Monday, January 4, 2010

Treasures - date unknown

There were problems right from the beginning. 
Signs that set off the gut you should have listened from the start.
No point in thinking about that now.  All that’s worth worrying about is our next move. 
We started with 25, there are 13 of us left. 
On our way back from the raid we got cut off by a horde 50 bodies thick. 
We had too many people with us.
I knew it was a fucking bad idea.
I tried to warn them, but we needed every hand we could get.
There was so much to carry, and we didn’t want to miss our chance before someone else cleaned it out.  But on our way back, while trying to go around the mass, we were hit with more runners than I’ve seen in years.
It took everything we had to put them all down. 
We were caught off guard and there’s no excuse of it. 
But those runners, there had to be almost a hundred, they were fresh, and they were fast.
The fight drew the horde and we had to make a run for it. 
That’s when people start to die.
When you run.
When you have no choice but to turn your back on a fight and run for dear life.  We made it back to some high ground and put distance between us and them.
But we lost everything we came for. 
We’re going to hold up for the night, try to make it back in the morning. 
But I don’t think anyone knows where the fuck we are, and I’ll be surprised if more than 5 of us make it back.

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