I walked into the back room and towards the loading dock. Trying to quickly get to it. We already are way behind schedule since Chris ran into the roadblock.
I came up and opened up the gate and found Chris backing up the truck so we can unload it.
Chris was a pro with this truck. dude is in his 40's and has been driving since he was 21. He always backed it up perfect. Once he backed it up he came in the side door and came in with a clipboard.
"Sorry bout that Andy" He said as he came in the door.
"No need to be sorry, it's not my inventory" I said back at him.
"Still I got delayed which means you got delayed, if your boss gets mad just tell em to give me a call and i'll tell them what happened" He said as he opened up the truck and let the door roll up.
"You're fine" I looked down at his hand and saw that it was bandage. "What's up with your hand?" I asked.
"Remember those roadblocks for those riots I told you about on the phone?"
I nodded.
"Well I came to a stop and got out and asked one of the guys at the roadblock how long it's gonna be, then out of nowhere this motha fucka comes running up with his motha fuckin arms wailing around an shit, scratching me up. I went to punch him and he bit my hand"
I started to laugh.
"Fuck you mean he bit you?" I said laughing some more.
"I shoved him off and went back to my truck before he got back up, If I done anymore I'd get in too much trouble" He said rubbing his hand.
"What kinda shit they protesting that involves biting?" I asked.
"Hell if I know...But what I do know is that if this headache doesn't kill me my wife sure as hell will with me coming home late, so lets hurry up and get this shit off the truck"
That's when Tommy and Gus came walking in...
After everything was said and done and we got everything off the truck, I signed the invoice saying that everything was delivered.
"Alright fellas...i'll catch ya next time" We all said our goodbyes to the big ass black dude named Chris as he left the building and back into his truck.
We all went back to stocking all the items back on the shelves. it was not around 6:30 and the sun was starting to come up.
I was stocking up some cases of febreeze when I saw a girl walking by the aisle I was in, holding hands with some guy. I only caught a glimpse but the girl looked really familiar.
I didn't think much of it so I just went back to stocking the febreeze. I got up and went around the other aisle and started to stock up the laundry detergent.
In the corner of my eye I saw that the same girl and guy came walking into my aisle. I heard the guy start talking and he sounded like total tool.
I started to think that this girl could do so much better than a douche sounding guy like this. Then I heard her speak...
And I knew that voice. I started to slowly slip away from them, until...
"Hey Andrew..." Shit...She saw me.
I turned around and saw her. She was as beautiful as the first time i saw her.
"Oh hey Stacy.." I said to her trying to act surprised.
Stacy was my former girlfriend. She was the single greatest thing to ever happen to me. Stacy was my highschool sweetheart. She stuck by me when I left school to take care of my mom and she was by my side when my mom went 6 feet under the ground.
The only time I ever balled my eyes out and she was there standing next to me with her arms wrapped around mine crying with me.
I loved her more than anything...but we split up when we were 20 and I haven't seen her since.
"Still working here huh?" She said looking around the store.
"...Yeah...still here.." I said. "So ugh...what are you doing back in town?" She had moved 6 hours away to go to college.
"I'm on fall break and house sitting my parents place while they're on vacation in Florida" She said, she had her arms folded and had that awkward stance.
"Hey baby..is this the one you're looking for.." Who i'm going to assume was her current boyfriend and the guy I wanted to knock out for calling her baby came over to us. "Oh sorry you're asking him for it aren't you?" He said looking me over.
Yup I wanted to knock him out even more now.
"Actually Greg...This is Andrew" She said introducing me.
"Andrew?...OHHHH the ex.." He looked at me again. "The dropout"
Here we go again...Stacy saw the look on my face as I was about to say something. She knew I would, She knew well enough and more than anyone else did.
"Hey Andy- you gotta come check this out" Tommy said coming up to me. "Stacy?" He said.
"Hey Tommy" She said sweetly.
"Wow" Was all he said.
"What is it Tommy?" I asked trying to be the better man and change the subject.
"Maybe theres a spill on aisle 12" Greg said out loud.
Stacy elbowed him in the stomach, gently of course. I sighed as Tommy went on to what he was saying.
"Back in the warehouse" He started to saying pointing back behind him.
"Ok...Stacy good seeing you again" I said with a small smile on my face. "Craig nice to meet you"
"It's Greg" He said correcting himself.
I knew it was Greg but I just enjoy little things like that.
Tommy and I started to walk towards the warehouse.
"Wow...how did you let a hot ass like her go?"
"Come on just show me what it is" I said back to him trying to forget everything that just happened.
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We got to the loading dock where we had unloaded the truck earlier.
"Alright so I came out for a smoke break and I noticed something weird" Tommy started to say.
"What?"
Instead of saying anything all he did was open up the door next to the gate and stepped outside. I walked out and had the most confused look on my face..
Chris's truck was still here...
2 and half hours after he came and said he was leaving..I looked at Tommy with a weird face.
"I did the same thing"
"You didn't go check it out?" I asked him.
He shook his head no. I shrugged and walked over to the cabin of the truck. Beating on the side of it as I kept getting closer.
Tommy was right behind me as I got to his door. I looked back at him real quick and then back at the truck. It was really chilly out now, the sun was starting to rise and the grass was getting dewey.
I knocked on the door of his truck. The engine was still running. Strange that it was running this entire time.
I stepped up on the step to get into the truck. I looked inside through the window and all I saw was an empty cabin but the passenger door was wide open.
I hopped down to the ground and looked at Tommy.
"He's not in there" I said to him.
We started to hear a weird sound.
"...The hell is that?" Tommy said.
We looked around looking for wherever that noise was coming from. It sounded like it was coming from underneath the truck. So we both bent down to look under the truck and what we both saw was the strangest most weirdest shit we have ever seen...
Chris was on his knees eating out the remains of someone elses insides..
Tommy and I were close to vomiting when we saw all the intestines coming out from his gut and being chewed by Chris.
I grabbed Tommy by his shoulder and we both hid behind the tires so he wouldn't see us.
"What the fuck was that?! Tommy said over to me in one of those loud whispers. "Don't tell me he's on that bath salts shit!"
I was just as confused as him and didn't know what to say. The only thing I could think of was to pull out my cell phone and call 911.
"What are you doing?" Tommy asked.
"Calling the cops" I punched in the numbers and brought the phone to my ear.
The phone never rang instead I kept getting a busy signal.
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Jillian came walking into the store, She worked at the Subway that was inside. She was another slacker.
She had some fun times with Andy...if you know what I mean.
"Morning Rachel, Morning Katie" She said as she walked into the store and going over towards them.
They both said hey back as she came up to them.
"You doing okay today?" Rachel asked.
"Yeah i'm good, Just weirded out by all the news reports on the radio on the way over here" She said back to Rachel, Katie was just flipping through a magazine not paying any attention.
"Yeah I know, TV's also. Gus and I were watching the news on the TV's on display in electronics"
"Weird world we live in" She looks around the store real quick. "Andy here?" She asked Rachel.
"Yeah, I think he and Tommy are in the warehouse" She said back to her.
"Okay. Thanks" She said with a smile and walked back towards the break room to clock in and also to say hello to Andy since the warehouse was right next to it.
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I put my cell back in my pocket.
"Lets get back inside and call from there" I said to Tommy.
We tried to to stay hidden as we walked back towards the door. We tip toed quietly with our steps and we were doing great until we heard a piercing scream.
Tommy and I looked up and saw Jillian at the door screaming.
"Jillian SHHH!" I said with my finger up to my mouth.
But she wasn't screaming at Chris eating from the body behind the truck. I followed her gaze and it was behind us.
Tommy and I both looked as we saw 2 guys staggering towards us. One man had his arm ripped off his shoulder and the other had half his face missing. You were able to see his teeth from a hole on his cheek...Both men were completely covered in blood.
"The hell?" I said.
That's when Tommy fell his leg being grabbed. He let out a grunt as he almost fell to his knees. I looked down and saw Chris underneath the truck holding onto his leg with his mouth wide as can be.
Tommy pulled his leg out just as Chris bit down, Luckily Tommy pulled it out just in time.
Chris stretched out his hands again trying to reach for both of us. I looked back and saw the strange dead looking guys getting closer towards us.
"Lets get out of here!" I pushed Tommy for him to start moving since he was in front of me.
We both ran towards the door where Jillian was screaming at. When we got to the door I grabbed her as Tommy slammed the door and locked it and bolted it.
"What was that!?" She yelled out.
Just as she said that we could hear pounding on the door in the warehouse. Their fist were beating on the door, trying their best to get in.
"What's going on!" she yelled out again.
So I covered her mouth with mine to shut her up and she finally gave up.
"Tommy let's go" I whispered back to him. "Let's warn the others"
I grabbed Jillians hand and forced her with me as Tommy was right behind us.
We walked out of the warehouse and into the actual store with a quick pace.
"What the fuck was that?!" Jillian asked.
"I don't know but that was the weirdest shit I ever seen" I said.
"I second that" I heard Tommy say behind us.
We passed Stacy and her boyfriend in one of the aisle's as we were heading towards the front, But before we even got the chance we heard another scream.
I stopped dead in my track and Tommy and Jillian did as well, looking at me with a strange look.
"Came from up front!" I said as I started to run towards the front. Tommy was hot on my tail and so was Jillian, only cause I was still holding her hand.
When we got to the front what I saw was some man on the floor and had Katie pinned to the ground, Rachel was the one that was screaming.
Out of nowhere a big black dude came out of nowhere and tackled the man off of her. The guy that tackled the man that had her pinned was a customer.
I remember seeing him in the video game section when I was stocking stuff. Tommy ran over to Rachel to comfort her.
When the man tackled the guy that was on top of Katie, Rachel scurried over to Katie and helped her away from the fight between the 2.
I looked up and noticed more of those dead looking things walking near the door. So I ran towards the automatic doors and pressed the button to close them and lock em up.
They started to crowd the door pounding on the glass. I looked back at the man punching the creature on the ground. He landed some hard punches to the thing's face knocking it out cold.
I looked back and saw Stacy and her boyfriend come running up. She had hands covering her mouth as she looked at the door, seeing the 6 things crowd the window.
"Are you alright?" I heard Rachel say to Katie.
I looked back and saw her hand was covered in blood and she was keeping pressure on a cut that she had on her hand.
"He bit me!" She cried out, I watched as she started to sob into Rachel's chest as she held onto her tight, Tommy was right behind them.
The black dude grabbed the blue-ish looking guy by the arm and dragged him towards the bathroom and shoved him in.
"One you guys got the keys to lock this door?" He said looking towards me and anybody else that worked here.
I looked at Jose and told him with my shitty spanish to lock the door. He walked over and locked it up.
Everyone just stood there taking in on what the hell just happened. I stood next to the door as the things on the other side kept trying to snap at me even with the glass separating us.
Katie was on the ground over by the register and had Rachel on the floor holding onto her tight as she cried in Rachel's chest.
Tommy was on his knees next to Rachel.
Stacy and her boyfriend Greg were standing over by the registers. He was looking at Katie while she was staring at me with her hand covering her mouth with those shocked look in her eyes.
Jose was standing next to the black dude that knocked the guy out and they were next to the bathroom doors.
Jillian was standing over by Gus a little in front of Stacy and her boyfriend. Her eyes were full of tears.
and then...
We heard a pounding on the bathroom door and everybody looked straight at it...
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A/N Another chapter done and now the fun begins, hope you guys are all enjoying my story as much as i am writing it.