Our Days Are Numbered

Chapter 9

Running through the camp trying to figure out s**t was a bit much for me today, everyone seemed to have a complaint of something, most of them being that supplies were running low and what we had gotten wasn’t enough.

The word about the eater climbing the wall got around quickly and a few people were asking about the safety of the camp. I smiled at most of them and told them it was flook, although I didn’t believe it myself. We didn’t need a riot on our hands right now. I needed to get the other commands on my side, and fast, we needed to move out as soon as possible.

It had been nearly a week since we got back from the last raid, having to head out this early again was worrying, to say the least

“We will be heading out in thirty minutes” I called out to a few of the men that would normally go out on raids, “I need two cars and Three men in each.”

“Will that be necessary?” came Porter’s voice from behind me “I mean as you are traveling further it might be better to take one vehicle and three men plus yourself, we cannot keep the camp unprotected for so long”

“You are kidding me, right? We would take even longer considering I’d have half the muscle that I’d need to get all the supplies we need” Porter gave me a very stern look

“Now, now, your feelings do not over right the needs of the camp and I need to keep my people safe”

“You starred at the eater that made it over the wall, It took a small girl to waste it“ I snapped back, “two cars, three men in each” I shouted while walking to a jeep, “we roll out in five” I looked back at a red face Porter but he didn’t put up an argument. He just simply looked around to see who was around him and stomped off back to the building where he was teaching. I looked at Granville who was climbing out from under one of the jeeps. He always seemed to make my head spin.

“Number two has a gas leak, you aren’t going to get far without having to get more gas into the tank, three needs new breaks. Will get you where you need, but they need to be replaced soon.” Granville said as I climbed into the jeep that had a 1 painted onto it”

“I may need you to come with me to gather parts for the jeeps,” I said softly, trying to keep my hands to myself as I looked at him. Over the last week, I had been finding it harder and harder to keep to myself, I found myself getting jealous if Granville spoke to other women. I knew it was wrong but I so badly wanted to feel his body pressed up against mine again. He hadn’t been making it easy either, he made very deliberate movements that he knew would have me looking at him, or that would make me want him around me more. He looked around the garage

“that might be needed,” he said

“gear up,” I said opening the door and climbing in, getting jeep one out the garage. Devin drove the number three out. Devin enjoyed going out on the raids, it seemed to be his favorite part of this whole f****d up situation. He got out number 3 and walked over to 1, opening the door, and pulled me out of the driver’s seat holding me against his chest as he smacked his lips to mine.

“Down boy” Jeff laughed smacking Devin on the shoulder “we need to head out and you are with her the whole way so it’s not like you are going to war” Devin let go of me and flipped a bird to Jeff which just made him laugh harder. It was nice to hear laughter go around the camp. Everyone was so much on their guard that we all forgot to take a breather and enjoy some moments”

“Jeff, Devin, Frank, Jeep 3” I shouted Devins’ face dropped “Brett, Matt, and Granville, in one with me”

“What?” shouted Devin,” Why on earth is the mechanic going?”

“He needs to gather parts to keep the jeeps up to scratch,” I said looking him dead in the eye, daring him to try to fight me on this, “Or should it just be left as is, we are already one down, do we need to be three down, then what do we just walk around the streets while raiding”

“And he needs to be with you because?” he said through his teeth

“Devin!” I said walking up to him and getting in his face “you know as well as I do that I can get into more places than anyone, we need to be in and out of the place with enough time to catch up with you guys” I said through clenched teeth my eyes narrowed while I looked up at him. Devin backed away a bit knowing that I could easily throw a punch at any second if I lost my temper anymore. I may be small but the men knew it was unwise to push me to a limit that they could not handle.  He gave a huff and walked off to jeep 3 got in and waited for the rest of his team to get in. I climbed into 1 and waited for my team to pile into the jeep, everyone was dead silent as we drove towards the gates.

The heavy gates opened with a clank, pushing any eaters that were in the way to the side, once out the doors closed and we drove off into two directions, jeep 3 heading to the east towards the new raid area, and us heading north. Hoping to find something in one of the car chop-shop places. Our only issue, we were heading to the Dead Zone, either we were going towards a dead-end or towards the actual dead