D E A D H E A D

Chapter 13

"Aside from the Keller cleanup crew that you brought back with you, did you see any other signs of life? People, cats, dogs?" Peter asked Taylor.

"Why? Did you lose your puppy?" Taylor asked.

"I want to know if the chemicals are affecting other species or just us," Peter said.

"No pets but there was this weird ass shit going on at the station. They were cutting into this one body and removing its spine but it had this weird thing on its neck. Then there was this one guy that was alive but he was raging and he also had a weird thing in his neck and they just shot him in the head. The thing looked like someone shoved a hard drive in the back of their neck. Deadheads aren't the worst things out there."

"We had our own psycho killer to deal with while you were gone so I know what it's like."

Meanwhile...

"He needs a wheelchair, he can't put any pressure on his leg," Zora said.

"We'll find one or we'll make one," Nelson said. Violet walked up to them.

"What do you need?" Willow asked.

"When Taylor broke his wrist about a year ago, the doctors put him on antibiotics because of his diabetes. I already checked the nurse's office and there is none."

"I bet there are drugs in the ambulance he drove back, I'll go check."

Later...

Nelson was getting ready to go outside. Nelson was fiddling with a gun.

"Do you want me to show you how to use that?" Willow asked.

"I know how to shoot a gun. When I was twelve my dad made me take a gun safety course. I was good. I hit the target every time."

"Take this." Willow handed Nelson a walkie-talkie.

"We should stay off the radio, we don't know if Keller is still motoring those frequencies."

"Take it just in case."

"I'll be back in twenty minutes tops. I'll be fine. Don't worry."

"I'm not worrying, it's just that in these types of stories it the girl with the bow and arrow who does the hard stuff."

"Okay, then next time it's all on you."

"Deal." Nelson went out to the ETM truck and searched for antibiotics. He couldn't find any so he decided to go to a drug store. While he was heading to the front of the truck he saw Deadheads. They were making squealing sounds and were walking to the school. They completely ignored Nelson, who was standing in plain sight. Nelson got into the truck and drove away, confused. Nelson drove to the first pharmacy he found. When he walked in, it looked empty. Nelson was trying to be as quiet as possible. He stepped on a piece of broken glass. He moved his foot back and stepped on a squeaky toy. Nelson was failing at being quiet. He looked around and still saw nothing. He got all the antibiotics he could find. Nelson went down the food and drinks aisle and stocked up on food and drinks. Then he heard a loud noise. He turned to his left and saw a man. Then everything went black.

Meanwhile...

Peter was sitting alone in the safe room. Suddenly Willow came bursting through the door, startling Peter.

"Fuck!" Peter screamed while running to the corner of the room. He thought a Deadhead came into the room.

"It's just me," Willow said.

"Warn a person next time." Willow was pacing back and forth in the room.

"These Deadheads are acting really freaky. This Deadhead didn't even bite me, it kept on going like I didn't even know I was there. And, it was making this noise."