The End by Jr Herman Grobler Page B

get
inside,” the girl said fast it’s hard to keep up with her. Maggie
stops her before she can say anything else.
    “Look we can’t leave,” Maggie lowers the
blanket revealing Jacky.
    “This is my sister I can’t just leave her
here to die,” Maggie said, looking sad.
    “You can maybe make a run for it, but it’s
not what you think it is,” Maggie said.
    “This is the outside of the blockade, not the
inside,” Maggie said.
    “If you go out there you will most likely not
even make it,” Maggie said.
    “Past this blockade it’s a safe area but on
the other side that blockade might be entirely open for them to
come in,” Maggie said explaining.
    Maggie still wanted to say something, but the
girl cuts in before she could even finish her sentence.
    “Yes you are right; I saw a few while I was
coming here it won’t be any good to go out there,” The girl said
fast.
    “If we are to stay here, then we should
gather everything that we can and block of the stairs,” The girl
said, breathing fast.
    “It’s only a safety precaution we need take,”
The girl said, smiling.
    “We can block the stairs then block this
apartment door,” The girl said explaining.
    “Yes that will make it harder for them to get
up here if they ever got through the front door,” Maggie said
agreeing, you can hear the fear in her voice.

Chapter 4: Captivity
    It’s
going good so far, the door isn’t well barricaded and we didn’t
want to make any noise with them being so close, instead we removed
most of the doors from the other apartments and barricaded the
stairs at two points. The doors were not heavy enough so we used
some furniture to and sadly five bodies, Ashley made pretty much
sure they are dead by driving a screwdriver through their ears and
hopefully straight to the brain, so far she seems to know what she
is doing.
    “Damn, I haven’t been so tired in a long
time,” Maggie said with a long yawn.
    “Tell me about it, I couldn’t sleep with that
psychopath around,” Ashley sighs with relief.
    “Who is he anyway, what did he want with
you,” Maggie said, staring down at the floor where she is sitting
next to Ashley.
    “Well, if I need to start somewhere then I
can easily say he is incredibly stupid,” Ashley smiling at Maggie
almost laughing.
    “I could tell that much, from the so called
countdown even though he started at one,” Maggie said sadly.
    “You did what was needed, I would have done
the exact same thing, trust me those girls would have done the same
if you were in their shoes, they would let you die for their
safety,” Ashley said, trying very hard to cheer up Maggie, but she
knows it won’t be easy.
    “Bet you are right, I just can’t forget their
cries and faces and yet here you are and you seem pretty nice, they
could have been nice as well,” With one single tear running down
Maggie’s cheek.
    “Well, it is what it is, nothing you could
have done and nothing you can do about it now,” Ashley said in a
soft gentle voice almost fading.
    “I say that exact same thing,” Maggie smiling
slightly, knowing she will get along with Ashley just fine.
    “Even if he is stupid, he is also stubborn,
he will be back,” With some shiver in Ashley’s voice, taking a few
seconds break before she continues talking.
    “Roy, his name is Roy, he might be stupid but
he is extremely dangerous, I was entirely surprised when I escaped
the way I did, if he didn’t freeze it would have been over for me
or even worse,” Ashley said, staring down at the floor.
    “It’s ok, you don’t have to tell me more,
everything will be fine, beside he can’t get to us now, not with
all those things on our door step and surely if he did come back to
maybe make sure we are dead, then he won’t bother as all those
things out side will be pretty much convince anyone that they ate
everything that moved in this block,” Maggie said with some
giggling.
    Ashley joins in the giggling, both trying
extremely hard not to