Almost Dead Big Time

Part 3

I laughed slightly, "Sounds like our first conversation almost huh?"

Andrew chuckled, "Does sound quite familiar. There is no way we can get Jamie and get out of here. There are still too many. What now?"

I smiled, "You heard the man. Let's get comfortable."

We sat by the fire, listened, and we could hear voices but couldn't make out what they were saying or how many of them there were. I looked at Andrew, "You know this might be our last night of the living. I just wanted to tell you I'm so glad I met you. I just wish I had known you before all of this started." And I kissed him.

He gave in slightly before he pulled me away, "No...you aren't going to do that. You aren't going to give up on me, on us. I won't let you. We may not have known each other before all of this but that doesn't mean we can't have a long life together."

I looked at him crazy, "Are you proposing?"

He laughed, "Well you said we were dying tomorrow..." he tried to backtrack.

I broke the awkward silence, "I'm not giving up on us. I'm just trying to be a realist. I mean our options are pretty slim."

Before Andrew could respond we heard a voice, "Hey! Is anyone out there?"

I looked at Andrew, "I don't know what to do."

"Well, it's not like they won't see us in the morning. We don't have much choice do we?"

I shouted back, "Depends on who is asking."

There was a short silence before the voice responded, "My name is Rick. Are you okay?"

I shook my head and realized he couldn't hear my head shake, "We are fine."

"We? How many of you are there?"

I stood my ground, "There are three of us. What is with all the questions? Who are you?"

"I told you my name is Rick. We are looking for someone."

I looked at Andrew, "I told you they were friends with that other guy. Now what do we do?"

Andrew shook his head, "You keep em talking and I will see if I can find something in the trailer that can help us out."

I thought carefully, "Who are you looking for?"

Rick started to describe the guy that Andrew had shot before we ended up on the truck.

I almost winced as I continued the conversation, "And why are you looking for him?"

There was no hesitation from Rick, "He killed one of the kids in our group while he was robbing us. We want to find home and make sure he doesn't hurt anyone else."

I simply replied, "You don't have to worry. We found him and he tried the same thing with us. He has been neutralized."

There was silence from the darkness before a woman spoke, "I don't know who you are, but my name is Janelle and I want to thank you it was my son he murdered. Whoever you are, thank you."

I heard Rick again, "Are you stuck too?"

I laughed, "Well sort of. We are on top of an eighteen-wheeler and you wouldn't believe what's inside..." there was a silence and I continued, "We have a zombie slayer in the trailer the only problem is it doesn't have any gas or oil. We could all get out of here if only we could get down and get some."