Shore Haven (Short Story 3): Nowhere by Reynolds Jennifer

Author:Reynolds, Jennifer [Reynolds, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror | Dystopian | Zombies
Published: 2019-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

I didn’t stop again until a good way after I’d crossed the bridge. My adrenalin rush had worn off, and I was too tired to keep driving. The problem was I didn’t know where to safely park to sleep for the night. My brain told me to sleep in the car, but I couldn’t. I knew I probably should, but I’d been in the damned thing most of the day, and I needed to stretch my legs. I needed a bed.

When a sign for a hotel came up, I took that exit. The name of the establishment wasn’t one I was familiar with; therefore, it wasn’t a big chain. It, a gas station, and a small diner were all that were on the exit. None of the buildings were lit up.

A glance up and down the street showed me that the streetlights were out as well, and thankfully, the area was devoid of people. I cut my lights to blend into the night.

I drove around the hotel, looking for signs of life, and saw nothing. The doors to the lobby were open, so I stepped inside. No one greeted me. I waited with my knife and handgun at the ready for a full two minutes, and when still no one came, I stepped behind the desk, thankful they still had old fashion keys and not key cards.

I snatched up a set belonging to the last room at the back of the hotel. I didn’t leave any money. I didn’t think anyone cared. Chances were that everyone who’d lived near there was at one of the quarantine zones.

As fast as I could, I unloaded the car and barricaded myself in the room. More than anything, I wanted to fall onto the lumpy mattress and crash, but I made myself clean up, eat a full meal, and take stock of the situation and my supplies before letting myself go to sleep. I needed a plan for the next day and an idea of what items I didn’t have or was running low on.

Food and water would always be a need. Clothes were next. At the last station, I’d grabbed a blanket, a few t-shirts and some sweats, each with the local football team’s emblem on them, but that had been about all the place had.

Ammunition was a priority, but I didn’t know enough about the guns I had, or guns period for that matter, to know where to start, and the thought of going to a gun shop right then scared the crap out of me. Chances were everyone, and their brother would be there, and the place would be sold out despite the waiting list and restrictions.

More weapons might sound like overkill, but I thought I would feel safer if I had a wider variety of weapons at my disposal. The knife had done me well, but it was starting to dull, and I’d had a bit of time pulling it from the boy’s head. Also, I wanted something that I didn’t have to wait for the creatures to be so close to me to use.

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