George (Book 1): The Long Road Home
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Lee and Travis were quickly coming up behind me and were firing at the zombies now coming out of my house. They overtook me and entered my home as Will helped me up, handed me a baseball bat and followed me inside.
The fight that we put up against the zombies in and up the stairs was like a dream, I just couldn’t wait to get upstairs to my family. The last Zombie Will had taken out was Poppy’s teacher from school, Mrs. Hoocher. I liked the lady and was sad that they had gotten to her too. Her left side was the most damaged with most of the flesh her neck and arm, missing. Her clothes hung in tatters and for some reason this was what bothered me the most, probably because she was always so smart in life. I couldn’t really do mush fighting with the bat as there was no room to swing it.
I got to the top of the stairs and waited on the soldiers to clear our other rooms, Will and Adam stood behind me.
“Kelly? Can you hear me? It’s George!” I called banging the door.
“Excuse us George,” Lee said as he and Travis broke the door.
Then we had to use all of our strength to move the furniture behind it, I could see the kids, cuddled together on the bed, sleeping next to Kelly.
“Poppy, Cam? Daddy’s home!”
We finally managed to push through enough for me to get into the room.
I ran to Kelly as Will ran to the children to pick them up, ready to get them out of this hell hole.
“Kelly, I’m home baby, I’m home, I’ve missed you so much.” I cried shaking her a little.
She stirred. “George? I’m sorry,” she whispered before passing out.
“Kelly? No!” I called.
Lee pushed me out of the way and felt her pulse. “She still has a pulse but we need to get her out of here and back to the base, quickly.” He picked her up easily and carried her quickly out of the room.
I turned to Will and Adam to see why they had not yet taken the children out of here and to the car.
Something was wrong, both Will and Adam had tears in their eyes and their faces wet with them. Will held Poppy in his arms and Cameron was still on the bed, Adam sat next to him, holding a letter.
“Will?” My whole body was shaking
“I’m sorry man, they’re gone.” His voice broke and he fell to his knees, still holding Poppy close to him.
“No!” I called running around the bed, I ripped Poppy out of his arms and shook her a little.
“Poppy, its daddy, I’m here baby, I’m back, please Poppy, please,” I begged, tears streaming down my face, I had never felt pain like this before. I mimicked Lee’s earlier actions and tried to find her pulse, but there was none to find.
“No, no, no, no.” I looked at Adam who brought the body of my son to me.
I cuddled Poppy into one side of me and Cameron into the other and rocked back and fore. I cried and kissed their faces all over, begging them to forgive me for not being there with them and for not returning sooner.
Lee came back in and whispered something to Will and Adam with all three of them giving me anxious looks, I couldn’t care what they were talking about, my world had just collapsed, I was numb, I wanted to die. This was it, rock bottom it couldn't get any worse than this.
“Uh, George, I am so, so sorry. Would you like to go back to the car whilst I take care of your angels for you?” Lee knelt down in front of me and was talking very softly, his face was full of sadness and pity.
“I, I want to die with them, just let me be,” I begged them.
“No George, you need to go on, we need you back at base, Kelly is going to need you.” Adam tried to reason with me.
“George, we don’t know how long it’s been…” Will said in a whisper
I knew that he was warning me that my children could rise again at any moment, I couldn’t bare for that to happen. My babies needed to rest in peace.
I started to nod my head. “Ok, ok, Will I, thanks.” I handed Poppy to him gently and nodded to Adam who took Cameron off me. Walking into Poppy’s room I picked up one of her stuffed teddies and one of Cameron’s toy cars that he had left in there placing them into the pocket of my trousers.
I lay on Poppy’s bed wrapping myself up in her sheets, I placed the barrel of the gun to my head.
“I’m sorry, Poppy, Cam, Kelly, I’m sorry it took me so long to get back to you. My babies rest in peace, knowing that nothing can hurt you ever again, Daddy will be with you soon”
The gunshot was so loud it rang out through the house.
The End