So howdy, hope everyone's enjoying the day or night depending on where you are. So this chapter is leading up to the next one that I hoping you've all been waiting for. It'll be good I promise. So stay tuned cause I'll most likely have the next chapter up pretty soon as well. Okie doke. Bye for now. And leave some comments I'd love some ideas and feedback.
After the first day of driving we arrived at another camp. Smaller than our little city but still a crowded place. It took a couple hours until they finally let us through but eventually we were given a small room to stay for the night.
The next morning we started packing up our things and heading out to the garage while walking over there I noticed one of the immigration officers holding a clipboard. I walked over to him and asked if I could check the names for someone. He handed me the list and I skimmed through it looking for a familiar name. Anna Evans. Found her. I can feel the smile on my face and I turn back to see Julie and Nora waiting anxiously to see my success. Julie lets out a sigh of relief and I turn back to the officer.
"Where can I find this girl?" I point out the name. The officer picks up another clipboard with another list.
"Evans…Evans… oh here we are. She left about a year ago. Her reason on here says went to find family."
I lowered my head at the irony of the situation. Maybe she made it to Denver but I was not sure. I knew now that she made it this far and from Idaho to Denver wasn't too much farther. I rushed into the car and was ready to go, the sooner we arrived the sooner I could put these memories to rest.
As we drove Nora came up with a game.
"Well R since now you'd actually know the answers to the questions I asked when I met you… How'd ya die?"
Julie shoved her friend in the side as I started laughing in the backseat.
"Got stuck by the river and was surrounded."
"How old are you?"
"21 I guess; that was before I died though."
Nora turned to look at Julie, "See Julie this is all fun and look at how much more we know now."
She turned to focus on me again.
"Alrighty then what's your favorite color?" Julie groaned in the passenger's seat and turned to look back at me.
"R do you want to talk about anything else?"
I smiled at her and looked back at Nora.
"Favorite colors red, went to school in Colorado, one sister whose younger, dad died, mom might be alive, had a pet fish, wanted to teach music, hated planes which now seems funny and actually did hoard stuff a lot before."
Nora stays silent a moment and then bursts out laughing. "Well R I'd say we cured that lack of speaking thing you had going on."
The rest of the drive was surprisingly cheerful; the girls did their part to distract me from wherever my mind would end up. I knew one moment of silence and I would picture the worst possible scenario for my family; I couldn't let that happen.
"R you alive back there?" I shot my eyes up at Julie as she smiled back at me. She leaned over and kissed me on the cheek, she whispered in my ear "It'll be fine" I turn and look at her, she is so beautiful and I love her that much more.
After a long 10 hours we finally arrive. I can see the lights in the distance and it shocks me that it looks so large. It looks just like a city before all of this happened. Much of the buildings in the city are walled and protected. It still looks dangerous and I can see a few corpses and boneys nearby but not like how it was at the airport. We can tell the cure has been through here. As we get closer the lights against the black sky flicker, they are bright enough to add some light into the sky but it's still slightly weak. We pull up to the entrance where to our surprise there is a line to get in. We wait in our car as we move in closer; many people are on foot and some we can tell are former corpses. It takes about an hour just to get to the front and we are told to drive over to the garage. When inside they take our name, test that we are not sick, take a bit of blood, ask why we are here and give us a physical to be sure we are not bit. It's incredibly uncomfortable and intimidating but when it's finally over we make our way into the streets. It's a beautiful city, and with what my memory can remember its one of the only places to have survived since the beginning. They had the infection just as much as everyone but they immediately set up the walls and slowly moved outwards, eventually recreating the city. Many of the same buildings are used so most people have apartments large enough for their families. Shops and bars are still open and of course I can see Julie and Nora's excitement over this. I knew this place would be safe and that's why I sent my mother here. I can only hope she's still here but seeing this and all the people gives me hope.