Chapter three
Gareth was looking for Kaylee. Albert had hurt himself pretty badly, and Alex wasn't good enough to treat it. Gareth found the doctor of Terminus in the 'church' of Terminus. They had cleared a large room after the occupation, where they had written the names of their dead. On the wall there was written Never again, Never trust, We first always as a reminder of the past. Never again would they be hurt by outsiders. Never again. Kaylee was sitting at the name of her fiancé, Cindy Masterson.
Gareth did not know Cindy that well, expect that she was Kaylee's fiancé and good at cooking.
"Hey, Kay, we need you're help at the infirmary. Albert hurt himself, cut his arm. You need get there, it's outside of Alex's league" said Gareth to her.
"Yes, sir" she mumbled, stood up and walked out off the room.
Kaylee hasn't been the same after Cindy's death. She had stated that she would never have an other girlfriend and would never marry again.
Gareth had also become the leader of Terminus. People called him 'sir', not sure why. He stood up after the occupation and rebuilt this place, but never said he wanted to become a leader. But he became. That's when Mike's voice came over the walkie-talkie.
"Gareth, there is heard of cold bodies at the gates. What should we do?" asked the man the leader.
"Hang on! I'm coming!" replied Gareth and ran towards the gates. Mary, Joshua, Cynthia, Tim and Mike where there, doing fence duty.
"That's a lot of them!" said Gareth as he saw the heard of dead ones approaching the compound from the woods. It must have been at least six hundred of them.
"What are we gonna do?" asked Tim.
"We don't have enough snipers to take them out!" said Joshua.
"I have an idea!" said Gareth. "The fire-crackers we found in that train we still have them?"
"Yeah. Why do you ask?" wondered Joshua.
"We don't have anything to celebrate!" said Mike.
"No, but if we send people in different directions and they shoot a firework, the noise will confuse the dead ones!" explained Gareth.
"Good idea!" said Cynthia.
"What the hell are we waiting for?" asked Tim.
A few minutes later
Theresa, Joshua, Greg and Chuck had all firecrackers and were at the back-gates. The herd was not that far from them.
"Alright everyone!" said Gareth to the four people "We have not much time! Theresa you go south, Joshua west, Greg east and Chuck north! Go about half a mile from the compound and launch them!"
The four nodded and walked out.
"Why can't I go with my wife?" asked Mike, being angry at Gareth's decision to send Theresa out there.
"I need you here in case things go south! You're our best shot!" replied Gareth to his right-hand man.
Gareth and Mike returned to the gates, both being armed with a Norinco type 56-riffle. Preston, Tim, Sarah and a few others where there already with guns as well.
"Okay, people! The others should launch their fireworks at any minute now! If that does not happen we are the only line of protection between our home and the dead ones!" shouted Gareth to his people. "Get to your posts!"
Everyone did as he said and positioned him-or herself at good spot to defend their home: behind a car or barrel or on the rooftop.
The walkers started to approach the gates and some of them were already at the fence.
What are they waiting for? Wondered Gareth. They should be already be on a fitting spot and shoot the crackers.
That's when from east, west and north flew the fire-crackers up. The noise immediately confused the walkers and majority of them spread across the three different directions. But nothing came from south.
"Theresa!" shouted Mike in pain, thinking that something might have happened to her. He then turned to Gareth "Something happened to her I'll kill you!"
The bigger man attacked Gareth and started to beat him. Preston and Tim immediately came between them and pulled Mike of their leader. They knocked Mike out.
Joshua, Chuck and Greg came all back, but Theresa did not. Gareth was truly worried about her.
But she came back, a few hours later. And Mike was glad, when he saw her. He ran towards her and kissed her on the mouth.
"What the hell happened?" asked Mike his wife.
"I didn't find a proper spot to shoot off the crackers and had to look for one. And then I kinda got lost in the woods." explained Theresa.
"I'm just glad that you are in one peace!" said her husband and continued kissing her.
"Wait for the bedroom, your animal!" she giggled.
"Do I have to?" asked Mike.
And so an other day at Terminus ended. The next day a new man came through the gates. Gareth and Alex greeted him. The man was eating some people-steak at the main-area of Terminus. He was wearing a dark hoodie and a blue baseball-cap.
"Hello, my name is Gareth and this is Alex! Welcome to Terminus! Who are you?" asked Gareth the newcomer.
"My name is Martin" replied the man.
Third chapter done! And Martin arrived! I actually both love and hate him! He had an interesting philosophy, but he threatened to kill baby Judith!