Devastation (#Wattys2017) [On Hold]

Chapter 12: The Wound

Todays the day we make changes, we bring what can back to normal, we become more civil, we end the wars.

"Hey, Lola!" A voice shouts from behind me. It's Junior."I'm going on a supply run today, would you like to come?".

"Yes, I would love to!". I say enthusiastically "Let's go" This will be my first time on a run since I've been at Whitefield I feel like I've not contributed enough so I will go with him and help him. I look through all the food supplies and I ask the doctor if he needs any medical supplies. He gives me a list filled with many medical supplies some of the things I don't think there will be any of anymore but I just agree and leave. The warehouse door by the side of the gate opens and Junior walks through.

"Are you ready to go?" He says I look at him and nod we both leave through the door he came through and make our way into the courtyard. The front gate opens and we go to head out.

"Lola, can I come with you?" She says.

I turn around and see Abbie she's got all her stuff ready to go out with us.

"Yes of course," I say

"More the merrier," She says back

The gates open and we slowly walk through the gates listening to everyone shouting bye and safe journey. I know we will be ok. We trek down the hill leading up to Whitefield there are a few biters, but Junior and Abbie take them out, We reach the bottom of the hill and look for any more biters there's only two, I pull out my machete and go to work I slide my machete through one of the heads, but it gets stuck I kick the body to the ground my machete still in its head I grab my backup knife from my back pocket and kill the other biter. I struggle to get my machete out of its head, I never normally do, but I have done this time, Junior helps me get the machete out of the biters head and we head towards one of the cars. We reach one of the cars and we all get in. I get into the driver's seat, put the key in and start the car, it's a 45 minute drive to where we're heading so we're going to have to make some stops on the way. Junior who is sitting in the passenger seat searches the glove compartment for CDs and he finds one 'Eighties Best Hits' He opens his windows and throws it out obviously he doesn't like the eighties music.

"I like the eighties it was such a cool time," Abbie says sat in the back seat.

"You weren't even born then you're only 19," Junior says, turning around to see her.

"Well, my parents used to listen to it all the time, so I got to like it," Abbie says in a blunt way.

"30 minutes left," I say to them trying to change the subject.

As I keep driving I look around and see a gas station I ask everyone if we should check it out but they both disagree. I drive close to it to see if anybody is in there. Bang. Ting. Bang. Bang. Ting. Bullets come flying at us hitting the car we all duck and I speed away, I turn around to see men spilling out of the gas station, it's a good thing we didn't go there or else we would've been dead. Junior turns on the radio and searches for any signals. "Just anot-- rive by we just starte-- ooting at them--" The radio goes static and we lose signal with the men at the gas station we knew it was them because of what they were saying they were describing what just happened to us.

Only 15 more minutes and then we're at the town we see the radio tower that's in the town so that's how we know that we're close.

"There's going to be a lot of people in this town," Junior says to me and Abbie.

"We know," Me and Abbie say in sync.

We carry on driving and Abbie spots a farm I question if we should go in but I make my decision quite fast. We turn into the farm and I stop the car we all get out and check the farm. We stick together just in case anything happens. I find a locker in the barn and I search it. Inside there are two shotguns and hundreds of shotgun shells I take them out and put them in the back of the car. I see Abbie walking towards the car carrying food and water, she puts it all in the back of the car Junior is also walking behind her with guns and ammo I feel like people live here because why would someone leave this stuff. I stare upon and look at my surroundings a lovely bright red barn and a massive white house with a balcony, it's a dream house the grass so green it's like a biter has never even been here this could be a good place to move if anything happens to Whitefield. I take one more glimpse of the house and see a man standing on the balcony with a shotgun aiming at us I watch as he pulls the trigger. Bang.

"Move behind the car!" I shout. But it's too late. Bang. I stare at the man as a bullet hits his chest and he falls over the balcony. I turn and stare at Abbie on the floor bleeding the bullets hit her, but half of them missed, but it's still bad she's losing too much blood the door of the white house swings open and a woman emerges "Get her inside now!" The woman stares at the dead man on the ground and just pretends that he isn't there. I grab Abbie and so does Junior.

"Ahhhh" Abbie screams in pain as her wound starts to bleed even more.

"It's going to be ok," Junior says to her trying to reassure her

"If anythi- if anything happens to me--tell poppy I ki--"Abbie's words stop and she passes out due to blood loss.

The woman that lives at the barn shows us where to put her and we put her into some sort of medical room. She rips off Abbie's shirt so she can get to the wound.

"I'm going to need you to leave!" The woman shouts

"How can we trust you, " I say to the woman?

"Well your friend has just killed my husband and I've not put a bullet in you have I?" She says as she operates on Abbie.

"I'm sorry I -- actually I'm not sorry he shot Abbie," I say angrily

"Ok, how about you shut up Miss and leave me to operate on your friend I'm a qualified doctor if you want her to die then stay if you don't leave now"

We leave the room and walk into a girl about eight years old aiming a gun at us "You killed my daddy, you witch"

Bang

Will Abbie survive?

Did Lola or Junior get shot?

Who are the people at the farm?

Find Out In Chapter 13: Tough Decisions

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