Chapter 10

a miracle can happen

as the three got into the room, there they saw that the house was untouched. The sheriff looked around "Connie?! Bennie?!" the sheriff cried out as he ran up and down the stairs looking in the rooms. He the sheriff stopped as he saw that they not there. He stopped he sat on the steps, it was than he remembered the basement. There he charged, hoping that his family would be among the land of the living. There he saw that the door was locked. He he knocked on it "Connie?! Connie!?"

"mark? Is that you?!" the door opened as a woman ran out clinging onto mark. The two were showing affection. "jack, come here..your pa is up here.."

"papa? Papa!" a young boy ran up the stairs as he hugged the both of them. The sight made lily and Zack happy, except inside it made lily sad...the concept of family was something so loving,so warm...that was all that lily wanted. She stepped back behind Zack.

"oh god, I feared the worst..." mark told the two as he held them "listen...we need to get you to the safe house...they have it set up

"what about the school?" Zack said hating to break up the Kodak moment from hell but he needed to remember what was going on. "remember sheriff, we have a lot of people needing to be rescued"

"the school...do you need buses?" Connie asked the two "its probably a good thing that you are going there first, I happen to know that the buses have indeed been worked on" Connie told the two. "you see I am the science teacher at the elementary school.." she was interrupted by the sounds of footsteps outside. "what was that?" mark ooked out of the blinds

"we got company!" mark said quietly to everyone "it's to dangerous to take the squad car" he said as he saw the zombies were surrounding it.

"the car is out in back..we can just take it instead..it's in the garage..give us a few minites to get ready..i need to grab a few things." Connie said taking their son upstairs. Zack not caring threw the coffee table in the way. mark looked at him with confusion

"hey I am trying to block the door.." mark was looking at the piano than Zack again "oh right!" the two tried to push it as than Zack called for lily "lily help us!" with her tiny ounce of strength they managed to pull it off.

"Connie, I hate to rush you both...but you know the undead wants to have supper and I don't think meatloaf is what's on their menu.." the two came down in somewhat regular clothes. Connie had boxes in her arm

"i need to get two more.." she said as mark took them..running upstairs to grab items

"lily, Bennie come with me..Zack, stay with my wife and protect her OK?" before Zack could respond Zack the three were gone. Connie came down and handed Zack the boxes. As the two were walking, the sounds of windows crashing behind them as the zombies were coming in could be heard. Mark ran back inside and took the boxes. "Connie come on!" as soon as Zack's hands were free. He took his gun and fired at the zombies in the heads. The sounds of plants being destroyed could be heard again. "Zack let's go!" mark cried out as Zack ran into the garage. Everyone was in the garage already as Zack got in the driver's seat.

"well, this will be fun" Zack said as he than saw the sheriff press the button that activates the self rising garage. There was a group of undead in front "kids look away" he told the kids "roll up windows and keep them up!" he said as than mark darted through zombies. The sounds of their forms slamming into the suv was rather much less than a body but a group of sunflowers getting his with a bat. The car went through them and drove off.

"Connie, what are those boxes?" mark asked his wife confused

"food, medical supplies and last but not least mark..your hunting rifle and extra ammo" Connie said as she was obviously planning ahead. "i forgot to grab everything when everything started up...i knew you were going come though" she said in a voice that shown that there was confidence. "listen, those buses will be in the garage in the back...however, we don't know if the school is filled with those creatures"

"either way, we have to try.." Zack told everyone, knowing that there was going to be a lot at stake.