Carvers old Ford truck had run out of gas several miles ago, no he was forced to move on foot. He resented the idea of being out in the open, but a truck stuck in the woods surronded by those things didnt have much more appeal. All he had on him was his backpack from school and the document case attached to it. His school supplies, with the exception of his copy of "Much Ado About Nothing" gad all been hastily dumped from the bag. What was now inside was a few bags a trail mix he grabbed from the house as he was leaving the city, two maps for navigating the roads he was going to take, and one topography map he had found in his room. By his luck, one of his previous architecture projects was to go out into these same woods and excavate a plot of land with two other students. A compass was also nestled in the side pocket of the pack. He had found his dads old 32. special and the revolver was in one pocket, with as many shells as he could fit in the other. An old hunting knife was strapped to his thigh and a multi-tool was in his cargo pocket. He had strung an old canteen across his back pack.
Getting out of the city on foot had would have been a nightmare. But by a great stroke of luck his car had enough gas to get him out, but not much further. And now he was about five miles outside of the city.
He came out into a clearing. "Thank God..." were the only words he managed to pant out. He was two hundred yards from an old truck stop. It was relatively empty with the exception of two figures standing out in the open. He could only assume the worst had happened to them.
Two shots rang out from the lot. Fortunately, what little experience Carver had with guns had paid off. UNfortunately, however, the woods were suddenly alive with noise. Carver cursed himself. Of course the truck stop was full of zombies hours ago, they had just wandered off into the woods, but they hadnt gone far. Breaking open the glass door entrance to the truck stop with his steel toe boot, he ducked the handlebar and slid in. Once in he grabbed a shelf and pushed it up against the hole he had made. And just in time as over fifty zombies began to emerge from the woods. Carver locked all the doors to the building and began to rummage through the maintenance closet. He found a short wave CB radio, the kind found on big rig trucks, but it signal could be picked up by anything so it didnt matter.
"If anybody is hearing this, I am trapped in the Flying J truck stop on highway 43 outside the city. I am in the main building and have at least fifty zombies surrounding the building. Dont come unless you have a lot of firepower or a good plan. Any armed civilians, Army, Navy, Marines, hell eve the cavalry sounds good right about now! I repeat, I am at the Flying J....." He continued to rattle off his location two more times before heading to the liquor isle. He wasnt going down quietly, and the smoke might just provide a distress signal.