Drifter

Survivors

The small house boat waded back in forth in the waves. The boat was anchored right off Ventura beach. the first few weeks there was a lot of traffic and the family living in the small house boat stayed out of sight from any land but as time went on they inched closer and now they sat on the edge as there wasnt much traffic dead or alive. They knew the dead was a danger but they were also aware of how bad the living was too.
"Abby dinners ready!" Derek, her father called. Abby was looking at the beach, keeping watch. She was about to turn around when something caught her eye. A silver ford focus came into view. She watched a guy get out of the car pull out binoculurs and look right at the boat. The guy was visibly shocked seeing the people on the boat. He quickly rummaged into his car and pulled out a cb radio jumping up and down hoping for Abby to see.
"dad!" Abby yelled.
Loud screaming and an hour later they were finally talking through the radio.

"The names Ed, yeah me and my daughter have been trying to survive out here since the begining, i lost my wife and son, my daughter Lucy is all i have left" The man replied with a saddened tone.
 Derek looked up to his wife, Sarah and his Daughter Abby.
"should we let them on?" He asked. 
After a few minutes of debating they made the decesion of trusting the man. Derek went to the deck where they had a small life boat hanging off the side of the boat and lowered it into the water. He then climbed down and detached the rowboat, using the orars he slowly made it to the shore. 
As Derek made it to the shore he could see the man smiling with his daughter. Ed quickly loaded his bag. Derek was about to ask the man if he was ready when a ripple of gun fire sprung out. it sounded close. "Get on the boat" Ed ordered his daughter. The 8 year old quickly obeyed scared of the gun fire. They both quickly piled in after her and headed back to the small house boat. They made it back without incident and got back on board. 
"are you two hungry?" Sarah asked. 
"yes!" Lucy said patting her stomach. Ed nodded in response. They all sat down and ate dinner happily. 

"you know this means a lot, its crazy out there. i didnt know how much me and my daughter could survive on our own" Ed said greatfully.

"before things get settled i just want to let you know this isnt permanent, we all agreed that you can stay here a few days and rest up and we will give you some supplies for when youre ready to travel" Derek said.

Ed looked up shocked. "daddy...now?" Lucy asked. Ed nodded. "i have a present for you!" She said looking at Derek happily. she then got up and ran to her belongings. Derek looked over to Ed confused. "well go see what she has" He said some what creepily. Derek hesitatently walked outside.

Lucy raced to her backpack where she slowly unzipped her pack. She turned around where she could see the door. She smiled as Derek started out. She quickly grabbed a hidden 9mm hidden in her pack and pulled it out. She aimed it at Derek and pulled the trigger 15 times unloading the clip. The first 3 bullets hit Dereks chest. He fell to his knees and the next bullet found his head. The remaining bullets sunk into his chest as blood soaked around him. 
inside Ed whipped out a m1911 and aimed it at Sarah. Abby reached under the table where her dad usually sits and pulled out a pistol that was hidden there. The pistol was an r380. She aimed it at Ed's head and pulled the trigger twice. Two small pellets sunk into eds head and killed him. The little girl came running in hearing the gun shots. The girl didnt even hesitate as she shot Sarah down. So Abby was given no choice but to shoot Lucy in the head. after that Abby fell to the ground in a heap of sobs.

       Abby managed to throw out all of the bodies into the water. She then spent the rest of the day scrubbing the boat down to rid the blood stains. Her mind kept replaying the scene where her entire family died before her eyes. She gathered all the weapons and set them on the dinning room table. There were 3 guns on the table. An m9, m1911, and an r380. She refilled the ammo on each gun and then took them to their families private armory on the boat. she stuck them in there but kept the m9 by her side. She then walked to the kitchen, pulled out a can of peaches and ate them. She sat down on the kitchen ground and began to cry again. She stopped when she heard an engine approach. She crawled to the upperdeck and looked out to see a jetski wading by the boat, now connected to it. Theres someone on the boat with her. She concluded. She raced to the stairwell, went down the stairs and turned a cornor to see a man rummaging through Ed's pack.

"put your hands up" she said sternly.

The man turned around and smiled.
"youre not going to shoot me" The man replied.

"literally not 2 hours ago I watched my entire family die, so I would think twice about that" She replied.
The man took a step forward so she shot him in the head. His body fell ontop of Ed's stuff as blood spread everywhere. she managed to push his body off the boat. she threw eds stuff over as well.