In the Apocalypse

Corporate Retreat

I stayed behind Addy as we made our way out of the forest and onto the road. That's where we found the others. It was smokey so we all had stuff around our face. Warren, Vasquez, 10K, and I have bandannas covering our mouth and nose. Doc used his flannel to cover his nose and mouth. Addy used a scarf.

"I thought we killed all these Zs a while ago." Doc commented. 

"Maybe the Grand Canyon filled up."  Addy stated.

"Not funny." Murphy told her. 

"I wasn't kidding." Addy told him. 

"Heads up. Let's check it out." Warren said ,talking about the hotel we were heading for. Another wave of smoke came to us ,making those that took their coverings off their face put them back. 

Warren banged on the door when we reached it. "Anybody in there?!" Warren called. 

"Do you think it's deserted?" Doc asked her.

"Give me that." Warren took Doc's crowbar. 

"Anytime now ,Murphy!" Addy called.

"Alright! Alright, I'll give it a shot." Murphy said. He started to try to do his thing. I stood beside 10K, trying to stay away from Zs if I could. 

I can still shoot my guns and everything but I can't really fight now. Not like I used to. Being pregnant in the apocalypse sucks. 

"Why don't we just break the glass?" Doc asked. 

"Then the Zs will be able to get in." I pointed out. 

"She's right." Warren told him. 

"There's someone in there." Doc told Warren. 

"Open up or you'll be sorry!" Warren called. 

"Warren, threatening isn't a good way to get someone to let us in." I told her. I walked to the door. "Please open the door." I said ,shouting to be heard through the door. When nothing happened, I leaned back into 10K. He looked at me in worry as he held me close.

Then the door opened. There was a geeky looking middle aged man standing in the doorway. He looked at Warren ,who had a gun out, to Doc ,who had his crowbar ready to strike, to me ,who didn't have a weapon out and was barely on my swollen feet.

"Thank you." Warren said. 

Then there were sounds of guns cocking. We all looked up to see a group of people. There was a man with white hair holding a big stick at the front.

"Welcome." The man said. 

Warren grabbed the man that had opened the door, pointing her gun at him. 

"Warren!" I objected to her action. He let us in. We shouldn't make them angry. 

"Hush." She told me. 

She moved into the building, gun still pointed at the man. We all followed her in. She looked up at the group of people ,gun still on the man. 

"Lower your weapons!" Vasquez demanded of the other people. 

"Turn around and go back the way you came." One of the other people told us. 

"Look! We don't want to hurt you." Warren said. She let go of the man and shooed him away. "But we cannot turn around. There are way too many Zs out there." 

"Not much oxygen either." Doc commented.

Zombies started banging against the now closed door. I didn't notice it got closed. At least it is though.