Day 14

We crested a winding hill overlooking a valley. I had to pull to a stop, Nathan and Billy were breathless at the site. I'm not sure what city we were looking at but it was very bad.

I radioed everyone in the back to get out and come up front. I forgot I had to go unlatch the doors to let them out. Sitting down on the highway I just stared at the ominous site. Nathan nearly fell to his knees, something a man of his size ought not to do.

Billy was the only one alert at the time and unlatched the trailer doors releasing the other survivors to come and peer at what lay before us.

Every single one of them had the same reaction, it felt as if everyone had taken a body blow from Tyson in his prime. Hundreds of thousands if not millions of infected were down in the valley. They were so thick they looked like an undulating carpet, not a square foot was spared. Miles below us was certain death. This way was closed for good.

Our plans of escape evaporated like an ice cube on a hundred degree sidewalk in August. A.J. didn't know what to do or say. None of them had planned on this, this devastating obstacle. If we were all armed with nuclear powered flame throwers it would do no good. Nothing invented let alone nothing we have could have cleared path through this densely packed super city of death.

"We'll have to start over somewhere else." A.J. declared. Everyone absently and silently nodded, not knowing or caring where.
"We can't go southeast anymore. I'd say south is out of the question as well. Any objections to north?"

Everyone agreed, still stunned at the incredible site. "Alright, load up. We're headed north. Maybe we'll be out of the thick of things the further we go."

I grabbed the driver's seat, Nathan jumped up in the cab and laid down on the sleeper bed, clearly at a loss for words as we all were. Billy helped the survivors into the back and secured the doors and climbed up into shotgun position. A.J. and his planners would need to come up with a new destination now.

What if we found the same thing up north? What if we were surrounded? Good Lord, what if what we just say was the weakest point of exit? This wasn't good at all.