"You think you got this all figured out, don't you?"
Roughly four years ago the world changed forever - the dead began walking the earth, taking any life away from those in their path. Jaiden had started a community, with the help of Izzy, over two...
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"Where we checking next?" Dylan asked.
We had been running around the area trying to find any other enemies, but they all seemed to either had ran away or realized that they had done enough damage to us already.
"Just check around on the radio -- all major entrances and exits," I answered.
I zoned out as Dylan checked around with people on the damage.
My eyes scanned over the ground trying to determine how many people we had lost, but without the headcount, we won't be able to know.
"Jaiden!"
"What?" I asked. "Sorry."
"Nobody with a walkie-talkie has seen anyone," Dylan stated, "What now?"
"Anything from Izzy?" I asked.
"Out checking walls," Dylan stated.
"Right," I said, "Umm -- Tell them to stand at the posts, send Six arou-- wait is Six...?"
"He's here," Dylan confirmed.
"Tell Six to check with all the posts, if someone's missing, get someone over there to fill in. Any strange activity should be reported to us immediately." I ordered.
"Meet me at the barracks so we can get people back up to their rooms," I said, "I'll get something together while Izzy figures out the wall situation."
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"Alright," I sighed.
I had moved the bodies that were on the second floor outside of the side door, making sure to lock it so nobody wondered out there and saw them. Of course, there was a stain of blood, but you could barely see anything on the dark carpeting.
I walked back inside and moved the cabinet -- that was ransacked -- to the side and opened the closet door that held the entrance to the first tunnel.
I lifted the hatch and stuck my head down, "All good for now," I announced, "Everyone go to your rooms and lock the door and any windows that may be open."
People started moving towards the ladder, others stayed behind to collect their younger family members. I stepped back as people climbed through and walked away to their rooms.
A blonde woman walked up to me, "Do you know if everyone is ok? Did you see Kal?" She questioned, fear evident in her voice.
"I haven't been around to see everyone, I need you to go to you're room and lock the door until told to open it," I stated.
The woman looked at me with her tear-filled eyes and reluctantly turned and walked towards her room.
I repeated the same routine with the two other tunnels, turning away people who were asking about loved ones that may have been injured in the invasion.
"Do you want us to cover the hatches Jaiden?" A man asked.
"Um -- yeah thanks," I said.
I turned away and walked towards the back door and slid the deadbolt into place.
How those men got through the main door's one is a mystery.
"Dylan?" I asked.
I walked through the main door and tossed a rock in front of it to stop a person from pushing open the door.
"Sorry, what's up?" He asked.
"What happened to meeting at the barracks?" I questioned.
"Saw Izzy talking to some people so I stopped by to see what was up, she wants you to grab the chart from the barracks, the one with the names and ID pictures," Dylan said.
I stopped abruptly and swung myself around towards the barracks, "You could have told me that twenty minutes ago."
