The Undead

Chapter 13: Armed

"Awwwwe" I wake up. I look to my left at the bed where Jillian is awake holding Furball. "You're so cute...and fluffy" I walk over to her. "Where'd you come from?" She asks me. "I was on the couch waiting for you to wake up. You like him?" I say changing the subject after realizing I was being creepy. "You waited for me?" She asks setting the dog down. "Ummm yeah.... Sorry I'm kinda creepy" I say nervously. "No....thats sweet" She says hugging me.

"I came up here because I know sort of how u feel. I had to kill my own mother" I tell her in hopes of creating even the slightest comfort. "Are you serious?" She asks. "Yea I am. It was heart breaking and I almost took my own life that same moment. I had the gun to my head....you're the first I have even told that either.....No one knows I almost commited suicide. The only reason I didnt was because of my friends and my little brother. I dont let that get to me now. I choose to forget about it. So I am just saying to forget about it.  There's no sense in keeping the bad memories." I explain. I catch some tears before they fall. "I.....I dont know what to say..I miss them...but you are right..."

I take her hand in mine. "Come with me......" I ask. I lead her out of the room and let go of her hand but she takes my hand back. I feel my cheeks grow warm. I make sure not to face her. I lead her up the stairs onto the roof. "Woah....." She says as we stare into the open water. "Let's make this our.... get away place....just between us" I whisper to her. She smiles. After a brief silence of staring into the water she says to me "Okay.....just for us?" "Yes...just for us." I reassure. I bring her into a hug.

You arent falling inlove again damn it. No...I cant be. I always get hurt or end up hurting someone. You cant do this to yourself amigo. Not again. Not in an apocalypse. But we have sanction. Sanction  or not there is still undead around. You cannot afford to hurt yourself. What if you turn? What if she turns? Then you'll be broken, then how will you lead? Dont fall inlove. Do not do it. Do it. Do it. Do it. I choose the latter. I let myself catch feelings. There is no more fighting with myself.

I snap back into the real world. Jillian is still gazing into the water. I say "I got some stuff to do....Its hard leading" and take my leave. She decides to stay. I go into her suite and get Furball. I bring him back into my suite and place him down and play with him for a little. I think he's chosen me as his companion. I feed him and take off to wander around.

I find Kelly and Cydney walking around. "Hey" Kelly greets. "Wher'd ya run off.....fly off too?" Cyd asks. "To talk with Jillian....I think I helped...." I answer. "Nice. Maybe now she wont act so run-down....I was starting to feel really bad" Cydney says. "Yeah, I think she'll be better" "You know....she kept talking about you while we were running away and stuff" Cyd says. "So was I though... We talked about all of you guys...." Kelly says. "You guys see the others?" I ask "Yup...we had lunch with them" Kelly answers. "Anyways..have fun I'm gonna do some run arounds." I say goodbye and take off again. 

I walk around aimlessly and end up in the parking lot. I get into my lime green 2015 Corvette and take off towards the ferry. I load up and load off in little time. I drive around Ohio doing just about nothing. I decide to floor it and reach about 140 mph with my windows down. The adrenaline rush was amazing. I slow down and Continue around 50 mph around. After straying about 50 miles away from cedar point I run into a walker infested military outpost. I reach into the back for my fire ax and step out to wreak havoc. Normally I wouldn't do this alone.

It takes about an hour to clear the outpost. I leave a few walkers without arms or legs. They just dry hump to move.  I scan the military bodies and scavenge a lot of weapons. I make several trips back to my car. After finsihing I end up with a trunk full of ammo and a back filled with LMG'S MG'S and SMG'S and a few handguns and shotguns. I had so much I had to move some to my passenger seat. I start my car and drive off. I dont remember these roads.

I follow what I thought was my path here. I end up in a totally different area. I stop at a rest area. Several abondoned vehicles and tents. I take the tents down. Four in total. I stuff them into the passenger seat. My car is full. I relieve myself in the restroom. I find the map. Its a map of Ohio. I take the fire ax and smash the glass and take the map.

I find my way back to Cedar Point. I drive and park my car the farthest away possible from the park. I step out and run towards the Yellow hotel. In my rush I spot Phillip and Kelly talking. "Hey! Where'd ya go this time?" Kelly asks me. "Yeah we looked for you....you've been gone for like 3 hours?" Phillip joins. "I searched the area and wandered off. "What's the blood about?" Kelly points. "I ran into some walkers.....let me speak" I say. "Ok" "Anyways...I left to look around.. after wandering off I ran into a abandoned military outpost that was full of walkers. I handled them with nothing but my fire ax. I found a shit ton of weapons and ammo. Enough to give everyone here 2 weapons each. But thats not happening... I think we should arm the council. Sorry Kelly. Anyways. Round up the Council members and meet in my suite" I explain. Phillip runs off to the PA to announce a meeting. I take off aswell.

I arrive on the roof of the hotel and get into the helicopter. Cole joins me. I fly to my car. "So...how much stuff?" "Too damn much" I reply landing the Helicopter. I pop the trunk. "Start loading the ammo. I'll get the guns." I say to him. After 20 minutes of heavy lifting we finished. "I'll fly obviously...but you ride in the back to make sure nothing falls out." I command.

We arrive on the roof. Phillip stands there. "Give us a hand with this shit? We need it in my suite" I say to him. We all three start moving the guns and ammo into my suite. It takes a little longer but it provides enough time to let everyone arrive for the meeting.

"Okay....I got you here to address the issue of these ownerless guns. I think its fair that you all be armed in case of emergency. I'll let everyone choose 1 gun and I'll choose the other for you. The rest of the guns will be put up for trade. I've also decided to set up a barter system. Instead of currency we should rely on trade in this economy. All in favor?"

"I" 5 say including myself. "Why not you guys?" I ask Melanie and Andrew. "I want to pick my own 2 guns" Melanie says. "Same" Andrew says. "Would everyone rather choose their own 2 weapons?" I ask the rest. "Sure" "Yeah "Mhmm" I hear. "Okay but only after me" I say winking. I walk over and choose the M60 and a MP5K. The rest choose various combos of MG's LMG's and shotguns. I'm left with various sub-machine guns. "Not fans of SMG's huh?" I ask. "Gotta let the people have something automatic!" Cole says.

Everyone leaves and I reach into the bottom of the now small pile of guns. "Thanks for not getting the sniper" I say to myself. I grab a case of ammo and put it into my bag with the others. I throw the bag over my shoulder and strap it to me. I picked the bag off of a zombie militia dude. It is pretty awesome. I leave my room and the other weapons. I make sure the door is locked with my key. Luckily the suites have seperate keys instead of keycards. Makes me feel more safe.

I decide to renovate the roof. I knock on Jillians door. "Its me" I say. The lock clicks. "Hey?" Jillian asks. "Wanna help me move a couch onto the roof? Make it more comfortable?" "Sure" I enter her room and we pick the loveseat because it'll fit in the elevator. "this is weird....who puts a couch on a roof?" Jillian points out. "We'll have other stuff up there soon.....jjust thought a couch would liven up the place" I wink. We arrive on the roof and move the couch. She sits down. "I'm gonna take a nap" I say to her. I go back to my room and lay down and Furball joins me.