The Dead Rise

Chapter 15

KNOCK...KNOCK...KNOCK
Carter jumped up out of bed and ran to the main door. He looked through the peep hole and saw someone he never thought he'd see again...Elliot.
"Let us in or we'll knock it down." Elliot said
Carter reluctantly opened the door allowing Elliot and co to walk in.
"Nice place you got here." Elliot said
"What do you want?" Carter said
"I want the information you were getting for me." Elliot said
Carter just stood there staring at Elliot.
"Oh no don't tell me. You forgot or have you been simply neglecting to do it?" Elliot asked
"We've been getting back in our feet, we haven't had any time to go out." Carter said
"No no no don't lie to me now." Elliot said
"I'm not lying." Carter said
"What about your little trip to Denver." Elliot said
"You've been watching us?" Carter asked
"Yeah just a tinsy bit. We watched you standing up on that box talking down to your people like they're your servants." Elliot said
"It's not like that, they're family to me I have no more power than they do." Carter said
"Well not you're not gonna have any power if you don't get out there searching for groups." Elliot said
"Ok let me get my gun." Carter said
"Nope get out there, we'll just wait here until you're out of site and then we'll go our own way." Elliot said
Carter went out the door into the street.
Elliot walked into the school and shot his gun at the ceiling waking everyone up. Everyone ran out of their rooms.
"Everyone calm down just thought I'd let you know that your fearless leader is going out to get that information he owes me, don't wait up on him." Elliot said
Carter walked down the road into Denver looking for a gun along the way. He noticed a cop car crashed into a pole on the side of the road. He popped the trunk and pulled the shotgun out of the back and some handcuffs from the seat.
He made it into Denver and climbed up to the roof of a building. He looked down on Denver he saw Elitch gardens theme park, he used to take Noah and Olivia there all the time. He saw the downtown aquarium and noticed it still had lights on in it.
He went down the building and opened the door and hit a deadhead in the face with it. He ran through the streets of Denver hitting deadheads with his gun splattering their skulls. He made it to the aquarium looked through the windows he saw sea creatures still swimming around in the place. Then he heard a lot of moans he looked over and saw the herd from the other day coming after him slowly but surely. He started knocking on the glass then he saw a door open he ran for the open door and jumped in with a crash. He opened his eyes back up to see a man with a desert eagle aimed at him.
"Who are you and why are you here?" The man asked
"Well I'm Carter and I'm here because I'm not safe out there." Carter said
"Well in that case get up." The man said
"Oh so you're not gonna kill me?" Carter asked
"Do I look like I'd kill someone." The man asked
Carter looked back up at the man he was a big strong man but he looked like the had a heart.
"Yeah kinda." Carter said
The man chuckled and stuck up out his hand to help up Carter.
Carter grabbed on and the man pulled him up.
"Thanks..uh." Carter said
"My name is Felix and this is my aquarium." Felix said
"Your aquarium?" Carter asked
"Well it's not exactly mine, but me and my people have been keeping this place running, keeping these animals alive." Felix said
"That's amazing." Carter said as they walked through a clear glass tunnel with sea creatures swimming above him.
"How many people do you have here exactly?" Carter asked as they were walking
"36 we stay together by helping each other out and helping by feeding and taking care of the animals." Felix said
"Wow." Carter said
"You have a group right? I mean you're settled down?" Felix asked
"How could you tell?" Carter asked
"If you were just a lone survivor you would at least have a backpack full of supplies." Felix said
"Well yeah I have a group of about 8 in a school just outside of Denver." Carter said
"School you say? Does it have two stories?" Felix asked
"Yeah why?" Carter asked
"I was just thinking we have a lot of people and more and more keeping coming would you mind if we send the overflow to you guys." Felix asked
"You don't even know me." Carter said
"I may not but you seem like a man I can trust if I read you right we're gonna get along just fine." Felix said
"We're running low on food." Carter said
"Do you like sea food?" Felix asked
"Don't tell me." Carter said looking up at the fish
"No no this place just happens to have a stockpile of sea food." Felix said
"Oh thank god." Carter said
"Yeah" Felix said
"So where is everyone?" Carter asked
"They're just around. This is a big place. Let's go to the main room." Felix said
They kept walking then out of nowhere Carter heard a roar and looked over and a tiger was looking at him.
"Why the fuck is there a tiger here!" Carter yelled
"Oh did she scare ya sorry about that. Don't exactly know why she's here. Me personally I am a sea creature activist so I was gonna let her run free but no one agreed with that. And plus it makes me look like that one guy in that tv show, crap I can't remember the name, anyway..." Felix said
They walked into the main room and Felix sat in a chair and told Carter to pull up one. People were walking through this main room and going on with their own business.
"What fish do you want me to feed now?" A girl asked Felix
"Feed the carp." Felix said then she walked away
"This is a good thing you got going on here." Carter said
"Thank you, and also thank you for helping me with the people." Felix said
"You're welcome, on another note can these people fight?" Carter asked
"Other people?" Felix asked
"Yeah" Carter said
"Most likely not why? I can't even fight." Felix asked
"No reason." Carter said
"Friend if there's something on your mind please tell me." Felix said
"People are gonna want what you got. It's easily fortified no one thinks to look in a aquarium it's safe and that's what people want." Carter said
"Same thing for you dear sir that school is easily fortified but can you people fight? Not just the zeds but the humans too?" Felix asked
"I don't know" Carter said
"These people don't need something to be afraid of, if I could teach them how to fight they would know that there is eventually going to be something to fight." Felix said
"Do you know about any other groups in the area?" Carter asked
"There's the Arsenal they are what keeps this place protected in time of need, whether it be zeds or people." Felix said
"They're good guys against bad guys huh." Carter said
"Yes if you want to know anything about other groups whether they are bad or good ask them. Tell them Felix sent you." Felix said
"Well Felix it's been nice meeting you and it will certainly not be the last time we talk, if you get anymore people send them up to the school we'll take good care of them." Carter said
"Before you go take this." Felix said throwing a walkie talkie to Carter
"I wouldn't use it until you meet the Arsenal." Felix said
"Ok thanks." Carter said
"By the way, we call our selves the Vikings." Felix said
"Why?" Carter asked
"We're protectors of the sea." Felix said looking all around him at the fish.
Carter headed back to the school and filled everyone in on the new group.
Carter and Skylar were lying in bed.
"I don't think I can tell them about the Vikings. I mean what they do, they protect those animals and I feel like maybe we can set up some kind of trade system with them not to mention that their people are coming here also." Carter said
"Maybe that's it, you tell them about the Vikings and before they go to strike mover everyone here." Skylar said
"I just don't know." Carter said