Hershel stared at his TV along with everyone else who had walked into the room mid-broadcast. They were all shocked and no one said anything, everyone was lost in thoughts. Then the front door flew open and they all looked as this figure came running towards them. Everyone paused like a deer in the headlights and they were too scared to yell. Only Beth could get something out, "Jimmy!"
"I was so nervous on what happened that once I saw an infected at my place, I ran here to see Beth and everyone!" Jimmy exclaimed.
"Where did you see the infected man? You live very close that if he is still roaming he may visit us here." Hershel was getting concerned.
Jimmy looked back out the door, "I didn't stop him, and it wasn't one man, it was a group of them."
Maggie stood up and walked out to the chicken coup and began picking up the mess that was left there from the previous day. Shawn who was Maggie's half-brother came over to help. They didn't speak a word to each other but felt they were thinking the same thing. They both stood up and looked in the direction of Jimmy's house. There was no group of infected coming but they did see two infected walking towards them. Maggie choked on her words, "Oh no, please, not again" and ran to the house.
Shawn ran to the shed next to the barn and got out two catch poles. "Otis, come help!"
They ran to the infected and caught them by using the catch poles, Otis began to get dangerously close to the demon and stumbled. "They don't seem to interested in adjusting! Just use these poles on the people as you would an animal!" Shawn yelled.
"Oh right, I see. Great idea with these catch poles, I never would have even considered them" Otis replied.
They led them to the barn and stopped a few feet away. They looked at each other and Otis said, "How do we make sure the other man doesn't attack us again?"
"Let's move fast I guess."
They swung the door opened, pushed in the infected and locked it before the man inside even looked at them. Hershel came running down (if you consider his efforts running) and looked ready to yell, but he did no such thing. "Have we even called the police about this?" Shawn said as if he was a genius.
"Yes, I called them as soon as I locked up the first time, the lines were dead there" Hershel responded.
"We need to treat this problem, put them out of their misery maybe" Shawn said and was getting worked up.
"You want to sin and murder? This is an infection, it will be cured. God will help us and the CDC will have the medicine ready any day now" Hershel said trying to sound calm.
Hershel walked up the side ladder of the barn to look down on the newcomers. He almost fell off the ledge into the infected pit when he realized the victims. "Mr. and Mrs. Fischer…"
"You know them?" Otis asked.
"You don't? That is Mr. and Mrs. Fischer, our neighbors" Hershel said.
"I didn't even notice, too much blood on their face I guess" Otis said while feeling lightheaded.
Annette went to the barn and lowered some fresh food until the pit, watching the infected ignore it. Strange she thought to herself. She came back with an alive chicken, as she saw the man eating it the first day. She felt bad, but this was an experiment in her mind. She dropped the chicken down and it only lasted half a minute, only a few seconds once it was actually caught. She tried telling Hershel the infected were not right like they used to be, but Hershel ignored her.
"Hey! Stop It you two!" Hershel snapped after walking in on Beth and Jimmy engaged in a kissing game while in Beth's room.
"I am just trying to find something not screwed up around here! These last few days have been Hell!" Beth yelled.
Hershel got red from embarrassment but also from anger, "Watch your language! Jimmy, go downstairs!"
Hershel followed Jimmy downstairs and saw out the window that Maggie was getting in the car, "Where ya going beautiful?"
"Figured we need supplies if this ordeal gets worse" Maggie answered.
"You are not going alone. Shawn! Go with Mag" Hershel demanded.
Shawn and Maggie drove to the small town nearby and hit a pothole when getting ready to park, the tire popped. "Son of a" Shawn was cut off.
"Why, hello there Greene family, I heard the bang and ran out. Thought you might be an infected or something." It was a man in a blue jump suit talking to them.
"Doug! Great to see you in such an ungrateful time" Maggie said.
"Who?" Shawn whispered to Maggie.
"Doug, our local mechanic, what are the odds, us breaking down next to the shop" Maggie laughed.
Maggie left the car with Doug and bought the supplies needed and her and Shawn walked home with half a dozen full bags.
"Where is the car?" Hershel question as they walked to the porch.
"Doug is fixing it, might take some time. Tired popped once we got to town" Shawn said, acting as though he knew who Doug was.
"Speaking of fixing things, Shawn go help Jimmy and Otis fix the fence and secure it better to avoid infected men and women."
Shawn was over to the fence and began speaking to Otis but cut himself off when he saw two fingers and half of a palm twitching next to his foot.
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