Chapter 14
Trip from hell that's all I can say but then again what did I expect it was the end of the world and a lot happens in a few weeks. A little catch up for you all Serena had the baby she's called Lucy, Serena didn't make it, 10k and Addy got sick and now they're better, me and 10k had sex, ummm we went to the grand canyon but we're not allowed to talk about that and a lot z's died.
So yeah it's been fun as always back to the apocalypse.
We start off again running from z's only this time the air around us is orange now yes I know I could be eaten any moment and this was probably caused by Murphy being a dick but this was just beautiful. Okay back to running and killing I have no idea were Warren is or were anyone was really the thick orange fog made it very difficult to see so all I could do was kill whatever tried to eat me and hope for the best.
It wasn't long till I was out of the dust storm I had managed to avoid the z's somehow maybe today was my lucky day. I turned back to see Warren and the others coming out of the trees, 10k looked up at me and smiled jogging to my side and pulling me in for a hug.
"It looks like a hotel" Warren said as we turned to a building that was just visible in the orange dust.
"I thought we killed all these z's last week" Doc said.
"Maybe the Grand Canyon filled" Addy answered.
"Not funny" Murphy said still pissed off with what had happened.
"I wasn't kidding" Addy shot back.
"Heads up lets check it out" Warren said as we made our way over to the hotel.
Heading to the door Warren tried it but with no luck, the place had been boarded up good.
"Anybody in there?" she shouted.
"Do you think it's deserted?" Doc asked her.
"Give me that" she said taking Doc's crowbar and trying to open the door with it.
"Anytime now Murphy" Addy shouted as z's started to come from the orange dust, I turned so I was facing the z's ready to fight while Warren tried to get the door open.
"All right! All right! I'll give it a shot" he said putting his hands up and turning away the approaching z's.
"Why don't we just break the glass" Doc said.
"No, cuz then the z's will be able to get in" Warren answered him.
Out of nowhere the door that Warren was trying so desperately to get into was opened by someone from the inside. Slowly we made our way into the hotel, guns pointed in our direction causing Doc to put his hands up as we went in. Vas and Warren pointed their guns at the people who were already living there causing everyone but me and Murphy to draw their guns too.
"Lower your weapons" Vas said.
"Turn around and go back the way you came" One of the men said from above us.
"Look we don't want to hurt you but we cannot turn around. There are way too many z's out there" Warren shouted back.
"Not much oxygen either" Doc added, as more z's came to the door banging to get in.
"Who's in charge?" Warren asked.
"My name is Gideon Gould, I'm the facilitator here but we don't really have a leader. Cuz everyone here participates in our decision making" One man who was holding a weird stick said, he seemed like a nut job in all honesty.
"Great we just need some shelter until the smoke clears and some of those zombies move on" Warren said to Gideon who was now in front of her with the weird stick.
"Okay well I think in order for us to put together a mutually beneficial agreement we're gonna have to create a little framework of trust" he said and it clicked he sound just like our guidance counsellor in school.
"Buddy, I'd have a lot more trust if you pointed your weapons someplace else" Murphy piped up from behind Vas.
"Sure, it's okay everybody" Gideon said and everyone lowered their weapons.
"What you got in mind Mr Gould?" Warren asked.
"Popcorn circle process?" some women wearing a red shirt said from above us.
"You know what? That's exactly what I had in mind" Gideon said.
Okay as they both went on it was definitely like being back in school when groups had an argument they'd make us get in a circle and express how we spoke. See as a cheerleader I spent a lot of time sitting in the office, if we didn't have problems with other students it was with another cheerleaders. It's not all about sisterhood you know, most of them girls would stab you in the back the moment they got chance.
Okay he was talking again about giving his first impressions of everyone without filtering, oh this was going to be good.
He pointed to Warren,"You. You are the leader, you're a natural and you have a wisdom but it's born of loss" moving away the original members looked at Warren with a knowing look in their expressions. Next he went over to Vasquez
"You are the enforcer brother, you're tough but your scars can cloud your judgement" Addy was next.
"You're the strong one but there's a lot off loss in those eyes. I think it's more loss than you can handle" he paused for a moment looking back over to Warren, "she relies on you" was all he said before moving onto Doc.
"Brother sir, you've got a face that's edged with sadness and yet somehow you've managed to keep your sense of humour. Man I need a hug, can I have a hug?" he asked Doc before grabbing him in an embrace, next was 10k.
"Son you got a good heart but you're a little bit angry, you don't like him," he said pointing to Murphy. "You two don't like each other that's what this is" Was all he said before moving back to Murphy.
"You got the weight of the world on your shoulders, don't you? I can see it, you do more for these people then they even realise and you never really get the respect you deserve either" he gave Murphy a pat on the shoulder before turning back to me.
"I haven't forgotten about you child, I saved you till last because there's something special about you" he clearly must be mixing me up with Murphy.
"You see no matter what there's no mistaking the love that everyone of them has for you" he pointed round the group, Murphy and Vasquez kept a straight face while the others gave me a slight smile, 10k reached down and squeezed my hand.
"I see that this boy is very special to you and you would do anything for him and possible have gone against rules already to prove your love for him. I also see you too have some problems with the gentleman over there but this isn't hatred no you feel let down, you look up to him and you don't believe you have been given a good enough apology. I looked over at Murphy who just put his head down not wanting to look me in the eye.
"In your eyes you hold sadness and loss like your young friend over there but they also hold hope, like you haven't given up just yet." I just smile thinking of my family, it's true until I see them dead or not I won't give up hope. He started to turn away before adding something else.
"Does he know yet?" he looked between me and 10k.
"Know what?" I asked looking at 10ks confused expression.
"Ah you haven't figured it out either, well I wish you well when you do find out" was all he said before turning back to the others. I didn't really listen to what he had to say after that, what did he know that me and 10k didn't?
Then it hit me, my period was late.
Looking back around the room I noticed everyone had started to go their own ways, 10k let go of my hand and motioned that he was going with Doc while I just walked over to Murphy and Vasquez.
"Hey kid mind if we talk?" Murphy asked and motioned to the beat up sofa
"Sure thing" I followed him to the sofa and sat next to him.
"Look I'm not good at this kind of thing…. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm sorry for being a jerk to you"
"It's okay really"
"No it's not okay, you are the only one in the group that I give a damn about and I should've never left you. I promise whatever you need from here on out I've got you" he then pulled me into a hug which I slightly broke away from the embrace and looked up.
"Mind if I cash that promise in so soon" he looked at me slightly confused and worried.
"What have you done?" he was now holding my arms looking into my eyes.
"I need a pregnancy test" I whispered to him, his eyes grew big before looking down at my stomach.
"Fuck sake you horny teenagers" he grabbed me and pulled me back into the hug clearly sensing my panic.
-Time skip-
Okay so let me give you a quick rundown of how I ended up stopping at a small shop thanks to Murphy acting like a diva. You see it turns out someone was stealing food from the hotel Murphy ended up getting shot, we found out who was the one doing it. Some poor guy got casted out but eventually came back and killed the leader who kept saying he wasn't the leader. We then all said our goodbyes got in the vehicle not before Addy had a moment with one of the women and then we drove off.
Since I told Murphy about my little problem he'd been moaning that we needed to stop at every chance he could get. Warren didn't stop at a few but a good majority she did, I think she felt bad for Murphy nearly dying and that being the end of the cure for the world.
Now all I needed to do was find a damn test and figure out what the hell is going on.