theyre was no convincing her and he understood her reasoning . His head was screaming to make his point of view heard but he knew the stress she had to deal with on a daily . They went to bed for the next day .The envoy from the military town came earlier . Did they know ? Thankfully one of the higher grade and a personal friend was there Simon would surely help , she explained the situation without going in great details asking for his help .
- Hahaha , sure I mean its about time we do joint mapping , i dont need permission, i volunteers make sure you bring some of that famous bread . My car is full of gas ,the others will fit in one car there no problem at all .
She was grateful for Simon , he didnt even flinched when ask she trusted him and he was one of the nicer people from that town . Him and Ben left shortly after Pezzie look at the two wishing she could tag along .
