Decaying Humanity by Barton James

Author:Barton, James [Barton, James]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: zombies
Published: 2015-02-11T05:00:00+00:00

That morning we all circled around as Harvey pulled us together.

“Alright everyone, we are going to try to make a supply run,” Harvey said. “We know a group of good people that have fortified one of the piers at the beach. They have twenty fishing poles going at one time and seem to have a good handle on food and water. What they don’t have is anything else.”

“I want fried skrimps!” Peter shouted while pretending to reel in an invisible fishing pole.

“If we can bring them any excess blankets, pillows, or even a mattress, they would probably trade us a few pounds of fish,” Harvey continued.

“We could all…” Desmond started.

“Fish smell fishy!” Peter shouted.

“Use more protein in our diet,” Desmond finished. “We aren’t starving, but our bodies are getting weaker eating nothing but…”

“Farts!” Peter shouted and then made a barrage of fart sounds with his mouth.

“Peter shut up! You are interrupting people,” Todd yelled.

“Peter, c’mon let’s go play in your room,” Nikki said while guiding the child to his room. As he departed, the sound of fake farts faded behind a closed door. Todd looked at us with an embarrassed smile.

“What was I saying?” Desmond asked with frustration.

“Sorry, our bodies are breaking down our muscles because we are living off of sugar,” Todd cut in.

“Yeah, that.”

“We can’t all go,” I said.

“Right,” Harvey agreed. “We need to leave enough people here to defend against zombies or raiders.”

“So … just me then?” Desmond said while flexing his right bicep.

“Actually I was thinking if you guys had a truck, me and Jim could make it,” Harvey said.

“Well, we have a work truck in the back. That’s how we got here alive,” Nikki said.

“Is it sturdy?” Harvey asked.

“We hit a couple dead on the way here and it just keep going, so I’d say it’s your best bet,” she replied.

“I’m coming with you,” Shay said.

I nodded to her and looked around the room. “What weapons have we got?”

“We have that rifle I found last night with only one round, a 9 mm pistol with two bullets, and that empty shotgun you guys brought,” Shay said.

“We can take the shotgun, just to look like we are packing. In a vehicle we should be able to evade the zombies. Plus, even three rounds aren’t going to help us against a truck full of raiders,” I said.

“So, it’s the three of us,” Harvey said. “Think you can hold down the fort, Dez?” Harvey asked.

“Yeah, with one finger.”

So we all split up and began preparing for the trip. I was getting some string to help tie down a spare mattress when Nikki pulled me aside.

“Hey,” she said awkwardly.

“Yes?” There was a long pause as she stood in my path without saying anything, picking nervously at her hands.

“Okay, well nice talk,” I said and began to walk around her.

“Wait. I just wanted to say I was sorry for how I acted when you got here.”

“Well, thank you. I get it though. You voted to leave us out there so that you could ensure your friends and family stayed safe.

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