One of her watches began to beep and she slowly woke up. It was 5 am and the sun had been up for an hour already. Her dogs slept around her, each laid against her skin.
The young red furred dog looked at her before jumping up to lick her on the lips. A smile came.
"I'm up, I'm up" She said.
She turned on the radio beside the bed.
"Good mornin' folks. I'm Jess D'Amore and tonight I'm going to kill myself." He said over the radio, stumbling over the last words.
She shot up in bed and the dogs looked up at her. "Did he just say that?"
"No way"
"So I have this whole system set up to light the city of Houston on fire. Every single building will blow up along with all the secret hiding spots. If anyone is out there, then I highly recommend getting the hell out of here. Theres a guy in New York, go to him. Someone has to press the big red button and thats me."
"I'm sorry dudes but you're going to hang out in the basement for the time, I have to save this crazy man before he blows up the city." She said and ran downstairs as fast as she could with the dogs following. She pulled out the yellow pages, hoping that it the big book lived up to its name.
"Radio stations, radio stations." She looked at the dog, "I bet he runs the radio station his dad ran."
The two wolf like dogs barked, "Not that far away, I'll see you guys tomorrow."
She put on some black pants with gray thermal over a black tank top and a thick black jacket over. It was her own military-fighting-safety outfit.
She set them up in the basement, since it was sound proof, they wouldn't be heard. She would spray the place in some scentless stuff she found a while back. They were set up with blankets, pillows, some toys. The basement was made for a lock down. A handful of traps were set up as back up in case something had decided to check out the house.
The only pet not inside was the one trained for hunting. Balto. He wagged his tail as if they were going for a walk, for old times sake.
She packed up the last item and luckily for her it was only 7 am. She had plenty of time.
The last item was a handgun
"They're everywhere!" A shotgun fired as the younger officer yelled. The door closed with a loud bolt. The complete room nearly went black at that moment with all ten of them huddled together.
"It went airborne! Cover your mouths" The older officer yelled and slammed the door.
She pulled up her shirt to cover her mouth and nose. "If its airborne then doesn't that mean we've all caught it?" She asked, the group had gathered together within the past year. The one who had spoken was the newest member. A 19 year old who had grown up across the street from the younger officer.
It was then that the gun was pointed at her.
She put her hands up "It went airborne a little over a year ago! If me or anyone else here had caught it then they'd already be attacking us!" She yelled back with a duh tone.
He flicked the trigger back with the gun still pointed at her. There a wicked smile across his lips.
The other officer put his hand on his father's shoulder, "Why kill her? Audrey's young, she strong, she could be of some help to us" He said in the girl's defense.
He sighed.
"Fine" The gun moved from her face just like that.
Then the back door began to bang. Something was getting in.
"Turn off the lights, now" He ordered them.
A few steps could be heard along with a long scream.
Her back met with another's and she froze right there.
"Someone turn on a light" A woman asked.
The light flashed on the remains of the older officer, his body had chunks missing as the infected person continued to chew off the neck.
The younger officer covered her mouth. He took a step back and continued, slowly with her close to him. She felt like she had just been kidnapped. His hand slid up the wall, slowly touching a switch, and with that the roof of the room slid up, blinding the infected before burning them.
She closed her eyes and looked away.
Ten had dropped to four, just like that.
The gun in her hand was a simple standard handgun for the police. Polished black, she wasn't planning on using it but knew she'd have to at some point.
"I probably won't run into anything so what do I have to worry?"
Balto was the first to the door then she headed out as she sprayed some stuff out the door. The full house was still on lock down and this was the first time she was outside.
"Come on Balto, we'll take your favorite" She ran her finger through the dust on the old truck as she walked past it. Old finger lines had been left in the past then covered by a soft coat of dust.
She just continued past it to the barn.
The car was under covered and removed from the barn like a toy being removed from its package for the first time since it had been bought. The sliver Zap-X SUV was clean with a, almost natural shine to it. She opened the door and let Balto jump in first so he could take his seat beside her.
There was a doggy seat belt set up for him, he tucked his nose under part of it and she strapped him in the rest of it. Then she got in, key in, engine started, seatbelt, then with a light adjustment of the mirror she slowly began to drive off. She pour the smell-less stuff on the ground as she drove, then at the end of the dirt road she poured the rest of the bottle.
Balto looked back, "They'll be fine. We'll be back tomorrow," She stroked the dog's head.
"Don't worry so much" She said, looking at the map.