Ok, just so everyone knows, I just watched the season 2 finale of Z Nation. I now know what happens. But, I'm still doing what I had planed. Vasquez is still part of the group. Escorpion is the enemy still. 10K makes it out alive (which we all already know will happen). And Murphy is still, well, Murphy.
I ran down the street. I was being chased by a giant group of zombies. I had no ammo left, and I had dropped my knife a while ago. But what was a knife going to do to a group of zombies the same size as a dump truck? I turned a corner and kept running. "Help!" I screamed. "Help!" No one answered. I continued to run. I turned another corner and ran into something. I fell backwards and looked up to see what I had run into. It was a zombie. But not just any zombie. Petunia. I stared at her, unable to move. She opened her zombie mouth wide, and lunged at me.
I sat up in my sleeping bag, sweating again. I shook my head and ran my fingers through my hair.
I gotta stop having these dreams.
I looked around. Everyone else was still sleeping.
After I had showed them the clothes, they all changed into new outfits. Then, we came up here and started feasting on snack food. Doc mentioned how he hadn't had a chocolate bar in forever, so I broke out my secret stash of candy, which made everyone happy. I also found a box of Oreos, which just so happened to be 10K's favorite snack food. After we finished eating, since it was dark out, we all went to sleep.
Until now.
I unzipped the sleeping bag and stood up. I was tired, but I was not going back to sleep tonight. Not with those nightmares.
I walked over to the window and looked out. It was still dark out, but it wasn't cloudy, so you could see the stars.
"One of the good things about the apocalypse is that there's no more pollution." I muttered to myself.
I looked back into the room. Everyone was sleeping still.
Am I the only one who has these awful nightmares about my past?
I looked back out the window.
Since I was bored, I went downstairs and walked into one of the stalls. Inside were some books and flashlights. I grabbed a red flashlight, and a random book. Then I climbed back up.
Normally if I did some late night reading, I would light a lantern. But that was when I was alone. Now that I'm with other people, I have to settle for a little less light. But that's okay.
I sat in my corner and turned the flashlight on. I looked at the cover to see what I was reading. Then There Were None, by Agatha Cristie.
I sighed with relief, and started reading. I don't know how long I was reading for, but when I looked up again, the sun was starting to rise outside.
"You're an early riser." Someone said.
I turned and saw that Murphy was now awake, along with 10K and Doc.
"I guess you could say that." I didn't mention the fact that I'd been awake for a couple of hours now.
While they started doing random things, I continued to read.
"What are you reading kid?" Doc asked me.
"I never agreed to be called 'kid'." I said, not looking up from my book.
"Ok then. What are you reading Trin?" Doc asked me again.
I sighed. "You know, I think I prefer Kid." I said.
"Can you just answer the question?" Doc asked me, exasperated.
"Then There Were None."
"What?"
"That's the name of the book. It's about a murder mystery."
"Is it good?"
I shrugged. "I've liked it since I was ten. My family didn't like it though." I turned the page.
"Oh." Doc said. He walked away, probably to get food from downstairs.
A few minutes later, 10K walked over to the window.
"Can I ask you something?" He asked me.
I looked up at him. "Maybe. It depends." I said, putting the book down and leaning against the wall.
"On?"
"On what the question is"
"How come you woke up in the middle of the night, but didn't try to go back to sleep?"
I sat up a little bit. "How'd you-"
"I'm a light sleeper. And as quiet as you think you are, you aren't quiet in the night." 10K said. He smirked a little bit.
I looked down at the ground. I was thinking about answering, when I heard Doc scream downstairs.
Murphy, 10K and I all ran to the ladder. Doc was below us, pinned to the ladder by a zombie.
"Help!" Doc shouted. The zombie almost bit down on Doc's arm, when a hole appeared in the zombie's head. It collapsed to the ground.
I looked over to my left. 10K was putting away his sling shot. "Six thousand, four hundred and thirty-three." 10K said.
"Nice shot kid!" Doc shouted up to us.
"Where the hell did that zombie come from?" I called down.
"I don't know, but-" Murphy interrupted Doc.
"Doc, more zombies coming you're way!" Murphy shouted. He pointed to the other end of the barn, where more zombies were coming out of nowhere.
"Oh boy." Doc said. He turned and climbed the ladder quickly. He got up here just before the zombies started pulling on the ladder.
We stared down at all of the zombies. "There's never been this many in this area." I said.
"I'm gonna go wake everyone else up." Doc said, walking off.
"Good idea." I muttered. I walked over to the window. "Look on the bright side; at least we still have the ladder to climb up and down." I said, trying to sound cheery. I was failing miserably.
"This place is a death trap." Murphy said behind me. I with held the urge to turn and slap him.
""If you don't like it, then maybe you should go join the zombies down below us." I said, not even trying to sound nice.
"You know what sister, I don't like your attitude." Murphy stated.
I rolled my eyes and turned to face him. "Like I so care." I said sarcastically.
Murphy glared at me. I returned the favor.
We glared at each other for a minute before I finally looked away from Murphy and walked over to the ladder. I stared down at the zombies clawing at the ladder, trying to get to me.
It was terrifying.
And yet I still stood there, not even caring about the fact that they wanted to eat me.
I heard someone behind me. "10K, I swear if you keep sneaking up behind me-" I said, turning. I stopped talking when I realized it wasn't 10K.
It was Escorpion.
I couldn't say anything. So, I started backing away from him.
"Trin. I haven't seen you in a long time." Escorpion said, starting to walk towards me.
I didn't say anything. I stopped backing up when I realized that I would end up falling down the hole.
"I'm glad you're here." Escorpion said. Then he pulled out his golden gun and pointed it at me.
"Stop right there Escorpion." Warren said from behind him. I couldn't help but sigh in relief.
"Put your gun down, and I won't have to shoot you." Warren continued.
Escorpion laughed. "Are these your new friends?" Escorpion asked me.
"Of a sort." I answered.
Escorpion laughed again. "They may have delayed it, but they can't delay it forever. I will kill you one day, with this very gun." Escorpion said.
I felt like I was freezing over. Escorpion dropped his gun.
Warren grabbed him from behind and shoved him over towards the window. Vasquez pointed his gun at Escorpion, but didn't shoot.
"You okay?" Warren asked me. I unfroze.
"Yeah, of course. Why wouldn't I be?" I said.
No one said anything else.
I turned and looked down to the second floor. There were still a lot of zombies.
"So, what now?" I asked.