Here's part 5 of my story. I cut it in half so it'd be easier to read in one sitting. the segment with Joey and Lila will be either a section of part 6, or the entire chapter. I'm not sure, we'll see how long it gets.
Halloween is coming soon. I'll probably do a break in the regular story for a "Halloween special". We'll see what happens.
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Blood of the Damned
Part 5
The howl of wolves washed over the island. Jaskiewicz tiled his head as the mournful sound poured in through the window.
"It is beautiful no?" Haley said as she looked over the sewing kit she had borrowed from the soldier sitting against the wall before her.
"Beautiful? They're just howling," Jaskiewicz said as he watched the woman clean her hands off with some baby wipes he'd had stashed in his vest.
"That's a simple way of looking at it, but the sound itself is soothing. Here's another way of looking at it. They have survived this long, despite an outbreak of the undead, and despite humans trying to hunt them into extinction," she said, tossing the used disinfectant wipes over her shoulder into the corner of the small shack they had found and occupied.
"Yeah sure. If you say so. Can we just this over with please?" Jaskiewicz said.
"Not a problem Jaskiewicz," Haley said, using a pair of scissors to cut the bandages off. Blood started to ooze from the wound.
"You mispronounced it," the soldier said, wincing as Haley ran the bandages through the wound to get most of the excess blood out.
"Well, how do you say it then?" she asked, taking up a needle and some thread.
"Ya-ski-vich," he said, wincing at the end as the needle pierced his flesh and started to drag the thread through the small hole it had made.
"Well... I'll just call you Jay then, not hold still or else you'll make it worse," Haley scolded, as she proceeded to push the needle through the skin on the other side of the wound.
It took a careful five minutes to finish up the stitching. Haley then proceeded to apply new bandages to the wound.
"Well... you won't be running on it anytime soon, but you won't bleed out either," she said, grabbing the long stick she had found outside and laid it beside Jay. The soldier grasped it, and carefully got to his feet, using the stick for leverage.
"Some crutches would do better," he muttered.
"Until we find some, walking stick is all you get," Haley told him.
Jay sighed, and looked out the window of the shack, looking into the woods they had just fled from. He could see a few zombies milling about, but the undead creatures didn't seem to know where their prey had fled to just yet.
"Thanks, by the way," he said after a moment of silence.
"For what?" Haley asked, raising an eyebrow.
"For saving me, and fixing me up," Jay said awkwardly with a shrug.
"Don't bother thanking me. It wasn't for you. Not individually anyway," Haley responded as she started to look through the cupboard on the shack's wall near the door.
All she found was a box of shotgun shells and a can of baked beans. She smirked as she reached in to grab them both.
"Alright then," Jay said, letting the subject drop. He had never been very good at talking to women.
"Take these. The beans will make a decent, if cold breakfast," Haley said tossing the shells and can of beans over to her companion.
Jay caught them, and slipped the ammunition into his vest. He inspected the food, before letting it fall into a leg pocket. It would get annoying after some walking, but food was food.
"I take it we're not staying here then," Jay commented.
"You're a soldier. You should know this place isn't defendable. You need somewhere stronger. You're going to need to sleep," Haley said.
"Why do you keep saying 'you'?" Jay asked as he moved away from the window and towards the door.
"I'm going into the city once you're safe. See who else I can find," Haley explained.
"Fuck that. I'm going with you," Jay said, standing resolute before the woman who saved him, walking stick in one hand, M4 in the other.
"You can barely walk. It'll be better to have someone experienced watching our little safe house anyway," Haley reasoned.
Jay shook his head. He knew when he was being patronized. Letting out a sigh, he finally straightened up.
"Lets go then," he said.
Fallschirmfuchs
Well that is good, they are getting to know each other. Can't wait to read more.
sinfulwolf
6 shoulder come sooner than usual... but we'll see. Hectic times approaching.