A Shooters Love

Chapter 7

I held onto 10k's hand as we walked behind the group, it'd had been a few weeks since we all lost Cassandra and I was still a broken mess about it. Murphy glanced back at us and glared at 10k for the third time in the past hour, "Ignore him," I told him as he nodded and squeezed my hand tighter. 'It's my fault he's doing this to him,' I thought, 'If 10k hadn't taken the blame for me none of this would be happening.'

We stopped as we saw a river boat with a few z's hanging around, "Well the Mississippi isn't as mighty as it once was," Doc said. "We can move faster down the river in that," Warren said as she pointed towards the boat, "We can head southwards towards Memphis and then head west," Vazquez voiced as I perked up at this. 'Home,' I thought as Doc asked if we could find another boat, Warren shook her head and pulled out her machete.

Everyone but Murphy went to give the z's mercy, I let go of 10k's hand as I pulled my hand guns out of the holsters. We all took on a group of z's as 10k stayed back some using his sling shot on some of them. I shot a few and kicked some away as Addy and Warren took care of the remaining ones. The boat was in pretty good shape and looked easy enough to drive as we took a glace around it. I holstered one gun and moved to the steering wheel where a tarp was laid out. I grabbed the edge and pulled it away revealing a gun who quickly pulled his hands up as I pulled my gun on him.

"Don't shot," he said as the others joined me up front with him, "What are you doing here," I questioned. He looked around, "It's my boat," he said like it was obvious, "Makes sense," I said glancing at Warren as she nodded and I holstered my gun and stood by 10k and Doc. "Yeah well its our now," Vazquez said as the guy shot up and got defensive, "Now way, I've had this boat since the start," he said as Vazquez didn't look impressed, "Ok how about a deal, I take y'all down the river in exchange you guys keep the z's at bay."

"Can you take us south of Memphis," Warren asked as he nodded, "Then let's get going," she said as we gathered onto the boat. Warren stood next to him as Vazquez, Doc and Murphy sat down with Addy, 10k and I across from them. He turned the key on the ignition as the engine and motor weren't starting, we all looked towards him as he began to get nervous. "I swear it was working yesterday," he said as Warren rolled her eyes, "Aly lift up the motor and see what were dealing with," she told me as I was the closest . I nodded and leaned over to reach for the motor, it was heavy as I couldn't get it myself. "Doc help me out," I said as the two of us pulled it out of the water along with the z attached to it.

The z startled us as Doc quickly let go causing the motor to jerk forward with me still holding onto it. I let go quickly as the z slipped off into the water and I started to go over the edge, I would of if 10k hadn't been quick to grab me and pull me back. We hit the floor as the boat started up and we headed away from the river bank, 10k's arms were around me as I was breathing heavily. "You okay," he asked me as I nodded and he kissed the side of my head as we sat back down.

10k held my hand as Addy rubbed my back, "you good aly," Vazquez asked as I nodded. "We gotta be careful going down the river, sometimes the z's clump together," he told us as we nodded. "You have an trash bags," I asked as he nodded and Warren threw them to me. "You gonna hurl," Murphy asked looking a little green along with his blue skin.

I ripped off one of the bags, "no we use to ride boats alot when i was younger and mom use to put our stuff in a bag so it wouldn't get wet or sink if it fell off," I said putting my hand guns in my backpack and putting it in the garbage bag before deconstructing my rifle and placing it in there. "Anyone," I asked holding it out as they all dropped their bags inside as I sealed it up.
I was lying on Addys shoulder, and I guess I dozed off because I suddenly heard Doc shouting about another boat. We were all on alert at the sight of the boat, "Keep you guard up," Warren told us as Doc squinted his eyes, "I think I know them," he said as the boat got closer and we saw Sleazy and Sketchy on board. "What in the sam hell are you two doing," Doc asked as they told us about robbing Graceland and them scamming people by pretending Sleazy was 'The Murphy' before we helped them load a trunk on board and climbed on themselves.