Chapter 4.3

The night was pretty uneventful. Especially when compared to what they had been through the day before. Through the cracks between the logs, they could see fireflies dancing out in the woods . The crickets’ songs were punctuated with Murphy’s occasional barks and growls.

“That girl needs to control her dog,” whispered Randy.

“She is doin’ the best she can. Murphy isn’t used to the noises yet,” Georgi whispered back.

“If he doesn’t get use to them soon, he’ll have to go,” Randy hissed.

Chapter 4.2

After Georgi had some time to calm down and think, she still didn’t believe that zombies were real. At least not the way Randy made them out to be.

She could believe it was caused by a  new drug that was hitting the streets. She could even believe that it was some sort of virus that attacks the brain making people aggressive and lose body functions. But she couldn’t believe in the dead reanimating and trying to eat brains.

She had to get it together. Whatever was going on, plague or dead coming back to life, she had to keep her  head on straight.

Chapter 4: Panic

As they drove up their hidden drive, Rosemarie could see the treehouse in the dimming light. Randy had cleared away some of the overgrowth to allow the cars to be pulled up to the cabin.

She cleared her throat. "Could we...um...not tell Randy about..."

"Yeah," Georgi agreed. "Alex, can you keep that to yourself for a little bit?"

The little head nodded. "Was that man okay?"

"Um...he had something wrong with his head. Something that might make him dangerous. We need to be really careful outside. Okay?"

"Yes ma'am." she answered.

Chapter 3.4

Georgi turned onto the gravel drive of a two story farmhouse. There were no cars in sight and the front door was wide open. The women exchanged glances.

Rosemarie rolled down the window and called, “Hello!”

No one answered. They sat in the car for a moment.

“Should we get out?” Georgi asked.

Rosemarie scanned the surroundings before answering, “I suppose we could take a look.”

“Alex, stay in the car with Murphy,” Georgi said.

Chapter 3.3

“That's my car,” Rosemarie said as it dawned on her. “That's my stuff!”

Georgi stopped the car and Rosemarie hopped out.

“What the fuck are you doing? The Zombies could still be here!” Randy yelled after her.

“Shut it, crazy. This is vandals not zombies,” Rosemarie snapped.

“Then why wasn’t anything stolen?” he threw up his hands. “Because zombies don’t eat food!”

Chapter 3.2

With Randy's driving, they reached the station in record time. He parked the car at the pump and left the engine running as he got out.

“Stay here,” he said, walking gun first toward the door.

He moved as if he was expecting something to jump out on him, as he crept into the gas station. A few minutes later he walked out, then continued around the building.

“All clear,” he said in a loud whisper.

Georgi reached over and turned off the ignition.

The gas station was open, but no one was in sight. Peering in the garage of the station, they could see an old car with it’s hood up, but no mechanic.

Chapter 3: Run Away!

Settling in on that first night wasn’t an easy task. Murphy whined and barked at noises outside the cabin while Randy hissed at Rosemarie to keep him quiet. At some point, he decided to go outside and stay on guard. The rest of the group tried to get some sleep. But between sleeping on the ground, the heat, and the nervous pup, it was difficult.

Rosemarie had to get up to use the outhouse and discovered that her fear of spiders increased with the dark. On her way back, she heard rustling in the woods and high tailed it back inside.