Say Goodbye To America/Special 4

The Unbeatable Army Part 1: Before the Storm
''An unknown person knocks on a door six times. He waits three seconds, then knocks again. A woman opens the door''

Lucie: Tyler, thank god your back

Tyler: I said I wouldn't be long, hun. Just on a supply run was all

Carter: We got anymore beer? I need something to "wet my whistle" as it were

Lucie: Two Miller's left in the cooler. Lucas, can you grab a miller for Carter?

''A boy, about seven years old, walks in to the living room with a can of beer. Carter grabs it, mumbles a bit, and opens the tab. An old man walks in with two other children and a young woman and a younger man''

Jake: Are you drinking without sharing a sip again, Mr. Andrews?

Carter: Don't worry, old man, I got your back

The old man quickly walks over to Carter and snatches the beer out of his hand

Izzy: What supplies did you get?

Tyler: 6 bottles of water, quart of milk, a nestle crunch bar, three king size candies, a few cans of vegetables, and a few other things

A silence fills the house for a little bit

Jake: So when are we leaving?

Lucie: Leaving? What gave you that impression?

Jake: I'm tired of sitting around doing nothing but reading and watching your children

Lucas: I take offense to that

Jake: He has your sense of humor, Tyler

Carter: I think he's right. We're too close to a city. We could get fucked over by a bunch of walkers any day now

Izzy: Swear

Carter: Fine

''He walks tover to a jar and puts two quarters inside. It hits the bottom of the jar with a metallic Clang''

Carter: We have some coolers, and a few bags of clothes. We have weapons. We can survive. Find more people, find a place to be safe. Safer than right next door to hell

Tyler: Then when shall we leave?

Carter: It's about 3. In about 4 hours, we should begin head out. Take the cars, head on the highway, make our way throughout the evening, hide in the cover of the night

Izzy: And where should we go?

Carter: I say we head towards the northeast coast. That way, if things turn sour, we can find a boat and leave

Tyler: Why the northeast?

Carter: I know Maine might be cold. but just south of Canada are uninhabited territories. Several of them. While uninhabited by people, moose and many other mammals roam the area

Lucie: Oh what the hell? I'm game

Tyler: Then let's pack. We leave at sundown

Cindy: Are we there yet?

Alan: No. Do you see Maine yet?

Tyler: I told you he has your sarcasm, hun

Lucie: Oh Hush

''Lucie and Tyler, along with their three children ride in a van on the highway. Carter, Jake, Thomas and Izzy ride in the Cadillac, slowly tailing behind. They ride along through the morning, but at dawn, they run into trouble. There are no ther cars in sight, and the Cadillac soon runs out of gas''

Thomas: Fuck! Are you kidding me?

''He honks the horn three times. Tyler stops the van and gets out''

Tyler: What?!

Carter: We're out of gas

Lucie: Of course you are!

Izzy: We don't need your sass

Carter: There's a gas station about two miles back. I'll see if we can siphon some gas

Thomas: You might need some help. If we can find cans, I'll help you carry some

Izzy: I will too

Tyler: Here

He goes into the trunk of the van and takes out three Colt Pythons

Tyler: In case shit gets sour

Carter: I hope we don't have to use these. We'll be back by noon. Hopefully. If we're not, come looking for us

Carter: Jesus shit

''Bodies litter the asphalt. Most of them are just bits of flesh and dried blood atatched to pointy bits of bone. The lucky ones don't move, but those who were unlucky still twich, but are unwilling to get up''

Thomas: Watch out for those. One wrong step and you're done

''They open the door to the Ralph's Body Shoppe. The door opens to a little jingle''

Thomas: Maybe a generator out back. Suppose we find it, we won't we need to siphon gas

Carter: Are you still carrying your credit card on you? It's gonna cost a shit ton of money

Thomas: Actually yes i do. I feel comfortable with it in my back pocket. Reminds me how things were, how they used to be

Izzy: Found the generator!

''She turns on the light, but a walker, lumbering out of the shadows, is the first thing she sees. He is so close that she can make out the embroidered name "Ralph" upon his blue button down shirt with blood and oil stains. Thomas gets to Izzy before Ralph can, and stops the undead man with a tire iron to the skull''

Thomas: Be more careful next time, dear?

Carter: Found the cans. Let's go pump some gas

As they pump the gas into the cans, Thomas tries to hijack a car to take back to the rest of the group

Thomas: Nothing yet

Carter: Well, we're all out of cans. I guess we have to walk it back

Thomas: Not necessarily

''He walks over to a white Monte Carlo and opens the driver side door. The alarm begins to blare loudly, drawing walkers out of the woods and other areas. A walker moves up from the passaenger side seat and bites Thomas on the hand''

Thomas: Fuck!

''The walker inches towards Thomas, but he backs away and holds the door. As soon as it gets to the door, Thomas slams it shut on its head''

Carter: Let's get out of here man

''Thomas runs by dead people on the hot asphalt. One wakes up to the sound of the alarm and knocks Thomas to the ground. It bites his ankle and crawls up towards his neck. The walker's teeth puncture his trachea, and Thomas can't fight back. Hearing Thomas's screams, another walker slowly gets off the asphalt, peeling the skin from the back of its bald head and neck. Trapped from all corners, Carter and Izzy run into the Body Shoppe, and wait for the walkers to pour into the are. Carter goes outside with one of the cans and his Python. He walks over to the walker devouring Thomas and pulls it off of him. He stomps on its head, and then shoots Thomas to keep him from turning. Then, taking the can of gas, Carter pours it on the ground in front of him, shoots two walkers and runs back towards the Body Shoppe''

Carter: Lighter, now!

''Izzy tosses Carter a lighter and he throws it into the pool of gasoline and watches it burn. He heads back inside and heads through the back door of the garage with Izzy''

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Tyler: It's getting late. Where are they?

Lucie: Should we look for them?

They are answered by a horde of walkers coming from behind them

Tyler: Screw it, get in the van

Lucie: But what about my brother, and Izzy?

Tyler: Get in the Van!

''The six of them pile into the van and begin to drive northeast, away from the horde. Away from Carter and Izzy''

Credits
Tyler Thymes

Lucie Thymes

Carter Andrews

Jake Harmon

Izzy Milton

Thomas Milton

Lucas Thymes

Cindy Thymes

Alan Thymes

Deaths
Thomas Milton

Trivia

 * First Appearance of Lucie Thymes
 * First Appearance of Carter Andrews
 * First Appearance of Lucas Thymes
 * First Appearance of Jake Harmon
 * First Appearance of Izzy Milton
 * First Appearance of Cindy Thymes
 * First Appearance of Alan Thymes
 * First (And Last) Appearance of Thomas Milton
 * This is the first part of a three part chapter, the second being "The Middle of Nowhere" and the third being "The Light at the End of the Tunnel"
 * Lucie, Lucas, Cindy, Alan and Jake make their first appearance after being mentioned by Tyler in "Starting Over"