Day 240 Same moments after Amy left her hut.

I moved through the camp, a few steps away from the cabin and took my scarf out to cover my face. I think these people were really dead. Not even dying, they were really dead. They were everywhere the bodies. Like wat ever hit them happened instantly and they fell right where they stood. I hadn't seen anything like this since this whole apocalyptic world thing started. I was kind of spared by the water that swept away most of the bodies in the city. But here, some of these people I had become friends with but others I didn't recognize to well. I usually kept to my side of the settlement, unless I had to do some wood work. There was getting to be that many people here, we weren't over crowded yet. At least I don't think we were here.

Jen knew mostly everybody. Or everybody knew her, she was the boss or mayor of this place. She would always think of a way out of things. Like a food shortage or no ammo for freaks that come visiting wanting to rob us. She taught everyone how to use a bow an arrow instead. She said you can't run out of Arrows in the woods if you know how to make them. From the old saying give a man a fish. He can feed his family. Teach him how to fish an he can eat all year.

I ran right to the tree house using mostly back alleyways. When I found ladder and moved up into the canopy. She wanted a room overlooking everything so she got it. I could hear other voices in her room with her. "Everyone that was hit is dead. The rest are hiding in their huts." One man said. "Do we know if their coming back. What if they come back to finish us off." A woman asked. "They're not. Would've been hit already. It's been a while." Jen snapped, as I opened the door. "Look we need to start burning the bodies." The same man recommended. They didn't even care that I was in there. They were deep talk about the situation I guess. "I'm not touching those bodies." Jen said, "Whoever does that just might be signing their death warrant." She told them. "We have to do something or else this place is going to become a rotting death camp. WE'LL HAVE MORE PROBLEMS THEN JEN." He detailed, I stood back in the corner. Waiting it out. Waiting for the meeting to finish. "Have it your way. This place is all yours. I'm leaving." Jen said as she walked away from the table and right to me. "C'mon." she said as she pushed me back out the door.

"What was all that?" I asked, "I'm getting the fuck up outta here." She said, an caught me off guard. I didn't expect she would want to leave. It's her ship. So to speak. This place was all her idea. "Really." I said, "Let's go, I was planning on leaving anyways. There's no way I'm staying here after what just happened. It's not safe anymore." She said as she made her way down a make shift ladder. "I'm going to get Jacob, Lock and Hannah and we're getting out of here. Go to your cabin and wait for me." Jen ordered. "I'm coming with you." I said as stepped off the ladder and onto to solid ground while trying to avoid a body. Jen starred at me hard for a second, then shook her head annoyed. "C'mon." She relented.

As we walked I pulled my scarf back up, Jen pulled up her shirt and held it over her face. "What happened?" I asked her, as we maneuvered our way to her friend's places. "A berg came, an shot everyone." She said quickly. "Jen.." I said. "This berg, it flew right over the market, everyone flocked to it because of what happened last time. That berg dropped a lot of supplies. We really needed it. It was a lot of supplies im telling you, cause I know you missed it last time too. That time, besides what we put away in storage we gave a lot of people had extra food for a little bit. It was nice." She started, we continued to walk. I got an uneasy feeling about the rest of her story. Mainly because I heard most everything from a distance.

"The crowd was huge, I almost forgot we had that many people here. The berg lowered itself a little then lowered this ramp. Four men in motorcycle helmets an green suits walked to the end of the ramp. The only thing in their hands were guns. After the first person hit the ground they came down like rain. Hitting every person around me. I guess I got lucky. I scrambled with everyone else as they ran. There wasn't anything anyone could even do. So we just ran. It was awful. Worse than the war." Jen exclaimed as I followed closely behind her. She never talked about the war. I wasn't sure if anything could be worse than war till now. "I could hear the screaming in the woods." I told her and she looked back briefly.

We had gotten closer over these last few months. I guess we've seen each other that much. She older then me so I guess we all became more like family. The closest thing to family we got. It would suck to lose someone now.

It took us a good while to move seeing as how every other turn we took we were surrounded by bodies. We were trying to avoid them. I glanced up every few steps, when Jen stopped. As I looked up to see what she was staring at. Hanna busted out of her hut an kept running but she fell, tripping over a root. She was in a hurry, Jen rushed over to her side. "Hannah," Jenn said. Hannah glanced up at her. I think Jen likes her but she has a boyfriend so you know how that goes.

I jogged up behind them an Jen helped her stand. "Ben he just… he just…" She repeated, she closed her eyes really tightly. Ben is Hannah's boyfriend. "Just relax, take a deep breath…" Jen tried to calm her. Hannah hugged onto her, catching her off guard but she returned the gesture. I walked towards the open door and peeked in. I could see a set of legs sticking out of a doorway further in the hut. Blood pooled around his shoulders. I moved inside, I walked to the edge of the blood an saw his head. It was bashed inward. I followed a trail of blood up the wall where it splattered on a log in the window frame.

I took steps backward out of the hut when I ran into someone. I turned to see Jen, "Don't." I stopped her from walking past me. "He's dead." I told her taking her by the hand an walking out of the hut with her in tow. Hannah was sobbing now. "I can't just leave him in there." She cried. Jen closed the door behind her. "We have to go, NOW." Jen practically screamed. She had to, she was crying that loud. We started to move again. Hannah cried the whole way.

People were starting to come out of their huts. As we walked we saw Lock an Jacob in the crowd, they had a little boy in their arms. I didn't know the kid and he didn't look like either of them. "Who is this?" I asked, Jacob handed me the boy. "She called him Newton. This woman over there she was crying about something in her head. She made us take him." Jacob explained. I glanced around, we all looked worse for wear, but since we had everybody I need to get back to jess an the kids. I glanced down at the little boy. He buried his head in my shoulder. He was cute kid but dirty. Jen looked around people were starting to move some of the dead. They must have gotten something organized. "Where will we go?" Lock asked, "Down the mountain." Jen stated. "Let's go." She ordered an we all filed in behind her.

Jen took us all back the same path back to her place and outside the settlement. When we stopped and everyone sat down I stayed standing. "I have to go back." I told her, "For who Jess, she'll slow us down." Lock said, I barely knew him but I was already not liking him right now. The guy was cocky and annoying while we were building this place. He always had something to say. He stood, Jen walked over an stood in front of him. "She won't leave her, neither will I. Go get her we'll be right here." Jen told me as she pushed Locks shoulder and pushed him back onto his ass. I handed over Newton. Than I started to walk away an Lock stood back up. I don't know why she brought him. She must have found him for a reason. The rest of the group I couldn't say much for. Hannah hasn't said much but cried since we left her cabin. Jacob said hi but he doesn't talk much like me so it stayed at that. The kid in my arms just clinging to my shoulder. "Jacob do ya mind?" I asked as I motioned to him. He walked over an took little Newton. Then I left.

I made my way through the outside of the huts avoiding the large groups of people being organized by the people that were in the Hut with Jen earlier. I made y way to my hut an opened the door. Sam sat on the floor with Sonya in her lap. Sam stood an put a backpack on. Nathan walked up to me, "Did you find her?" Jess asked walking out of the room with my backpack it was one of those huge marine ones. I found it. I'm guessing she didn't pack much because it didn't look full. I took it from her an swung it over my shoulder. We had a crowd ourselves, "Yea, there's a group of us. We gotta go meet them outside the camp." I explained to everyone. Nathan took up Mathew and then put his sweat shirt over his head. "Good idea." I said an turned to Sam before walking over to the door. I threw my bookbag over my shoulders. Sam kinds of did he same thing with Sonya with her sweater but Sonya kept pulling it down. "Jus cover her eyes." I told her.

They all stood at the door behind me. "Okay there a lot of bodies around still so I want you look at each others backs" I told them. Then I opened the door an d we wall left.

We walked along the main path, people we're dragging bodies somewhere off into the woods. There wasn't many helping. I covered y mouth again an lead them to where Jen was waiting outside the settlement. As we walked up Sam ran to Jen an hugged her. That was weird, I now she hasn't seen her all day but damn. I thought she saved that for me. "Your okay?" Jess asked as Jen let go an kind of stepped backward. "I'm fine." She replied. Then glanced around at everyone. "You brought Kids with you too." Lock opened his mouth again. Man if I had a gun right now. "These kids are only gonna be a headache… I'm getting one right now." He continued as he turned an walked away from us. Jen Hannah an Jacob followed. I looked at Sam an then Jess who walked back to take hold of my hand an we all followed Jen,

"We gotta get far away from this place." Jacob said, as we walked. "Why do you say it like that?" I asked him. "Those tube just gave me a bad feeling. Why would everyone fall dead instantly. Something like that would either have to be poison or viral. Either way I don't wanna find out if it was the ladder. No telling what's going to happen." He added as he off walked into the woods. We al followed.

Jen took the lead from Lock. As the forest grew dense Jen took out her bowing knife and started to hack limbs and bushes out of the way. There was nothing for miles we just walked.

Another shout out to mazerunner26, making me want to stay ahead of the game. I'll be posting again in the next few days. I hope you enjoyed this last chapter, thanks for reading. Don't forget to leave a review. Review review review. I like to know what you think. It helps.

One Love- Ray