Nate*

Will and his father had been some of the survivors. The Crush had happened not too long ago, and everything was gone. The Crush was when everything ran out. Most gas, all electricity, and most of the key things to life. They had only about six shells left in their rifle, and the deer they had recently killed was rotting. They were living in a mall, that had just been built and they day it opened, the Crush happened. They had enough clothes and shelter, and water, but the food was really running low, but they had some granola bars and chips from the vending machines. The biggest problem though, was territory. Each “group” of survivors, had to claim territory. This mall was an undiscovered mansion. It had almost everything, except for weapons. Sooner or later someone would find out and attack. There were some kitchen knives, but nothing compared to what some people had obtained, like machine guns. His crazy dad had just went off in search of some running water or electricity that might have miraculously made it. Will was reading an Alex Rider book he had found, when he heard it. It was the sound of a jeep. Will ran, grabbed the bag of knives and the rifle, and went to go warn his dad that they might be under attack. His dad was under a sink in a restaurant, and he had obviously heard the jeep. But when the jeep came in, a group of six men came out and said, “ We are not here to harm you, we just want you to know that there is a place that is still normal. It is east from here. You may come and they will feed you and take you in, but be aware of greedy people who might try to hurt you before you get there so they can have it all to themselves” By this point, Will and his dad had come out of the restaurant, but then all of the men climbed in the jeep and ran. “ Well”, his dad said,” Do you think we should go” “Of course” Will replied. “What if its a trap?” “ It won’t be” “ Okay, gather every useful thing you can find, we will leave tomorrow”

I raced to the sports shop in the mall. That was where we kept all our supplies. Like clothes we liked that we took from a shop, books, rifle, and water. I gathered everything i could and stuffed them in a greenish-blueish sack. I walked back to my Dad and saw that he had most of the food and water, we were going to eat during the trip. “Do you know where the place is?” I asked as I dropped the sack on the floor. “They said that It was East from here.It's getting late. We need to go to bed, I don't know how far we’re going to walk.” Dad said. And with that I took some water and fell asleep.