Camp LvD

Chapter 23

Megan seals all the openings and faces me with tears filling her eyes. She crosses her arms again frustrated.

“Just because I am mad at him doesn’t mean I cant be your councilor, so come here.” She carefully puts my chair down and takes my hand leading her to her bed. She holds me close and my tears just flow down my face. “What happened? What is wrong?” She sooths, she already feels so much like a mother.

“Cane, he went out. He left the barrier to get baby supplies and manuals and stuff. He might not make it back. You don’t know what is out there, I do I have seen them. I don’t know what I am going to do if I lose him.”

“Tell us what is out there so we can feel what you feel. But I am sure that you are not going to lose him he loves you and is going to fight for you. He has a baby on the way which means he is going to fight his ass off to make sure he can see your baby. Just don’t worry about it okay? When I went to the doctor with this one before whatever happened out there he told me to stop worrying and stressing. You are still in the stage that you have a miscarriage so please don’t worry. My baby is going to want to have someone close in age to play with.”

“Yeah that would be nice, now do you guys really want to know what is out there? You cant tell anyone.” They all look uneasy but they nod slowly unsure they made the right decision. “They are zombies, the news feed we saw Meg the day we left here? That was true.” All the girls look petrified and just reckless.

“No way that isn’t funny Belle.” Janice has tears streaming down her face.

“I am serious you guys I wouldn’t be so shaken up about this if it was a damn joke! They are flesh eating zombies that have to be killed by stabbing their heart and head! They are not your average comic book zombies. They are different.”

“No, I don’t believe you Belle.” Meg darts up her hands in her hair almost like she is having a breakdown.

“Megan you need to rest, you don’t want to have the baby too soon please.” I trade her places on the bed as well.

“Get out, you really need to get out right now Belle. I don’t want to see you ever again. I don’t want your lies near me or my baby. You would make a horrible mother with the lies you spread putting the fears into others now get out right Now!” Her words slice through my heart like poising. “Take your shit and get the hell out, you don’t belong here anymore. I don’t care where you sleep just get out.” I quickly grab all my things as fast as I can and she gives me enough time to get my things together and out of my cabin. My bags are filling my arms and I keep dropping things. A councilor catches my struggle and darts over to me grabbing my things out of my hands.

“Let me help you with that. So what are you doing, moving out?” He chuckles at his own joke.

“More like kicked out. But could you do me a favor?” He continues walking in an unknown area.

“Um…sure it kind of depends.”

“Could you take me on a run? Out there? I know what is out there and I am not afraid. I really need to go and get some stuff.”

“No can do sister, I cant let you out there.”

“Well I wouldn’t be alone. You could come with me. Along with some other guys. Please?”

“Are you good at shooting a gun? Good with knives?”

“Not so much but I am good at squeezing into small spaces and sneaking around.”

“There is no such thing as sneaking around and if you try to fit into a small space they will trap you until you die. Or are forced to come out to live.”

“Then take me to go find Cane, he left earlier. Please.”

“I cant I am sorry, so where do you want me to put your stuff?”

“Cane’s apartment.” Ugh why cant I go out? Just because I am a girl? “You know what I want you to take me to a hummer right now! I am going with or without that hummer.” I start backing away towards the tower.

“No wait! Okay, okay I will take you, just wait a moment so I can go get some others okay.” He takes my things and puts them up against a tree. He runs to the other councilors and starts talking to them frantic. They all drop what they are doing and run to the giant garages that are under ground. They zoom up with a big one and stop right in front of me. I hop in the back with the others and they lock the doors. We slowly drive to the gate and he stops. “Are you sure about this?”

“I am not sure unless I know your names.” All five guys laugh.

“That is Drake he covers everyone’s asses,” He points to a buff looking blonde and he winks, “That is Carl, he is bad to the bone when it comes to tracking,” he points to the guy next to me, “this is James he is just here for the ride,” he pats the guys back that is in the passenger seat, “and I am Veil, I am the wicked driver.” The gates open and now I understand what he means about wicked driver. He zips through the gate causing me to freak out and the gats close behind us. They all have their guns ready smiling with pleasure.“So how do you guys know about them so much?” I have only seen two zombies and they are pretty far from each other and from us. They slowly follow us and my heart starts skipping a few beats. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea.

“We had to go to China and watch them and practice killing them, and its almost been four months since it broke out here we have done many hunts since then.” Veil says pushing play on the CD. It was the old hits, every single one of them. They all sing to them while I look out of the window staring at the nightmare I willingly entered. “What is your deal? Why did you want to come out here in the first place? And what was it that you just had to have that we had to waist our gas on you?”

“I am just making sure Can gets back okay. How far are you aloud to go?”

“We don’t have rules on how far we can go, as long as we keep them informed on how long we will be gone. We can go anywhere.”

“Can we go to Reno?”

“Hun you cant gamble anymore.” All of them laugh and continue riding until we find the freeway.

“I used to live there, I just need to get something personal there and then we can go.” They all become serious and look from one to another.

“Fine.” The whole right side of the free way is empty heading into the cities, they are all on the left side getting somewhere far away. That is where all the zombies are, on the other side of the freeway desperately trying to get over to this side to eat our brains. You know what how on earth can they get through our skull?

“Can I ask another question?”

“You already asked.” They laughed again.

“You guys are my little group of chuckles! Anyways, how can they eat our brains if they are dieng and decayed?”

“That is just a stereotype, I thought that too but look at all of them, not one of them has their heads cracked open like it has been eaten out of, if the brain gets damaged along with the heart they cant come back. Once we get to Reno you will see, I am just glad you didn’t ask us to take you to Texas or to New York.” Carl points out of my window showing there are not one that is like that, he is right.

“What do you mean  we are your group of chuckles?” James asks stroking his bare face, thank god.

“You are all laughing and stupid things I don’t mean to be funny. You all just laugh and this is kind of fun, you all are kind of fun to hang with.”

“Don’t get used to it.” Veil says looking at me though the review mirror.

“Oh I think I will. You only get to live once right?” I look at the others smiling, that was a good one, yet again I laugh at my own jokes. Soon the car is swerving and things are flying all over the car and the guys are grabing their guns at the ready. I look out side and see we are going through an entire group maybe sixty or seventy zombies. I grab the handle up above me and my stomach for dear life desperately trying to hold in my screams until we are finally out of that mess. I place both shaky hands on my stomach and look back at the now smaller group following us but they are too far behind us.