I had been laying down staring at the photo of my daughter when I first smelt the smoke. I had been around enough campfires and cook outs to recognize it.
Getting up I grab my pack that isn't filled with much just a jug of water, extra clothes and my emt bag. Walking out of the tent I see it's the kitchen tent that has caught fire. Then I see the bodies of the dead running out around it.
I pull my bowie knife and start running. As I'm running I almost fall as a girl runs into me. She's short with amazing tattoos on one of her arms.
"Shit move!" She yells pushing me away and running with a black lab flowing her.
I just shake my head and continue on near the entrance of the camp but stopping as I see it's being over run with the walking dead.
"Really?" I say and turn to the left heading towards the wall I saw the girl with the thick braid and the boy with the odd beard run towards. I haven't seen them sense so I assume they found a way out through there.
Upon reaching the wall I see clearly how they got out. The wall makes a sort of ladder a person alone could climb out without much difficulty.
I start climbing when I hear a dog barking like mad. Turning my head I see the girl with the tattoos fighting off a herd of dead bodies and the dog trying to help.
Without much thought I jump from the wall and pull out my rifle. I didn't want to use it it was to loud but now it was needed.
It doesn't take long to kill off the dead bodies and after the girl looks at me.
"I have a way out come on!" I yell but don't turn until she starts to follow.
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"Thanks." I turn and look at the girl giving a slight bow with my head.
"It's no problem ma'am" I say.
"Ew don't call me ma'am I ain't old" She snaps almost immediately.
"My apologies. I was raised in the country and every women is ma'am to me" I say while trying not to laugh.
"Whatever. Thanks for saving me you didn't have to." She says back pulling her hair into a high ponytail showing clearly her pierced ear.
"I would never let a lady go down while I was in means to help her." I said back. Getting a eye roll.
"Such a gentleman " She said with sarcasm dripping from her words.
I just roll my eyes back and continue walking waiting for her to wander off.
"I like your dog" I said while looking at the black lab run around put feet.
"Thanks."
"What's it's name?"
"Doc"
I nod and we both stay silent.
"What's your name?" I ask breaking the silence again.
"Do you ever stop asking questions? " She snaps
"Apologies I don't like awkward silences" I say back.
She rolls her eyes and stays quite.
"Charlie " She mutters after a few seconds.
"Russ." I say back a smile finding its way onto my face.
Charlie is feisty. I think as I look over at the women. It's refreshing. Ever since I've been here in New York women are always overly nice to me. It's clear it's fake and it gets tiring after awhile.
I actually hated New York. I was born and raised in the country around dirt and trees and animals all around. Being here was torture. But I needed to find my daughter. She was all I had left.
"You know there's a hotel not to far from here if you would like to come with me." I tell Charlie who looks over at me with squinted green eyes.
"I'm not trying to seduce you ma'am. It's just dangerous out here at night." I quickly say back before she hits me.
"Ok. But just for tonight " She says after a minute of thinking about it. I nod and as we walk down the street towards the hotel my mind goes back to my daughter. She'd be 4 about now. The only picture I have of her is the one with her mother. Laurn. She was the reason I could never see her. Hell she didn't even tell me about her until she was a year old and married to another man.
"Is this it?" Charlie asks looking up at the building.
"Yup" I say and we both walk in not expecting to find what we do find.
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TooOldForThis592 this is for you! Haha hope you enjoyed!
