Luke's Diary: An unlucky man in a zombie apocalypse. Days 601 - 756

Day 677: Wednesday 4th July 2018

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Day 677
Wednesday 4th July 2018

We're out of the house and underground. It's not very comfortable but we're safe. We also have a new person who has joined us.

The day started with some of us gathered in the living room discussing recent events and the current situation. There was an awkward silence which lingered for a while. I suppose we were all feeling rather depressed and to be honest, a bit scared. "OK," I said, "I'm going to suggest something. I think we should all leave here." "Leave?" said TJ, "And go where?" "I don't know, but we can't stay here," I said, "You hear what Goyle said; they've still got drones. They could be watching us right now, in fact they could be on their way to us right now. Let's face it. We're not safe here." "You've got a point Luke, but we need some sort of idea as to WHERE we're actually going to go," said Janine. "You can f*ck off, you're not coming," I said. "What?" said Janine, "Well what am I supposed to do?" "You can stick your head up your arse for all I care," I said, "All I know is you're not coming with us." "I saved YOUR life and your SON's life," said Janine, "And you still treat me like public enemy number one." "You are public enemy number one," said Mike, "You're public enemy number one, two, three and four. Now sit there and shut the f*ck up." "Hmm," said Janine, "Talk about feeling the love." "You'll be feeling my fist in my mouth if you keep talking," said Mike, "I said, shut up." "You can stay here with me and Sophie," Naomi said to Janine. "Well you can't stay here," I said to Naomi. "Excuse me?" she said. "No one can stay here," I exclaimed, "Haven't you heard what I just said. It's not safe here." "Luke's right She-Ra," said TJ, "He might not have any ideas about where we should go, but I guess he's right when he says we need to get out of here." "No food, no water and the chance that ACROBAT could drop in at any minute," said Mike, "We need to find another base and fast." "Base?" said Mia, "I thought we weren't going to The Base." "Not THE Base, A base," I said, "A place to rest our heads." "All this f*cking time we wanted to get to The Base and ACROBAT have been there all along," said TJ, "It's a good job we found all this out when we did." Exactly," I said, "Can you imagine what would have happened if we'd have turned up to discover ACROBAT waiting for us." "Why the Hell are we so important to them?" asked TJ, "I mean I know I'm a total super stud but I wouldn't have thought my brilliance is the sort of thing ACROBAT would be interested in. God, did you see the look on poor Tara's face? All this time she wanted to get to The Base and find her boyfriend and now . . ." "Her boyfriend might still be there," said TJ, "Being kept a prisoner by ACROBAT or something." "We should go and blow the place up," said Mike, "I've still got the rocket launcher." "I think there's been enough blowing up of stuff," I said, "Anyway, we don't have the map anymore. I think that as there's an ACROBAT base not exactly a million miles away from here, the best thing we can do is get as far away from here as possible." "So now we go back to the original question of WHERE," said TJ, "If those f*ckers have got drones, we don't stand a chance." "Remember what Goyle said," I said enthusiastically, "They don't have a lot of drones and some of them aren't working. Thanks to Mike and his rocket launcher, they ran away sacred yesterday, so now is the time for us to make the most of this. We've got walkie talkies, some decent weapons, the motorbike in the garage and the red Nissan." "That car is mine," said Naomi. "We might have had more vehicles if Mike hadn't have started blowing things up," said Janine. "No one asked you b*tch face. Shut the f*ck up," said Mike. "The one thing we've got is something we haven't had in ages," I said with a positive tone, "Something that's more important than anything. Something we all really need." I looked at everyone hoping that someone would know what I was talking about. Silence lingered until Parrissa spoke. "Werther;s Original?" she asked, as she produced a pack of boiled sweets from her pocket. "No, not f*cking Werther's Original," I exclaimed, "Each other! We're all together. For the first time in a long time we have each other and I think that's the best thing ever." An unresponsive and dim silence followed with people not seeming too bothered about my little speech and appearing rather bored and unaffected. "What a load of sh*t," said TJ. "And we're not ALL together," said Janine, "Tara's not here and Esther's dead." "You're not included in this," I snapped at Janine. "We might have each other and all that kumbaya b*llocks," said TJ, "But we've got next to no food or water." "We've all got SOME food and water in our backpacks," I said with positive determination, "If we ration it that'll keep us going for a few days. If we find a new base today, some of us can drive into Brickford or the surrounding area and looking for supplies." "You know you're really enthusiastic for a bloke whose kid's Mum's just been killed," said TJ. "And you're really dismissive and moronic for a bloke whose son has just been killed," I snapped. TJ stood up and walked off. "LUKE!" said Mia, in outrage. "Yeah, bl**dy Hell babes," said Mike, "That was a bit much." "Fine, OK," I said, rolling my eyes, "I'll talk to him, but we can't stay sitting around here doing nothing. We need to bury Esther, Dom and poor Aldi, pack out things and go." "But go where?" asked Mia, "The Base doesn't really exist anymore, so we need some idea as to where we're heading." "The underground power station," I said, "The one that Dom was in with the kids." "Well where's that?" asked Mia. "I know where it is," said Mike. "An underground power station?" said Janine, "Why the Hell do we want to end up in an underground power station?" "I've told you," I firmly said, "You're not coming." "She's got a point though," said Mia. "Think about it," I said, "If ACROBAT have got drones out looking for us, they'll never find us underground." "That's not a bad idea," said Mike, "It's not as comfortable as this place and it's a bit smelly but there's some worker's sleeping quarters with single beds, and we'll be safer there than here." Auntie Meryl tapped Mia on the shoulder. "What's going on?" she asked, "What's happening?" "We're going to go to an underground power station," said Mia. "What for?" asked Auntie Meryl. "To get away from ACROBAT," I said. "To get away from an acrobat?" asked Auntie Meryl. "No, not A acrobat," I said, "Just ACROBAT." "Oh I don't know what you're going on about," Auntie Meryl, "All this is too much for me. Guns, explosions, secret babies. I can't cope. Why don't we just stay here?" "Because it's not safe here," snapped Janine, "He's just told you that you daft old bat." "Oi," I snapped at Janine, "Don't you talk to my Auntie like that." "Thank you sweetheart," Auntie Meryl said to me, "Just because some acrobats might come to see us doesn't mean we're not safe." "Oh shut up you daft cow," I said. "You cheeky sod," exclaimed Auntie Meryl, "I'll put you across my knee." "Look," I said, "Are we all agreed that we'll leave here and go to the underground power station?" I noticed Parrissa looking a bit confused. "Parrissa," I said, "What do you think?" "Well," she said, "I think you've got a better chance of opening a jar if you use a tea towel." A confusing silence filled with irritation followed. "What the f*ck are you talking about!?" I loudly exclaimed. "Well you'll struggle to remove a lid without something to give it a bit of friction," said Parrissa, "Just a useful tip."