Humanity's Last Hope.

Chapter 17: Scavenging and A Challenge.

                             It's about 1:30 P.M. and John is gearing up for a scavenging run.

"Alright, Susie. I got my pistol, a knife, food, water, and medicine. Anything else that I should bring?" I set down my shotgun and pull out my knife.

"Yeah this," She hands me a machete with a sheath. I put the knife away and set the sheath on my side. "This is a good machete that can easily cut through wood. Bring back what you can and don't die. The rest of your stuff will be waiting back here. Good luck." She comes up to me and gives me a peck on the cheek.

I open the door and run out to the gates, there are wooden crates stacked near a wall. I jump onto the crates and hop over the wall. "Alright, I got to loot all the nearby houses for meds, weapons, food, water, and entertainment." I jump onto the hood of a car and leap onto a nearby wall, I sprint on it and leap onto a balcony.

I sneak over to the kitchen area and look through the cabinets. 15 Minutes Later.
I got some canned foods, a couple bottles of water, and some fever meds. I walk to the living room and there are two zombies waiting, they spot me and lunge at me. I step back and shove my machete into one's head. I kick the body back and roll back to avoid another attack from the other zombie. I cut off its hands and hit it in the face with the butt of the blade. It stumbles back and falls through a coffee table. I jump onto its ribs and curb stomp it. "Oh shit, they got a TV and other shit. Nice." I walk over to the entertainment center. I open the cabinets there and look through it. "Alright! Games!"

I grab a deck of cards, Uno, Cards Against Humanity, Monopoly, and Dungeons and Dragons. "Perfect! All we need now is some movies, TV shows, or video games." I put all of it into my bag and walk into the nearby hall.

I open the door on the left, there's a body of a little girl. She looked like she was infected, probably got killed by the parents. There are some video games that haven't been taken out of its case. I take them and put it in my bag. I walk out and go to their bathroom.

"Great, stuff for sanitation and hygiene." I take the toothpaste off the sink, I look under the sink and find a gallon of bleach, 3 bars of soap, and rat poison. I take it all and put in my bag. I walk to the shower and take the shampoos and conditioners. I walk out to the hall and enter the final room.

A kid is bleeding out on the floor, a pistol is just out of his reach. "W-who are you?" He coughs up blood. "I got a better question, what happened to you?" He grimaces. "I got slashed by my own parents when they turned. I had to put my little sis down when she got bit. I wanted to die here in my room but I can't reach the gun." He looks me dead in the eyes, silently asking me to mercy kill him.

I pull out my pistol and ready it. "I'll stop this hell one day, I promise." He mouths the words 'thank you'. I shoot him in the head. He has an Xbox 360 and 4 controllers. I take it all and put it into my bag. I run out to the front door.

I put my pistol in its holster and kick down the door. There are 10 zombies waiting for me, I slash repeatedly into the group. Arms and heads go flying. Only three zombies remain. I full on sprint out of there and down the road.

A Leaper tries to pounce me, I step backwards and it lands right in front of me. I chop it's head off and keep running. I can see the house, I sprint faster. Rob is standing on the crates, I toss my bag to him and he catches it. "Go take that back to the living room! I'll deal with these zombies!"
He runs off and I ready myself. "Bring it, meatbags!"

 A Licker on a rooftop and it shoots its tongue at me, I grab it before it can grab me and pull backwards. The Licker falls off the roof, a zombie tries to bite me. I shove the tongue in its mouth and kick it back. I take my pistol out in my left hand and start firing at heads. I kill about 6 of them before I run out of bullets. I put it in my holster and shove the machete into a zombie's heart. I pull up and slice the body in half.