Mercy For The Living Dead (Z Nation)

Murphy's Law Part Two

Season One Episode 12 Part 2

Ellie's Pov

They dove for a little while longer before coming to a stop by a lake after Murphy's constant whining that he needed the toilet. Brett got out with his gun followed by Murphy who started walking away from them

"Hey! Where we can see you" Brett said

"I got a bashful bladder" Murphy remarked

"Don't mistake me for somebody who cares!" Henry said also getting out of the truck, Ellie stayed in he truck sitting on the edge of the seat with her feet resting on the ground with Janice standing next to her with her gun raised, daring her to try anything. But Ellie was more focused on Murphy who was looking at a big electric road sign with a camera on top and she knew then that he had a plan. Not wanting to draw attention to him Ellie looked the other way.

"Mr. Murphy! Get over here" Brett shouted

"Just shaking the dew off the lily!" Murphy shouted back staying in line of the camera before strolling back to the truck and they all climbed in. Murphy sent Ellie a subtle smile which she returned and they took off back down the road. Hoping that Citizen Z saw them.

"So you were what before the apocalypse?" Murphy asked Brett

"I worked security"

"Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I was getting that vibe. Oh, so what? Military, Special Ops, Navy Seal?"

"Shut up!" Brett shouted and Murphy smiled slightly before turning to look out of the window.

They drove for a little while again till they pulled to a stop in some sort of forest area next to a caravan. They were all gathered around the truck, Murphy and Ellie's handcuffs were still firmly in place. They clearly didn't trust her or Murphy. But she could get out of them if she wanted to but she didn't want to draw any attention to her.

"So General, wanna tell me what the hell we're doing?" Murphy asked

"Six miles from here, up and over that peak, is the Mesa Pharmaceutical Storage and Transfer Facility" Brett explained

"Stunning news. And after that, can we please, oh, please go to Disneyland?" Murphy said sarcastically

"Mesa is the Fort Knox of the Zombie Apocalypse. It's filled with unused pharmaceuticals, mostly oxycontin. Mr. Murphy, you know the value of drugs in this world. You can trade them for anything. They're money"

"So you want to liberate some oxycontin from Mesa. Be my guest"

"It's full of Zs" Janice said

"Dozens" Henry elaborated

"Bummer" Ellie said

"Some of them are hopped up on speed" Henry said ignoring Ellie

"So, Mr. Murphy, you do your walk through zombies trick, open the gates for us, and when we ride out, you're a free man"

"Well, why didn't you just say so earlier? I love oxycontin. Why do we have to go on foot?" Murphy asked

"Meth zombies are extremely responsive to sound. So we can only sneak up if we're walking" Brett explained

"So why am I here, I cant walk through zombies" Ellie asked

"Well your friend here speaks in high regards to your abilities to fight the z's, and we saw some of that earlier so you'll be helping him and you were also leverage for Mr Murphy to behave"

"Well you took the wrong person for that one, he never listens to me"

"He hasn't tried anything yet, and your skills were to good to pass up. And I want this road blocked so some other vehicle doesn't drive in and set off the Zs" He said looking back to his friends Henry, give me a hand with the truck. I don't want it tampered with while we're gone" He said and him, Henry and Janice made their way to the front of the truck as Brett messed with the key ignition leaving Murphy and Ellie alone.