Dead as Time

Chapter 2-Abbey

We were in a camp. I was sad when military rushed us out and wouldn't let us go back to get Alyssa. My mom cried along with me and Maggie.

My dad just screamed and tried to go back but they wouldn't let him. I just hope Alyssa will know to grab stuff and go down to the loft. My mom comes up to me and looks at me sympathetically. She sits there for a little and asked me, "Are you sad, I mean, about Alyssa?" I started crying. Yes, I was sad. She was my best friend.

As i'm thinking about Alyssa, Maggie comes up to me and hugs me. "Whatever this is the government will figure it out. They will fix this and we can go home and be with Alyssa." I hope she is right. What if they're not trying to help. What do we know. All i know is we are going to be stuck in this camp for a while.

Its about 1:00 AM and all i hear is screams and gunshots. Maybe this camp isn't as safe as they say it is. I wish we were in a stable camp so my 13 year old self doesn't have to worry about if i'm gonna die or not. Im terrified of what's going to happen tomorrow or the next day, or if ill even live that long. What are these things? They're starting to scare me. I dont know what they do so why am i running. All i know is that i need sleep. When i wake up we are on the road again.

We left in a military vehicle with a backpack full of food, pistols for me, mom, dad, and Maggie, also lots of ammo. When we left everything changed. We found an old cottage in the woods. There were none of those things so we stayed. There was a lot of blood and the place was trashed.

We cleaned up and looked for all the supplies we could find. We ended up with a 2 and a half month supply of food, clothes, and hygiene supplies. Maggie was in the shower when we heard a scream. We thought it was her so we ran in there. It wasn't so we calmed down. Someone is out there and we can't help them. Maybe the world is ending. Whatever it is we need to be ready and travel light.

I couldn't stop thinking about Private Mike. After seeing what they did to him i decided to name them Eaters. Its alot easier than addressing them as things. It really was horrible. They were just eating him. I was terrified. I wonder what these things are I don't know but eventually i will find out.

I just think about everything that's gone on since we left. We left Alyssa, we went to a military camp which wasn't so great after all, i watch someone get eaten by another person, people running, people screaming. I piece everything together. These things are really bad and we need to run away from them.