Here's the trick. I didn't. We didn't stay at Woolworths, we stayed at our favourite house by Asda.
We even took the opportunity to take a few more supplies.
We heard gunshots last night. It's hard to tell where from but it couldn't have been anywhere else but the main part of town. Did they know, or guess? Speculation doesn't do anyone any good...
Day 24
We reached the corner where the church lay and Sam went towards Woolworths but as I was still holding her hand I led her down the other road.
She had a bewildered look on her face for a moment but ten minutes of running stood us before the house we had stayed before.
When we settled in I explained the reasoning of fear and concern.
We raided ASDA again, but with clean, almost military precision, grabbing clean copies of the clothes we wore, replenishing my ripped t shirt. We moved to the food area to find something that wasn't there before. A man, dead. I was certain he hadn't been because it was the same aisle that me and Sam got stuck at the end. Less than 5metres away lay the last vestiges of the Rani I took out.
He was missing parts of himself but he was mostly there; the only reason for this could be a larger group to follow. Sam was retching, but I was restrained. I'd seen worse on my days before meeting her. I moved closer when I saw something. A necklace. I pulled it off.
"Shit..." I whispered
"What?" Sam enquired
"I knew him. Barely, but yeah I met him on that Day I said about."
"You still haven't told me about the 4th."
"Not yet."
We got food and moved out shortly after. I added a trinket to my lucky band. In memory...
Day 25
Our movements aren't erratic, but they won't be easy to follow.
Our discovery yesterday means that people are still around, just hiding.
We've put off going to the camp though it is only a days real walk. It is a real risk going somewhere that neither of us are accustomed to. It's a dream, and I know the longer we put it off the less chance of getting the goods, and the more chance of having a nightmare occurs. But at the same time, even nightmares turn to light when there's enough of you...
In truth I'm torn. The more we have the safer we are, but the more we have the greater chance of loss and hurt... Like... him in Asda. He left others in this world.
We travelled around a bit, and found a safe enough place to stay. It's secure even after almost a month.
A strange little thing that has been happening more and more since this whole thing started is that I really look forward to looking through people's belongings. Most likely they are long since reanimated anyway I suppose. It allows me, and Sam since she started getting into it, to relax and think about other things; like how they lived and dressed, and what they did...
Any item I take I either put back, or use, in memory of the people. I just hope I will do their memory justice.
I hope you make another day
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