GENERATION DEAD VOL-2 ( settlements of the dead)

Chapter 14 Names Of The Dead

hey doc how's it been said Marcus walking into the infirmary sitting down next to ozzy while he lays down throwing a small purple ball into the air and catching it repeatedly

I've been good, very busy though as you may know especially because of Carry's baby I'm thinking the baby will be coming within the next month said docter Harold taking off Marcus's eye patch looking at it

Well do you think the eye patch is working asked Marcus

Yea I'd say so, it's most the way healed and no opening to your eye socket anymore

Well that's good ain't it I guess I could start mainly wearing the eye patch now

Yea Ill give you the clear on that. Here I'll give you a slip go run it down to the market they'll give you an eye patch for it, those suckers give you just about anything as long as someone with authority says you can have it laughed doc standing up and throwing the old eye patch and grabbing a note writing the doctors note for Marcus

Do you guys think that the way that market works is katered to the higher ups or is it just me said ozzy sitting up sliding to the side of the bed next to Marcus

Yea I guess in a way you could figure that, but hey we're all living here and it doesn't effect me any so I don't got a need to change it said doc

I think it's dumb that we arnt allowed to have guns or knifes on us when we're in camp. I wish I could at least keep a poket knife on me without having to get searched once a week, I always hate having to go through my cabin after they go through and "search" it for any guns or knifes they always leave it torn up and messy said Marcus grabbing the slip from doc standing up writing his name on a check out list next to doc

They had a good reason to though man I get that they don't want another dead guy showing up inside the walls because someone gets mad at someone because they lost a poker game and got drunk said ozzy

Yea but why does that have to effect us you know, cause we didn't do anything wrong none of us have, look what we've given them without us that wall would've been only halfway up by now or worse these people would be just another couple bitters said Marcus

Well how about you take that to the headmaster as she likes to call herself said doc

Fuck her she's to busy with her head up her ass complaining that she doesn't have enough food for herself, even though that fat ass hoe eats more then the hole ass camp. Last I checked obesity should be impossible in an apocyaplse said ozzy standing up walking to the door way with marcus

Whatever you guys say I guess so far she's nice to me but anyways I'll see you guys around if you guys see carry would you tell her I need to see her next week to see if I'm right about the baby coming said docter Harold getting up from his desk walking over to the small door on the other side of the long wooden infirmary

Well ozzy you have any guns hidden in your cabin asked Marcus walking out the door down the dirt path passing by the cabins and small gardens out front of the small cabins

No I don't, maybe Chris does or even that new guy and his group that we picked up last week, his name is Nick and his friends name was Fraiser, the other 4 got put in another cabin said ozzy

Well if you ever need one to borrow you could ask me cause me, razor, connor and Shawn all have 1 each in our cabins floor boardsbut not very much ammo the camp is hoarding it's ammo in the new scavenger military type thing they want to set up. Said Marcus turning down the street to the main market with ozzy walking to his side as they cross through a large crowd all mixing around buying from the food and decoration stands

Why are there so many people here today? asked ozzy

I got no idea said Marcus looking around the crowd.

Do you see the medical tent anywhere

No I don't, I can't see anything in this big crowd said ozzy as he pushes his way through the tight herd of people all moving in different ways as ozzy tosses and get thrown around in the herd almost falling onto the ground till Marcus grabs the back of his shirt pulling him up as they both look up and see the medical tent slowly walking through the people reaching the tent with the medical supplies as they look around seeing almost all the medical supplies gone only small pouches of useless types of medicine

Hey is there any chance that there's any eye patches left said Marcus handing the store man the slip the doctor gave him

Hey I'm sorry we're out the headmaster is shutting down the medical tents in the market area as a whole, she doesn't want any waste of medicine so I guess it's for good, but if you need any kind of meds you will have to get them from the doctor said the man

Hey it's ok I guess I can get that said Marcus walking away from the stand with ozzy walking behind him as they push through the crowd

Why do you think they got rid of the medical tents said ozzy

I think it's probably so that the lower class of people have even less is what I'm guessing, you've seen how our cabins are so much smaller and more old and creaky then the ones the headmaster and doc has said Marcus walking up the street back to his cabin

Maybe we could talk to doc or Shawn sometime and see if he knows any way we could set up a time to talk to the headmaster about this problem said ozzy stopping as they reach Marcus's cabin

We should, I'll find Shawn in a couple hours and ask him said Marcus walking into his cabin. Also do you think Chris could make me a new eye patch I'll pay him I've got enough money from helping with the wall to buy him a couple things of food.

Yea I'll ask him. I'll see you soon though Marcus.

Ok I'll see you at the little fire that Connor wanted to throw for the old group to talk again since we've all been so distant for such a long time said Marcus as he closes his door then walks over to his closet opening up the floorboards grabbing outrider's revolver from Shawn's stash then looking in the mirror as he stairs into his missing eye. While Marcus thinks about Michal and John and how much they could've helped back at Ridgewood and how John would've laughed in outriders face then shot him without breaking a sweat, or Michal would've made a good babysitter for the new baby with his caring nature. As Marcus stands there reminiscing gripping the revolver till it slips out of his hand falling to the ground as Marcus sits onto the ground backing himself into a corner in the other side of the closet from the revolver silently covering his face crying into his arms while the scratched once chrome warped and burnt .44 magnum revolver lays next to the open floorboards glistening on the few spots of chrome left from the open cabin windows shining onto his face.