Chapter 5: A Plan
A long while passed before they saw anyone or anything. The sky was turning to a late afternoon sunset and a light wind blew at their backs. Billy was passed out over Wilson's shoulder, and Emily was getting restless. "I didn't think it'd take this long to walk through here."
"Well, you did drive through before. It would've taken way less time to drive," he said, "We can stop if you're tired."
Emily nodded, "I am... Let's sit for a few minutes." She walked over to a pile of cement blocks and sat on one contently. "Come sit. I'm sure you're tired too."
Wilson obeyed her and took a cement block from the pile, placing it in front of Emily. He gave Billy to her and sat down.
"So, Wilson... Do you have a family?"
He sighed and stared at the ground in sorrow. "My wife left me last year after I got her pregnant. I've never seen my child."
Emily felt bad for Wilson after he'd said this. And as she held Billy tighter, she felt her own longings for love. It was not the love from a relationship, but the love you get from a good friend, or children.
Wilson looked up at her again, "So do you have a family?"
Emily shook her head, "I've been thinking about it a lot lately though..." She stopped suddenly in fear, for behind Wilson, there stood the most disturbing of entities.
He saw the expression on her face and immediately turned around to face a monster. He shot it four times in the head (it what seemed like a head) and then it fell down, presumably dead.
"Was that...?" Emily asked, in shock.
He nodded. "That was one of them. There will be more coming, let's go."
Emily looked at the now waking Billy who'd heard the shots. "We've got to get going, sweetie. Sorry for waking you like this."
"Mummy," he mumbled, hugging the woman tightly.
She picked hum up and handed him to Wilson.
"Emily, you've got to be ready to shoot okay? I can't hold my gun with the kid in my arms. And remember; don't shoot unless we're in danger. I don't have a whole lot of bullets." He flashed a smile and started walking with Emily following.
"Don't you think we should stop and sleep or something?" Emily asked.
"No way, sugar, it's too dangerous. Also, I found this map earlier. It says there's a school not too far off if I'm reading it correct. We can stay there tonight; we'll be safer indoors."
"And what if those things are inside?"
"Then we find a room where they aren't situated. They can't open doors, or at least I'm pretty sure they can't. I survived in that house."
Emily sighed, "Okay, I guess it's a better plan than no plan at all."