The group has been driving for about 2 hours. The Eds were in the back of the truck just chiling. Ed was playing with his chicken plush. Eddy was about done making his spear and Double D was writing in his notepad which he decide to make into a journal of sorts.
Eddy finally finish his spear. Which was nothing special it's just a long stick with an end of it sharpen to a point. But hey, while it's low-low-low tech that kind of thing is king in the zombie apocalypse. Even more so when you have to use a pistol as a blunt weapon.
Just as Eddy blew on the spear head to get any saw dust off. He noticed the truck had come to a stop but not at Macon. It had stopped at a gas station which was at the base of a medium sized hill with some red brick steps leading up. On top of that hill is what looks like a trailer. Think trailers from the trailer park boys.
Eddy tapped both Ed and Double D with the blunt end of the spear to get there attention that they have stopped. "Wow Macon is alot smaller then I thought it be." Ed said who was very unimpressed.
"It's not Macon Ed we just stopped at a gas station." Double D explained to Ed.
Oh... What for?" Ed asked Double D and Eddy could only look at him with a dumbfound look.
...For gas Lumpy.
"Eddy's right, trucks almost out hopfully we can find something in here. Although it dosen't look good." Keeny said after getting out of his truck, and he was right. This gas station has seen better days. From the looks of it the owener abandon it in a hurry. Rather then it being shut down. Which was a good chance for finding supplies.
"Yeah but let's hope there is something in here. Macon is still two hours away, and thats with a car." Lee said after getting out of the truck with everyone else.
"Wow that trailer up there looks like a fortress over looking it's kingdom." Duck said excitely pointed at said trailer.
"Stay where we can see you Ducky." Katjaa told her son who gave a disappointed sigh with not being able to explore freely.
"Well I'll check this pumps maybe we can get something out of them." Kenny said already checking a pump to see if it holds any gas. "Lee, you and the Eds check inside the store, maybe they have some full gas canisters.
"You got it, Kenny." Lee said making his way towards the store. The Eds gave Kenny a thumbs up and hoped out of the truck bed.
Eddy drew out his spear at the ready. Double D had Eddy's knife which he held in a reverse grip. And Ed had a very big rock he found on the ground. Lee stopped infront of the store, it was a small station nothing like the big ones like Circle K or RaceTrac, but it could house a good amount of supplies.
They did have small isles and a simple counter, but that was about the only thing they could see inside the store. So they have no idea what could be hiding in there, and in waiting for them.
Lee was about to walk in but Double D stopped him. "Excuse me ." Double D said as he picked up a rock and tossed it into the store, the plan was to make some sound so it would lure out anything that was hidding in the store, to avoid a sneak attack.
Well that was the plan but Double D whiffed the throw and it only made it a single inch in front of them. "...Heh, I'm not great with pyshical activities." He said with a nervious smile.
Thankfully Eddy figured out what Double D was trying to do and picked up the rock. He threw the rock it soar in the air into the store... And it hit a magazine rack which then crashed to the ground with a loud bang. If the rock didn't turned heads, the loud metal bang sure did.
They heard a bunch of noises coming from inside stuff was being bumped into even more stuff was being thrown to the ground, and they heard feet scurring. The Eds raised there weapons with serious looks. Lee had grapped a tire iron lying around and raised it to.
The group about to bring down there weapons stumbled backed in surprise landing on their asses. A raccoon had come running out of the store it head back into the woods across the street. Kenny saw all of these and could not help but laugh. "What's the matter guys, can't handle a single woodland creature?" He said with a big dumb smile.
"Ha Ha Ha, screw you Kenny." Eddy said with a bit of venom in his tone. All Kenny did was just gave a final chuckle at went back to the pumps. The group lowered there weapons calm that the only thing inside were animals.
They walked inside and started to look for the most importent thing for them right now, that could help and avoid a four hour walk to Macon... Well Lee was the Eds were doing there own thing, Ed was looking over the magazine rack in hopes of it having any kind of comic book, Double D was looking at the shelves trying to find food that hasn't gone bad since they may need it for there trip. And Eddy was making his way to the candy isle.
Eddy took a look over all of the assorted candies, there was the common chocolate kinds, gummy bears and bubblegum, fruit snakes and sour candies. It was a dream for a kid, he took a Hershey's and was glad it was not all melted. He began grapping all kinds of candies and start stuffing them into his bag, when he was about to but in five bags of sour patch kids he saw something that made him stop everything that he was doing.
On the very right side of the candies was the one and only Jawbreakers, the most delicious hard candy to ever existed also the candy with country's as flavors like Japan or Mexico. There are also known for there size, they are larger then a golf ball but smaller then a tennis ball.
They are also rare to come across since they are only sold to small time business since the company that makes them believes that if they sold to big companys they would wan't to buy the jawbrakers brand and change it. None of which was any of Eddy's problem.
There were only three left for Ed, Edd and Eddy. Eddy quickly put them into his bag since they take a long time to finish off so them it was better to wait until the car trip. When he was done with that he noticed a door behind the counter that was leading into the back of the store. What could be behind that, no one knows and Eddy's greedy mind wanted to know.
But before Eddy could do that he had to check the cash register for his 2nd favorite thing, money. He gave it a smack on the side and it open up with a satisfying ding and inside is... Nothing. "Man that sucks." After a disappointing outcome, Eddy final approched the door with spear in hand and at the ready. He then flunged open the door and inside was.
Nothing, no zombie's, corpses, or some weird ass tribute room. There was only some boxes inside but there might be something useful in them, he won't know until he opens them.
After 30 minutes of searching Eddy was able to find well not alot, most of the boxes was filled with junk like empty can's bottles and weird places toy cars. He found a sledgehammer but he wasn't strong enough to pick it up, and no gas for the truck. "What a bust."
However when he was about to leave for a loooong walk to Macon he noticed a paper pamphlet under his shoe the title was made him stop. Your generator and you,
So they bought a generator and those need gas to work. Maybe we won't need to walk after all." Eddy then called the other into the room to talk it over. "Hey you guy's get in here."
Lee was the first to enter followed by Double D and Ed. "Did you found some gas Eddy?"
In here? No, but I did find some evidence that there is some gas in this location. Take a look at this." Eddy then hold up the pamphlet for them to see. "I found this, It's title is a good sign it's called, your generator and you. And if there's one thing I know about generators is that they need gas to run. Right Double D." He said as he looked to his friend.
"Why your right Eddy, generators are ment to be used in a black out or areas with little to no electricity so they have to use gasoline. Which means we could find some here." Double D said with some joy due to the goods news.
Lee however was unsure about that idea. "There's a problem with this idea though. I was outside looking for some gas, but I didn't see a generator out there."
Eddy and Double D didn't like the sound of that but Ed was having an idea. "Maybe they bought the generator for there trailer up atop the hill." Ed said.
"That's right Ed there is a trailer up the hill, there could be gas up there. Nice work there." Lee said giving Eds a nod. He then walked out of the building.
Good job Ed, that was smart thinking come on gents let's get that gas for the truck." Double D said giving Ed a pat on the back. He then followed Lee outside the store.
Ed was about to leave the room but noticed the sledgehammer. "Cool. The perfect weapon for me, Ed the Zombie Slayer!" He then picked up the hammer and put it over his shoulder with ease. This annoyed Eddy since he couldn't even make the hammer budge.
The group had made it outside to see how Kenny did with the pumps, however with the sour look on his face it wasn't looking good.
"Couldn't find any gas, Kenny?" Lee said already knowing the answer.
Kenny gave a disappointed sigh. "No, I tried everyone of this damn things and there's not a drop of gas in any of them. Did you guys have any luck in there?"
Inside there? No, Eddy did find something though. The folks who owned this place bought a generator we think it's up there." Lee pointed up the hill to the trailer.
And where there's a generator there's some gas. Good work guys, I'll stay down here to keep an eye on everyone else down here.
Lee gave Kenny a nod and was about to walk away but he noticed Clementine was looking a bit down, so he thought it was best to see what was bothering her.
Hey, can you three go up to the trailer? I just have to check up on Clemetine, I'll join you soon.
Oh, no problem we can check it out. Right fellows?
You got it Double D, Ed the Zombie Slayer shall protect you!
Yeah sure, we'll check that trailer out, count on it." Eddy said with a sly smile
Lee gave the Eds a nod and then went to the truck to check on Clementine. The Eds then made there way up the stairs towards the trailer.
The trailer was nothing special a simple trailer you find in any kind of trailer park. It was a boring grey color with white roof, there was a very small garden in the front, a small pool, a plastic shed, and the one thing they hoped to find a generator.
Double D was about to check the shed but then noticed that Eddy and Ed were heading into the trailer. "Uh fellas shouldn't we check the shed first? It makes the most sense for gas to be stored in."
Eddy looked at Double D. "Oh don't worry sockhead we'll check the shed later but right now? We got a trailer to loot." He then rubbed his hand together with a sly smile.
"Looting! Eddy we can't loot this place. What if the owners just stepped out for the moment? We be taking supplies that they could need." Double D was not sold on the idea of stealing peoples things. But Eddy reminded him of there situation.
Really Double D? Your choosing now to complain about taking people's stuff. When we where at Clementine's house it was your idea to loot the place. And besides from the sounds of the answering machine her parents didn't make it so they don't mind us taking stuff. Could be the same here.
"Well yes it was, but that was different, 's leg was in very bad condition and if we didn't do anything about it would of getten infected so we had no choice.
Ed was confused by what Double D said. "But how is that different then now? Since isn't looting some gas for the car so we don't have to walk serval hours and avoid damage to our feet and legs, exhaustion from said walking or ambushes from people less nice then us."
Eddy looked at Double D while pointing at Ed. "You see? If Lumpy can tell this isn't a bad thing then you shouldn't be worried about it."
Well I guess if you put that way." Double D put a finger to his chin still not happy about doing this but he knew they needed to do this. "Ok I guess we have no choice, but if we find the owners are here we don't take anything other then gas. Ok?"
"Yeah yeah, sure sockhead if people are here we'll only take some gas, but until then we got an entire trailer to loot and I got a bag to put stuff into it. Let's go guys."
The Eds entered the trailer with a unlocked door. The inside was just as boring as the outside like most trailers you could just stand in one part of the trailer and see all of the rooms.
From the look's of the inside and the unlocked door it was clear there weren't the first people to loot this place. There was a tv stand but the tv and all of the cables was gone. There was drag marks from stolen furniture and a quick look into the kitchen the cupboards and refrigerator are left open and with only small scrapes of food left behind. And thats all they could see from the living room.
Eddy was not happy with the signs of this since most stuff worth taking are gone. But he was not going to give up easily. "Ok ok, let me think... Ed you check the kitchen for anything at all. Double D you check in here maybe some stuff was missed. I'll check the rooms and see if those were gutted to. OK let's get to it guys."
Ed gave Eddy a salute while Double D just rolled his eyes. They all the began searching there designated rooms.
Ed was searching the kitchen while he was looking for food everyone could eat he was searching for certain things, some gravy or a toaster, bread and butter. But unfortunaly he couldn't find anything like that almost anything was taken, well he did find something it was a unopened 12 pack of ramen noodles. Eating it raw is...Not ideal but it's better then nothing.
Double D wasn't finding anything worth taking since people usually don't keep anything important in a living room. He instead choose to try looking in the bathrooms.
With Eddy he only had two rooms to check it was not a big trailer. The first room was small really small like standing in the middle only left a few inches to move around. But hey it had it's own connected bathroom so that made up for it's size so yeah. Only thing left inside was a bed. He checked under the bed and mattress, but he wasn't as lucky at Clementine's house.
There was only one room left to check Eddy had his spear at the ready he then swunged open the door and was overcome with a absolutly awful smell, like rotting meat with a garlic seasoning. Eddy reeled back in disgust and then pulled his shirt over his nose.
Holy hell! It smells even worse then Eds ro-" Eddy stopped dead in his track when he looked into the room to see what was causing the smell. What he saw made him just stop. Just two seconds after opening the door Double D had made his way to Eddy to see if he needed help.
"Hey Eddy I didn't find anything in the living room so I come to check if you needed any help." Double D noticed Eddy wasn't reacting to him, he approached Eddy but then he noticed the smell he quickly pinched his nose. "OH sweet lord! What is that putrid stench! It's smell like a-" When Double D looked into the room he also stopped dead in his track because of what he was seeing.
By now Ed has also came by to see what was going on. "Hey guy's I've found some noodles." Ed had also started noticed the smell but unlike Eddy and Double D, he wasn't all that effected by it. "Oh something smells weird. Let's see who can guess the smell." Ed then looked into the room he wasn't sure what he was looking at but he knew it was bad.
All of the Eds just stood there not sure on how to take in what there was seeing.
The Eds have been standing in the door way for about five minutes. Not talking to each other just staring at the scene before them, they were so intangled with it they didn't even noticed Lee who has enter the trailer.
"Hey you boys ok? You were gone for five minutes." Lee looked around and noticed all three Eds on the end of the hallway standing in a room. After walking towards he was about to get there attention but then the smell hit his nose.
"Oh god! What is that smell." After it hit him Lee took a second to get his bearings he then looked into the room that the Eds were staring at and he could only say on thing. "Oh."
Suicide is never a easy thing to understand especialy if your a kid. In the middle of the room on the bed was the corpse of the man. There was a giant blood splatter with a big hole in the middle. However the most disturbing thing about this on closer inspection the man's skull had been blown out from the inside which was what caused the smell.
Just like the Eds Lee could only look at the very sad scene. "Well that's sad. Come on boy's we need to find some gas for the truck. You shouldn't be staring at this."
Double D was holding a note he found in the room. "We found this, it makes it even more terriable." Lee took the note and read it.
My dear sweet Jenny
I can't take this anymore. I can't go on without you. What happened we just wanted to run a small gas station help people but then this monsters came. I thought it wouldn't be awful as long as I had you.
But then they came to our small gas station I thought as long as we kept quite they would leave us alone. But no they attacked us, I thought just a small bite on your arm was nothing but it was... Oh god. I just stood by as I saw you slowly waste away to afraid to put you out of you misery.
Then you passed away I thought taking you away from was bad enough. But no those Monsters not only took you away from me, but then they turned you into one of them. Then... You bite me.
I'm sorry for never having the guts to put you out of your misery. I'm sorry for letting you die slowly and turned into one of those things. And may God forgive me for what I'm going to do... I love you my sweet Jenny and I hope to see you soon again. Just wait Jenny I'm coming.
Your loving husband Sheldon.
They we're right this note makes this sitution even more depressing. Lee put down the note on a dresser and then usher the Eds out of the rooms. "Uh come one this is something you three shouldn't be staring at." After they all exited the room Lee closed the door to give the corpse some privacy.
The group have exited the trailer trying to get over what they just saw. "So have you three found any gas in there." Lee could see on their faces that they didn't want to talk about the corpse and decide to drop it for now. And focus on the gas task.
Double D was the only one able to talk right now. Because when your 12 years old and see the corpse of a sucide it's pretty fucked up. "None in there, but we did see a shed on the side of the trailer." He then pointed to the shed. "There might me some there."
"Ok, I'll go check it out why don't you three go back to the truck. You've been through enough today." The Eds simply nodded at Lee who then went to check the shed in hopes of some gas.
The Eds didn't say anything on the way to the truck and only gave Kenny a simple nod not wanting to talk about anything right now and only wanting to get away from the gas station.
Lee was walking down the stairs with some gas, not in those big canisters but the one-gallon kind. Thankfully that should be enough to get into Macon.
Kenny took the canister and was about to refuel his truck but he had one question on his mind. "What the hell happend up there?"
Lee gave a sad sigh and explained the situation by the end of it Kenny's eye widen and turned to look at the Eds who have climbed into the truck bed and then turned back the Lee. "Christ, people already killing them selves what's this world coming to?"
Lee just looked at the Eds once more before turning to Kenny. "I know but they must be having it rough. There not as young as Clementine or Duck but there still kids. No kid should have to see that."
Kenny could only nod at that statment. "Couldn't agree more, can't imagine if Duck saw what you descriped. You can get back into the truck I got the the refulling." Lee simply nodded and then hopped in the truck.
Only taking a few minutes Kenny had the truck fueled as much with only a gallon but it should be enough. And with that the group drived off leaving the events behind in the dust.
The Eds just sit in silence no one really sure what to say but Eddy was the first to speak.
"Do you guys want any candy I snagged a bunch of it at the station." Was all he said.
Double D was not happy. "Really Eddy?! Is candy all you can think about? We saw the aftermath after someone just killed them selves."
Whoa! Calm down sockhead. If you think I'm not shaken by what I saw your mistaken! But what can we even say? Hey that corpse let's have a lengthy converstation about it!
Eddy and Double D were about to be at each other's throats and a fight was going to happen. Ed however was the glue in there friendship and stopped it.
"We are all scared right now Double D and fighting isn't going to make things better Eddy." Was all Ed have to say for them to stop bickering.
Double D and Eddy just looked at each other and both gave the other a I'm sorry. After that they sat in silence not doing anything for another 15 minutes before Eddy decide to lighten the mood.
"Hey guys look what else I took from the place." Then with a sly smile Eddy pulled out there favorite candy of all time.
"Jawbreakers!" Ed yelled he then grapped one tore the wrapping off it and then slammed it into his mouth. Double D grapped his own but before he popped it into his mouth he said to Eddy. "Thank you Eddy, and again sorry for the outburst I'm just... Worried."
Eddy just said to him. "It's ok Double D , and sorry about the whole yelling at you so shut up and enjoy your jawbreaker.
With that the two popped there jawbreakers into there mouth and just relaxed as much they could for the two hour drive and try to not let the trailer weigh on there mind.