The Beginning of the End

Chapter Eleven

Over the next few weeks, Eilish and the group had reinforced and searched some more of the apartments in the now quiet estate. People came and went. Overall they had nine new members. They came across only few reanimated corpses. Most of them those of elderly people who couldn’t get out in time or bided by their time indoors. They moved some of the abandoned cars around to the back to cover up the back entrance. The moved anything they could find to build a sort of staircase up to the big, cream brick wall that surrounded the estate. They made watch towers at all of the corners of the wall and usually had one person who would walk up and down the wall watching out for any growing hordes of the dead. They had now cleared enough apartments that everyone could have their own. Most stayed in groups of two or three. Eilish, Tate and Molly shared one and the others had their own sorted out. Jakob’s happened to be right next to the apartment Eilish was in.

Tonight was the night of the group’s one month anniversary of staying at Evolon Estate and being safe. They decided that because it was a one off they would have a small bonfire in one of the streets of Evolon Est. The boys of the group had been doing searches of the neighbouring woods for any dry firewood or drift wood and they had found heaps.

Eilish’s POV

Tonight was the night of the bonfire marking our one month anniversary of staying here. We had been planning this for the past few days. I now had my own apartment that I shared with Tate and Molly and we had set up a pretty good place to stay. Jakob’s apartment was next to mine and we have been getting really close. I think I like him but we have more of a best-friend relationship. Also Zoey and I are just like we used to be. Anyway back to the bonfire. While we were searching some apartments and I found some clothes that fit me just right. I was going to wear them tonight.

No one’s Pov

Earlier that day (the day of the bonfire) Tate and Molly and some of the new kids that had come over the past few weeks went out the front of the big iron gates of Evolon Est. They took their flat soccer ball and played a few games for a good hour. Without supervision.  “Tate?” Eilish yelled. “Come in now and bring your friends.” Tate picked up the soccer ball and grabbed his friends and started to run to the big iron gates. They were all laughing and they were oblivious to the fact that they had forgotten to shut the gate. They all ran over to Eilish and started preparing for the bonfire.

As the sky became darker the group had gathered and set up around the bonfire. Everyone was included so no one was on watch. They lit up the big bonfire and sat around it singing, telling stories and laughing.  The sounds of the crackling fire covered the sounds of the mumbling horde of the dead gathering in the trees surrounding the estate. The sounds became louder but were still covered by the sounds of the group sitting around the fire. The stumbling walkers heard the noise and noticed the blackening smoke and started heading towards it.

Hey Guys,

Short chapter I know and I'm sorry. I have writers block and I'm really trying to finidh the story for the writers festival. More updates will be coming soon and It will get better. Also after this book im going to be starting a Magcon story if any of you know what that is.

-M