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We tied Will up in a chair duct taping his mouth and then went and got Mark. He slowly came around and told us that Will had go behind him and before he knew what happen he was being woken up by us. We cleaned up his head the best we could and then left him with a rifle to guard Will, who was still out cold from Susan's boot. Susan and me started to search for Chad.
We found him in a office above the one we first came into. His head was caved in. We didn't know what to do and just finely decided to cover the body with something, but couldn't find anything so we just left it where it lay. On our way back down the stairs Susan spotted a plant layout map on the wall. She pulled it off the wall and looked at it.
"The cafeteria is over here. Lets take a look in there and see if we can scrounge anything." She said pointing at a spot on the map.
We came to the cafeteria and looked around the kitchen part of it. I was going through the cupboards and setting aside the few spices I found there in a box I found on the ground when I heard Susan call me over. I walked over to the freezer that I could hear humming. Will had some how set up a generator to run it.
Susan saw me coming and just pointed in the freezer. I poked my head in and at first didn't see anything but what looked like a side of meat hanging from a hook in the back. The fog of the freezer parted a little and I could see it was a human body missing its legs and feet hanging upside down. Most of the meat on it was striped off. I held my puke in and looked down to not look at it anymore. Thats when I saw the uniform laying on the ground. The name tag said Ted.
"He was going to eat us!" Susan said with disgusted in her voice.
I just looked away and went back pulling the spices from the shelves and trying to not think about it. Susan helped me with the last few things and then we both headed back to the truck. When we got back Mark was looking paler, and he was nodding off. Susan waled over to Will and pulled the tape from his mouth.
"Start talking you bastard!" she screamed at him. And then back handed him across the face.
His head snapped to the side and then came back to face us. "Talk about what!" He said to her.
"About what happened to Chad and that other guy we found in the freezer!" She said hitting him again.
He gave her a hurtful look. "I didn't know what to do when it happened." he lowered his head. "When it all started me and Ted where hold up here for a bout two weeks. We ate everything out of the cafeteria. There wasn't much there. They were suppose to get a delivery the morning it all started." he breathed in a shaky breath. "We went through all the soda machines next but were running low fast. And then there was nothing."
"So you ate Ted?" Susan said and slapped him again. "Why didn't you try and go out and find some food?"
"Ted wanted to, but I.... I was scared." he paused and took in a ragged breath. "Things were crazy out there. There were dead all over the place out there." He looked down "We got into an argument and then started to fight. I hit him with a bar and he fell down. I didn't know what to do and then it dawned on me. I could eat him. I mean that would mean I didn't have to go out there and he wasn't going to complain about it."
Susan raised her hand to strike him again, but stopped. "Why didn't you just help us and get out of here with us? In stead you tried to kill us."
"I was scared! I don't want to go out there, and I need more food." He said
Susan was visibly shaken. She didn't hit him again but turned to Mark and me. I was trying my best to keep Mark awake and stop the blood seeping from his head. His eyes were rolling up in his head and he couldn't focus anymore.
"How is he doing?" Susan asked
Looking at Mark I was no doctor or nurse for that matter, but knew he wasn't in a good position. "I don't know. We need to get him help and soon too."
"Lets load him up in the semi and get out of here. You can drive the small truck." Susan said and knelled down to help me get him up.
"What about him?" I said with a nod to Will.
"I will take care of him." Susan said with a voice that brokered no argument.
Fifteen minutes later we were loaded and heading for the gate. Susan duct taped wills mouth again and wheeled him in the chair outside by the fence and left him there. There were a few more dead that came by and saw the movement and were lined up along the fence trying to get in again. Will tried his best to break free but the roped were tight.
Susan gunned the big rig and plowed through the fence. As it swung open it pushed the body's on the ground and the dead at the gate aside. I followed with the dog in the passenger seat. As we went by Will I looked over at him. His eye's were huge and in a panicky state. I could tell he was trying to scream something and struggle with his bindings, but I couldn't tell what. I looked away not wanting to see or think about it. We left the gate and headed in the direction we came from. I looked back in the rear view mirror. None of the dead were following us. They were going for the easy meal inside the gate we left.