We kept on driving after the hell of Cheyenne. After everything that is happening with Mac being gone it's hard to be focused. I still have his necklace that he gave me and I wish he was here to take his promise.
"We are going the wrong direction.Again." Said Murphy.
"You left us no choice. Too much fallout in the West." Said Warren.
"Again. That was not my fault." Said Murphy "Murphy, don't make me have to explain the term failsafe doomsday weapon" again." Said Doc
"Please. How do you even know California's still there?"Asked Murphy.
"You better hope it's still there." Said Warren
"What are we gonna do about her? Cassandra?" I Asked 10k
"She's not Cassandra. Not anymore." Said 10k coldly.
"Maybe there's a way back for her, when we get to California." I Said.
We looked ahead and saw a semi and a bunch of cars hooked up with it.
"Is that some kind of post apocalyptic wagon train?" Asked Murphy
"Well it ain't the 3:10 to Yuma." Said Doc
"Don't get out of the truck. It's gonna be a slaughter." Warren said getting out of the truck slowly. It looks like there were people trying to steal the truck. As we watched, I looked over to Addy.
"Addy, I want to give you something, back when you went to the sisters of mercy and Mac went after you. He gave me something to hold onto and I think it was for you. Deep down he knew in some way you would come back with us and to see us again." I took off the necklace and gave it to her. "I know no matter what happened, he is gonna watch over us and protect us."
Addy was crying and smiling.
"Thank you" She said hugging me.
"Get back! Get back! Looks like they're holding off for now." They yelled as they were holding them off.
"Not bad for a bunch of sitting ducks." said Warren.
"Well, you think we should, I dunno, help them?" said Doc.
"Think less like a missionary and more like a mercenary. Let's wait and steal the vehicles from the victor." said Murphy.
"We may not be able to save the world. But maybe we can save them." Warren said as she grabbed her gun. "Addy and 10k, you're with me. Doc and Autumn, you watch him and her."
Warren, Addy, and 10k helped them kill the rest of the Z's when we were signaled to come over.
"On your toes, people! They'll be back!" He yelled as he saw us coming. "Thank you for the help, name's Sam Custer."
"Roberta Warren."
"Your timing is what we might call fortuitous." said Sam
"Sometimes things work out." said Addy
"We were on our way to Edmonton, trying to outrun the fallout. How 'bout you?" asked Sam
"Headed East too." Warren said as she looked at the vehicles. "This is quite a setup you got here."
"Yes ma'am. Well pre-Z , I used to run long haul. Diesel's easier to get these days. My son and I rebuilt the Charger from the ground up. The Comet, I used to drive to high school my senior year. My son and I were gonna rebuild that '49 Willis Jeep. But this is my retirement now. The refugees have shelter, and we carry what we need when we find it." said Sam. As he was talking a guy came up behind us and started talking to Warren.
"Hey, you are one badass lady. You you you were like Boom! Just stone cold kill-ah." He said.
"Call him Wrecking Ball, my sister's boy. Cheese slid off that cracker a long time ago. And he fits in pretty well these days though." said Sam
"What's in Edmonton?" 10k asked.
"Peace. Tranquility. And freezing temperatures. Zombies hate the cold. We're gonna be safe there. All of us. Together." Sam said.
"What about them?" I asked looking at the sick people.
"They're dying. Radiation. My job is to get everybody to Edmonton. Now you're welcome to come along with us." offered Sam. "You're not gonna get far out here on foot. And to be honest with you, we could use the fire power. You guys need some more water?"
"Water?" Wrecking Ball asked handing us bottles.
"Thank you." I said.
We decided to go on the road with them as long as we can. Everyone got on the truck but Doc and Murphy. They decided to go in the Charger with Wrecking Ball to smoke weed.
" I know what you're thinking, Kill 'em all and take their stuff." said Addy
"We got strength in numbers. Food, water, shelter. It certainly beats walking, but," said Warren.
"But what?" asked Addy.
"The sick. I highly doubt they're gonna make it to wherever it is that they're going." said Warren.
"That medical wagon is a zombie bomb waiting to go off." said Addy
We stopped as the charger looked like it was starting to swerve. Sam went up to the window and once he saw Murphy and Cass, he told them they had to sit in the medical wagon. We really needed this ride and we knew Murphy would be safe. Once they were in the back, we started moving again.
"This is only for a little bit ok?" I told Murphy as I brought him to the wagon.
"Ya ya I know the drill." He said getting in the truck. "Come on, girl. This train is leaving the station. Everyone, this is Cassandra. Cassandra, this is whatever. She's shy."
When we starting moving I sat in the sniper tower watching how fast these Z's are going.
"You ever seen that before? Things have gotten more peculiar since the nukes fell. Their brains eaten before they turned. Blasters eat nothing but brains." Sam said coming up the tower.
"Blasters?" I asked.
"Killed by the blast or mutated by the radiation. There's something wrong with those zombies. They hunt in packs, ugly as they are fast. They're probably watching us right now." Sam said. I continued to watch as he went down when I saw the blasters get closer.
"Warren, blasters!" I yelled down trying to shoot them.
"Where?" she said. They disappeared as soon as they appeared.
"I'm glad we're not on foot." said 10k
As we got closer to Edmonton, there were cars blocking our way forward.
"Is this highway to hell the only route?" asked Warren.
"Nothing but flattened cities and zombie hordes in every direction. And so the only way to go through is just go straight through." Sam said. I was sitting next to 10k as he was shooting some blasters that were getting close.
"Three thousand ninety-eight." He said
"You're one hell of a shot." said Sam
"Custer! Hey! Move this thing! One mile closer to Edmonton! The bandits will be back!" Someone yelled next to us as he was shot in the head.
"Drive!" Yelled Warren as 10k covered me and was shooting back.
"Hang on!" Yelled Sam as he tried to move but the truck wouldn't start.
I saw a blaster coming towards where Sam was and shot it.
"Thanks for that." Sam said to me. I nodded and started firing again.
"Now they're starting to piss me off!" Yelled Addy.
"Where are the shooters coming from?!" Yelled Warren.
"Just keep firing!" Yelled Sam
"I'm out!" yelled 10k.
"Everybody wants a piece of the Murphy." said Warren.
As we kept shooting, no one was shooting at as anymore and we were surrounded by blasters. I looked to my side and saw 5 blasters running at me at full force. I heard everyone yell, so I closed my eyes and waited for them to attack. After a while, nothing happened and I was sitting on the floor and the 5 blasters were standing there staring at me.
"Nooo!" yelled 10k as Warren and Sam held him back
"Don't move." yelled Murphy concentrating on them.
"Guys." I whispered.
"Addy. Go start the truck." said Murphy as a couple of blasters started to walk slowly to him while the others are still near me.
"Addy, do as Murphy says." Warren said.
"Wait, the Murphy?" Sam said
"Crap." said Doc.
10k started to get closer to me to get me away from the Z's but they started to growl and hiss.
"10k stop! Stop!" I said as he backed off the Z's calmed down.
Murphy walked over to me and stand in front of me.
"Get up slowing and go to Warren. Walk slow." said Murphy to me. I got up slowly and started walking to Warren with everyone watching me. As I got to Warren she hugged me and we got in the truck. Murphy started to back up and got into the truck.
"Drive!" He yelled as Addy stepped on the gas and we drove ahead.
"We're going after my car." said Sam as he switched seats with Addy. "Our water supply is in that car."
"You put all of your water in one car?" said Doc.
I was still and sitting next to 10k. He tried talking to me but I just held my gun close and kept looking for the Z's.
"That man ain't right. But I don't want to be on foot with those things out there." said Warren.
"Those blaster things, they totally jammed Murphy. He haywired. Nobody here is safe." said Addy
We saw Wrecking Ball on the side of the road and we pulled over.
"I'm gonna cover the medical wagon." I said as I made my way over.
"Custer. I am so sorry. There were blasters, and the bandits they got.." Wrecking tried to explain
"You were supposed to protect that car!" Sam yelled at Wrecking
"Look, look man! Things got pretty heavy back there." said Doc
"Hey, pipe down, hippie!" yelled Sam.
"If the radiation gets the better of you, you're a threat to the whole group." said Warren
"Minneapolis. I can go to Minneapolis. There's medicine there. I'll bring it back." said Wrecking
"Take him to the medical wagon." said Sam
"No, no! I can still help!" said Wrecking
"Go on! Take him now!"
"Check yourself, Custer. You don't look so good." Wrecking came to medical wagon and I stayed with the rest of the sick.
"Hey, hey. It's time to move out. You need to let that car go. We need to cut our losses." said Warren to Sam.
"Don't talk to me about losses." yelled Sam.
"Get ready, Doc. We're making a move." Warren whispered. We looked in the distance and saw a ton more blasters heading for us.
"Oh hell! Warren! We got trouble!" I yelled
"We need to leave now. We got to get out of blasters country. Let's go!" yelled Warren
One guy in the back with me was getting sicker and sicker and he looked at me. "Will you just do it now? I don't want one of those blasters to get me."
"I am not going to let that happen." I said giving him water and sitting next to Wrecking.
"I shouldn't be back here. Custer, he's gonna get us all killed. Those stupid riddles of his. He even banished his own son to the medical wagon." said Wrecking
"Custer lost his son to the radiation?" I said.
"I ain't dead yet. This whole death wagon is my fault. I got too sick to drive. The fool shoulda left me."
Addy and I switched and I went to sit with Doc.
"Do you think that Cassandra's more dead than alive?" I asked
"You mean is she more Z than person" said 10k
"Yeah, I guess."
"I don't know, kid. She kinda comes and goes." said Doc
"Hey. Blasters can't be too far behind. You ready to ride?" asked Warren
" Yeah, Got to get through to Edmonton."
"Hey, are you good to drive?"
" Fit as a fiddle." said Sam
"Twenty survivors of a nuclear attack bound for Edmonton. Seven strangers join the caravan. Three vehicles need a driver. And the wagon master is suffering from radiation sickness.Who drives the semi truck?" asked Warren
"That's an easy one. Nobody drives that rig but me." said Sam
We looked back and saw Addy run up to us as one of the passengers started to turn.
"Warren! Warren! We got to go! Let's pick it up" yelled Addy.
I went up to Sam who was still driving and talked to him. "Sam, there's too many zs."
"I got to get to Edmonton. My son and I used to camp up there. Boy, he loved to fish.".
"Oh no man, you ain't gonna make it. You should come with us." I said.
"Go! Go! May God give you mercy." Said Sam
"We'll see you in Edmonton."
We all jumped off the truck and watched as it kept driving and watched the truck blow up. We started walking to a truck up ahead and got in.
"Okay, so you're like The Murphy then? Like for real? Let's keep that information to yourself, blabber mouth." Said Warren
"Hey, let me see you levitate." I Said
"It's possible there may have been some exaggeration as to the extent of my abilities. To some zombies, I am their messiah. To the blasters, apparently I am their dinner. Just like you." Said Murphy
"Well like their brains are totally melted, so there's no psychic dial-tone going on. Said Doc
"You sure about Minneapolis?" Addy Asked "Wrecking Ball was going on about some herbal cure for the zombie virus being cooked up in an old genetically modified food lab out there." Said Doc "Hold on. Marijuana, zombies, and GMO's. What could go wrong? You people really do attract it, don't you?" Addy Said to Doc. As we were driving Warren started talking.
"A caravan of 20 refugees leaves Seattle's blast zone for Edmonton. They meet six survivors and one Murphy. How many refugees survive? Not one."
We pulled over with Wrecking still with us and found the Charger. Doc, Murphy, Wrecking and Cass went in it while we stayed in the truck.
"You have any more of that Z weed?" Asked Murphy
"Uh, sorry dude." Said Wrecking
"You understand why nobody likes you?"
"Oh yeah."
"Good. Then look again."
"Oh here it is."
"Thanks. I needed that."
