The Cured by Gould Deirdre

Author:Gould, Deirdre [Gould, Deirdre]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2014-03-16T04:00:00+00:00

Twenty-six

Henry loitered in the hall for a few minutes, hoping to see Pam or Vincent coming behind him. Eventually he moved on to the orientation classroom. There was a young man in an apron putting out food for lunch and a soldier helping him.

“Hello,” said the soldier, “why don’t you make yourself at home and grab some lunch, we’re going to wait for the others to finish their interviews. It shouldn’t be long now, I gather most of them went together. When they get here, we’ll start orientation.”

Henry was relieved that he wouldn’t have to go through the presentation alone. He relaxed and waited until the two men left the room. He picked a grainy sandwich and some vegetable sticks and sat at the conference table. He ate without really thinking about it, looking instead at the picture of his small house and wondering how he was going to persuade the governor to help him. Vincent wandered in and sat next to him picking at a salad. “Where’s Pam?” asked Henry.

Vincent grinned. “They found her kids. Called them to come down and meet her. She’ll finish all this stuff later.”

Henry leaned back and smiled. “That’s great, I bet she was happy.”

“Ecstatic. She couldn’t stop crying. She says she’ll track us all down once she’s settled.”

“Just four little Indians left,” said Melissa as she walked in, overhearing them.

“I’m glad Pam and Molly had some good news,” said Henry. He felt lighter, less nervous, as if the news were his instead of theirs.

Rickey sauntered in to the room a few minutes later and propped his feet on the table, chewing on a sandwich. “Gah, everything is vegetarian here,” he said. Henry was secretly glad he hadn’t had to face meat yet. “Henry, where’d they put you for work?”

“Miscellaneous I guess. It’s supposed to be where ever I’m needed I think. How about you?”

“Electric plant. What about the rest of you?”

“Delivery system,” said Melissa, “I’m a supervisor. Because I was a postal worker before I guess.”

“Teacher at the school,” said Vincent. “And church duties if I want to.”

Henry leaned forward. “Do you want to?”

“Good you are all here,” said the soldier from before, interrupting them. “We just have a short video and I’ll be here afterward if you have questions. We want you to get off on the right foot, there’s nothing to be nervous about,” he continued, patting Rickey on the back. Rickey took his feet off the table with a guilty look. The soldier rolled a television into the room and flipped the lights as the video started. The woman they had seen the night before on the news appeared.

“Congratulations on your arrival in the City. Whether you were immune to the December Plague or have just come from the Cure camps, you are welcome here. We’ve made this video to help get you settled more quickly. Since you are watching this, you already know that we’ve restored power, at least in this area. We also have limited telephone and cell service, an operating hospital and police and fire department services.

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