Dead Weight/Issue 2

This is Issue 2 of Dead Weight Name: Orphans

"Right, you lot are going out hunting! Rick, Bob and Myself will go out, try and find survivors, The rest of you, do chores! You know the drill!" Flake demands, grabbing a shotgun and aiming it, making sure it was alright.

Robbie and Sally come running out from their tent, lookng about at the around 20 people setting up for the day ahead. There was people washing, cooking, taking care of children...

Robbie spotted two children, a baby boy, around 1 year old and a little girl around 5, she was carrying the little boy on her back. Robbie scratched his head and tears formed in his eyes at the two children. He obviously knew their mother had been lost.

"Who are you looking at?" Sally asks, Putting her hand gently onto his shoulder.

"Are those kids orphans?" He asks, sounding rude.

"No, fortuantly, their mother is around here..Somewhere" A woman says, over hearing his conversation "But we do have orphans around here, Are you two new here?"

"Yes, My name is Sally" Sally grins to the woman, busy washing socks and shirts.

"I'm Annie, But you can call me Wash woman is you want" She laughs.

"How big is this camp?" Robbie asks, sitting down to help Annie wash her things

"I have no idea to be honest, at the end is a cliff where people have actually died, I guess they couldn't handle it, But there are a few trailers along the sides, tents at the front for gaurds and wash stations over here, by the gates. Food is cooked along the path from here -" She points at 3 men cooking on a grill.

"There is also a small building for children, thats about it"

A man walks over, hair infront of his face.

"Hey Drake, are you and Flake going out?"

"Yeah, Hey, Can I get my shoes, Where did you put them?"

"Behind me, where I put all my shoes, Silly!"

He reaches back and pulls out two nike trainers, slipping them on. "Who are these two newbies?"

"Robbie and Sally" Sally grins, obviously too over excited

"I'm Drake Casco, Well..Bye" He sighs, walking away with a sniper in hand.

"MUMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!" A voice screams from the east side of the camp. Annie looks up. Her eyes widen

"Molly!" She screams, jumping up from her bench and running over to the voices.

Robbie looks at Sally, "Should we help?"

"YES!" Sally runs ahead of him, Robbie, being the slow coach he is, tries to catch up.

A little girl runs from the tent, being followed by a dead woman, brown hair and black eyes. Blood streaming from her mouth. She wasn't dead. She was walking. After her prey, her daughter.

"Molly!" Annie exclaims, running into her and hugging her tightly as Sally shoots the undead beast down. "You're ok...You're ok..."

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" Flake shouts, walking upto the scene. Walking past the crying child and stands nose to nose with Amy. "I saved this little girls life"

"What? Did you kill this woman!"

"She was already dead!" Robbie shouts back.

"I don't care, just..THROW HER OFF THE CLIFF! I don't know" He pulls out his sword and pushes it slowly through the dead woman's head. The blood sprays from inside and trickles down her face, he pulls his sword violently back out and places it back in its holder.

"Get back to washing up" He hisses as he walks past Annie, Who is slowly cradling the little girl, Molly.

"I'll help you" Amy smiles, greatfully, Annie gets up and they both wander back slowly to her washing post, as Molly runs off to her little brother who is sitting crying into a mans arms at the cliff.

Robbie looked around at the normal life these people seemed to be having...

He wondered if he could have a normal life...

And If he could...

When?