Chapter 5.3

Georgi was eyeing Neil up and down like she was trying to figure out what to do with him.

“Thanks for bringing him back,” she said finally.

“You’re welcome,” replied Neil.

There was another pause of silence that was, again, broken by drunken noises coming from the cabin.

“Where are my manners?” said Georgi. “Would you like a drink or something to eat? I was about to make some dinner.”

Neil smiled. “That would be great.”

Chapter 5.2

Georgi kept Rosemarie busy with repairs and moving supplies. Despite her workload, all Rosemarie could think about was Randy’s drunken joyride to kill zombies.  

As the day wore on, there was still no sign of him.

“I hope he gets eaten,” Rosemarie grumbled to Murphy. “That’ll teach him.”

Murphy wagged his tail in what she believed was agreement.

She heard Georgi snickering behind her. “Let’s get cleaned up and eat dinner,” Georgie said, grabbing some towels out of one of the bags. “We’ll try out the new clothesline after we finish.”

Chapter 5: What Drug In The Cat

Sometime in the dead of night, the sound of tires spinning rocks into the cabin woke Rosemarie from a dream.  

“What the hell?” she said before her brain could register there was a nine year old in the room.

“Stay here, baby.” Georgi said before unzipping her tent.

Grabbing her flashlight, Rosemarie climbed out of her tent. “What’s happening?”

“I don’t know.” Georgi moved to a long plastic case with her keys in hand and grabbed the lock. “Give me some light.”

Rosemarie shined the light on the gun case as Georgi unlocked it and pulled out a rifle.

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.