December 21, 2012
Chapter one. Escaping.
"MOMMY!" I shot out of bed and rushed to my five year old son's room. "What is it, Cale?" Before he could answer, I saw outside of the window, what had caused this outburst. "Oh my God." So, it was here. I ran to my daughter Lyla's room, my husband Lance was already in there. "Lyra, we have to leave." His voice was calm, yet I could hear the fear in it. I hoped the children hadn't. "Lala, Cale, go with daddy and you each grab a toy and all the blankets you can find. Hurry."
While they were doing that, I ran to the kitchen and started throwing all of the food I could into grocery bags, and other various bags. Who knew when we'd eat again, and I wasn't about to let my children go hungry. I ran out to the garage and opened the trunk of my 2013 Murano. At that time Lance and the kids had come out. "We need to go. Now." Lance told me. I quickly threw everything into the back. "I need to get more food. Buckle them in, I'll be right out." I ran inside and grabbed the last of the food, ran back out, threw it in the back, and shut the trunk. I ran to the passenger side, and got in.
As soon as I had the door closed, Lance was oening the garage, and pulling out. "Get on the ground and close your eyes." I ordered my children. They quickly did as told. "Don't look up, no matter what you hear." The street was full of them. Our friends and neighbors had turned into crazed zombies. It was truly a scene out of a horror movie.
Lance hauled ass, not caring who or what he hit. I tried to comfort myself by making a mental note that they were by all means, dead, and if we stopped to help a single one, we'd risk our little one's lives. Lance sped to the highway. "Where are we going?" I asked a little scared. "As far away from civilization as possible." He said back. His full attention was on the road. I looked back, Cale was ontop of Lyla, obviously protecting his little sister. She was sobbing quietly. "It's alright, Lala. You can both get up, now. We're safe." Cale gently helped Lyla into her seat. "Here Lala." He kissed her cheek, and I smiled. My kids were best friends.
I turned on the radio, and put in the kid's CD. I was sure they were bored, and I hadn't thought of grabbing some DVDs to watch. We left in such a hurry. I now regretted that. Who knew how long we'd be driving. After looking out the window, and watching buildings pass by, I fell asleep. I don't know how long I was asleep, but I woke to Lance shaking me. "We're going to camp here." I had no clue where 'here' was, but it seemed as if we were deep in the woods. Hopefully we'd be safe.
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