THE LURKING DEAD

The Stranger

All at once, everyone became very quiet. I looked at Clementine. She had a nervous look on her face.

"Lee, did you just knock?"Kenny asked me, nervously.

We heard the knocking again.

"Maybe we should open the door." I said.

"No, they might kill us!" Kenny said.

"What about your pistol?" I asked.

"Yeah I have it." Kenny said.

We heard knocking from the door again. This time it was much faster.

"Shit, that guy wants his RV back." Kenny said. "We'll have to fight for it!" Kenny said while getting his pistol ready.

"Right. I'll look out. Watch my back." I said, grabbing the crow bar and starting to slowly open the door.

I peeked out. I saw a figure standing there.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Hi. Can you help me?" Replied a female voice.

"Are you alone?" I asked.

"Yeah I'm alone. I need a place to stay for the night. I was wondering..." The woman said.

I looked back at Kenny and explained the situation.

"Yeah, we'll let her in for a minute and question her. " Kenny said.

I opened the door. "Come in." I said.

"Thank you!" The woman said happily.

The woman stepped into the RV. I shut the door behind her.

"So, who are you?" Kenny asked.

"My name is Carly." She replied.

"Why are you here?" I asked.

Carly looked at me. She had dark strait hair, dark eyes, and slightly pale white skin. I began to like her slightly.

"I was here during the zombie invasion on my way to work. " Carly said with boldness.

"Hmm. How did you survive?" Kenny asked.

"I found a small shelter up a few miles. It had only three cans of food. I managed to survive on that." Carly said.

"How did you survive in the first place?" I asked.

"I figured the zombies wouldn't look under the cars." Carly said.

Kenny flashed his pistol at her. "Drop your weapons." Kenny said.

"That's kind of overkill, Kenny." I thought

Carly reached into her pocket and took out a small pocketknife. She placed it on the ground. "That's all I have." She said.

Kenny returned his pistol to his pocket. "Okay, you may spend one night but if you do anything suspicious, your out!" Kenny said.

"Don't worry." Carly said.

Katjaa stood up and said, "You can use the shower if you want. It's not the best but it works. "

Carly's face brightened up. I could tell that she was interested. "Thank you." Carly said.

"I'm sure your hungry. We have plenty of food." I said trying to be nice.

Carly looked at me and smiled. "Thank-you."

"Your welcome. Here, choose a can you would like." I said, opening a kitchen cabinet.