The Horror Squad (Book 3) Read Free Page B

can stop your
bitching because you’re coming too.”
I stopped her from nagging further.
    I walked out and stopped by my
room as well. “Kris, you and Daltin
come out to the storage shed.
Daltin stood up with excitement.
“You want me to go?”
     
“Yeah, shithead, grab your shoes
and come on.” I told him.
    He quickly grabbed his shoes and
followed me out with Kris not far
behind him. We walked out to the
storage building to see Karen standing
out front with her spread sheets.
“Already back to work?” I asked.
“Yeah, I don’t want my sheets
getting off.” She replied.
    “I hear ya.
Well, I need all the ice
chests we’ve got, along with all the
bow and arrows that we have.” I
stated.
    She ran her finger down her list.
“We have thirty-two bows and onehundred and sixtyeight arrows.”
    “Well, let’s make that
ten bows and
all of the arrows. Also, if we have any
crossbows, I’ll need one of those as
well.” I changed my order.
“A little archery practice?” She
asked with confusion.
    “Nope, we’re doing some hunting.”
I answered. “I’m also going to need a
couple of cans of gas, a generator and
the deuce.”
She placed her hands on her hips.
“Where are we going?”
    “Not this time, I’ve already got my
team picked. Just plan on eating good
when we get back.” I stated with a bit
of laughter.
    The rest of the gang joined us as
Karen started handing out the
weapons.
    “So who all is going?..and I’m not
sure it’s a great idea that Steven goes
anywhere.” Karen questioned.
    “It’s going to be myself, Daltin,
Gizmo, Kris, Tina, Steven and Bo. As
far as Steven, he’s going.” I made
clear.
“Where are we going?” Gizmo
asked.
    “We are going to the deuce.” I
stated as I handed him a bow and one
of the gas cans.
    The rest of us gathered the rest of
the items and walked out. Kris
jumped in front with me, as well as
Daltin who sat in the middle.
Everyone else piled up in the back. I
pulled up to the front and Donald
opened up the gate and closed it
behind us.
“So, you still not going to tell me
where we’re going?” Kris questioned.
    I kept my eyes on the road. “We’re
making a little pit stop before we go
to our destination.”
    I got to the main road and hung my
right. I followed it to Edgewood and
pulled up onto the tracks. I started
driving down the tracks until I got to
the abandoned rail cart and stopped.
Everyone started piling out of the
deuce.
     
“Why the fuck are we here?”
Gizmo asked.
    I started walking towards the train
and down the side. “We’re getting our
shit back.”
    I pulled the door open that we once
slept in and jumped in. Everyone
walked up to the door and I started
throwing down our backpacks. There
was dried blood and skin grafts all
along the side of the train door. I
threw my pack over my shoulders,
grabbed the last pack and jumped
back down.
    “We really just came all this way
for some back packs?” Tina
questioned.
    “We came for the food and supplies
that we left behind.” I threw the other
pack to Gizmo. “And we came for
this.”
“What’s so important about that
pack?” Tina asked.
     
Gizmo almost had a tear fall.
“Because it was Justin’s.”
     
Tina shut up with a look of
     
amazement across her face.
     
“Now load back up so we can go.”
I ordered.
     
We got back to the deuce and
loaded back up.
    “We’ve got some rotter’s coming
up from our six.” Kris called out after
glancing in her side view mirror.
    I applied more gas and started
running them over. I got back to the
road crossing and started turning
around. I could see Justin’s body
stand up in the middle of the tracks;
he was a rotter. I stopped, got out and
walked to the back of the deuce.
“Give me a bow and an arrow.” I
stated.
    Bo handed them down. I placed the
arrow onto my draw string and closed
my eyes for a moment trying to find
any happy place possible, but nothing
came up. I