the window and down at her hands griping her bow.
“I know Claire, no worries.” Noah lifts his eyes in the rearview mirror and glances at us in the back. “The Collisee isn’t that far from the base, so it’ll be a quick trip after this. Just hang tight guys, okay?”
We all nod in agreement, and I think back to when we went over the plans of where we are going the night before. Noah had told us that he was certain of at least two places people would be evacuated to for safety, and the Collisee is one of them. Though it’s actually called the Androscoggin Bank Colisée, and is a huge stadium. I’ve never been there, but Noah says that it has many different stadiums inside that it’s perfect for housing large groups of people.
That sounded good enough for me, and it was supposed to be the first place we went.
But with our lack of ammo supplies, Noah suggested that we head for the army National Guard base. He can’t say for sure if we’ll find anything to use, but I agree that it’s better to check it out, than not. The second place where Noah thought there would be people is Bates College, and it is big enough for it. So if the Collisee falls through, that’s where we will be heading.
“Are you alright Mags?” Gabe whispers into my ear, as he leans closer to me.
Turning to him I say, “Yeah, why?”
“You’ve just been really quiet, like you’re lost in thought. I’m probably just over worrying.”
He puts his arm around me again, and I lean in with a sigh. Have I been out of it? I don’t really know, but I have been a little distracted I guess. I try to think if it’s really something to worry about, but it gives me a dull throbbing pain behind my eyes and I let the thought fade away. I close my eyes, and let Gabe hold me, and pretend everything is fine and we’re all safe. It doesn’t last though, I can feel the car turning and I know we’re heading for the next road.
Opening my eyes, I sit up and see where we are now and I regret it right away. On our left is a business building plaza and it’s in worse condition than any I’ve seen. The parking lot out front of it is full, and from the way half of some bodies hang out the windows, I know no one made it out from there. The ground below is littered with bodies, which will never get back up again, whether it is dead or alive. I glance away, as Noah steers us off the road and around to a highway exit on ramp. We turn back almost in the same direction we just were, but then we’re going off in a slightly different angle and we’re on highway 95.
“Well, this is going to be tricky.” Noah grumbles after a moment.
I lean forward in my seat, and look out into the expanse of the highway. Up a head there are parked cars lining the road every so often, and it looks like it might go on for a long time. Even from where we are, I can see the bodies of the dead moving in between the cars.
My body goes cold just knowing we will have to drive slowly around them.
“Do you think we can make it by?” Gabe asks, as he leans forward so he can actually see Noah.
“This is a really bad idea.” Sam utters under his breath.
Slowing down a little, Noah turns to look at Gabe.
“There aren’t that many cars, and I think I can squeeze us through the break down lane. If anything gets too close to us though, we should shoot them if we can.”
“Shoot them?” Sam squeaks out.
“You mean out the windows? Like, we’ll have to roll them down, to do?” Claire asks.
“That is what I mean, yes. There’s not that many of them, but if they all come towards us, they could tip the car.” Noah says, as he speeds up a little and we get closer to the makeshift roadblock.
“We can do it guys, just don’t let them get close. Shoot out as fast as you can, but don’t waste the bullets alright.” Gabe takes the safety off his handgun, and leans over to me and faces Claire.
“I’m not using that thing.” She says, as she raises the bow in her arms.
“Claire, you can’t use the arrows. You