The Complex: (The Reanimates) by Rudolph J

Author:Rudolph, J [Rudolph, J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rudforce Intragalactic
Published: 2012-10-11T07:00:00+00:00

Continuing On

Following day brought more work. The solar panels went up more smoothly having already had the experience once already. While we worked on the solar set up Tanya rallied some of the apprentices of other units and the kids to help her get some of the seeds in the ground. Tanya had spent the night before looking in various reference guides and raking through her memory of what plants do the best in southern California in the middle of summer. She remembered that the gourds like pumpkin and squash grew well and found in her searches that carrots did well. She planted potatoes as well as broccoli hoping that they would grow well this time as it had in the past for her. She planted onion and garlic in a ring around the garden to help detour hungry rabbits.

In the cemetery, Tanya took gentle care in weeding the ground, aerating the dirt, and planting the seeds. She made sure the wooden crosses with the names carved into them were clean. She created a path with rocks that had been turned up from the garden and planted an orange tree on either side of the entrance. She plotted out the area to make sure that there was room for others just in case, though no one wanted to think of that for any length of time. To finish it off she placed some sticks left over from the stake project every two feet. Some rope that was found too frayed to do anything that required any load was used to wind around the sticks roping off the area like a fence. She made a sign that read “The Eric and Steven Memorial Gardens” and placed it where the sidewalk ended and the food garden began. Tanya poured her heart into the cemetery. Tyreese had wandered by to check on his wife to find me looking at the gardens in awe. I acknowledged him with a slight nod, not sure by the look on his face that he really wanted to talk. He seemed to be lost in his thoughts as he watched her fish a stray rock out of the soon to be flower bed. He had drawn a deep breath and started to speak.

“I think that the thing that hurts her the most about the zombie apocalypse is knowing that she would not be likely to visit her mother's grave again. The only thing that she seems to have comfort in,” he told me, “is that she knows that her mom had died months before the outbreak and that she wasn't around to see the dead walking around killing others. I think doing this cemetery is her way of continuing to work through the loss she feels to not being able to visit her mom anymore.

“As for me?” Tyreese continued, “I have no clue what came of my folks. I know they couldn't fight off the zombies. They were doing well enough, old and breaking down as what happens the older you get, but still able to take care of themselves.

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