Woman and children first chapter 2

So, I bet you're wondering why no one is worried about the council's decision, that's because we've all been groomed to be subservient to them.  Ten years is a long time to have a bunch of women and kids locked underground, we are all dependant on those guys. Sometimes I wonder if the apocalypse even happened but then I remember Z day. 

Ma and I were waiting for my Pop to come home with some special breakfast, probably donuts and frozen coffee drinks. It was taking him a while but we thought he was in traffic or the line was long or something. Mom was just about to give me a snack when he came bursting through the door. He was covered in blood and screaming at us to get up and move we had to go right now. "They're coming, come on! Maddie move let's go!" I was scared and confused, my Pop never yelled. I went to get my stuffed platypus and just when I grabbed it he scooped me up and we were all running out of our house. 

"Don't look baby, close your eyes." He said but it was too late, I already saw. People were going crazy, screaming and begging god to kill them.  The others, the Dead were emitting a high wail while they devoured anything they could touch. The wet, thick sound of flesh being torn from bone has stayed with me. My Pop hid us in this cellar for a couple days but we got hungry and I couldn't stop crying. My folks decided that we had to find another place to go and the noise outside had stopped. I remember begging them not to make me go, I was so scared I could taste copper on my tongue. 

"Listen baby, we have to go but it's gonna be okay. I'm going to carry you just like last time. Do you have Captain?" 

I couldn't talk so I just showed him my platypus. "Good. He'll protect you now come here. Let's go." 

We left our cellar slowly, listening for anything moving but it was quiet. My folks started walking, following the road probably hoping to see the military or something. The Dead weren't gone though, they were just waiting. All of a sudden we were running again and I was screaming. I don't remember what happened next, I blacked out. They doctor said it was to protect my mind from some trauma. All I know is that after I woke up we were in front of a scary man with a gun and my Pop was crying and begging that guy to save us. I guess it worked but we had to leave Pop behind, I didn't get it then but I do now. 

The surface is full of hungry dead and our underground village is run by pervs. It should be a great 18th birthday. 

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