Death knocking

“Where are they heading. They are thousands of them” Peter asked holding a touch running ahead of me

“ I don’t know but something is happening. Probably they are hungry” James answered. His face could tell it all. He was scared and uncertain

In could feel the fear that I tried to suppress creeping in on me. I looked at the two boys under my care and became scared. I didn’t want anything to happen to any of them.

“ They getting closer. Shit” Peter was getting agitated. All of us were

“ Faster. Run faster. Lets get of the road.” Old Kibali said and we ran towards the grass field. It was the worse decision we made

“ They too many. Mummy. Will they kill us”? Javi asked. I could see the fear in is eyes and face. Dan was also scared.

“ No. I will protect you” I said. Deep inside I knew how scared I was but I could not show them

“ There is a moving vehicle coming this side on the main road. Lets go back on the road. They may help” Mrs. Kibali said looking at the approaching car from the other side of the road.

We rushed back on the road targeting them

“ Help. Help” we tried to stop the vehicle but they ignored and drove past us.

“ Hey. Hey” I shouted even louder but they drove past us.

Few meters from us, it stopped and drove backwards. Two young men were in

“Sir the dead are coming this way. They too many. We are afraid we won’t make the night. Please help us”

“What? You are lying to get a ride. Ma’am don’t waste our time.” With that they continued

“Wait, we are not lying.” We tried to shout but they could not hear us.

“Let’s go” Old Kibali said as we ran forward in devastation.

We ran on the road like crazy.

Fe minutes later. We heard a speeding vehicle behind us. This time it didn’t pass as but the stupefied men on the vehicle hurried us to get in

“Hurry up. Get in”

“This is crazy” the man on the passenger seat cursed loudly

“We have to go back to the ranch. That’s the only safe place” one of the men said driving away after we all entered the back of the cabin. The vehicle took a sharp turn at a corner ahead before speeding of. The Growls could be heard from the distance growing faint and faint as the vehicle drove

I dozed of the moment we escaped and relaxed. When I woke up again we were driving in an Isolated land full of grass on both sides. The dark grass were silent and creepy. With the sound of the vehicle echoing through the night, it was even weirder

It took around thirty minutes after the vehicle did three turns for us to see a grand house in the middle of a large field surrounded by maize field and trees.

We got out of the car and the young men welcomed us. An old man came out of the house to welcome his sons

“Did you get it?”

“No dad. Things are crazier out there. We met a horde of the dead heading west.” The man who was driving answered his father

“I see you brought visitors”

“Sorry dad. We didn’t even get a chance to introduce ourselves. It happened too fast”

“My name is Oliver, he is my brother Mark and our dad Oliver senior.” Oliver the one driving spoke. He was the eldest son

“ Nice to meet you all.” Oliver senior said

“ My name is Kibali, that is my wife, Emma, her son Javi and Dan, we have James and also Peter.” Old Kibali introduced

“ Nice to meet you all. Lets go inside we have a lot to talk about” Old Oliver said walking slowly towards the house

Inside an old lady was setting food on the table. She added more places and serves potions to use as well

“Dad I think we have to reinforce the fence from tomorrow. From what we saw on our way, they will come this way too. We need to be ready for them and reinforce the place to make it safe”

“There is no need. It’s safe already. The field is too wide for them to come here fully.”

“Dad. You can’t ignore. Things are worse”

“That true. He is right. They are too many of them. We will not survive even the night if they come this way”

“Okay. Let’s start tomorrow”

We ate and shown a room that women shared together with kids and the rest of the men shared a different room. It really felt night to sleep on a home again. I missed home. It’s been more than three months.

Early the next morning after breakfast, we helped Mrs Oliver clean the house and gather food from the field. With so many corns on the field, it was enough food to feed everyone for a while. Also they had food in store and cow, chickens and goats. It was really a normal ranch with not undead walking around

We helped to reinforce the fence for the next week. We even barricaded the gate just in case. Only a person from inside or who know how to open the gate could enter

Things went on smoothly that we felt at home. They welcomed us to stay as long as we wanted. We didn’t refuse. We didn’t have anywhere to go anyway

For the next three months things went on great with little to no incidents of the undead. The few cases could’ve been from them roaming randomly. With seeds readily available, we made a plan to plant more food and the ones that could endure the harsh weather conditions.

Also we wanted to plant something that could grow fast to be used as food in a month or so. We prepared the land and had it ready for the next day. We wanted to prepare the nursery for seedling planting.

They say, it’s always calm before a storm.