A/N: Chapter Two is here! Forgive any mistakes. Read, Review, Enjoy. :D

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Chapter 2

After a short discussion it was decided that George would ride in the SUV with Steve and Kate. Meanwhile, Eathen and I grabbed some ammo from our stash and reloaded the weapons we had used. We also recharged the used pistol clips of Eathen's. Ten minutes for when George joined our group we were on the road again and back on track. While we were driving I asked Eathen what he thought about our group's newest member.

"I don't trust him. And frankly, I don't trust Steve's judgment on this matter either. I mean what we're doing is dangerous enough without inviting every stranger we meet along the way to join us. What do you think?"

"I agree. Also we didn't check him for any bite wounds. Do you think we should have?"

"I don't know. That's a good question. When we stop again I think we should just to be sure. I mean we don't want and infect… Watch out!" Eathen swerved the vehicle sharply to the left to avoid a smashed van that had skidded into the median. Eathen skillfully guided the jeep around the obstacle and back on to the road. "You got zombies on your left. Take them out."

"Right ho, knocking them down." I leveled my AK-47 and squeezed off a neat, three round burst which nailed the first one right between the eyes. I dealt with the next two in a similar manner but before I could hit the fourth Eathen sped up and rammed in head on. "What are you doing? Just drive and let me handle the kills."

"Sorry, I just wanted to nail one for myself. Carry on back there."

"Thank you and I guess I can't blame you, look on the left."

"I see it, I see it." He wrenched the wheel around, barely avoiding the wrecked cars that littered the road.

"Shit, looks like a horde up ahead. Get ready to fight."

"I'm locked and loaded. You better tell Kate to get ready. We may need her to plow a path for us."

"Good idea, I'll do it right now. Just keep them off our backs until I'm done." With than he pulled off to the side and powered on the two way radio that we had taken from a semi-truck and slapped in the passenger seat. "This is Gunboat calling Carrier. Repeat, this is Gunboat calling Carrier. Do you copy over?"

"This is Carrier, we hear you. What's with the stupid call signs anywise? This isn't the military and it's not like there are people listening to us anywise."

"Sorry, old habits die hard and that not the point right now. We've got a large horde up ahead that could turn violent on use any minute. We'll provide cover fire but we need you to clear a path for us. Would you mind?"

"Sure, I wouldn't mind killing some zombies. Just follow right behind us and watch were you shoot. This is Carrier over and out."

"Roger Carrier, over and out. You ready back there?"

I swapped out the clip in my AK and racked a round into the chamber. "You bet, now let's have some fun." Eathen revved the engine and pulled out just as the SUV drove past us. I could see Steve's upper body poking out of the sun roof with a rifle as they went past. Then I forgot about them as Eathen pull in behind them and we floored it in the direction of the horde. Now if you have never seen a modified SUV plow through a crown of people I can tell you it's worth the price of admission. It's even more satisfying if the crowd happens to be made up of zombies. The first zombies that they hit literally flew about 20 feet in a shower of blood and limbs. It was less impressive after that as the SUV just basically plowed a bloody swath through the mass leaving more alive than it really killed. But that was where we came in, we got to clean up their gory mess. But we didn't mind and welt at the task with vigor. Eathen floored it down the clear path while I filled the air on ether side of us with lead. I had, up to this point, been using my AK on burst setting so I could be more accurate but now that we were in the middle of a horde, I switched to an Uzi on full auto. I hosed the area around us with covering fire and watched as rank after rank of undead fell but the god daume fuckers just kept coming.

I had already ripped through three mags and was half way through my fourth when we broke out of the carnage. The SUV had already gotten through and was waiting a little bit up the road. I was about to breath a sigh of relief when the unthinkable happened. In his rush to get away Eathen hadn't watched were he was going and he rammed a bus head on. The jeep's front crumpled and the back wheels lifted off the ground for a moment before they came crashing down. I was almost thrown from the back but managed to hold on to the roll bars. Eathen was also lucky because his seatbelt held and kept him from going through the windshield. But now we had a bigger problem. The horde that we had just merrily driven through was now only 50 feet away and running right at us. "We got to move now Eathen!"

"I know, come on and grab the guns!" he then jumped out of the wrecked jeep and drew his two trusty 9mm Sing Saucer pistols. "Get ready for a fight!" unfortunately I had lost the Uzi I had been using when we crashed but my trusty AK and the other Uzi were still secure. I slung the Uzi over my shoulder and emptied the crate of ammo I had been using into a back which also went over my back. By this time the horde was almost upon us and I barely had time to get out of the jeep before I was fighting for my life.

"We need help. Cover me while I get to the radio."

"No, that's suicide. I think that they can tell we need help by themselves. I just hope that they get here quick or we're toast." As he said that he was steadily retreating while shooting zombies in the face with deadly accuracy. Suddenly we were temporarily blinded by a white light and then the SUV pulled up with a screech.

"You guys need some help?" asked Kate as she calmly leaned out the window and blew off a zombie's head with a well placed 12 gauge round.

"Come on, get in the car now!" we looked behind us and saw George with a machete motioning at us to get in the back. "Come on, I'll cover you."

"Go, go, go!" I yelled and ran for the SUV. Eathen made it first and jumped in the back but I stumbled and almost tripped. George cursed and jumped out to help me. He hacked off a pair of zombies heads and pushed me towards the open door. I stumbled again but kept my footing and made it into the car. Now I don't know for sure what happened next but all I remember was screaming as I fired my AK-47 into the converging mass so George could make it back to the SUV. As soon as he was inside, Kate gunned the engine and we headed back off down the highway. I pulled the back door shut and then just slumped down on the car floor. "That one was tough."

"You got that right." replied Steve, who had crawled beck to join us. "So, now what?"

"Well for one thing we need to get off this bloody freeway." said Kate. "I know it's the fastest rout but it's just too dangerous. I'm pulling off at the next unblocked exit of entrance and we can decide what to do then, Ok?"

"Sounds good to me, lets do it." agreed Eathen. We drove for about 5 minutes in silence and then Kate found an exit and pulled off. It lead to a small town and by the time we got there it was too late to go any further.

"We need a place to stay the night. Anyone got any suggestions?" Kate looked back at us.

"How about the 7-Eleven up ahead? It looks reasonably secure and it has good fields of fire around it." We all looked at each other and nodded in agreement. Kate drove us up and we all piled out. After a short and thankfully easy firefight we cleared the building and assigned watch partners. It was me and Eathen for first watch, Steve and George for the second and me and Kate for the third. Eathen started work on some temporary barricades while I unloaded the car. Everyone else fell right asleep except for George, who I could hear tossing and turning it the back.