array of guns from backpacks and scrambling for cover.
“This is not going to end well,” Kevin sighed as he and Ca tie wriggled into a thick hedge.
They did so just in time as several of the gang members came their way on the run. Both of them unconsciously held their breath despite the fact that all of the yelling, not to mention the sounds of the raging blaze, easily drowned out any sound the two of them might make.
“…not sure exactly, but it came from this direction!” a voice huffed as they ran past.
Kevin looked over at Catie who shrugged. They had not seen any of their people, and surel y if this was one of theirs, then it would be unlikely that they could have passed them and not been flagged down.
Kevin rolled onto his back so he could look behind them and follow the progress of the people who had just run past. They were about three houses down and almost out of the range of the glow put off by the burning church when a series of shots rang out. He saw three of the dark figures stumble and fall. Seconds later, a cluster of at least five dark forms scurried out behind the confused gang members; another quick round of shots were fired, dropping the last couple.
The new arrivals swooped in and, from what it looked like to Kevin, finished off their downed victims. Bodies were scooped up and carried away.
“What in the hell?” Catie breathed.
“You have seen no sign of any living people this entire time…nothing at all while you guys were scavenging?” Kevin asked.
“Nothing. And I have been on the lookout because I honestly was having a hard time believing that an area this vast could be so relatively untouched. I mean, we have gone into houses where it is clear that the residents just took off with whatever they could carry. People in a hurry leave a lot of very good things. It is weird what people try to save when the world is ending.”
“That was the problem…nobody was taking this seriously for what it was until it was too late. The denials were being pushed all the way up until everything went off the air.”
“We went into one house where the cabinets were full, most of the clothes in the dressers, but the walls had obviously been stripped of pictures.”
Kevin rolled back onto his belly to get a look at what was going on in the parking lot. He saw a couple of figures dash from one dark pool of shadows to another. For the most part, it looked like the first gang had bugged out. The problem with that was that now there were people everywhere. It would be hard to tell friend from foe.
“I wonder where the rest of our people are hiding,” Catie put Kevin’s concerns out loud.
The sounds of a woman screaming cut through the night. It sounded like it was close. Kevin started to pop up, but Catie grabbed his arm. She shook her head and pointed with her free hand. A dark figure was moving down along the side of the house that they were hiding in the front yard of. Subconsciously, Kevin pulled his feet in a bit and curled up in a tight ball to make sure that he was all the way in the thick of the shrubbery.
“I know you are around here someplace,” a voice hissed in the darkness. “I saw you come this way. And if I catch you…you better just give your soul to God, because your ass is mine.”
How original , Kevin thought.
He and Catie watched the figure as it stepped out into the front yard. The light from the fire danced on the man’s face. He looked to be about average height, and were it not for the big Crocodile Dundee-sized knife in each hand, he could have been somebody you passed on the street and did not give a second thought.
“I know you’re here, you little freak,” the man sing-songed. “We have been following your little group of diseased fucks for days. When we find you…you will wish that you would have turned into one of those walking sacks of rot.”
Kevin was trying his best to make sense of what was being said. He knew there was something he was missing
“This is not going to end well,” Kevin sighed as he and Ca tie wriggled into a thick hedge.
They did so just in time as several of the gang members came their way on the run. Both of them unconsciously held their breath despite the fact that all of the yelling, not to mention the sounds of the raging blaze, easily drowned out any sound the two of them might make.
“…not sure exactly, but it came from this direction!” a voice huffed as they ran past.
Kevin looked over at Catie who shrugged. They had not seen any of their people, and surel y if this was one of theirs, then it would be unlikely that they could have passed them and not been flagged down.
Kevin rolled onto his back so he could look behind them and follow the progress of the people who had just run past. They were about three houses down and almost out of the range of the glow put off by the burning church when a series of shots rang out. He saw three of the dark figures stumble and fall. Seconds later, a cluster of at least five dark forms scurried out behind the confused gang members; another quick round of shots were fired, dropping the last couple.
The new arrivals swooped in and, from what it looked like to Kevin, finished off their downed victims. Bodies were scooped up and carried away.
“What in the hell?” Catie breathed.
“You have seen no sign of any living people this entire time…nothing at all while you guys were scavenging?” Kevin asked.
“Nothing. And I have been on the lookout because I honestly was having a hard time believing that an area this vast could be so relatively untouched. I mean, we have gone into houses where it is clear that the residents just took off with whatever they could carry. People in a hurry leave a lot of very good things. It is weird what people try to save when the world is ending.”
“That was the problem…nobody was taking this seriously for what it was until it was too late. The denials were being pushed all the way up until everything went off the air.”
“We went into one house where the cabinets were full, most of the clothes in the dressers, but the walls had obviously been stripped of pictures.”
Kevin rolled back onto his belly to get a look at what was going on in the parking lot. He saw a couple of figures dash from one dark pool of shadows to another. For the most part, it looked like the first gang had bugged out. The problem with that was that now there were people everywhere. It would be hard to tell friend from foe.
“I wonder where the rest of our people are hiding,” Catie put Kevin’s concerns out loud.
The sounds of a woman screaming cut through the night. It sounded like it was close. Kevin started to pop up, but Catie grabbed his arm. She shook her head and pointed with her free hand. A dark figure was moving down along the side of the house that they were hiding in the front yard of. Subconsciously, Kevin pulled his feet in a bit and curled up in a tight ball to make sure that he was all the way in the thick of the shrubbery.
“I know you are around here someplace,” a voice hissed in the darkness. “I saw you come this way. And if I catch you…you better just give your soul to God, because your ass is mine.”
How original , Kevin thought.
He and Catie watched the figure as it stepped out into the front yard. The light from the fire danced on the man’s face. He looked to be about average height, and were it not for the big Crocodile Dundee-sized knife in each hand, he could have been somebody you passed on the street and did not give a second thought.
“I know you’re here, you little freak,” the man sing-songed. “We have been following your little group of diseased fucks for days. When we find you…you will wish that you would have turned into one of those walking sacks of rot.”
Kevin was trying his best to make sense of what was being said. He knew there was something he was missing
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