I spent most of my night just tossing and turning countless memories infecting my dreams and my ribs make rolling over an ordeal. I finally give up trying at 0300 and make my way down to the kitchen. The still silence of the night air calls to me and I decide against sitting at my usual spot at the counter. I grab the laptop and my pack of smokes off of the counter before finding my way outside. The cool brisk night air of the Colorado mountains wraps around me quickly reminding me why I always have a jacket. My laziness gets the better of me and I decide to just sit and smoke instead of going all the way back upstairs to grab my jacket. I begin to play music from the computer's library and get a few drags into my cigarette before working on the schedules. Suddenly there's a blanket being wrapped around my shoulders. The deep smell of Irish spring tells me whose blanket it is.
"Z you should at least say something before wrapping things around me. You may actually scare me one of these times."
"Well today wasn't that time, it's freezing out where is your jacket?"
His tone has no hint of the sadness from our argument last night
"I just wanted some peace and getting my jacket sounded like too much effort. Why are you up?"
"Couldn't sleep tonight. Let's see what you got."
Zombie says in a sleepy tone pointing to the computer in my lap. I pass the computer to him with a blank screen showing.
"I just came out here Z. Have a smoke with me while I figure it out then I'll show you."
He pulls out a cigarette, lighting it immediately not needing too much convincing. I take back the laptop and begin the dull experience of typing schedules.
Z Team:
0400: Wake up
0415: Morning meeting
0445: Wake up Alpha Team (Athena)
0500: Morning rounds (All except Z)
0500: Make breakfast (Z)
0600: Wake up trainees (Raven)
0615: Breakfast
0700: Archery (Raven and Z)
0700: Town run for food (Loki and Athena)
1200: Lunch
1300: Target practice m-9 and bow (Z)
1600: First aid
Unknown: Athena and Loki return construct the temporary greenhouses
1700: Cooking essentials (Raven and Z)
1900: Dinner
1930: Movie night
2100: Bed bell
2200: Lights out
Trainees:
0445: Alpha Team Wake up
0600: Wake up
0615: Breakfast
0700: Archery
1200: Lunch
1300: Target practice m-9 and bow
1600: First aid
1700: Cooking essentials
1900: Dinner
1930: Movie night
1930: Alpha Team Water Garden
2100: Bed bell
2200: Lights out
Z looks over the plan and says nothing. I take it as a good sign then light another cigarette.
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Survivors
FantasyWhen a team of teenagers fight to keep the zombie apocalypse from spreading to the rest of the country they are met with a conflict they have not trained for. Athena and the rest of her family must do what it takes to not only protect what they hol...
