I woke up from a long night. The zombies where everywhere. We had to wait for almost 2 and a half days. Joey found a way over to my tree.He scared me half to death because he almost fell. The kid is actually pretty smart, he figured out that I rolled my ankle pretty bad, said his mom used to be a nurse. The whole night my ankle throbbed. We didnt have anything cold to numb the pain. It took every inch of will power I had to keep myself from moaning. Zombies are dumb but not that dumb. If they found out that we were stuck in a tree they wouldn't leave us alone. I had recurring dreams of Tracy screaming and yelling those inhuman cries. She would say "Tracy is no longer here." and then lunge for me. Joey would always wake me right before I was about to start screaming. After 2 and half days we finally got the chance to get down from the tree. I found my club and I used it as a sort of crutch to get around. We started walking back the way we came. We thought maybe there might be ice or something for my ankle. Every time I moved a sharp pain would roll across my foot and up into my leg. I think it is more serious than an sprang ankle it might even be broken. We made it back to the gas station. We walked in. Again I had the feeling that something wasnt quite right. We searched the place for anything that we could use (again). But all we found was more chips. We walked over tto the freezer section. I found the way into the stock room behind them. It was dark luckily I found a flashlight in the store. I switched it on. It cut through the darkness like an knife. As soon as I turned it on I freaked.
"AHHH...Joey get out of here now!" I yelled "Dont come back for me okay!" I said I knew that I was know match for a zombie in my condition.
"WAIT" the zombie said
"WHAT THE HECK!" I yelled as far as I know zombie dont talk much only once I heard one talk and it did not sound like that.
"I-Im not a zombie Im not infected I promise!" a boy's voice said.
"Who the heck are you? And if your lying and I see one bite mark or scratch on you I will not hesitate to smash you brains in!"
"I know I know ...PLEASE hear me out I can help you and you can help me...Please?!?" the voice said with urgency.
I lowered my club and moved my knife of light in the direction of the voice. The light revealed a boy about my age. He had blond hair and bright blue eyes that seemed to glow. He looked muscular. His face had an expression of urgency.
I forced myself to say as calmly as I could, "Come here and go through the door I'm right behind. Any move and I will bash you skull in."
The boy moved pass me to the door hands stretched to the ceiling . I followed behind him, bat held right above his shoulder. We came out into the light Joey had obviously stayed and heard the whole conversation. I limped out through the door. Joey rushed to my side and helped me stand. The boy stared at a spit on the floor then looked up."I need your help to get to the safe haven." he said
"Safe haven?" I said confused until now I never even heard of such a thing.
"Yeah you know the Safe Haven havent you heard of it."
"No." I said flatly
"If you help me I could fix your ankle." he said looked down at my ankle.
I exchanged a glance with Joey
"You said you came out here looking for people like us ....maybe we should trust him. If there really is this safe maybe we could get in too.....plus he could fix your ankle." Joey said
"How do we know if we can trust you?" I said
"You cant all I can say is that I need to get there and I cant do it alone if I help you will you help me?" the boy said with a more serious look.
I exchange one more glance with Joey, he nodded.
"Fine." I said
Well reader it looks like I found people that are like me and maybe just maybe we can get to this safe haven and be well...safe. I just hope this is the right decision.

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