Fear the Roaming Dead

The Meetings (chapter 25)

Wally slammed the baton on the table. A small crack bled through the oak furniture. He grabbed his hair and pulled his fingers through them. He groaned and kicked the wall for a good few minutes. He spun around and set his cane sword on the table. He leaned on it with both arms and he looked into the eyes of all his top people.

"They have miniguns at their community!" he screamed. "Our plan was flawless! We need them to waste bullets! Our next attack on this new community will not hold if they have a good amount of ammunition!" Wally yelled. Wally looked around the room and gave everyone weird looks. "Anyone have any great mind-blowing ideas?" Wally grumbled.

Lance stood up. He brushed his fingers through is curly long blonde hair. He brushed dust off of his coat and jeans. He looked at Wally. "Bro, you need to chill." he said. Wally looked at Lance with mixed emotions. He looked at his other people who were looking away trying not to make eye contact. "Did you just call me bro?" Wally asked with a deep voice. Lance gulped and crossed his arms. "Sorry, Wallace." he said. Wally slammed the baton on the table again. "You told me to chill!?" he shrieked. Lance put his hands in the air. "I'm sorry! I don't know what came over me!" he said looking away.

"Unless you have a plan, Lance, sit down and shut the hell up!" Wally growled. Lance continued to stand. "Let me go over there. I can talk to them. I can invade with a couple of our soldiers and we can storm the place. They looked unarmed." Lance said loudly. Wally shook his head. "That won't work. If they have a minigun they definitely have more." Wally yelled plopping down in his seat.

"Anyone else?" Wally asked. He put his feet on the table and waited for a couple of seconds to see if anyone would speak up. Wally scanned around the room until his eyes momentarily made eye contact with Harold. "Harold, my man! Give me something good or I'll jam this pen into your eye." Wally said holding an ink pen to his cheek. Harold sighed and nodded. "Yes, sir."

"What if we ram vehicles into the walls. We could break their defense and then use roamers to our advantage."

Wally scoffed. "You saw how that turned out. They got mowed down like it was trimming season in the spring. We watched through the binoculars. We were lucky even one of the roamers were able to detonate at the range we were at." Wally said angrily. He looked around the room. "Screw this, I'm just gonna go around the room and whoever has the best idea will get twenty free ration choices no matter how high Tier it is." Wally said.

Everyone perked up. "For real, sir?" Jenna asked. She flipped her dark brown hair over her shoulders. She smiled a bright smile which gave Wally a hard time. He scoffed and rubbed his forehead. He looked at Jenna. "You have any ideas, missy?" he yelled. Jenna stood up and flaunted her body. "You said your friend Dex was a man hoe." she said. Wally nodded up and down trying to keep being professional. Jenna smiled. "I can go to the community and ask to get in. Then I can seduce Dex into think I'm on their side. I'll tell you guys every little plan they scheme." she said. Wally made a high pitched sound and laughed. "Jenna, you naughty girl." he giggled. Jenna made a disgusted face. "Thank you, sir." she said walking towards the door. "I'm going now. I just need someone to beat me up so it looks like I really need help." Jenna said.

She looked Wally dead in the eye. "Wally." she said. Wally sat up straight. "It's not going to affect me. I don't hit girls. I am a gentleman." Jenna spoke up. "You cut off a woman's hand today for stealing." she said. Wally shrugged. "That wasn't a woman, that was a criminal. She's fine. The doctor patched her up just fine."

Jenna shrugged. "Alright." she said. She jumped into the wall and smashed her head. Blood trickled down her forehead and she dived into the table. Everyone backed up and gasped. Jenna slid to the other end and her head landed in Wally's lap. Wally gasped and backed up. He stood up and ran towards the door. "I'll be right back! Jenna, you have permission to go!" Wally yelled running out of the door.

Jenna stood up and rubbed her bruised head. She smiled and bit her lip. "This is gonna be fun." she whispered.

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"Welcome Dexter, Tinley, Samantha, and Aaron. Blaise did not need to be here because he does not know Wally as well as you guys. You guys are not leaders in our community but we do need you for this meeting." Yang said.

Theo had his legs on the table. They were crossed and he was looking down at his lap smiling. Sam stood up quickly and looked at him. "You guys have working phones!?" she yelled. Theo looked up and showed his bare palms. "No, I just like smiling at my p*nis." he said. Sam gagged and sat back down.

"As I said, you guys are only here for meetings concerning Wally," Yang said. "I am the leader of Aviana. I have been since the outbreak nine months ago." she said. Dex looked at Tinley and gasped. "Has it really been nine months!?" he yelled. Tinley looked at Dex with a dazed look. "Yeah, time goes by when you plant marijuana in your garden." Tinley said. Dex covered her mouth and giggled. "She doesn't know what she's talking about." he laughed nervously.

"We don't care. This place is lawless." Theo said. Yang slapped him on the back of the head. "Isn't your catchphrase 'Hi, I'm Theo and I'm second in command'?" Yang asked. Theo bursted out laughing and he nodded his head quickly. "Yes! It is!" he cackled. "I am second in command, though." he said seriously.

"Okay, no more distractions!" Yang yelled. "We presume Wally followed you five here. To our safe community." Yang asked. Tinley nodded. "Please don't kick us out." she said. Yang chuckled and held her hand up. "No! Nonsense. There would be no point in it. Wally would still know where we were and we wouldn't have allies who are familiar with him." Yang said.

"Tell us about 'the Factory'. What is it like?" Yang asked. Aaron spoke up. "Imagine a real life shoe factory. He took the assembly belt out and added a market place to it. He made the offices into rooms with crusty beds. We think he acts alone. No committee or group. He is his own dictator." Aaron said. "So he is the only one in charge? No one else?" "We're sure it's just him." Sam said.

"What's are best plan of action?" Ken asked with his arm around Phon. The four looked at each other with confusion and they shrugged. Dex looked down and then looked back up at the leaders. "We need to attack first. While we still have the spare ammunition. We know where the Factory is and we know how to get in and out." Dex said. Yang nodded. "Anyone else?" she asked.

"I agree with Dex." Aaron said. Tinley and Sam both nodded their heads.

"Well, then. It's settled."

"We attack the Factory at nightfall."