by Faith Wynters Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:05 am
I deep breath and a grumble. I barely knew this town. We had only moved here a year ago. It wasn’t huge, I just didn’t get out much. I looked up to the sky a moment, a grunt on my lips if it let loose and I was stuck in it then I might be considered dead meat. The last time it rained, I almost got eaten alive.
I shook my head, looking toward the bit of town I had been searching through for awhile. The store on the corner, Michael’s, was empty of everything but dead bodies and a crazed butcher from what I had heard, but he was probably dead by now. I shook my head, rolling my eyes as I turned in a circle, my eyes closed, finger pointed out. I turned, one, two, three, four, and then I stopped. Finding food was a needle in a haystack of needles, so why not try this stupid game. It wasn’t like I had anywhere I knew food would be.
I shook my head, coughing quietly. There was something nearby. Maybe a bird, or a dog, or an infected? I wasn’t sure. There wasn’t much noise, and anything could be mistaken for all the shit in this town. I coughed, closing my eyes a moment before I began across a rather thick grassy area. I stopped, bad idea light going off. I shook my head, turning. Why not go around the thick grass that could have snakes and infected all the same.
My eyes caught sight of something ahead. Jewel? I had never even heard of such a place. I shook my head, the promise of food seemed to bring me closer, made me want to venture inside. I was shy to, and for a few minutes, I hid next to a large sign, watching it for movement. At least, watching around me for movement.