Plague of the Dead | Book 3 | Plague of the Island

used to have access to fresh eggs but the chickens we used to have we had cooked as they were getting old. We thought we could replace them with some of the wild chickens that were all over the island, but we didn’t see chickens anymore. I guess they had become zombie food.
We needed someone to go on an emergency run. Daniel had postponed runs due to the loss of half our camp. Plus, the runs needed to be further and further from camp since we had gathered all the supplies that could be found nearby.
I gave the kids a snack of canned fruit when Daniel walked into the rec area.
“Hey,” he said looking overheated and tired.
“Hey,” I said back and took him into the food storage area while the kids ate.
“We’re almost out of food,” I told him.
“Shit,” he said, “How much do we have?”
“If we limit what everyone eats, maybe a week. Not counting the travel reserves for us.”
The travel reserves were a bag designated for each of us, supplied with 2 bottles of water and 3 days’ worth of food in case we would need to leave on a moment’s notice.
“Pull from the others reserves,” Daniel instructed.
“I already did. The seven days is with their food added,” I replied.
“Shit,” Daniel said again, “I’ll set up a quick run.”
I nodded. He gave my hand a squeeze and then went out the door.
Daniel called an emergency meeting about the food later in the day. The kids were near, playing in the sand.
Daniel told everyone about the food and what we needed to do.
“I wish Laura had brought that up before,” Gerald stated, clearly irritated.
“To be fair, before we could rely on fish and eggs,” Luther said.
“True,” Gerald grudgingly agreed, “but still we need to know what food counts are at.”
“Not a focus now. Now we have to worry about correcting it…” Daniel said. Before he could continue Lasa let out a scream.
She was looking out at the ocean. What scared her wasn’t hard to miss. The sight was terrifying.

Chapter 11
The sight was unbelievable. In everything that I had seen so far in the plague, nothing was like this. There was a horde of zombies heading towards us. They were rising out of the water. There was one close enough it was crawling on to the sand and growling excitedly.
There were heads popping up out of the water, making their way onto the beach. I had no idea where they had come from. Looking into the distance, it appeared they were only zeroing in on our section of beach. Like a plan of attack from the zombies.
I was numb. The fear in me was so strong. This was the first time I had been so afraid that I could not move. I just could not understand how it was happening. The chunks began rising in my throat.
The horde was big enough to make Daniel say, “We need to leave this place now.”
At first, I couldn’t understand why. It was scary but it looked like we could handle it. Even with us being shorthanded, it seemed like we could take them down.
However, when I looked again and took in what was really happening, I could see just how huge the horde was. The water was breaking as the heads were surfacing. If we stayed, we would only be zombie food. They would outnumber us in seconds.
I watched as Daniel ran to the rec building to grab keys.
Kent, Luther, and Gerald shot the herd as they headed towards us. They were trying to get control of the situation but there was no control to be had by us. Any leverage we had; the zombies had taken away from us.
I finally got my senses back and grabbed Brain and Lasa’s hands. I led them away from the water and towards the cars. They both looked shellshocked.
I kissed Lasa’s head and gave Brian’s hand a squeeze.
“Stay here,” I instructed.
I watched as Phoebe ran to grab our backpacks of supplies.
I pulled out my gun to help shoot the zombies that were on the shore. There was no point in shooting at the ones in the water. There were too many. But we needed to take care of the ones that had made it on to the beach or the ones that were close to it. It was the only way to buy ourselves some time to have a chance to get out of there.
Daniel reappeared with two sets of keys. He handed a set of keys to Luther.
“We have to go now,” he stated.
Luther nodded and yelled over the firing range, “Let’s go.”
Kent and Gerald nodded, and we all ran. We began to climb over the cars. Daniel picked up Lasa and handed her to Gerald. Luther did the same with Brain. Phoebe came running out of the rec area with our bags. She threw them over the cars to the other side.
“This is insanity,” She said as she climbed onto the cars.
I was the last one on our side of the car wall. I looked back to see that our shooting the zombies on the shore had done nothing. There were now a ton of zombies on the shore heading towards the car. The saltwater dripping from their bodies. It was also causing the dead flesh to seemingly slide off their skin as well.
The sight of it made me sick. I didn’t have time to focus on it now.
“Shelly,” Daniel called to me.
I began to climb up the car and quickly lost my balance. I began to fall back to the sand, but Daniel caught my hand. He had to help me climb onto the car.
The horde was closing in quickly. They were nearly to the