Decay: A Zombie Story by Dumas Joseph

Author:Dumas, Joseph [Dumas, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: zombies
Publisher: Open Cakset Press
Published: 2011-12-27T05:00:00+00:00

TARA

It was the only thing I wanted for my birthday, to see Joey again. I was almost in shock when I saw him in the parking lot and I still couldn’t believe it as we stood in the store together. Mike and Peter laughed as he told them about thinking they were violent looters at the gas station.

He also said that he was angry at first when Mike smashed the door to his shelter, but if he hadn’t there would’ve been no reason to follow them back here. At this point, I thanked Mike for breaking the door. He said it was an enjoyable experience.

Eventually, Joey gave Mike his shotgun and they sorted through that and the box of ammo he had brought with him. Everyone seemed quite pleased with having another gun. After that, Joey and I went into the office while the rest of them stayed by the window.

When we entered the office, I poured him one of the last cups of lukewarm coffee we were able to conjure up. Joey loved it. He has always liked that simple crappy coffee, while I’ve preferred more flavorful fair-trade products. Regardless, I was very happy to give it to him after what he had been through.

Then, he went straight to the TV, turned it on, and began flipping through the channels of static. “Did you guys ever see anything on here?” he asked frantically.

“We watched some news until they went off the air a while ago,” I explained.

He looked at me for a moment and, eventually and impatiently, asked, “Well, what’s happening?”

“You haven’t heard anything?”

“No,” he exclaimed.

Shocked at the aspect of uncertainty he must’ve been suffering through this whole time, I sat down and explained everything we knew—the Arthriphagy virus, the safe zones, the timeline of how it had spread, everything…

After a while of sitting together and talking, he told me what had happened to him the night he disappeared. And, I told him what we had been through. I somewhat explained what had happened with Peter, Jen, Sam and Mike too.

Eventually, Jen knocked on the door and asked if we could join them. So, we headed out to the store where everyone was sitting by the window and cash register. Joey got his first look at Sam and I could tell he saw the distress she was going through.

Joey and I sat with the group and we all discussed a plan. Jen then walked away without saying anything. Then, Peter began by saying, “Okay, we have some good supplies and now that we have some gas in the car, we have to go get some food and anything else useful from the grocery store. Now, I am volunteering to go. I’d like to have one other person with me to help.”

Mike raised his hand. “I’ll go.”

Peter nodded and looked at Joey. “It’s your car I guess…”

Immediately, I objected. “No! He’s not going, not now.”

“I think I’d rather sit this one out,” Joey said, much more calmly than I.

“That’s fine,” Peter said.

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