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Ignorant to the potential dangers of being out alone, and with a sense of sainst the cold late autumn wind, Michael stood on top of a bleak hillside and watched as another truck full of soldiers clattered down the overgrown track back, he presuain earlier and had followed it as far as he&039;d dared to go on foot before heading back to the relative safety of the motorhome He and Emma had then driven to the point where he&039;d stopped walking Michael sensed that they were near to finding the base and the return now of more troops in their transport was proof that they were close

Feeling more positive than he had been for days he turned around and put his thunificant victory The afternoon light was fading and cold rain was beginning to spit down From the comparative warmth and comfort of the motorhome a short distance away E his achieve back inside, Michael looked down at the track for a little longer There was a body walking along it now

A single pathetic, rotting, disease-ridden cadaver that pointlessly dragged itself along after the long gone transport Even now after so many days and weeks had passed Michael found it hard to accept what had happened He watched the lone figure with equal ah they had intentionally stayed as far away fro into contact with the corpses was inevitable As they had earlier watched the behaviour of the creatures change from the shelter of their fare continue unabated Whereas originally these reanimated bodies had been empty shells, now e to return

It was almost as if their brains had been anaesthetised by the disease and the nu, the bodies now see a purpose First the ability to interpret and respond to basic sti base emotion - the need to protect themselves and find an answer to their pain perhaps? More recently Michael had sensed a vicious inquizitiveness about the bodies which was quickly er and hate

It was cold The wind, rain and low temperature reminded him that he wasn&039;t safe He ran to the motorhome &039;Well?&039; Emma asked as he let himself inside and closed, locked, barred and blacked-out the door behind him &039;More of them,&039; he answered, quietly and breathlessly &039;We&039;re close, aren&039;t we?&039; He nodded and wiped the rain from his face and hair &039;We must be&039; A moment of silence followed Michael took off his wet outdoor jacket and kicked off his muddy boots Now that he was safely indoors Ehtly ritual - covering every , vent and door ooden boards and heavy black material

They knew that even the sh to attract the bodies Eet the cra in &039;Toain,&039; Michael whispered as he sat down opposite E it takes, does it? We&039;ll take things one step at a time I&039;ll walk a little further down the track then we&039;ll drive the van doe knohat&039;s there&039; &039;Are you sure this is the right thing to do?&039; &039;Of course it is, why?&039; Michael was surprised by her co with here,&039; she explained &039;Do you think we&039;re going to be welcoht not have come across any survivors yet And look at the state of us They&039;ll probably think that we&039;re dead and that we&039;ve just&039;

&039;Do you really believe that?&039; he interrupted He sighed and shook his head and looked down at the table &039;I don&039;t know,&039; she stammered, unsure &039;We&039;re the odd ones out around here, aren&039;t we? They&039;re not going to be expecting&039; &039;They&039;re not going to be expecting fucking corpses to turn up in a camper van, are they?&039; &039;No, but&039; &039;But what? They&039;ll see the van, they&039;ll see us and we&039;ll be okay&039; &039;What if they see you when you&039;re walking?&039; He shrugged his shoulders &039;Sounds like you&039;re just trying to find reasons not to do this&039; &039;Come on, that&039;s not fair I&039;m just worried that this won&039;t work out&039;

&039;It&039;ll work out&039; &039;There are a hundred reasons why itsuits They can&039;t even walk out in the open They can&039;t breathe the air because it&039;ll do to them what it did to the rest of the population&039; &039;Yes, and that&039;s our get out, isn&039;t it?&039; &039;What do you s don&039;t work out the ant, we&039;ll walk&039; &039;You think they&039;ll let us?&039; &039;You think they&039;ll have a choice?&039; &039;I&039; her head in her hands

&039;I&039;ative I just think we need to play this whole situation very carefully&039; She knew that she was going to have trouble trying to contain Michael&039;s eagerness and excite from, but his cavalier approach and lack of concern worried her They both knehat the risks were They had already lost just about everything they had At the farht to build themselves some kind of shelter and protection froe physical and ue victi of an eye

Onein a cold motorhome in the middle of a field was far froain E in the pit of her sto that control

Every night felt like an eternity The dark hours dragged endlessly With no distractions or entertainment it was all that Michael and Emma could do not to dwell on the problehtly lighter and more bearable

Most of the time, however, the musty at Conversation had continued to be sparse and difficult throughout the evening As the couple had discovered on many occasions recently, there was very little they could talk about that didn&039;t so that they had been doing their best to forget about and ignore Going to bed soht temporarily relief, but much of the time it was of little help

The survivors would either lie there, unable to sleep, or they would e to lose consciousness only to be jolted back into their bizarre reality by a dark nightmare or a sudden noise from the other side of the motorhome&039;s paper-thin metal walls The only true cohts since his life had been turned upside doas Ehtly, keeping each other warm, he relaxed in the comfort of her closeness He loved the sound of her voice whispering in his ear late at night, and the gentle tickle of her breath on the side of his face soed to remind him that, no matter how it often felt, he was still very much alive

The sainst his, the warhts, all helped reassure him that the effort of survival had been hile and that, despite the considerable odds stacked against thelimmer of hope that their situation would eventually iht that, one day, the two of theain without fear

He knew that itand couldn&039;t continue to function indefinitely, could they? It enty past two in thethe side of theonto the metal roof above the randoh the mud outside It didn&039;t seem to matter For a few precious moments none of it seemed to matter to Michael He was close to E and unexpected et the hell outside