"Watch for the dead!." Kyle shouts as the group sneaks around the bus station with the intent to secure the area and ensure the safety of the group.
On the other side of the bus lot Stan raises his assault rifle as he carefully circles around a bus, he hears shuffling footsteps from the other side, Stan racks the bolt of his rifle and rushes around the other side of the bus, to his supprisment he almost shot Craig who was also scouting that side of the station.
"Sorry bud" Stan smirks at Craig as he lowers his rifle, Craig nods back.
The two boys pry open the bus door and head inside, thoroughly scanning the seats and under them making sure of no possible threat. As Stan scans the seats Craig opens up the glove box revealing a set of keys he inserts it into the ignition the engine chokes for a couple seconds before it turns on with a steady engine hum, the node for the fuel turns all the way to Full.
Craig Stands up in a triumphant posture as Stan smacks the bus seats in excitement.
"HELL YEAH!" Craig shouts excitedly as Stan runs past him, happily running out the bus doors motioning for the rest of the group currently scavenging the area about the good news.
A few minuets later with the rest of the group all sitting on the bus all disorganized but with smiles on their bright young faces the bus pulls out of the station and onto the main road headed toward their next destination.
The bus shoots down the road with the occupants sitting inside in their seats many of them laughing and shouting showing signs of relief from the loss of their home.
"Feels just like old times doesn't it" Heidi says as she looks out the bus seat window taking notice of a couple of the undead effortlessly trying to shamble toward them as the bus leaves the dead behind.
"Well not really". Red says sitting next to her, as she brushes her hair behind her ear "In the old times we where going to school and not having to worry about the undead trying to eat us" Red lets out a short chuckle before noticing Heidi didn't find her joke at all entertaining.
"I'm.. sorry just trying to lighten the mood a bit". Red stammers her sentence as the bus rolls over something big, causing the occupants to jump up from their seats.
Heidi places her hand on Reds shoulder and smiles as Kevin darts up from his seat located two rows behind.
Kevin strides up to the front of the bus, passing Kyle with Bebe laying in his lap sleeping her feet propped up on the seat with her shoes off revealing miss matching pink and yellow socks, Kyle strokes her hair gently taking great care not to wake her, Kevin reaches the front of the bus placing his hand on the drivers seat trying hold himself still from the bumpy road, he looks out the front visor window and into the road squinting his eyes, he draws his eyes at Craig whos currently the designated driver staring intently at the road with Stan sitting in the front seat diagonal to him with his hand planted firmly on his head resting it with Wendy leaning her head against the window currently dozing off.
"Damn dude, my heads killing me". Stan says looking up for a second before resting his head back in his hands.
Craig whos still staring down the road reaches for the glove box, pulling out a container of Advil and reaches back towards the seat keeping his eyes on the road handing it off to Kevin as he gives it down the line to Stan who happily pops a pill with a swig of water then leans back on the seat closing his eyes and quickly falling asleep with Wendy next to him soundly asleep as well.
"Where are we headed?" Kevin asks curiously, still standing over Craig.
"Too a FEMA camp that Wendy knew about, it's supposedly still operational" Craig says sarcastically.
"You don't think it is?" Kevin asks picking up on his tone of sarcasm.
"I don't know man" Craig shakes his head seeming unsure "it better be" Craig also adds.
"I'm hungry, when do we get to eat" Cartman says impatiently as he Stands up from his seat in the back, "I need some food or I'm gonna die of starvation".
several mumbles erupt all through the bus at once all towards Cartmans complaints, Cartman quickly realizing that its him against everyone else, he quickly sits down quietly mumbling something under his breath.
"How are you two lovebirds doing". Craig calls out to Kyle in a gleeful smile, Kyle looks up seeing Craig's reflection on the top mirror and blushes as Bebe wakes up from some much needed rest. She leans up off of his lap and leans against the bus seat. Bebe hastily puts her hair up in a bun she couldn't help but notice Kyle looking at her with starry eyes, she lets out a chuckle and punches his shoulder playfully.
"How long was I out?" Bebe yawns despite her long nap she just took.
"For a couple hours" Kyle lets out a yawn himself.
"You don't look so good, you should get some sleep" Bebe looking at Kyle with a almost concerned look.
"Somebody had to be your pillow" Kyle smirks as Bebe playfully hits him again, they both laugh as Bebe pulls her shoes back on. She stands up stretching her arms, then kneels on the seat, resting her arms on the back edge of the leather seat, she looks around the bus carefully scanning, a noise draws her attention as she looks and sees Kenny sitting five seats across from her digging through his back pack, everybody looks reasonably happy except for David whos sitting alone in the back of the bus across from Cartman, with his head against the window he shows a genuinely depressed look on his face, David squirms in his seat for a couple seconds undoubtedly trying to get comfortable. Bebe slouches down in her seat once more, she glances at Kyle whos already dozing off.
Craig glances at the gas gauge, then briefly glances up at David "where running low on gas we can go about another hour before this thing dies out".
"Then lets stop at the next gas station we see" David says as he turns around headed back toward his seat giving a quick smirk at Red as he passes by.
The bus continues on the road for another mile until it exits of the road and drives forward on the highway, only a few hours away from their gamble at a new place for safety.
Authors note: Sorry that it took this long for this relatively short chapter to come out, I am currently tackling a job with long hours and I'm just moving into a new house with very little time to work on this but I will keep continuing this as long as you all have an interest in this story. I know this chapter wasn't very eventful but I do have more planned for the next chapter. It goes a long way if you leave comments and likes. like I always say, thanks for taking the time to read my stuff and I hope you enjoyed it.