The Survivalistas

**** Sofia hurried the kids out of the store, while Chloe and Gavin, the biker, went looking for Luke and Rob. A zombified Roy and one of his lackeys stood clawing at the office door. Gavin smashed their skulls in clearing the way. Chloe opened the office door to find Luke and Robin tied to chairs looking freaked out. As she untied them Luke explained how Denny had gotten bit when Roy had let them in. While putting Denny in the freezer the others had gotten scratched and everything had gone downhill from there. Overnight all four guys had turned into zombies. The doors had been damaged at the same time and gave as the zombies outside had banged on them. They made their way through the dark store out to where Sophia and the kids waited. Several people she had never seen before hung around a huge monster looking bus. One of the women turned and Chloe gasped, “April?” “Oh my god, Chloe.” April rushed toward her, hugging her fiercely. “I told you, Topher saved me.” Letting go she pointed t...

Chapter 9 A loud crash echoed through the empty store. Chloe fought down the urge to panic. “Sofia can you climb?” “What?” Sofia asked, a hint of hysteria in her voice. Chloe nodded toward the shelves, “Do you think you could climb up the shelves? I think the doors just gave and we need to get the kids safe.” Sofia’s face hardened, “I’ll be fine. RJ help your sister up those shelve get as high as you can.” RJ did as he was told as Chloe and Sofia bundled up the babies. “Climb up and I’ll hand Suzi to you. RJ can climb up the other side and take Johnny, I’ll follow him.” Sofia nodded and scrambled up the shelves to where Maria sat, the Chloe scaled a few with one hand to boost the baby up. Then did the same on the other side handing Johnny to RJ before clambering up herself. She settled on the shelf with the baby,  it was quiet except for Maria’s sobbing and the shuffling of many feet. Something toppled, and then the first of several stumbling figures appeared at the end of the aisl...

***** The sound of a struggle roused Chloe from the half doze she’d fallen into on a pile of blankets on the floor. Sofia and Maria were sleeping on the bed, while RJ sat nearby reading a comic he’d found. Getting to her feet Chloe checked on the babies who were awake but content for the moment. Moving to the end of the aisle she peered around the shelves. Not seeing anyone she moved slowly toward the sound of fighting and a pale light. Seeing Roy and two other men, she ducked behind a pile of boxes and squated down peeking around the side to watch.  The weasley looking guy was bound and gagged struggling in front of the other men. His eyes had that milky white shade to them and he kept trying to bite through the gag. “I can’t believe you were stupid enough to get yourself bit, Denny.” Roy said, shaking his head. “Put him in the freezer, maybe we can use him.” The other two guys grabbed the tied up one and dragged him off. “Now to deal with our new guests.” Roy said, heading in the...

Chapter 8 Roy stood at the end of their makeshift prison, an aisle between two storage shelves blocked at one end with a palette of something still wrapped. They had gone to the trouble of setting up a crib and twin bed, a box of baby supplies sat next to the crib. “I’m sure this is only temporary, ladies. Once Rob and Luke get our note, they’ll come and negotiate for you. I figure with the kids you're not going to get any funny ideas about trying to escape, be pretty hard with the babies anyway. I’ll have one of the guys bring some toys for Maria, and see what’s around to keep RJ from getting bored.” He turned to go then turned back. “I’m trying to make this as easy as possible for all of us. Robin and Luke are smart reasonable men, I’m sure we’ll be able to come to an agreement quickly. Let me know if you need anything.” Chloe bit her lip on a terse reply and scooped a fussy Johnny from his car seat. After Roy had left Sofia sank down on the bed. “This is a nightmare, right?” “I ...