NOTE: Thanks for the wonderful reviews guys, it's good to know people are reading. I'm actually having a lot more fun writing this than I thought I would. I'll probably start plopping out chapters at least once a week, if not more. After this chapter you'll get to know the new characters better and there will be plenty of gore.
Baha, Adriana is such a fun character to work with, and don't worry, she and the other characters will start being friends, it's just Adriana's untrusting nature that's holding her back in the first few chapters.
2 hours passed and the silence was beginning to claw at my soul. It had to be the most awkward 2 hours of my life knowing how much my fellow passengers loved me.
"How's the gas Cade?" David murmured form the back.
"Not too well, we only have one tenth of a tank left," he replied.
"I know of a secluded gas station about 3 miles from here. It's next to a rest stop so it might be a bit risky," I announce din a feeble attempt to redeem myself.
"Okay you lead the way," Caden called back to me. After about 10 minutes we reached the rest stop. It looked quiet.
"I brainstormed a plan on the way there. I noticed you guys have empty cartons of gas in the trunk, so i can go out by myself and fill them," I said.
"Wow, master plan!" Alice clapped. I gave her an idiotic smirk as I picked up the gallons and reached for the sliding door. Before I could, however, a hand halted me.
"Do you want to die?" Caden shouted at me, leaving me kind of dumb founded.
"Do you want to live?" I replied, semi-mocking his voice.
"Whatever. We'll leave the door half open and cover your back. If you didn't have such big balls we would have left your smart ass on the road hours ago."
"The beast has been unleashed!" I said in a 'godly' voice as I rushed out of the car. I ran as fast as I could to the gas tank. I took out my credit card and slipped it in the machine. Finally gas is cheap at $0.00 a gallon I joked to myself. I almost got the first gallon full before I heard a stir. God damn... I remarked as I saw a messed up corpse staring me down. She grabbed my shoulders and attempted to bite me before a bullet pierced her neck. She stumbled back a few feet before she cam at me again. This time I was prepared with my own gun, and I shot the mother fucker until she was nearly in 2 pieces. I began to laugh at her laying on the ground.
"Focus!" I heard Alice scream from the van. I gave her a thumbs up and finished the gallon. I ran over to the van and filled it. I sort of dreaded going back. I jogged back to the tank and filled the empty gallons.
I sprinted as fast as I could back to the van. Right as I got in about 4 or 5 of the living dead poured out of the bathroom.
"Wait a second, why didn't you guys park closer so I didn't have to make the extra trip? "I questioned.
"Sorry, we aren't thinking straight right now" Caden apologized.
"I understand. Good thing you have me, enough sanity for the 4 of us!" I cheered. Everyone started to laugh except David. That quickly stopped when the dead fuckers began hitting the van.
"You're the man of the group now Floyd. You shot that woman without a flinch," Caden said, looking at me. I knew what he wanted me to do. I rolled down the only window that wasn't boarded and shot all of the threatening ones off before we drove away.
We continued deep into the desert. It was about 12am when Caden decided it was a good time to stop and rest.
"So, if we're going to be dealing with each other we might as well get to know each other?" Caden suggested in a whisper. It was completely dark inside the van and it was so quiet, I was up to any talking anyone want to do.
"That sounds good," I replied, "There's something I want to know."
"Hmm?"
"Who owns this bus? Are you guys all friends?"
"It's Alice's bus," he paused, "me and Alice are friends and we were at her house when all of this happened. We saw David walking by himself on the road... I think he's only said 3 words since we met him, he's probably still just a bit shaken."
"Oh my god, we left those cheese and bean burritos in my over when we ran out of my house," Alice chuckled.
"Well, when a 300 pound dead guy breaks through your front window you have to make some sacrifices," Caden remarked. Everyone laughed. Alice turned on a flash light so we could at least see each other.
"Speaking of food," I mumbled. I took out a bag of chips and opened them.
"Damn I haven't even thought about that, give me some of those," Caden shrieked trying to reach for some. I pulled my hands away.
"Get your own, there's plenty of chips!" I stuck my tongue out at him.
"But those are the only barbeque ones," Caden complained. I sighed and gave him the rest of my chips. I looked over to David, the silent one. He had long, brown, wavy hair in his face, a Led Zeppelin shirt and converse. Well isn't this the face of America I joked to myself. I actually found him attractive and tried to deny it in sarcastic remarks. I'd probably snap out of it, I was probably just comparing him to the saggy zombie skin I've seen all day.
"Umm, Floyd?" Alice waved her hand in front of my face.
"I'm just tired... I need to sleep," I yawned. The rest agreed, but sleep I did not. The events of today were plaguing my mind. After all of this I started to feel guilty about my bloody past. I would have to reveal it to them sometime. I hope they don't throw me out I thought as I silently cried to myself.