It's been a few hours and Tommy and I wrapped up Katie's body while Gus and Jose wrapped the dead man's body. We brought them to the roof.
"1...2...3" I said as we chucked Katie's body over the roof and onto the ground below. Gus and Jose did the same.
It was just us four up on the roof while the rest were still gathered around the Tv's to see if there was anything new coming up.
We watched as the parking lot started to fill up with more of the dead.
"Looks like we're here for the long haul" I said out loud.
The sounds of the dead were louder than me when I was speaking.
"It's like they know we're here" Gus said. "Every hour there's more and more of these things showing up"
"Must be able to smell us or something" I thought and said.
"Maybe there is some sort of memory still intact" This time it was Tommy.
"Maybe..Either way we're fucked" I said.
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The four of us walked back into the store and found everybody sitting by the Tv's watching the news still.
Ever since everything happened they been glued to it. Thinking something is gonna change..more like hopefully something will change.
"If you're inside of a building, barricade yourself and ration out your supplies. Do not attempt to reach any of the refuge centers...I repeat DO NOT ATTEMPT to reach any of the refuge centers" Was what was coming from the news anchor on the Tv.
I took off my vest as it was covered in blood. I balled it up and laid it on the counter.
"You heard what he said" I said to the group. All eyes were now on me. "We can't keep wasting our time watching the news. We gotta do like he said, weather you like it or not we're gonna be here for awhile"
"Okay all mighty leader, What's there to be done" That damn Greg is getting on my last nerves.
"What's your name?" I said towards the big black guy that tackled the creature earlier on.
"Travis...Name is Travis"
"Okay Travis, you and I are gonna go board up the glass door-"
"I thought you said it was shatterproof" It was that fucking Greg again.
"I know what I said, but would you like to depend on just glass being there...besides I don't want those fucking things looking at me everytime I walk by" I said.
Now he shut up.
"Back to what I was saying, Travis you and I are gonna board up the front. Gus I want you to clean up the bathroom in the breakroom, Jose..ehhh baño ehhh" And the rest I did the motion of mopping and I pointed up to the front bathroom.
"Jillian and Rachel, go get all the flashlights, lanterns, batteries and candles. Power is gonna go out sometime down the road, better for us to be prepared"
"Stacy, you're our go to doc, I want you to set up a spot in the pharmacy, since all the meds are right there, thats the best place to set up"
I looked around the group as they all stared at me.
"Alright the faster we do this the faster we all feel just a tad bit safer" After that everybody ran off to go to what they got to do.
"Oh and Stacy" I called out to her as she started to run off. She looked back at me. "Take him with you" I said referring to Greg.
He mumbled as he walked off, something along the lines of who made you boss.
Tommy stood by my side as everybody else wandered off.
"Nothing for me to do?" Tommy said. Since I didn't give him a job but I really did,I just didn't want the others to hear.
"Yeah something important I need you to do" I said in a quieter tone so nobody could hear us. "Grab all the guns from the hunting section as quietly as you can, Leave out 3 loaded ones and lock up the rest"
"You got it but why only 3? Shouldn't everybody have a gun?" He asked.
"Worst thing to do is just pass out the guns. We only put them in the hands of people that know how to handle them"
"Gotcha" He said and then walked off. Leaving me there to myself.
We must not be lulled by the concept that these are our family members or our friends. They are not. They must be destroyed on sight"
I looked over at the Tv and watched the news anchor talk. I sighed as I grabbed the remote and turned it off. It was getting really annoying watching that damn thing.
I went off towards the hardware section and met up with Travis to go board up the glass door.
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Rachel and Jillian were walking down an aisle with a push cart dumping in all the batteries, flashlights and what not.
"Can't believe this is happening" Rachel said.
"Tell me about it...It's like something from a movie" Jillian responded.
"I know Katie was strange but she didn't deserve that" Rachel said.
They continued dumping all they could and were about to head back to the electronics section.
"Who's that girl that Andy knows?" Jillian asked.
"The one with the annoying guy?
"That's the one"
"That would be Stacy" Rachel said.
"...And who is this Stacy?" Jillian asked.
Rachel started to feel a bit uneasy, She didn't wanna be the one to tell her.
"...Andy and her have history" She could tell by the look on Jillian's face that that's not what she wanted to hear. "Sorry"
"It's okay" She said softly. "We aren't a big deal anyway. Just been a fling type of thing, I was just curious at who she was"
"...Okay.." Rachel knew it was more than that.
"Why did they break up?" She asked.
"I don't know all the details but I mean she is from a rich family, got the good education, I know she went to school for medicine...and Andy has been stocking shelves since 16.." She explained.
"So she got tired of him going nowhere" Jillian said.
"Again...I don't know all the details..So I could be wrong" Rachel said.
They both walked off quietly towards the electronics.
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Stacy and Greg were in the pharmacy putting everything together. Well more like Stacy was putting it all together, Greg on the other hand was just rambling.
"I mean who is he to give everybody jobs?" He said to her. "He's a damn stocker not a general in the army"
She just kept doing what she had to do.
"And you're actually doing what he's saying to do"
Again...Keeping quiet and still doing her job.
"He's a loser...I see why you dumped his ass"
"I didn't dump him.." She blurted out.
He looked down at her...
"What?" He asked.
"He left ME..Okay"
"Your joking right?" He started to laugh. "YOU got dumped by him?"
"YES!" She yelled out. "And he's not a loser, he's actually very smart. While everybody else is sitting around sulking in on what happened, he's the one taking charge and making sure nobody else get's hurt...So if I were you, i'd listen to him" She explained.
And after that he kept quiet. He didn't help all he did was just stand there...
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Travis and I were on ladders, hammering in the boards to add extra blockage to the glass. But the sound of us hammering made those things moan even louder.
They were beating on the glass harder, knowing we were right there. Some of them were even biting on the glass thinking they could get to us.
"Wish I could press the mute button of the motha fucka's" Travis said on his end.
"You and me both" I replied back.
"You guys need any help?"
I looked back when I heard Jillian's voice, she was with Rachel. I guess they finished up what they were doing.
"Yeah could you hand me the box of nails" I said down to her.
Jillian grabbed the box of nails and and came over to the ladder and handed them to me. When I grabbed the box she gave me a small smile.
We agreed to keep our sex life just for sex, but the last week or so she's been getting clingy and wanted to do more things than just sex. Like go out to dinner, hang out and watch movies..
I just gave her a small smile back and took the nails and hammered in the rest of the boards. Jose came up with a mop bucket filled with water and a mop to clean up the blood from the bathroom.
He dumped the mop into the bucket and brought it inside the bathroom to clean up. Must be hard to be stuck in all this and not be able to speak the language during this crisis.
Travis and I made our way to the bottom of the glass and nailed in our last board. Some of those things even got on their knees to try and bite us through the small opening.
"These bastards don't give up" I said as I nailed in the last one covering the thing up.
"Looks boring" Rachel said.
"Maybe we could paint it" Jillian added.
"Not a bad idea..." I said about their idea, Jillian came up to me and wrapped her arms around my waist.
There she goes again...
Then out of nowhere we all jumped when we heard a scream. It had come from the bathroom. Everybody else from our group came running up to see what the commotion was.
Next thing we know, Jose comes stumbling out of the bathroom holding onto his neck. Blood was pouring out from a giant hole in his neck.
He looked at us and gurgled up and spat out blood and then fell to the ground. We all watched as his body hit the floor.
Then...
The door to the bathroom opened up slowly and a man came staggering out with his pants around his ankles...
All the girls screamed and everybody was shocked..
We locked a flesh eating monster in the bathroom while a customer was using the john...He must of attacked the poor bastard.
How could we be so stupid..
I pulled out my knife and walked up to the ghoul and stuck it straight into his skull and then his body fell to the ground..
Everybody was quiet until we all heard one voice speak up..
"As you were saying..." And it was Greg staring straight at Stacy...