He saw her; she was calling to him. “Jack, my love,” she yelled and Jack tried running to her before the zombies could reach her, but he wasn’t quick enough. Jack started screaming only to be jolted out of his sleep. He sat up and wiped his face, he was sweating.
“Another nightmare?” Amber asked.
“No, why would you say that?” Jack Duncan asked sarcastically as he walked out of his tent.
“Well, let’s put it this way,” Tyler said, “It’s a good thing we are in our fortress, because if we weren’t zombies would be all over you right now and I would have to save your butt.”
Amber laughed. “We all know who saves who in this group.”
Tyler’s face got red. “Babe, I can protect you…Jack is just a bit faster than me.”
Jack smiled because he could tell Tyler was embarrassed. Amber was right though, Jack is the one who comes to the rescue when either of them is in danger, and he never gets in sticky situations. Jack bent down and grabbed a bottle of water from the cooler. He took a long drink while both Amber and Tyler just stared at him. Jack tried to ignore their eyes. He can’t stop the nightmares; He can’t stop thinking about Emma. She was the love of his life; they were high school sweethearts and they were going to be together forever, but then the apocalypse happened.
It was the government that made the world like this. Two years ago they started trials on a new drug that was supposed to cure cancer; instead it mutated the patients’ cells and turned them into the undead. Once a couple people started turning into zombies, there was no going back. A few hundred people turned into a few thousand, then a few million, and now for all anybody knows Jack, Tyler and Amber are the last three people on earth, or what used to be earth.
Nobody could call this earth anymore; no one could call this America. All anyone ever hears is the sound of guns going off, or screaming, or crying. What the group called home has been destroyed and they only feel depression now. When a person looked around all they would see is a destroyed America with burning buildings, flipped cars, and the ruins of old homes. There isn’t even fresh air anymore; all anyone ever smells is smoke, gas and death.
“Jack, what do you think?” Tyler asked.
Jack cleared his throat, he was lost in thought. “Think about what?”
Amber looked at Tyler “He was zoning out again.”
“We are running low on food and water, I think we should go to North Ridgeville and search because we haven’t been there yet and then we should start moving because most of the food sources around here are dried up.” Tyler said.
Jack froze for a minute. “North Ridgeville” he couldn’t help but saying out loud.
“Yeah, so do you think we should leave around noon?”
“Um, yeah.” Jack managed to get out.
“Great,” Amber said, “I’m going to take a nap before we go zombie killing.”
Tyler smiled. “I’ll join you.”
Jack watched as they walked away then he sat down on the bench and put his head in his hands. “North Ridgeville,” Jack said again, “My home.”
When noon came Jack filled up the trunk with all their weapons. He always made sure he put extra ammo and guns in the trunk, but this time he also put three bombs that they had found from there last location in the trunk. He took a deep breath and got into the truck. Over the last couple of months they had changed their car at least eight times, but now they finally had a truck that was sturdy enough to get them around the U.S. and big enough to carry their supplies. As always, Tyler wanted to drive and Jack had no problem with that. As they got closer to their destination Jacks head was flooding with thoughts. They turned off the exit into North Ridgeville and Jack just looked around. It was completely destroyed. What used to be a nice town is now in ruins. He was speechless and all he could think about was Emma.
