FOREST MAZE II

After hearing Bogdan's back story Zach knows he can trust this man, the three men hit the hay. Bogdan and Zachary would switch watch hour in every 4 hours. Bruce and Caiti are stuck in a shed, the father-daughter thinks of ways they can escape and run away. The two of them unluckily stepped on a spike strip, they quickly abandoned the wheels.

"Where are the others?"

Bruce looked around to see Seymour, Rodrick, and Nevada moving ahead. Caiti tried to call them but her father stopped her as he sees the dead following behind the two. The two crouched down and walked over to a house, they looked through it to see the dead inside walking out. They see the Peak View Handyman a supply store for different tools, hopefully they can utilize some of the items as a weapon. As they headed to it the road is already being swiped away by the dead.

"In the shed"

They got into the shed parallel to the store.

"Guess we'll be here for a while?"

"Fuck"

The 2 rub their heads as they have no idea what to do, they have no idea where the others are. There is no way to communicate with them and it will be hard to reunite with the others. Bruce got up and looks for something as Caiti sleeps, he looked around everything. He finds a tool box and finds a rusty screwdriver. He dropped it as it is near useless, he also does not want to use his guns as they will be no different from a dinner bell. He looks through the gap in between the plank wall, the dead walked slowly across them.

As Bruce lie down on the wooden floor he notices a handle under the workbench. He quickly crawled towards it and pulls hard. The trapdoor easily opened, he approaches his daughter and wakes her up.

"Dad?"

"Come on, there's a trapdoor"

He fully opened the droop door and he drops down first.

"Isn't it too dark dad?"

"What choice do we have?"

He drops down and there seems to be a small glimpse of light, he called on his daughter and she drops down. She hits something and the door trapdoor closes, she went back and tried to open it, knocking but Bruce stopped him. He hushed his daughter and they start to walk in the small tunnel and followed the light until it disappeared. Caiti immediately held hands with her dad as she is filled with fear, they can hear the faint sounds that the dead is creating above them.

Using his rifle, Bruce pointed it in front of him in case that he might hit a wall. It is, after all too dark. After a few minutes of walking he hears water and movement. Caiti covered her mouth and grabbed on to his fathers back as she can feel him preparing to hold the gun with both hands. 'what is it?' She quietly whispered and it echoed a bit. The 2 starts to move slowly and the dim light reflected portion of the water to the whole tunnel. From the light they can hear quick movements echoing through the ground and on the water.

Bruce screamed and aimed his gun at Zach who fell to the water and his torch put out by the water. There is still a second source of light from where Zach came from.

"Bruce?"

"Zachary? Holy shit"

Bruce grabbed him up and Zachary brought him to a room.

"Holy shit.. that guy made this?"

"No, it was the villagers who did when the outbreak started, they wanted a shelter"

Bruce introduced himself and Caiti to Bogdan. Bogdan then continued that there is not a lot of dirt and rocks in between them and the other side. Bogdan used a crowbar and he is correct, a hole to the other side but they are tired.

"So, did you see Roddy and my boy?"

"No, we were separated earlier"

"Where's the kids?"

"Orlando is with us, he is back at the entrance"

"You guys.. need food"

"Yeah, we can use it"

"Follow"

They all recuperated and followed a rope that Bogdan has put up. Bogdan explained who he is to the father-daughter, the 2 felt sad about how quickly he lost his family to the dead. They quietly walked in the tunnel until they arrive at the entrance, where Orlando is waiting. They can see wet mud where the other has flown through. After a while they can hear movement in the water and a hole.

"Up there"

"I'll give you a hand since your the lightest"

"Sure"

Zachary grabbed on a bar and was boosted by Bruce. 'Hey dude' Zachary said with a smile.

"What is it?"

"Look what we got"

Orlando pulled Zach first and he sees Bruce, he is filled with delight and hugged the old man and his daughter. Bruce and Zachary gave Bogdan a hand and he easily got up. Bogdan welcomed them warmly in the basement and they all headed.

"Don't you think the tunnel will flood?"

"It won't, there's no source here, he just put all the water himself"

"Why?"

"As a trap, no idea what kind"

"Oh"

Bogdan put out a small gas stove and some American MREs, he starts to boil some water. They put water inside the small bags of food an after a few minutes then enjoy their meal. They all eat in silence gulping and slurping on the warm meal that they have been given. As they eat quietly in the night they hear several screams, not knowing if it is from humans or 'Bawlers'. They all got up but Bogdan stopped them form going to the window.

"They see"

"Who?"

"mertvets"

"What does that mean?"

'The dead?' Bruce asked in a whisper to which Bogdan nodded in agreement.

"The ones in the city were blind but not deaf, probably because of the sun, they don't blink"

"In this village?"

"Yeah, the trees hide the sun from them"

"Fuck this zombies adapting and shit"

"Well, so should we"

"But can they differentiate us from their own?"

"We need to try"

Zachary asked for anything black they can use to hide in much better in the dead of night from Bogdan, they went down in the basement and find several dark colored paints. Using black, scarlet, and wine paints they covered several piece of bed sheets in order to make a cloak, they also used other shades of green mixed from the black paint. Hopefully the dark color palette will help them get through to the Home Depot to get weapons and find the others.

Seymour, Nevada, and Rodrick has moved during the others were in preparation. They ran in the dead of night and passed by a golf course, they are heading north west of the village and farther away from the other half of their group. A few more minutes of running and they see.

"A fire station... this is good"

"Hopefully come on"