In the Apocalypse

Batch 47

"You guys harvesters here for the cure?" A guy at the gate asked. 

Here we were, on another wild goose chase for Murphy. Him and Cassandra bailed on us in a valley of death. We heard that they were probably coming here. They had been growing Z weed and looking for a herbal zombie cure. 

"Yeah, that's right." Warren lied.

"You're armed." The guy pointed out.

"Duh." I  rolled my eyes.

"Good." The guy opened the gate to let us in. "Harvesters wait in the garage until you're called. The others inside will give you the rundown."

"You think Murphy's here?" Addy asked.

"Yeah, he's here. I can smell him." Warren commented.

"I think you're smelling the Z weed." Doc retorted, looking over to where two guys were loading Z weed into a van.

"Help me! Get it off!" We all heard a woman shout. We looked over to see a girl struggling on the ground. We could only see the upper part of her body, but we assumed there was a Z at her feet. We ran to help her since no one else was.

Vasquez was quick to shoot the zombie as we got to her. It didn't seem to work. I ran forward and grabbed her weapon from the ground. I started hitting the plants vines, which were wrapped around her legs, and the zombie's head. The zombie was killed and Warren helped the woman away. 

"Hey!" The man from the gate came up to the group with another man behind him. "Told you people to move into the garage where it's safe."

"Safety first, huh?" Doc retorted.

"You got a problem?" The man squared off to Doc.

Doc straightened his stance, towering over the man. "No, no, brother. Just here for the cure." Doc pushed passed him, leading the way for the rest of us. I helped 10K help the woman walk.

Doc helped the woman while I stepped away. I tried snooping around but didn't find much. There was just a bunch of rundown people with almost hopeless expressions.

"Looking for something?" A voice behind me made me jump. I turned around to face a man a few years older than me. 

"Not sure yet. I'm not even sure what is all here." I admitted. 

He chuckled. "Well, you've gotta be here for a reason, right?"

"My group and I are looking for someone. We lost a member of our group and thought this would be the best bet, because of Z weed." I told him vaguely. 

"Well, they put a hold on that sale." The man chuckled. "All that's worth coming for now is the cure." 

"What is this cure? I've heard mentions of it." I asked.

"Well, it's supposed to be some kind of plant, Batch 47. I guess, it had been experimented with and people that had it survived a zombie bite. But we have to get through a zombie infested greenhouse to get it." The man explained. 

***

"Chris." 10K jogged up to me. 

"Hey, 10K, this is Phillip." I introduced Chris to the man I had been talking to.

10K nodded in acknowledgement before turning back to me. "Cassandra's here."

"She is?" My eyebrows shot up in surprise.

"Yeah. Come on." 10K led me away. I called my goodbye over my shoulder as I followed 10K away. 

We both went to keep an eye on Cassandra, hoping to see Murphy. We got to see him come out with a guy in a lab coat.  They went into another building. They didn't come out before Cassandra looked in our direction. We tried to quickly hide ourselves from her line of sight, but I wasn't too sure that she didn't see us.