First Date- a Novella by Thomas A Watson & Christian Bentulan & Amanda Shore

Author:Thomas A Watson & Christian Bentulan & Amanda Shore
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Single Authors, Dystopian, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Short Stories & Anthologies
Publisher: A-Poc Press
Published: 2016-07-21T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

The sun was just coming up, and the stooges went over what they had learned about the sick people again. Listening to them, Daniel grabbed one of the rolls of duct tape. “Teresa, come here,” he said, sitting down. When she walked over, he pointed right in front of him, and she stood in that spot.

“Take your jacket off, and turn it inside out,” Daniel said, ripping off a section of tape.

Pulling off her jacket, Teresa jumped as Daniel wrapped the piece of tape around the top part of her thigh. Making a loose wrap, he patted down the tape and pulled another strip off, putting it right below the first. “Do this down both legs, then do the same on the inside of your jacket on the arms. If you get bit, it’s going to hurt like hell, but biting through duct tape for a human is damn near impossible, but they can chew through it eventually.”

Pointing at Holly and Beth, Daniel said, “Copy her,” as he started walking away. “I’m going to see if the hallway has cleared any.”

When Daniel was gone, Gary threw up his hands. “There’s not enough tape for all of us to do that,” he cried out.

“You’re a male; at least try and act like a man,” Malik said, getting his gear together. They had turned the plastic chair backs into shields by cutting the loops that came off the blinds in half and screwing them to the inside so a person could use their forearm to hold the shield. Malik had even cut strips of the metal blinds and screwed them onto the outside to give the shield more rigidity. They weighed close to ten pounds but couldn’t be bent, and with a forearm through the first loop to grab the second, it was hard to drop the shield fast.

As Teresa worked, she looked at the ingenious ladder they had made out of the cut up firehose. Ginger called it an Etier ladder or stirrup ladder. A loop that indeed did look like a stirrup was on each side of the center strap. At the bottom of each stirrup, cord was coiled around the bottom tightly and held the loop open. Never in her life did Teresa believe what could be done with rope and how many ways it could be used.

When Daniel pulled out a coil of rope he called static line from his backpack, Teresa made a mental note to learn knots and how to work with rope. Finished with her legs, Teresa moved to her jacket as Gary walked to the end of the table where Daniel’s stuff was laid out neatly.

Gary took Daniel’s jacket off the back of the chair and put it on, but zipping it up would be another story. “This will work,” he said, smiling at the jacket.

“Put it back now,” Ginger said, getting up and walking toward Gary.

“Hey bitch, I need some protection,” Gary said, balling his fist. He never saw Ginger throw the palm punch to his nose, crushing it.

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