We sat still on the bus for nearly twenty minutes until Brian could get the bus moving. Then, Alexis took the wheel. In silence, we drove for a bit. I got little conversation with Elizabeth.
"Caleb?" she asked.
"Huh?"
"Why… why did Dylan die on purpose?" "Well…." I thought for a minute. "Well, it was either him or you," I finally answered. "He was brave," she said. I looked out the window, mourning my lost friend. "Very brave," I said.
Elizabeth left to talk to Chase, and I sat for a minute in silence. We drove for forty-five minutes, driving nowhere in particular. I eventually decided to give Alexis some directions. I directed the bus to my grandma's house. It was a small, isolated street that no monsters would be near. We got there in an hour. We stepped out, and crossed the brick street. Jacob opened the front door, and jumped back, seeing a rifle in his face. "Jacob?" a familiar voice asked. "Ryan?" Jacob asked. Ryan, my cousin from next door, stepped out, gun lowered.
"I thought… I thought you were dead!" Ryan said. Lucas smiled. "Walkers aren't bright."
"Walkers?" I asked. He laughed. "It's a lot better than chompers."
Ryan was my cousin, twenty one years old, he was over to stay the night last night. "Weren't you gone this morning?" I asked. "No, I was playing Slender."
We all sat in the house, talking as Ryan and Jacob moved furniture in front of the doors and windows. This prevented overrun. I thought about Dylan, his death made me uneasy, but now we knew what the "walkers" were after.
Blood.
Truly, they were merciless, bloodthirsty, and rabid. They could kill, slaughter, and maim any creature without a single thought. They were selfish pigs. That's all they were, only caring about their greedy selves. I saw Lucas heading upstairs. "Where are you going?" I asked. "I have to do something," he said. I watched Tyrone and Alexis talk for a bit, before attempting to turn on the TV.
Nothing, figures.
I put down the remote, and looked at the clock. It was about one. This was going to be a long day. Jacob suddenly brought up we were basically homeless, we couldn't stay here forever. We would need a new home. "Well, it's just been one day, there had=s to be civilization somewhere!" said Chris. "Yeah, maybe somewhere usually crowded," said Tyrone. "We need supplies to hold our own before we go on some search," Ryan said. I nodded. "Jake, help me check the kitchen."
We walked through the room between the living room and the kitchen, a long room with a big and small TV, two couches, shelves of dolls with glass containing them, and pictures on the wall. Even then, with the living dead wandering the earth, those dolls still disturbed me. "C'mon," Jacob said. We walked into the kitchen (plus dining room), and looked in the refrigerators and cabinets. We found soda, bottled water, vegetables, canned food and small snacks. "Well, it's good enough," I smiled. "These veggies are a good thing to have. Keep our strength up, you know?" Jacob said. By the time we raided the whole house, we had grocery bags and a duffel bag. The smaller bags went into the duffel bag, and Alexis went searching for batteries, walkie talkies, and flashlights. It was five, the sun would go down at nearly seven. For a few hours, we sat and planned as Lucas tried to fix the TV (and fail at it), and Alexis looked outside, concluding no walkers were in the area. Alexis went to continue her search for electronics as Ryan suggested we go to a Walmart. We talked it over, and I eventually agreed. I thought it was a good idea as any at this point. The four on the raid would be Chris, Jacob, Ryan, and me. Lucas decided to stay back, and the rest of our group was tired. So, the four of us got into Ryan's SUV, and headed out.
A.N (1999luke2)
Hey! Sorry for no update for a while, oober has writer's block, but for now, here's chapter four, chapter five is written and will be typed soon.