Free The Event: The Beginning by Lee Thomas

want the more squeamish of the group coming in to this smell.” I said, pointing to the closest door. "How much did you get searched? Is there any other entrances to this area we should be concerned with? If we are going to camp out here tonight I don't want any surprises."
                  "There are other doors, but they are locked tight. It probably wouldn’t hurt to post a couple of guards overnight just in case, but as long as the door we came in is secure, and anything you found was secure, we should be safe here." Jeff said. He motioned a man over and gave him instructions to open the door a little, then he nodded to me and walked towards the forklift to start moving pallets. I looked back over at the room and saw a few men had brought out canned food and water bottles and just closed the door. One appeared to say a small prayer for the ones left inside. I thought we could all use a little of that right now.
                  I gathered my team to go check the front area again, just to make sure it was all secure. I sent two out to gather the rest of the group and start bringing people in. The rest of us went back into the office area to check it back out. I went to the front lobby area and checked those doors. They were locked, and the boards all seemed to be nailed or screwed in tight. I tried pulling on a few, and none of them budged. As I entered the cubicle room again, one man came over to me and said all the windows in the offices were also boarded up tightly. That meant the only way in or out was the service entrance we originally came in. I told the guys to start funneling people into here so everyone could claim a bit of floor to sleep tonight.
                  I went back out to the warehouse area and saw that Jeff had managed to move most of the pallets to in front of the door to the dead room and cleared a large area close to the service lobby. People were starting to file in now, and I heard the guard directing people to the office area. With the room closed, and the overhead open for open, the smell was dissipating now. Glancing at my watch, I saw it was now about six. The sun would be going down soon, and those things would be more active. I went to Jeff as he hopped off the forklift.
                  "I want two men stationed in at least four RV's for the night, and we need a radio or two in here. They can take turns sleeping, but I want at least one in each vehicle awake to keep watch. They can radio us if they see anything, but don't fire unless they have to." I told Jeff. I then went outside to the RV's and helped bring in some of the food. We could make a makeshift kitchen in one of the offices. I went out and climbed on top of one of the RV's to get a better view of the area. I looked out across the lot, then up and down the building. Seeing a ladder leading up to the roof, I decided to head up to get a birds' eye view of the area. I had my swords on me so I walked over to the ladder and motioned to one of the men who was outside, pointed to myself, the ladder, and up. He nodded understanding and continued on his way.
                  I made my way up the ladder and scanned the rooftop. I didn't see any movement up there so I pulled myself the rest of the way up. I began by going right and heading to the area over the office area. I walked around the perimeter of the roof, looking as far as I could. I could see houses in the distance, other businesses.  I continued around the edge of the roof, looking at the street, inspecting the roof for damage, looking out across the street. I couldn’t see any movement, which meant no infected. I also didn’t see any signs of survivors either, though. I made my way around the edge of the roof, even to the areas we weren't going to be in. it took me about an hour to make it all the way around back to the ladder. The sun had set most of the way by then, so I couldn’t really see anymore. I stayed on the