Hope On The Rocks/Issue 99

This is Issue 99 of Hope On The Rocks, entitled "It Never Ends, Part 1".

This issue is Al-centric.

721; It Never Ends, Part 1
“Want eggs, hon?” I hear Ellis asking me from the kitchen. ''I stand in the bathroom, looking at myself in the mirror. I can’t specify it, but I have changed in some way.'' ''“Yeah. Thanks.” I yell back. I finish shaving and then take on my shirt.'' ''As I walk into the kitchen, the smell of eggs makes me hungry.  “How’d you get eggs?” I ask, walking towards Ellis.'' ''“Glenn found a farm with living chickens.” Ellis says, and gives me a quick kiss. “He offered me a basket of eggs if I would do his laundry.” ''“Seems like a good deal to me.” I say and smile.  I then grab a piece of bread and goes to sit at the table. Timmy is already there, reading in ‘Rogersville Weekly’, a newspaper Garrett made. I don’t see the point, though.  “‘Morning, papi.” Timmy mutters, sipping to his coffee.'' ''“Sleep well?” I ask as I sit down.  “Slept decent.” Timmy mutters, focused on his newspaper.  “Hey, honey?” Ellis says, and I look. She is walking towards the table with a pan with scrambled eggs. “Are we going to leave Rogersville?” '' “No, why’d you think that?” I say, looking at her as she gives me and Timmy eggs. “Oh, I just heard some rumors...” Ellis mutters. ''“Listen, when we leave Rogersville, we are leaving together.” I say and smile. “Okay?” “Okay.” Ellis says and smiles back.

Leonardo Harbor seems like a pretty big town when you have to search all car-ports and warehouses. I am walking with Miles and Texas, currently walking down a street where every single house has a cabin, made to store a boat. We just finished checking one. These cabins are hard to get into, so it takes a while. We have checked nine cabins so far. “Getting hungry.” Texas mutters. “Yeah, me too.” I say, looking behind us. We didn’t loot the houses for some reason. I guess we just want to find a boat right now. A zombie is standing in the middle of the road. It seems to be unavare of us, and we take advantage of that. I raise my machete and sneaks up behind the zombie. Then, I shove the machete into the zombie’s head, killing it. I then have time to look at the zombie; a bald man with sad, rotten eyes. He is missing his entire mouth area. My guess is that he gave his wife a last kiss, and then she turned. I am glad it didn’t get to that with Ellis. “Should we loot the next house?” Miles asks. “Yeah, shouldn’t we?” I say. “I’m hungry.” We turn, headed for the next cabin. It has already been opened, so that is not a problem. I go inside it: empty. With a shrug, I head for the house. Miles and Texas follow. Sounds come from inside. Guess it’s zombies? I nod to Texas and Miles, as a sign that they should get out their guns. They do so, and I raise my machete. Opening the door, a zombie instantly attacks me. I manage to kill it with the machete, and I push it out of the way. We then go inside.

Deaths

 * None

Credits

 * Miles Vance
 * Al Halib
 * Timmy Ember (flashback)
 * Texas Starr
 * Ellis Wayne (flashback)