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"Fort Bragg? I heard Fort Bragg fell." She wasn't sure if that was even the truth, but she heard that early on, maybe six months after the break out. She wasn't sure she could help out with the people considering her car could only fit a few others inside. She sat down now at one of the pews as she sipped her coffee, finishing it off and feeling the jolt of awakening.
"I think this place will be taken over soon. I mean, it's far, but not far enough. Nothing is far enough."
She shook her head and sighed as she looked at the people inside. There were apparently many more she hadn't even seen yet as she had fallen asleep and missed most of the activity at night. She wanted her own weapons back also. There was nothing like having your own gun.
"I don't have a destination. I don't know where to go. Everywhere I've gone seems to fall or is getting ready to fall. I'm not even sure how I got out of D.C. alive. Stroke of luck? Maybe? I have an idea on how this happened, but everything was classified. I couldn't get my hands on anything really. CDC locations were put on lockdown. No one got in, no one got out but everyone outside died. I have no idea if anyone inside is still alive. I can't see how they could survive."
Post by Thaddeus Walker on Jul 31, 2015 20:05:41 GMT -5
"No Fort Bragg stood through it all. There were times, we nearly did. Since day one we were taking in people. We had posters and radio broadcasts, the whole thing. They were an automated loop, playing again and again so we just left it. I think this brought Raiders though, they dwindled our numbers. In the two years it was just about eight people left there. The original officers were gone, but we still had fight in us. There was two soldiers, and five civillians when we left. But I don't think they could handle it without our guns. They have moved on now, left the Fort for a farm, which these people said were more secure."
Thad moved back. "I agree with you. This place can fall anyday now. It's not secure, I would leave if we could. The way we need to go is straight through that city, we can't do with the vehicles and firepower we have, we would die." He looked around, "we are waiting for a rescue. Two soldiers are coming with a transport truck. We will load up an leave then. Taking all we can. It's going to happen anyday now. They said three weeks, that was yesterday."
She spoke about herself, "you were in DC. I heard that was ground zero. The start of all this shit," Thad said, "and CDC, you know how this started then?" He paused, "if you have no destination, you could stay. We need the help. Plus I know that the farm has people high up from Washington."
Bethany shrugged as he spoke about D.C. being ground zero. "I heard it was New York. I heard it was L.A. I heard it was Atlanta, Toronto, London..."
She shook her head and looked at him with an exhausted expression.
"They were all ground zero. One news story, after another, after another. We watched, we monitored and there was nothing we could do. We tried, but hell, when the military starts abandoning, where do we go? It was every man for himself."
She was listening to him speak about a transport truck coming and she was alarmed when he said it was already a day late. That meant they were sitting ducks. She knew damn well if that truck hadn't come on time, it wasn't coming at all.
"They're not coming. If they are not here by now, they're not coming Thaddeus. You should consider your options."
She didn't know these people and she thought it was foolish for them to sit here waiting. She would wait with them as she believed in strength in numbers, but she wouldn't stay with a group that seemed week with long, lost beliefs.
Post by Thaddeus Walker on Aug 2, 2015 20:39:57 GMT -5
"How far in did military abandon the main centres," Thad asked her, "I know at Fort Bragg it was a month in and we lost radio contact. We stuck it through as we had no where else to go. Everyone who had family had it there. Riley was the only one with family in a different state, but he wasn't going out alone. I know the farm has a military General, he was in charge of executions or something. Amber was trying to tell me what she had heard from the people at the farm. He doenst know any more than you or I do, makes you wonder who does."
She spoke about them not coming and he shook his head. "They are coming. I know it. Amber gave an ultimatiun, she is coming yesterday, today, or tomorrow. Depending on road condition her arrival time will vary." He looked at her, "but she is coming. Mostly cause they need us asuch as we need them. They had wounded they needed to see to first, that's why the three weeks."
He leane agaisnt the table. Maybe they weren't comig, but Thaddeus had hope. "If by tomorrow she hasn't showed up with transport then we move with what we can back in the direction of Fort Bragg. You're welcome to stay, you can have your gun back now. The only reason we haven't left is because we don't have enough room to carry everyone. With your car we are still a few seats short. It's two days to Fort Bragg from here, maybe less if we find a clear path." He looke around, "if you are staying then you can help me keep a look out."
"They stayed longer then the civilians did, probably a good six months or so, that I remember. But when everything was overwhelmed, they broke off into groups and took off. Some by air, some by ground. I came across a couple of groups, but those guys weren't the same. They realized how lawless things were becoming and they went rogue. It's not longer about protecting the public, but about protecting yourself."
She took a deep breath as she nodded when he allowed her to have her gun back. He didn't seem this way though. He didn't seem lawless and rogue. She wasn't sure what he was at this point. He was protecting the sick and women. She still thought Fort Bragg was a bad idea, but really, she had no where else to go.
"I'll stick around. If it's okay with you, I'd like to go outside and do a perimeter search. You never know who is watching you and I would be someone is watching us."
Post by Thaddeus Walker on Aug 3, 2015 13:58:56 GMT -5
"I don't believe that. I think it's still about protecting the public. There are people here, they wouldn't last on their own. If I was to just protect myself, they would die. We had to deal with raiders, I could tell some were military. It was the way they moved, their weapons. To think that military could go from protecting the public, to stealing from them." He shook his head, "I know some military abandoned their posts from day one, they went to protect family over public, our Medic was one of them." Thad moved around, "I just wanted to know where the tanks were, or the war ships. We could have isolated all this."
He nodded at her. "You can stay. We talked about it yesterday, decided you could stay if you wanted." He smiled, kind of a half smile, "as for the perimeter search. I'd rather you stay in the confides of the wall, we rarely let people venture out. You can climb to the top of the tower, and watch from there. If you must go out I'd rather someone accompany you." He grabbed his rifel and moved to grab his police tactical vest. "I'll go with you. Let's go."
Bethany shrugged as he spoke about tanks and warships. That wasn't her area of expertise. "If I had any military tactics knowledge, I would share with you. I was just forensics at the FBI, nothing more, nothing less. The people that know anything are either dead, or really well hidden."
And for good reason.
She pushed away from the wall and headed towards the doors as he grabbed his vest and rifle. It would be nice to get out of the Cathedral. She wasn't quite used to being inside this long. It was nice to have the safety of it all. She waited for him to lead the way and when her boots hit the gravel, she took in a deep scent of the fresh, morning air. There was a low fog hanging across the cemetery and it was quiet. Almost unnervingly quiet. When they started to walk, she started to make small talk.
"So did you have family or anything? Wife and kids?"
Post by Thaddeus Walker on Aug 3, 2015 18:13:00 GMT -5
"Either way we will nevere know," Thaddeus said as they walked through the large doors leading to where her car was parked. It was the only way in and out of the cathedral, unless you wanted to jump from the tower. They did it this way so no one could get in, Raiders were the main enemy they had right now. Walkers could be dealt with, raiders would pick them clean, kill them.
He stopped at her car, letting her grab her pistol from where he left it on the back seat. He leaned against her car until she retrieved her gone and stood up. Walking to the steel gate of this court yard he opened it and let her walk out first. Once through he close it behind them, making sure it was nice and securely locked. After it was he continued walking along.
As they walked she asked him questions. Thaddeus listened, his rifel out and ready. "No I didn't," he answred, "parents had passed before all this. I had siblings and cousins, but I haven't spoken to them in a long time. I moved on from my past life, after I joined up with the army." He looked at her, "and no neve married, a few girlfriends that never lasted. Though I have one now, she is one of the civilians at the Fort, slowly learning to be a guard. Her names is Becky. One of the resins I don't want give up hope on them not coming."
Thad walked further along, "what about you? Family or friends out there? Or a husband or boyfriend. Or girlfriend, I won't judge."
Bethany walked with him, gun in hand as she looked around. She knew how to spot trouble from a distance as she was trained to do so. She kept an eye out for anything moving in the distance. Of course when he mentioned his girlfriend it made a lot of sense to her. That's why he didn't want to leave and he confirmed as much. She was coming to get him from this place.
"My mother died before all this. Breast Cancer."
It was something she always worried about. She wondered if it was hereditary and she wondered if she would die slowly like her mom did. Of course now, she would never know. If she was going to get breast cancer, she would just die without really knowing.
"My dad was navy, stationed in Japan. I haven't heard anything from him since cellphones died. He was doing okay, but then he was deployed to his warship. For all I know, he is still floating around out there somewhere."
Her steps were slow and as she looked down at the ground, she smiled. She thought herself lucky that she wasn't in a relationship through all this. She wasn't sure she could handle the thought of someone she loved lost in all this.
"No boyfriend, no husband. I just worked. I dated a few guys here and there, but nothing serious. I was just trying to get my career started, you know?"
She started to veer left, following the path that many hearses had followed before, taking the dead to their finally resting places.
"I'm glad you're one of the good guys. I've seen a lot of bad people out there."
Post by Thaddeus Walker on Aug 3, 2015 21:35:34 GMT -5
"Well at least it wasn't after all this started," Thad said as they walked. He knew people who had to give mercy to a relative, people who had to kill a loved one. "I can't imagine doing that to someone you care for. Before or after they turn to one of those things." He moved along, "People at the Fort had to do that, I just try not to mention it."
He looked at her as she spoke about her dad. "Did the virus even hit over seas at the same time? Or did it start in Africa, India, some place like that?" He shrugged. "Maybe he'll come ashore one day. I heard that boats were sinking out off of Hawaii, people were over crowding on, sunk the whole boats getting them off the islands. There's this one kid here, Dean of Dane. He is good with technology. He may be able to get a radio working or something for contact. If he's still on the boat. We have one that works short term, how we heard the cathedral, and how I was able to contact Amber."
He followed her along the path. "Yeah I was the same way. Never anything serious. Becky has kind of turned that though." Thad tucked one hand in his jean pocket. "I don't know what I would do if I lost her. Amber and Pete are the same way. I guess people just find each other in all this, last bit of humanity we have." He looked at her, "plus it helps to pass the time, somone to share everything with, dump everything on. It gets stressful at times out there. It's good to unwind with people."
He looked at the graves. "You think there's dead trapped in the coffins?" He looked at her, "this infection really makes me think. Did it start at a certain point? Or were we all infected all along." He shook his head, "I guess we will never know." She said he was a good guy and he smiled, nodding to her. "I guess I am. I just want to help all i can. The public came first, maybe I should have been a cop." He patted the vest with the police logo.
Bethany listened to him as he spoke about the losses and what people had to do. The things he had seen. She had seen the same but never tried to act on anything rash. If things got to be too much, she would just disappear. She tried not to get too close to anyone either as she knew pain was in the very near future.
"My personal thoughts? I think it came from Africa or Asia, but then that wouldn't explain why the people over there were affected. I would bet it was concocted in a lab and meant to be some sort of chemical weapon. We had satellite phones in Washington, but lower level people like me were denied access as communications fell."
She heard a branch snap and she immediately froze, pulling her handgun up and pointing it directly towards the sound. She was ready to fire, only to see a squirrel jump from one branch to another. She would save her ammo and continue on with her.
"I'm glad you have someone you can look forward to seeing, but you shouldn't think like that about her Thad." She shook her head and kept the gun at her side as she came up to a grave. It was a beautiful marble slab with a high gravestone with the name. On the top of the headstone was a rose engraved at the arch. "If you lost her, you move on. That's the way it is. We lose people we care about. It's dangerous getting close to people."
She looked down at the grave she was practically standing on top of as she pondered his question.
"Nah, I think the dead are dead. The ones buried that is. The would have clawed their way out by now. I just wonder what the living dead will be like in five, ten years. They rot, you know? Will they be walking skeletons? How is that even possible?"
Post by Thaddeus Walker on Aug 5, 2015 11:41:50 GMT -5
"That make sense," Thad said looking at her, "isn't that where they all start? Isn't Africa and China the start of all the diseases." He nodded along. "It could be a chemical weapon, that would mean it probably stsrtrd here, or China or Japan. Probably got swept up in the wind. What ever it is, there has to be a reason why it could infect everyone so fast. How you and I can already carry the infection and still appear fine." He walked further, "At the Fort, there was this kid who experimented on them. He was working on their brains, what was different from ours. There was something about most of the brain is dead except one region the the virus attacks upon death."
As the walked over graves and down the path he heard the branch snap. He spun around and raised his gun, towards the sound. He didnt fire, and let out his breath he had been holdig when it was just a squirrel. He looked back at his companion. After she spoke he looked away. "I try not to think like that. I try and keep positive, just gets hard. I would move on, it would take a while, but I would. It's been almost a month since I saw her. I'm having doubt now. It will pass though."
He looked down at the grave and listened to her talk about the dead being dead. "Yeah, brain was probably to rot to turn." She spoke of in five years, it had been two, he couldn't imagine five whole years of this crap. They barely had enough food for five weeks. "Don't think skeletons. They need the brain still alive, and your skin doesn't just fall off. You see how skinny they are, they will get as skinny as bone. When people dig up bodies, old ones, King tut, tribes, even ancient people. They aren't all bone. Lots of time they are just skinny, skin pulled tight like it shrunk in the wash. They still have teeth, looked Iike hell, but aren't skeletons."
Beth continued to walk the path with him as he started up again. She pushed away from the grave she was standing over and started back towards the path again. It had been walked countless number of times of by grieving widows and widowers, children, parents, relatives and friends, all in mourning.
"We already have dormant viruses inside of us. Meningitis is a good example. Mix that with other viruses that can invade and perhaps you have the makings of an entirely new thing." She shrugged as she said that though. She really had no idea as she was no doctor.
"As far as your girlfriend, I hope you're right, for your sake. It's good to stay positive. I think more people then we can possible know have given up hope. Some people can't handle what's going on and with no end in sight, who could blame them."
She paused for a second as they reached the tree the squirrel had jumped from, reaching for a low laying branch. She leaned on it, wrapping her arms over the branch and resting on it for a second, almost looking childish as she looked to him.
"I mean honestly, there's people out there who are just trying to rebuild. Trying to claim a safe place from the biters, trying to build walls and establish some sense of order. Then there are groups of people who are just thriving on this chaos. People who want to completely tear that sense of civilization apart. I've seen those people. Hell, I almost became one of those people."
Post by Thaddeus Walker on Aug 6, 2015 13:55:06 GMT -5
"I get that people are trying to go back to normal, feel safe. In time we might. Say in ten of fifteen years, we probably will have cleared out hundreds of walkers. There's only so many, soon they will be extinct. It will take time, but eventually things will go back to normal. People will start colonies, and trade routes. Then you only have to worry about the people, and raiders," he paused, "given the oppourtunity, and me not part of the Fort, I'd probably be one of those people striving from the chaos."
He looked down the path, at the tomb stones. "People in this world are either good or bad, there's no inbetween anymore. Sure we may saver back an forth, but in the end, you are ultimately good or bad. These people here, as at the Fort, they are good. I don't want to loose that. I'll protect the good from the bad as long as I can, as long as I still have fight in me." He looked at her.
"What do you mean you were almost one of those people? You mean a raider?"
"People already have to worry about raiders. Hell, I was with a group of them for a while. It was the only way to survive without worrying about getting beaten or raped on the side of the road, Thad."
She seemed disgusted as she said that. Being a woman, alone in this world was a dangerous thing. He probably didn't realize it or even see it, but there were predators out there that took advantage of it. She shivered as she thought about all the terrible things that could be happening out there.
"It takes muscle to be on your own and I proved it enough to keep my ass above water. But I couldn't do it. I ran off in the middle of the night and never looked back. And here I am."
She sighed and shook her head as she took a few steps ahead of him, looking to gain some ground as they moved around another large, overgrown oak tree.
Post by Thaddeus Walker on Aug 7, 2015 11:00:18 GMT -5
He couldn't believe what she was saying. This girl, was a raider, one of the bad guys. She was was one of the people who Thad had fought so hard to keep away from these groups. At the Fort, raiders had killed more than enough of their people. If it wasn't a walker attack, it was from a raider group. He considered them savages, low lifes. How could someone stoop to that level, and expect it to be fine. He looked at her, judging her again.
"Maybe you should leave," he said standing straight. He looked at her as she spoke about being alone. He understood that, Brian had told him stories of what people could do. You didn't want to be alone out there, and he didn't want that for her. She said she only did it to survive. Thad only had seen the Fort, what it was like in there, he didn't know what it was like out there in the actual worl, to be alone.
"Wait, stay," he said looking at her, "you did what you had to. As long as you left that life behind, you can stay. You aren't alone anymore. Stay here, you dont have to do those things again, you can be safe."
Bethany stopped as he told her to leave. She looked over her shoulder at first before slowly turning around to face him. Was he really just going to kick her out like that after she just confessed the truth? She admitted that she wasn't like that which was why she left. But then his tune changed just as quickly.
"It's why I left. I don't want to believe that's what you have to do to stay alive. Kill people, rob them..no. There's another way."
She stood for a moment longer, lowering the gun and taking a deep breath. She looked towards the Cathedral and the people that were staying busy loading up their vehicles.
"It becomes a pack mentality. From what I saw, they just suck you in deeper and deeper and make you believe that's all this world is. They make you believe that it's the only way to stay alive -- to attack other people and take what they have. If they resist, you kill them. Over and over, day by day. They prey on the weak and there are plenty of weak out there."
Post by Thaddeus Walker on Aug 8, 2015 10:13:23 GMT -5
Thaddeus listened to her speak. She was right, people didn't need to kill each other for supplies. She had given that up, didn't want that. He got that she ha been consumed, taken over by them. All crime was the same, it swallowed you up, you did it their way, or you died. It was the same before all this, and is the same now. Evil has you do it their way.
"I get it," he said, "growing up, I live in a tough neighbourhood. The guys there, they wanted you to steal,Robb, mug, and kill. I didn't want any of that. I left it behind. You did too, I admire that. People can change, I know you changed. If I didn't leave that, I'd probably be one of the raiders, hunting you down and taking every thing. I'd wouldn't have left though, I'd be consumed from the start. You're stronger."
He looked down, "are we really the different though now? The raiders attack us, we kill them, and take everythig they have. Sure it's self defense, but who knows where this vest came from, or these boots. They could have been some inocent family man's, and killed a guy for them. Granted the guy was bad, trying to kill, but does it still make it right." He looked at her, I'm done with killing, I don't like it anymore."
He moved on, "when we get back, both to the cathedral and the farm, dot mention this. Not to me again, or to anyone. Others may not be as excepting." He invisiones Amber, shooting Beth, no remorse. "The leaders aren't as forgiving as I would be."
Bethany looked around the perimeter which seemed to be pretty quiet. She had gotten the fresh air she needed and learned a bit more about the man that seemed to be in charge here. He had a good heart that seemed to be in the right place.
"Of course we're different. Their intentions go beyond survival. Their intentions push boundaries of humanity."
She continued on, although her pace was slow as she walked, hashing all this out with him.
"The way they see it is everyone is going to die. The meek shall not inherit the earth, the strong will and the only way to be strong is to get rid of the meek. These raiders? They live out their frustrations and fantasies to get rid of what they want to get rid of. Before all this they would face prison. Now? They don't face anything and that makes the world a very dangerous place."
She started back towards the Cathedral when it seemed the grounds were safe enough.
"We should get back before people start to talk." She grinned as she said that, tucking the gun into her waistband as she looked onward to the safety of the chapel.
Post by Thaddeus Walker on Aug 9, 2015 11:43:32 GMT -5
"Maybe those raiders but not all. The ones that came across were out for only survival. They wanted our guns and ammo, they weren't out to take out the weak. We were not weak, he had more fire power, more training. The group you were with may have thought liked that, but not all raiders. They all are bad, just vary," he looked at her, "apparently the farm had came across some, but Amer wouldn't tell me much more."
He followed her along, when she said people might talk he looked at her. "What would they say? Most aren't even here, we have two teams out on runs for the day. You think they would say anything?"
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