We were back on the road. Derica was dead. Dot was crying. And Caleb , he was carrying one of the biggest backpacks I have ever seen. " How can you lift that?" I asked in amazement. " I'm really strong and musculer." He smirked. " I'm sure you are." I said sarcasticly.
" Caleb! Riley!" Dot called. She had gone into the forest to go pee. She ran out with the toilet paper around her wrist. I stared at the forest and noticed a tank coming through and tearing down trees and crushing bushes. Caleb looked at me , picked up Dot and we ran incredibly fast.
We didn't stop till Dot said she didn't feel good and puked right on my shoes. " Aww Dot!" I complained. Caleb laughed and high-fived Dot. She smiled. I frowned. " Sorry Riley." Dot apologized while still trying not to laugh or smile. " You guys have problems." I said and tried to walk away but someone had grabbed my arm. Caleb. " Again?" I said. " Your not leaving us now. There is a frickin tank out their Riley! You'll die!" He shouted at me. I stood there shocked. He actually yelled at me. " Please." Dot said. " Fine, But we have to find more guns and food. I know of a shopping center about a mile from here." I pulled out my map and pointed to Arrow Press Square. They both nodded.
Then the worst thing of all happened. A full on earthquake and a tornado. Dot screamed when she heard the fell and dropped Dot. She started to cry. I grabbed Dot and threw her inbetween to fallen trees. Caleb got up and grabbed me. I started to cry too. Caleb was laying over top of me and Dot to pretect us. We heard the cracking of the falling trees and were soon imprisoned under them. The wind was whipping branchs and dead leaves around. There was dirt everywhere.
After the Tornado had passed on and the earthquake had stopped it took me and Caleb a half hour to move enough branches for us to get out. There we were. Standing on top of tens of trees overlooking a wipped out forest. Dot lost her foot and fell , bumping her butt on branches at she slid down. Caleb carefully ran down the fallen trees. I followed.
Dot just had a look of shock on her face. Caleb looked at me and smiled. Then Dots face turned pale and she blew chunks all over Calebs shoes and lower parts of his pants.I broke out laughing. So did Dot. She wiped her mouth with her sleeve and spit on the ground. We made our way to the shopping center.
There was storage bin after storage bin full of cans of alphagettis and ravioli. Dot had spotted something and ran. "Dot!" Caleb ran after her. I followed. I realized what she was chasing. There was two little twin girls. " Stop! Were not going to hurt you! Stop!" Dot ran after them.
" Caleb!" I said. He stopped. I hugged him. "Thank you." I said then ran on. I looked back. He was smirking then he noticed I was looking and ran after me. I laughed. Then I remebered Dot was chasing those twin girls around the shopping center. " Caleb! Where's Dot?" I asked. He shrugged. Two minutes later Dot and the two little girls came skipping down the isle." Dot." Caleb said. " You know your not supposed to run off like that. And who are these little girls." Caleb said sternly. I looked at him with a smile that said " be nice!"
The twins led us to were the people they were with were. "They you guys are! Oh, and you brought friends." A teen girl said. She walked out of the darkness.
She had black scene hair. She was wearing a pink T-shirt and jeans.
Two more people walked out of the darkness. Two boys. They looked about Calebs age. They both had black hair and both wore black T-shirts and jeans. " Plum. Haylee. Who are these people?" The girl asked. " Um hi I'm Riley. This is Caleb." I pointed to him. " And this is Dot. Dot saw the twins running around and ran after them. We tried to stop her but , we couldn't catch her." The boys came and grabbed Dot. Caleb punched one of them in the face. " Get your filthy hands off of her!" He yelled the punched the other one in the gut. I picked up Dot. She was crying. Caleb was still fighting the boys. " Caleb!" I yelled as I ran out. He looked back. There was blood all over his face. He fell to the ground. I put down Dot and ran over to him. I kneeled down to look at him. His lips were cut a million different ways. I was furious. I stood up and walked over to the boys , Punched them , then walked over to the girl and slapped her across the face.
I had Caleb over my shoulder and Dot was holding my hand , walking next to me. My shirt was stained red with blood. Dot stopped walking. " Dot , Honey , let's go." I said to her. She looked at me then started balling. I lay Caleb down on a pile of dead leaves and sat down next to Dot. " Caleb's going to be ok." I said but that wasn't what she was crying about. She had had her hands wrapped around her waist and now I know why. " That girl shot you!" I yelled. She cried even harder. I heard Caleb sit up. " What's up?" He asked then realized Dot was bleeding. " Whoa. How did that happen?" He questioned. " That black haired girl in the shopping mall shot her but, we didn't hear it because she had a silencer!" I said stunned. Why would a person want to harm a little girl other than the fact...oh my god they were cannibals. I looked over at Caleb. He was still bleeding and there was dried blood on his lips and around his mouth. I switched to Dot she had a tight grip on her waist. " Dot I'm going to fix it. You'll be alright." Caleb said starting to get up but , I pushed him back down. " Whoa. Riley what the hell?" He said stunned. " Your in bad shape and you probably can't even see right. You'll screw up the stitches." I pointed out. He huffed and sat back down. " Dot I'm just going to pour some peroxide in the wound ok." I said to her. She nodded while still crying. I poured half the bottle of peroxide into the bullet hole. She screamed. Caleb grabbed my arm and took the peroxide. " Riley! She's screaming and crying! Take breaks while pouring the peroxide!" He yelled at me. He poured some on his finger and rubbed it all over his lips. " Caleb that chemicals and poison! You can't put that in your mouth!" I yelled at him. He smiled " Too late." He smirked. I snatched it out of his hand and screwed the cap on. Caleb bandaged up Dot after we went back to the camp and found all the supplies. Caleb had packed up all of the supplies and the tent into a wagon we found in a deserted house about a mile awat from the camp. And we set for San Francisco.