Outbreak

I sat up from my cot and walked out of my tent, looking around.

"Sean?".

I turned around to see Ethan walking up to me. "Has Mike filled in on our current position and mission?"

"Yeah, he has, but we can't leave without JP. Speaking of him, where is he?"...

A sharp gust of wind pushed the flames of the bonfire in my face. Whilst the smoke from the fire filled the air. The crackling and burning of wood is something that we'd grew accustomed to over these past few years..

"Hey JP are you okay?" Asked a familiar voice. "Yeah I'm okay just thinking."

That was a lie. I wasn't okay, no matter how many times I smile and act like I am, I will never be. I wish thing weren't this way..

"Aye Jamie, it's about that time" called a deep voice. "Yeah I know, imma be over there soon!" I yelled back. Getting up from the wooden makeshift bench, I gave a nod to Aliyah and Bella who then gave me a worried look. "Don't worry, me and the boys will be fine! We'll make sure to be careful."

"Alright, try not to stay out there too long..I hear the mutated zombies are lurking around the city." Bella advised to which Aliyah nodded in agreement.

"As I said, we should be fine; its nothing but a gas run." I gave the girls a smile before heading off to the meet up spot.

Hopefully things go by smoothly, though I'm really hoping that we do not run into any undead..

I was the first person to reach the meet up spot, which was at the front gates. Lucky me.

"Hey Barry, Mike sent me out on a mission today. You think you could hand me my gear?" I asked a man, stationed my the doors of the camp.

"Yeah sure..whatever," he replied before heading to the back of what was a make-shift storage room. After about a minute or so he came back with a black backpack and a silver combat knife.

"Thanks, ". Taking the gear out of his hands and rummaging in my bag. I found my black and copper arm-sheath. To which I pulled out and began to slide my silver and black combat knife in it. When that was all over with I then proceeded to strap it around my left arm.

I took a look behind me and sighed. Mike did say that Jamie and Sean would be coming along, but where were they?

"Hey Ethan".."yea wassup bro?"

I hear two familiar voices call. "well speak of the devil, I was beginning to think that ya'll had made up some excuse to Mike so that you wouldn't have to leave the camp."

"I would have told Mike that I was too busy helping out with the food management, but you know how he is." Jp sighed in defeat.

"Yeah, he's as stubborn as a mule, but he did say that if things started getting rough to retreat." Sean added.

I was gonna retreat either way, but for now we gotta at least get a move on. "Alright y'all let's get this over with," I grunted as I started to walk ahead of the two boys, who were just starting to get their gear and put it on.