Tragic Survival

Working Together like Orange and Red

We've noticed more and more zombies lurking around the cemetery. Zombies; such a cliche word. But it would be more Cliche for us to call them Walkers. As much as Antwone wants to make it catch on -apparently being a The Walking Dead fan in his own time, it's not happening. Jack called them bombs, because they are 'an abomination on the world'. Which is obvious, but I couldn't come up with a better word so Bomb will have to do.
We're planning to leave the cemetery, if a massive horde comes it's not likely that these gates will hold.
Prudence suggested we go to The Grand Canyon. And what's ridiculous is her parents are so proud of her for being such a smart little girl.
"That's stupid, I'm sorry. You want to go to THE GRAND CANYON, which is on the other side of the COUNTRY! So that we can push hordes of Bombs off the edge. You're crazy!" I say, finally becoming a part of the conversation after I realised they weren't kidding.
"Now, now Tale. What's so wrong with that idea?" Joe asks me. Has he lost is mind?
"Are you kidding me? What's right about that idea? We need shops and homes that hold supplies. Where are we supposed to get food out there? I can't even believe we're considering this?!" I turn around to the others to see if anyone agrees with me. These people are crazy!
" T is right, how will we survive out there?" Antwone says. I turn around and smile at him and mouth a thanks.
"Oh gee, I didn't even think about that," Joe replies shaking his head, I roll my eyes.
This redneck family is definitely crazy. Joe, Prudence, Jason, John, Daniel and Mary. They're so hard to work out; Mary is the mother, she's kind and gentle but batshit crazy- she talks to flies. Daniel, Daniel is sweet and normal. I'm pretty sure he's gay, I don't know if his family knows or not. Joe seems to dismiss him a lot, so they might have suspicions. John, I friggin hate that guy. He's attractive, but makes me want to poke my eyes out every time he smiles at me. Jason, I like Jason. He's my favourite out of the whole bunch. He's handy and fairly smart about surviving. Prudence is adorable, but she's rough. The fiercest little girl I know. And Joe, he's tough and just wants the best for everyone. I met these people with Antwone, Devon and Kenneth on our way to the White House to see if anyone was still around there. But all that's left is a bunch of Bomb's in fancy suits. Surprise, surprise.
"Mammy! Mammy!" Prudence yells out to her mum, whilst running towards us. "Mammy we got a whoooole lot of them zombies comin' right for us, Mammy!"
We all turn to look in the direction Prudence is running from and sure enough there's quite a big group of bombs shuffling around. Only noticing us because of Prudence's screams.
"Shut up, shut up! Little girl the bombs will hear you!" Devon loudly whispers to her. Prudence screams and runs away from Devon to hide behind John who steps up to Devon in some ridiculous intimidation stance.
"You can't tell my family what to do, dirty nigga!" John says, staring right into Devon's eyes.
"Look man, we're in the apocalypse. That shit doesn't really matter no more," Devon says, pushing John back. John is immediately filled with rage and swings a few punches yelling "Don't touch me you filthy nigga!" A punch gets Devon right in the nose and he falls. I run over to help Devon and Jason tries to get John off of him.
"Mary, Kenneth! Stand inside the fence and stab any zombies that come close enough, Naome and Prudence, watch for any other bombs coming in other directions. Stab them also if you can. Got it!?" They all nod towards me. John begins to walk away with Prudence.
"John I need you for something else. Prudence will be okay if she doesn't leave the cemetery." I turn to Prudence to address her. "If it gets to hectic sweetheart, yell out for me, Jason or John okay. And we will help you if we can. If we can't, get Naome and come over to us," Prudence, Joe and Naome all nod and agree to me.
"Joe and Antwone, get the guns and cover Mary and Kenneth. But don't use all the amo, we need to get out of here. When Devon is alright we're leaving." Joe and Antwone begin to walk away. I quickly grab Joe and whisper to him, looking him dead in the eye. "If any of your family hurt one of them again, I'll hurt them in exactly the same way, we need to work together," He nods and followers after Antwone.
"You ready for this?" Jason asks me, while ordering John to go over and help Prudence and Naome.
I ignore him pulling Devon's head into my lap. "Bloody lucky his nose isn't broken. Go and get all our guns, amo, food and anything else we need. Pack them into the bags and assign one to everyone,"
" T-," Jason tries to say.
"You have to hurry, Jason," I say and look up to him.
He runs his fingers through his hair and leaves.