Survive! Apocalypse 101

Chapter 14- The Build

Superstitous me :p

In the afternoon, the two groups returned from their adventures.

They talked about their stories, and greeted Hans as a new member, and the replacement for Mykel.

"Look, we gotta get back to the scrapyard. We found students from St. Jude who needs escorting to the airport." Vermont said.

"Ok. David, start up the engine, Etheine, ride the bike as escort, Jerome, Hans and Mykel, secure the auto shop. Lets get outta here before sundown. Agreed?"

"YEAH!" They all said.

So David and I went indside the vehicle to pick up the students. The engine roared to life as David turned the keys.

We sped down the street, with Etheine besisde us.Then we heard a crunch. Then we saw the plow give way, causing sparks on the asphalt. Etheine nearly got wrecked by the plow.

"Well, there goes our plow" David said. "We gotta leave tomorrow."

"These guys better be worth it." I said.

We reached the scrapyard. I saw 4 students in uniforms holding assault rifles.

They introduced themselves. The leaders name was John. They filed in the back of the bus, their assault weapons ready to fire.

We drove back. We had to be extra careful since the plow gave way. We reached the base with a small dent on the side.

"Thanks for saving our butts" John said. "We can defend this post. You guys can go on ahead and fix our escape vehicle"

"Ok. Get ready to leave by tomorrow or so" I said. They nodded in agreement.

David, Etheine, and I drove the bus down to the auto shop, where they were holding their ground.

"Lets get working! Jerome, turn on the generator, Ethiene, grab the torch, and were is my soda?!" David said.

"Uh, dude, we are in the apocalypse. We dont have sode yet." I said.

"Sorry, kinda lost it a little bit" David said, shrugging.

So he got to work. We left him in silence, afraid to make him lose his concentration and mess up. Every once in a while, he would ask things like a towel, some tools, and soda, which we dont have.

"Stop asking for soda, man. We dont have it" I said.

He worked nonstop. The night was falling so we postponed our work to eat a meager dinner.

I hope they are doing ok. I thought, thinking about the students in the fort.

After dinner, David continued on with the work. He never slept. He just kept on going. After a few hours, he finished welding the plow on.

"Dude, get some rest. We will look ovet the place. Let Etheine attach the spikes" Jerome said.

"Noooo! My work!" David said, attempting to crawl to the bus. Etheine knocked him out with the blunt end of his weapon.

"I had to. He was going nuts from no sleep" Ethiene said. "Plus, he REALLY needed the sleep."

We dragged David off to a corner where he was whispering inaudible words. I swear I heard him say "My Bus....."

"Lets make camp here. We cant move on with our driver uncounscious." Hans said.

So we did, with Jerome and Etheine as watch, I slept.

When I woke up, there was sunlight in my eyes. My eyes adjusted to the brightness, and I saw David in a corner, eating breakfast.

"Sup man?" I asked. "Oh nothing. Getting knocked out is perfectly normal for me" David said sarcastically.

"We had to. You were going nuts" I said. "Hmph. That helped I guess. We should leave now" David said, rising, finishing his breakfast.

I saw the bus. Etheine did more than attach the spikes. He decked out the entire bus.

The windows were now barred, so was the driver's, He completely repainted the bus with black, and renaming it Armageddon, sprayed on with yellow.

"Nice job dude" I said, patting Etheine on the back.

"Took me a while, but I guess it was worth it. I cut a hole above so people can go out and shoot them" Etheine said, pointing to the hole on the roof of the bus.

"Also, I removed unecessary things on the bus for maximum spacing" Etheine said.

"Wow. Thats great dude." I said

"Ok! Lets pack up! get important stuff here, and lets go!" Jerome yelled.

It was a bustling mess for a few minutes. After, we were ready to go.

"I call shotgun" Jerome said. So I went in the bus and took position on the gun nest on the roof. Etheine lent me his pistol so it could be of some use.

We headed out. The plow was awesome. It just swept aside the dead and mutilated the bodies who were too close on the spike on the side.

We reached the fort a few minutes later. We saw the students still defending the fort.

"Get in! We are leaving!" I yelled. We got all of our possesions and started to head into the ocean of dead when I  heard a familiar scream.

The thing was back. And it brought backup.