Free Surviving Day by Day (Book 3): Still They Come by Audra Allensworth

maaan. We can take’em easy, maaan.”
    The two men ducked their heads. “We sent eleven guys in there and found out the men folk were working two miles away in a field. The first shot brought them running and caught those guys with their pants down trying to rape those prayin bitches. Nine were killed and fed to the geeks. Those two over there, had their fingers cut off and then placed in some sort of stock where their dick and balls hung out. They cut them off and fed them to the geeks, right in front of them. So don’t fuckin tell me it’s a piece of cake.”
    O’Griff had jumped up when Dogbreath got hit. He looked at Tony, “Look we scouted the area all around with the spyglass and the binoculars. We saw only a few trucks and shit we watched them for over two hours and saw nothing, man.”
    Tony spun around but O’Griff was ready, no one had seen him pull the gun or the knife that was pointed right at Tony’s privates.
    “Easy there, chief.” Tony said with a slight quiver in his voice, “No need to get jumpy. I just want to make sure we don’t walk into another trap.”
    The two men locked eyes for a few moments then O’Griff stepped back and smiled, “Just wanted to make sure you didn’t want to serve me another beer.”
    Tony laughed as he slowly picked up his bottle and took a drink then handed it to O’Griff. As O’Griff took a drink, Tony’s smile disappeared and his voice was soft but mean, “You ever pull a knife on me again, I’ll ass rape you with it.”
    As O’Griff lowered the bottle he realized that Tony was now holding a slim dagger that he had pulled from his belt buckle right on O'Griff’s stomach.
    Tony turned to the bar, “I want twenty guys this time and we go in quietly no guns blazing. If they have others, I want to have the element of surprise on our side.”
    The group formed up and mounted a variety of motorcycles trucks and four wheelers. They roared out of town leaving the rest to stand and watch. A few minutes later two trucks pulled in and more members got out. One of the girls ran up and kissed the driver of one of the trucks, “Hi ya Mikey, glad you’re back.”
    Mikey gave her a kiss and grabbed the cheeks of her ass, “couldn’t stay away from the candy store too long.”
    One of the fingerless Daryl’s walked out, “So what’d ya find?”
    A skinny young man called Slick smiled, “Nuthin, we did get a shot at one of those injuns riding a horse. Tommy got him and almost knocked him off the damn thing. Last we saw he was hanging on the side as the horse ran away down the hill.”
    The other Daryl had joined the others outside over hearing Slick and looked at his friend. The first Daryl looked back at him then whispered, “You know what, fuck them, let them ride into whatever they run into.”
    The two Daryl’s walked into the bar, neither saying anything about what happened with Indian boy.
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    Beth was in the kitchen with Niz trying to make some lunch to keep everyone’s mind off of what was going on outside. She occasionally looked out the windows to see if anyone was lurking around. After watching her do this a few times, Niz sat down at the table and started folding a few napkins that she had found in one of the drawers. “Beth, it is a good thing to keep a cautious eye out but don’t let your fears overtake you.”
    Beth brought over a couple of glasses then went back to the refrigerator to get some sweet tea for them to drink. “I know you're right Niz, but we have all been through so much that I am just getting tired of having to always keep on guard. I mean watching out for the infected is one thing but regular, normal living people who are out to kill you to get what you have... well..... that is another thing.”
    Niz reached over taking her glass that Beth had poured for her, took a sip and smiled softly, “That has been how it always has been. Now with the dead walking the