Chapter 42 The Barn

Authors notes: number 42 enjoy

Zoey peeked out the door looking out into the forest ahead of them, "it looks like there's a barn out there but other than that it's just trees" she said as Bill took a look as well. "Well we will check the barn for supplies and then continue to make our way to the train tracks and get to that farm" he said as he turned to the other 2 members of the group who joined them by the door. "Let's move out" Bill said quietly pushing the door open and stepping out into the infected riddled world eyes scanned for any signs of the enemy which surprisingly there didn't appear to be in the immediate area. He led the way down the path towards the red barn, looking all around but hearing nothing not even the usual heavy breathing and groaning that accompanied the infected when they were about. He looked up at the sky, the sun had now been swamped by a barrage of deep dark clouds looking as though they were about to burst with heavy rain, "we need to get in cover quick, heavy rains coming" he said as they went inside the empty red barn. Bill frowning as the said rain began to pour down just outside the barn, the wind also picking up as the rain came down heavily the sky turning very dark even though it was still morning.

"Well I guess stay in here til that storm calms down" Francis said climbing up a ladder which led to the second floor of the barn, as did Bill, the other 2 younger members of the group climbing up after. They sat around the wooden floor trying to get as comfy as possible, Zoey finding an old blanket by a lamp, which she turned on and covered herself with the blanket. "Well this is refreshing, no zombies in the area and shelter in a old red barn" Zoey said laughing as the men nodded Bill relighting another cigarette, cursing as he realised he was done to his last 4 smokes. "Yeah we'll enjoy it why it's lasts, soon enough there will be more of the sons of bitches" Bill said, as Louis and Francis tore away at some beef jerky, the group sat in silence as they listened to the howling wind and pouring rain fall on top of the barn. Zoey sat in silence as she snuggled herself as close to the blanket as she could the heavy wind being very cold for her even with her red track jacket in. "The storm shouldn't last too long, we'll wait here for a couple of hours and then head out we shouldn't be too far from the tracks, we are lamest at the barn now anyway" bill said as he opened a pack of dry crackers.

Soon enough bill had fallen asleep, being the only one that didn't have nay rest after the field incident he was tired, even though he was used to this lifestyle he still needed rest just like any other human being. Zoey had also fallen asleep gradually, hoping she wouldn't have another horrific dream like the last time she had slept, Louis and Francis had simply chosen to talk quietly as the rain continued to pour over head. "I hope bills right about this farmhouse bullshit, I'd rather us not be left stranded in the middle of nowhere again Francis said, drinking from a bottle of beer he had found in the barn, it was warm and rather old but to him beer was beer and in the apocalypse you got what you got. "Relax man, we will be with the military and out of harms way in no time" Louis said being positive as he usually was, even in the worst situations it was rare for the man to be unhappy, even after having their weapons stolen and kicked off their ride to freedom the man still found time to be positive. "Yeah well I'll believe it when I see it, if we even get to this farmhouse" Francis said crossing his arms over his chest leaning his head back against the wooden wall, "come on man give it a rest" Louis simply said drinking some water.

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Time past and as Bill had said the rain slowed down considerably now it was as it was in Fairfield light but continuous, he soon woke a few hours later as Francis and Louis were still conversing quietly about god knows what. He yawned stretching his arms as he stood, "any problems?" He asked as Francis and Louis turned to acknowledge him, "nothing, no specials no commons no tanks, nothing" Louis said. Bill nodded his satisfaction as he shook Zoey awake, the young girl groaning as she stretched and yawned, "the rain slowed down a lot and so has the wind it's no midday time to get moving Zoey" he said to her as she gathered her supplies. "We may need to do a bit of searching at some point, the medpack is running low son supplies, how close are we to the farmhouse?" Zoey said, "not far at all about another few miles walk up the tracks and that's it" he said. "Alright then let's get to it" Louis said looking out of a large gap in the barns wall allowing him to see the path ahead, "looks clear for now at least" he said jumping down onto the ground below an d pausing immediately.

"Jesus..." he said in shock as the rest of the group joined him, they were all equally surprised, on the ground with flies swarming around them were several cow corpses, their heads so far gone their skeletons were exposed, the cows bodies a deep red colour as the flies ate away at them. "Damn, not even the animals of Mother Nature were safe huh?" Francis said solemnly, "nothing was safe, the animals the humans, the plants everything is now pretty much dead" Bill said bowing. Zoey looked sadly at the cows a terrifying thought crossing her mind, "you don't think... there's infected animals out there too do you?" she said worried as a howl of a stray dog could bee hard from somewhere. "I don't know Zoey and I don't want to find out" Bill said to her looking at the path ahead, "come on people there's nothing we can do for them now" he said as Francis began to lead the way down the path. The group all following closely behind as the biker could see the trees clearing up ahead and what looked like a building of some sort, the group moved quickly as the rain continued to come down lightly but unstopping...

End chapter

Authors notes: getting towards the end of blood harvest now just a few more segments to go, thank you for reading and I will see you all in the next one.

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