Chapter 2
We drove for at least 3 hours before suddenly we heard a loud bang coming from the engine. 'Not again, This is the seventh time this week' said Mike with an frustrated tone. The engine was really old and had been breaking down for a while now. Mike and Seth went out to go check on the engine. During this time, I went and sat next to Noa, I explained to her about my dream, about them getting killed when we reached the infected safe zone. Noa, as always had the most calmest and faithful answer. She replied with a voice that would have clamed anyone 'Its fine Ronald we'll make it and we'll be prepared for anything'.
Seth and Mike came back into the RV with faces somewhere between grim and anger. 'The engine is at its breaking end, we have to find a town fast and get spare parts' said Mike. 'We cooled down the engine just enough for one more run, the next time this happens we have to be in a town or else we are stuck or carry on walking' said Seth. I replied with a voice like iron to drown out the fear that I carried. 'Its fine I think I saw city on the map that doesn't drift far from our main course.
We drove for at least another 2 hours. Seth and Mike had fallen asleep during that time and Noa had came and talked about her fears that she had not discussed during our last discussion. She told me if my nightmare really did come true and if I survived I couldn't feel guilty about the loses. I replied in my most confident voice and told her what she had told me before, that we would be fine as long as we were prepared. I looked at her again and I saw her peacefully sleeping on my lap.
We were lucky enough to reach the nearest town without the engine breaking down. When we reached the town limits, I told the team to use their melee weapons for walkers to conserve ammunition, but if they ever encountered any kind of mutated zombie on the way I told them to shoot and run back to the rendezvous point, but also walkie talkie us at the same time. 'We split into two groups Mike you go with Seth to and try to find parts for the engine and if you are able to find a mechanic shop even better, Noa you come with me we'll try to find resources and survivors'.
Noa and I walked quietly down the street for a few minutes until she finally started to talk. She thanked me for calming her down earlier. 'It was no problem' I replied with my voice back to usual now and with the fear drowned deep within me. I now regretted sharing my nightmare with her since she was now so freaked out. We continued to walk down the street quietly until we encountered some zombies. Noa drew out her hatchet and I took out my axe, together we tore through the zombies with ease. I usually aimed for the legs and Noa decapitated most of the zombie heads.
We reached a pharmacy and broke in. Noa took out her shotgun and shot at the locked door, and it opened to a whole room full of drugs and medical supplies we could use to aid our team and new survivors that were willing to join our group. We packed as much bandages into our packs as possible. Suddenly we heard a little murmuring from the back and went to check it out.
That was when we found a new edition to the team. She was at least 12 years old but she looked at me with eyes that would have warned a people not to come near her. She was holding a wrench, which was quite small but could take care of the walkers as well. I leaned down and asked her what was her name. She answered back to me and told me that her name was Joseline Stakeford.