The Diary Of The Dead

Step 9 : Crow

2 Years had passed since he left me . Left me all alone in this world where kindness is an ancient artifact . A world that are decaying with a plague of death .

I joined the scavenger group in search of supplies that were very limited now . In order to survived , we need to work together . Our camp were barricaded by steel bars that were sharpened to prevent any of the infected to came in . They can't see . They hunt by using their communication with each other . That's what they taught us in survival class .

The kids went to school where they teach how to survive , making bonfire etc . The teenagers were divided into groups . The Guardians . The Botanist . The Medic . And last but not Least . The Crows . Basically , The Guardians is the one who kept us safe . The Botanist helped us to fill our belly . Medic take care of the ill and the crow search for stuff outside of our camp .

Usually , we got some stupid mission like search for a pack of cigarettes or maybe some Redbull or coffee just to keep them awake during guard duty .

"Hey , heard the news?" Cylar tapped my wrist .

"What news?" I replied . Resting my foot on the bench and tied my shoelaces .

"Newborn , and you are the babysitter." He chuckled . I hope he died from choking that toothpick that he's been chewing all the time .

"Newborn? We taking new recruits?" I buckled my helmet , test my torchlight , and slip my handy Army Knife beside my boots .

"Yeah , goodluck--" He jerk his chin pointing behind me ."they said he failed in the medic group and were forced to join The Crows " Cylar continued .

I turn around and saw a geeky boy running towards us with his helmet covering his eyes , his boots were bigger than his feet , and ---

BAAM !

He fell with his chin grinding the floor right in front of me .

"Owww ---" He stood up . Everyone in the Crows looked at him . Like he's a freak . Not me . He's not a freak . He's a clown . And I'm in charge to babysit this newborn ?

"Hold your horses Dusty" Cylar burst out laughing and followed by everyone . The laughing continues as someone shout out "look at the clown!!" . He stood up and facing down .

"Dusty , reporting for duty ma'am-- " his helmet was smacked from behind .

"What are you doing here clown?" Reggy asked . He's the leader of the first group of the crow . I'm the leader of the second group .

"Get off him , he's in my team " I said to him . Facing Reggy is always a bad idea .

"Owh yeah? Did you know that the group that has a newborn will result in that group total wipeout ? " They all laugh as he contacted his forehead with mine . I quickly slide my arms between his and kick his feet off balance . He fell down face first .

"Quiet a leader you got there" I said as I drag the newborn to join our group .
As we leave we heard some swearing and Reggy saying that we should watch our back and all . But , he's all talk . So I don't care much about him . I'm more worried about this kid .

"What's your name kid ?" I asked while we were walking to the group .
He just kept quiet .

We arrived and I introduced him to the squad .

"Alright , do you know your positions?" I entered the camp and the squad stood up . "Morning Captain"

He just shake his head . I sighed .

"In a group, there's 5 position, The head,the eye,the hand,the leg, and the weapon ." His eyes widen as i explained to him . Guess he really doesn't understand a word I'm saying .

"Meet Cecil , He's the head . Listen to every word he says . That's a command" They both shakes hand . Cecil just kept staring at the boy and he looked at me . His face expression says it all . I try to ignore it and move on to the next part .

"This is Zoan . He's the hand ." He just shakes Zoan's hand without looking at him . Scared maybe . Who wouldn't ? Zoan is like an abomination with his human shirt on .

"Annndd -- " Gunther stood up . " I'm Gunther ! " Gunther interrupted me and introduced himself while shaking His hand . " I'm the weapon " He smiled while showing him his machete collection .

"Whats your name ?" I raises my voice a little bit . His face filled with guilt .

"They call me---" He sighed and continues with " Tom "

"So not Dusty then ?" The squad laugh at my jokes . Maybe this is not bad after all .

"Some of them call me Dusty , some Tom and some even call me trash" He brushes his hand . Damn .. And thing just starting to warm up in here .

"That girl who is telling you to listen to us is OUR captain , she may be soft with you , but don't mess around with her-- " Cecil said while carving his wood sculpture .

"because she will chase you till you die" Gunther joins in the chat with his hand in the air pretending to be a ghost .

The group burst into a laugh that I think the other group can hear it .

I offer him my hand for a shake . " Lily , The Leg " I said with a smile .

He shakes my hand . He looked around noticing that all eyes were on him .

" Well we got one position available " Zoan finally speaks . Crossing his arm . Tom smiled and say ...

"Tom , The Eyes "