On the road again?

Jun 16 11:33pm

Tuttle was driving now, Cole was actually a bit shaken from the whole traumatic event. We had never really planned to encounter any "crazies",but we now realized they could be everywhere! We had gotten back on the road and driven about a hundred miles from the gas station. At some point we started to smell something, like burnt rubber, coming through the vents. Tuttle turned to me and asked "How long have your coolant levels been low?!" I replied with "Oh my.. I totally spaced it!" Then came smoke from under the hood... We had no choice but to get off at the next exit, which was about twelve miles up. All of us discussing what to do, Weave exclaimed "We are going to have to find another car and that's that, this one is clearly done.". I knew this was true and so did the other guys. I was so upset with myself I couldn't think straight! On top of that all the exit just led to branches of neighborhoods riddled with you-know-whats! We cruised around the neighborhoods at about 40 mph, hummer still smoking! I was praying that it wouldn't die on us in the midst of these creatures. Oh what luck?! It did just that....

We were moving through a crowd hitting four or five creatures and we had just reached a point where the zombies seemed to end....so did the road.... and so did our hummer. We all immediately put on our packs. All the zombies were moving towards us and our big yellow boulder. Thinking quickly I popped in a metallica CD and the first song played.. For Whom the Bell Tolls. I cranked the volume all the way up. I yelled "Up to that house, let's get out of here!". We ran up to the house as quickly and sneakily as we could manage. We ran up to the front door and Kody, Cole, and I posted up in front of the door. We did this to see if any of them noticed us and ignored the truck for a real meal. Tuttle and Weave went in to the house to "clear it out". Sure enough there were at least three zombies heading straight for us. We each got one and sprang in to the house. The first sight all three of us had was Weaver cracking his bat into the skull of an unsuspecting zombie, as it crept up behind Tuttle. Weaver used all of his body weight and strength raining down over his head. The head of the poor beast exploded everywhere. Tuttle turned around and gasped, he looked down at where the creature now lay and then paned up, starring at the large man huffing and growling with the bat. "Holy s%$#.." I whispered.

Cole stepped forward suggesting we take refuge upstairs and make a plan. I looked up from the creature and looked out the back window. "No way! Let's go there!" I exclaimed, pointing through the window at a farm house across a corn field. I started running out the back door, not waiting for approval. I was sure it was the better idea. I looked back and everyone was following me through the corn. That stuff cuts like razor blades! We reached the edge of the corn, facing the farm house. It looked abandoned...

We slowly approached the seemingly empty farmhouse... We reached the first step leading up to the deck. Suddenly we heard a growl, a ravenous growl... From around the corner of the house came a big, black, drooling hound. The drool poured from his mouth as he snarled at us. He picked Cole out of all of us! The big, black beast lunged at Cole, only to be intercepted by Sasha. Sasha had plunged in to the monster's ribs, knocking it from the air to the ground. Cole shouted "Kill!" Sasha bit in to the surprised four legged terror's neck with her razor sharp teeth! She ripped that things throat out, she actually did that. I couldn't believe my eyes! Between this and seeing Weaver crack that things skull it became apparent to me how brutal people could be when it comes to survival, especially saving those you love. At that very moment I thought of how I had saved Cole. I destroyed that man, in almost the most horrible way I could without even thinking twice. My final thought was, a monster isn't necessarily a bad thing. It all depends why the monster became the monster. I consider us justified.