World of Anarchy/Chapter 18

This is chapter 18 of World of Anarchy entitled: Grace And Hope.

Chapter 18 – Grace And Hope
August 4, 2014. Night time. “How's she doing?” David asked Teresa as he walked up beside her.

“Shh, she's finally asleep.” She said looking down at the baby in her hands.

They were standing on the second floor of the mall over looking the main entrance. Omid had made sure all of the entrances and exits around the area were secure, but just to be safe they kept most of the lights off so that none of the infected outside would be drawn to them. But that was the least of his worries. Now they had an infant that they had to keep safe. And that was going to make the world they lived in now much harder than it had to be. It was just another reason to get to Rapid City as fast as they could.

“What do you think we should call her?” She asked him.

“I don't know.”

“I'm thinking...Claire. Yeah, Claire. It fits her, don't you think?”

“Claire, huh?” He said looking down at the baby girl.

As he did though he saw Jane watching them from the corner of his eye. She sitting with everyone else in the makeshift sleeping area they had all made. They stared at each other for a moment then she turned her attention back to a conversation Omid was having with Riley and Keith.

“Hey, what's your read on Omid and Jane?” He asked Teresa.

“They seem cool.” She said with a shrug. “They haven't done anything to cause any red flags to pop up.”

“Yeah I guess...” He said leaning against the rail in front of him.

“I'm gonna go lay Claire down.”

“Alright,” He said grabbing his backpack right beside him. “While you do that, I'm going to go grab the last of the baby food from Babies R Us.”

“I can go with you if you want--”

“No, it's fine.” He said putting on his backpack. “You go rest. I'll be back in no time.”

“Alright...be safe.” She said as she kissed him.

“Always.” He said turning and walking off.

David picked up the tipped over shopping cart and began walking with it up and down the isles grabbing anything and everything they would need for Claire. His mind began to drift back to the last words Michelle had said as he did so.

The descendants

What did it mean? He couldn't tell what those words meant and why she would kill him over that and what she saw in a dream.

As he thought about all of that some movement at the corner of the entrance caught his attention. It was quick and gone just as he looked over at it. Too fast for infected. He pulled out his gun and kept his hand on his hatchet as he moved over to the corner where he saw it.

He peeked around the corner and saw what it was. It was the Hooded guy from new Mexico. He was walking away from the other direction from the store and had somehow managed to get all the way across the mall during the few seconds in which David had last seen him.

“Hey!” David called out to him.

No response. The man kept on walking as he turned a corner across from the large fountain in the center of the mall. As he turned the corner however, he turned and looked at David and flashed a smile before disappearing down the hall.