Last Man Standing

The Empty Gun

The arrow glided pass Brian's head and planted itself firmly into a tree. Michael laid down on top of the HUMVEE and cocked the rifle and looked through the scope. Guns from behind the trees are starting to fire. Bullets fly crash into the tents, the Vehicles, and the food on the table. The people in the shadows being stepping out. When Brian saw them, a chill went up his spine.

He runs over to Miller.

"Those guys shooting at us right now, there're from a bar."

"How did they find us!?"

"I guess they followed me like one of them said."

Bang! bang! bang! more gunshot are being fired.

"Where the bag of gun?" Brian asked.

"Over there." Miller pointed to the bag lying on the table. Brian ran over to the bag and started shuffling through it. Caroline ran over to the tent she shared with Taylor. A man saw her running and started shooting at her. A bullet flew into her leg and she fell down. Tyler saw her fall and he rushed over. The man came out of the trees.

"Oh sorry bro is that your girl?" The man said laughing.

Tyler looked up and glared at the man. Quickly he jumped and tackled the man down and stabbed him with a knife. He went back to Caroline started to tend the wound. Brian returned to Miller with flashbangs.

"We can use these to stall until we get everything loaded into the vehicles."

"Alright everyone quickly pack everything up and load then ini the cars!" Miller called out.

Everyone stopped shooting and started to retreat. Miller pulled out the clip and chucked the flashbang.

BAM! the bandits saw nothing and their ears were ringing. Damian and Vince took down the tents. Miller threw another one just as the effected started to stop. Michael who was on top of the HUMVEE picked off guys who stepped out of cover. Brian ran over to the peak that over looked the lake and called out to Karen and Taylor.

"Let's go hurry we're leaving now!"

The two ran back up the path way. Brian grabbed the van and started loading all of the supplies. Miller threw in another and he had one flashbang remaining.Tyler lifted Caroline off the ground and started for the HUMVEE. Victoria was waiting at the start of the pathway calling for the two. Everything was loaded in the van, every made it back to the vehicles and only Caroline was injured. Brian climbed into the van and started the engine and Jason followed him Everyone else hopped into the HUMVEE with Miller. The two cars tore up the ground as they drove away. Clank! Clank! Clank! the sound of bullets hitting the van as it drove away.

The van made it out to the road and followed it. After an hour of driving, Miller stopped the HUMVEE and got out. Everyone else did the same. Tyler ran to the van to look for medical supplies. Miller took out a map and Jason came up to him.

"So about that villa I told you about."

"Alright we'll head there then."

Tyler have Caroline some painkillers and stitched up her leg so it won't get infected.

"There we go all better." he said feeling proud of himself.

"Good job you fixed her leg but what about the bullet inside?" Taylor asked.

"She can do what I do pretend it's not there and continue on with life. But if it starts to bug her, walk it off."

Brian went to check on Karen.

"You ok?" he asked.

"Yea I'm fine. But where are we gonna go?"

"I don't maybe Miller does we'll see."

The group rested for a while until it was time to go.

"Alright guys here's the deal we head down towards a villa Jason told me about. Its on the outskirts of Macon so we can scavenge for supplies there and if that doesn't work out, well head for savanna."

Everyone loaded into the vehicle and headed south for Macon. Along the way they encountered walkers but they were easy to get rid of. Honk! Honk! Brian honked the horn on the car to get Miller's attention.

"Yo I'm almost out of fuel!" He yelled out. Miller got out of his vehicle.

"How much you got left?"

"Not a lot."

They were alone on the road with a wide open field on one side and a forest on the other.

"Ok we're close to a small town up ahead. Maybe less then a mile we'll send four people to get some fuel and move on."

"Alright."

Miller went back to the HUMVEE.

"Alright guys we're taking a break because the van is low on fuel. There's a small town up ahead are any of you willing to go?"

"I'll go." Vince said. "I used to work at a car repair shop so I'll know what to do and get."

"Then I'll go too." said Damian.

"Alright then, you'll go first thing tomorrow morning so rest up."

Night set in and Michael as usual was on watch duty. Miller was next to him finishing loading all the pistol clips.

"So you got a family?" Michael asked. "Wife? Kids?"

"No I don't. I was never home much. Always moving around I never stayed in one place much . What about you?"

Michael handed him a picture.

"My wife and two girls. Me and my wife we... we never really got along so good. Everyday we argue and the kids, they think their mother hate them because she's always yelling at them."

"That's harsh." Miller said.

"Yea when the outbreak started, a walker bit her on the shoulder and more followed and ate her. I guess she got what she deserved but the kids they didn't have to die like

that. My youngest daughter Amy (9) tried to help her mother and got attacked. Then my oldest swarmed in Atlanta and that's why I was running and crashed into you."

The rest of the night swept by. The is rising and Jason woke up.

"Brian wake up!" he screamed.

Quickly he jolted awake.

"What the hell do you want?" he said drowsily.

"Let's go to the town and and scavenge for stuff." "

Aren't Damian and Vince going?"

"Yea but I volunteered for is to go too. let's go."

An hour of preparation passed and the four made their way to town.

"So what's your story?" Jason asked Damian.

"We came from South Carolina. I met Vince when he tried to mug me."

"Drop it Damian."

"It's a really funny story I was walking down a road and he jumped out the bush pointing his pistol at me. He didn't even realize that the clip from the gun dropped to the ground. So when I noticed that it was missing I walked up to him and thumped him in the back of the head. He threaten to blow my head off and I told how you gonna do that as I bent down to pick up the clip. When I showed I also notice it was empty." By this point Damian was just chuckling."

"He tried to mug you with an empty gun? How stupid is that?" Jason said laughing.

"Hahaha yea real funny guys. Lets pick on someone else I vote... him." Vince pointed at Brian.

"At least I don't threaten people with an empty gun."

"Whatever man."

They arrived at the town. Cars were scattered all along the street and everyone was on high alert. All the weapons they had wore a suppressor on it except for Jason's shotgun.

"Make sure clip is full and it won't drop." Brian told Vince.

"Yea whatever. we need a hose and canisters to hold the fuel in so lets split up."