The Dead World/Issue 112

Walking down the empty streets of the post - apocalyptic world, Karen shifted on her feet a little due to the weight of her bag but she ignored this as best as she could as she kept her eyes on the road around her.

"it looks clear" Karen reported turning to look at the man she was with who was currently trying to get some car working but he had worked as a bartender before all this, stealing cars wasn't his specialty.

"alright but it looks like this car isn't going to let us take it" Logan stated as he sighed and got out of the car, practically kicking the door shut before he picked up his shotgun and began walking, leaving Karen to follow him closely behind.

"its alright, I'm sure we'll find one at some point" Karen said softly laying her hand on his shoulder but he just shook his head and sighed as he bowed his head and stopped for a minute making her bite her lip as she watched him.

"yeah but its nearly dark and we haven't got anywhere to sleep safe in" Logan told her resisting the urge to snap at her because she didn't deserve it but she just smiled and leaned up to kiss his cheek as she spoke.

"don't worry I know whatever happens....you'll protect me

Leaning her head against the RV window, Karen watched as they drove down the road. They had passed Pine Ville a little while ago and she guessed that she was about half way to Moncks Corner but she honestly didn't care, probably wasn't much there anyway.

"you know according to my watch its 15 hours till midnight" Anthony teased as he gestured to his watch while driving but she just continued to watch outside emotionlessly which made him worry a little. Why had her emotions suddenly change?

"you ok Karen?" Anthony asked softly taking his eyes off the road briefly to look at her but she just shook her head and got up from her seat before heading to the bathroom in the RV and locking herself in it, leaving Anthony to sigh and go back to focusing on driving.

''"LOGAN!!!" he heard Karen scream and looked behind the herd to see her looking at him shocked with tears in her eyes as he continued to back up towards the door firing desperately at any zombies in his way.''

Knowing there wasn't any time for a proper goodbye, Logan gave her a nod paired with a small sad smile as he continued firing, trying not to cry like she was.

''"its ok, I got this....I'm a survivor!!" Logan shouted to her before disappearing from her sight surrounded by the zombies as he done everything in his power to reach that one door, his only hope of escaping....''

Now she was hidden in the toilet, Karen sat nearly shaking a little as she rolled up her sleeve to look at her arm as if to look for the bite she had received in her dream but she couldn't see anything there....

Moving down an empty road during the day, Karen didn't even recognise where she was, all she was she was looking for supplies which all the cars seemed to be filled with causing her to look in every single one of them.

''She came to a stop when she saw two corpse's on the ground making her look down at them curiously. One had obviously been hit with an arrow and the other had been hit by a crowbar....''

''Convenient, she thought to herself as she looked down at her crowbar in her hands before looking up to Will who was not far from her carrying his crossbow. However soon enough she shrugged this off and looked into the next car which thankfully opened easily.''

Leaning in she tested to make sure the corpse in the back of the car was dead and when it didn't react, she leaned into the car further and rooted around to see what was in there.

However the apparently zombie came to life suddenly and lunged forward biting into her arm making her scream out as it torn into her flesh while she tried to move away but it was too strong for her.

"hey guys were pulling to a stop, Will wants to check something out" Anthony called out to everyone causing Karen to take a few deep breaths and exit the toilet to head over to the front of the vehicle and see why they were stopping.

However when she did join the others she saw why they was stopping and she didn't like it. They were stopping because they had come across a "gold mine" of supplies, packed into cars.

Just like the one in her nightmare....

Soon after the three vehicles had stopped, everyone started getting out and looked over the load of the vehicles sitting on the road, full of supplies. All of them with grins on their faces except Karen as she kept thinking about her nightmare.

"its a damn gold mine of supplies!" Angelica exclaimed a bit more loudly than intended but she wasn't able to hide her excitement. Since they had their food stolen by that family they had been low on food ever since, now maybe they could actually get a proper meal.

"yeah....as long as the supplies are actually in good condition" Morgan said a little less excited as he held his shovel in his hands while looking over the vehicles causing Angelica to turn and glare at him.

"do you always have to be less enthusiastic?" she asked him but he just chuckled lightly and shrugged as he shoved his shovel against the ground so he could lean on it, apparently deciding it was safe enough for now to let his guard down.

"I'm just realistic" Morgan replied causing her to growl as she turned to look away from him, crossing her arms as she tried to control her anger which made Morgan unable to hide his smirk. Some people could act like children sometimes.

"well why cant you go be realistic somewhere else?" Angelica half asked, half snapped at him but just before he could answer her, Will spoke up quietly, interrupting them and silencing him as he spoke.

"I've been on this road before.... its where I met Natasha but I thought it would be empty by now" Will admitted as he grabbed his crossbow out of his car and looked around while aiming it, making sure there was no zombies in the area.

"turns out we're lucky that it isn't then, hey?" Bella stated as she walked over to Will and gave his shoulder a comforting rub which he gave her a grateful nod before beginning to walk through the bunch of herds, watching out for zombies.

They both knew it still hurt Will to mention Natasha....

"alright, me, Will, Karen, Anthony and Angelica will check the area, make sure there is no zombies around, Jamie?....guard the others" Bella said as she un holstered her pistol and handed it to him making him and others a little surprised.

"y-yes ma'am" Jamie responded as he gripped the pistol causing Bella to give him a small smile and a pat on the shoulder before she too went into the crowd of vehicles like Will to make sure it was clear of zombies.

Soon after, Angelica followed the two into the vehicles while Annie, Maria and Emily got back into the RV with Jamie guarding the door and Morgan randomly disappearing into the cars himself, probably trying to be useful despite it not being said for him to go with the other five.

"hey you ok?" Anthony asked Karen as he noticed her shaking a little as she looked around at all the vehicles but she just turned to give him a small smile before heading off into the group of vehicles herself leaving him to sigh and follow her, really beginning to get worried about his girlfriend....

Walking through the cars, gripping her pistol in her hands tightly, Karen's eyes kept darting from left to right as if worried a zombie was suddenly going to jump out of nowhere and get her