The Dead of Night by S. B. Poe

Author:S. B. Poe [Poe, S. B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2018-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

6

Footprints

Josh stood in the garage and looked inside his jeep. Lying in the back seat floorboard was a box of ammunition that his father had given him. Josh had forgot to put it in his backpack. He held the box in his hand and thought about that day. He had seen his father’s reaction to the images on Scott’s computer. He remembered thinking about the fear in his eyes. He remembered thinking his father was overreacting. He remembered thinking a lot of things. And how wrong he had been. Now he knew that the fear in his father’s eyes wasn’t misplaced, it was honest. He should have known it. He had never seen his father afraid of anything. Not really. He could feel his cheeks getting wet. He missed him so much now.

“Whatcha got there?” Martin said as he walked through the door from the kitchen.

“Oh just a box of ammo. I dropped it here by mistake when we left.” Josh said as he hurriedly wiped his eyes.

“The others are in. They think somewhere away from everything is a good move. Are you sure we can get there?” Martin said.

Here it was. The chips were on the table. Josh knew that his answer would determine what the next move was. Just a few months ago he would have haphazardly answered and moved on. Maybe it was the fact he was just lost in memory of his father or maybe he had grown up just a little, but whatever it was he measured his words. Probably for the first time in his life.

“I know the way. I know what it was like when Lori and I came back here. But I have no idea what the road is like now. I don’t know why it would be worse than before but I can’t make any guarantees.” Josh said.

Martin nodded at him. For the last hour or so he had been talking with Jahda and Devin about doing this. At the end they all agreed.

“Ok. I think we should go. We can spend the rest of today rummaging around the neighborhood for supplies. I would hate to show up empty handed.” Martin said chuckling.

An hour or so later Jahda, Devin and Josh stepped through the front door. Martin closed it behind them. They climbed into the truck. Josh turned to Devin.

“So we slow roll all the way out and see what follows?” Josh asked.

“Yeah, like we talked about. Just see what shows up. We can work our way back.” Devin said.

“So I should use the horn?” Josh said smiling and raising his eyebrows mockingly.

“If you do I will shoot you myself.” Jahda said. Devin laughed.

He put the truck in gear and they climbed the hill crossing over into the neighborhood. The day started out warmer than the day before but the clouds began rolling in as they slowly made their way through the neighborhood. They watched the road in front of them and Josh would check the mirrors to see if anything crossed behind.

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