Chapter 84 Community

John said into the radio, "Hey Rick, you there?"

Rick responded not even a minute later and said, "Yeah, what's up? Did you make it there?"

John then said, "Yeah, we made it to Noah's house. The place is still up and running."

Rick said, "That's great. So, are you coming back early?"

John said, "No, I'm gonna stick around for a week. These people are dangerously under equipped. I'm worried about a possible attack, I saw some tracks on the way here it looks like another group scoping this place out."

Rick said, "Alright, see you later then.:

John said, "Okay, bye."

John then switched channels and said into the radio, "Amy, are you awake?"

It took a couple minutes, but then Amy said sleepily, "Hey John. How are you?"

John replied, "I am perfectly fine, we made it to Noah's house. I just wanted to check in, how is everyone?"

Amy said, "Everyone is doing fine. We all miss you, Honey."

John smiled and said, "I miss you guys as well. I might be home a little later though."

Amy said, "What? Why?"

John said, "I have a feeling another group is going to destroy this place. I don't want all of these people to die."

Amy said, "Alright, but you have to contact me every night."

John said, "No problem, I love you, Amy."

Amy said, "I love you more."

John said, "I doubt it, my angel."

Amy giggled into the radio and said, "How much do you love me then?"

John said, "I love you so much, nothing could stop me from being with you."

Amy giggled and said, "I think I can beat that."

John said, "How?"

Amy said sweetly, "Because I... love you more."

John almost had a heart attack from the sweetness tucked into those words. John said, "You almost killed me from sweetness."

Amy giggled and said, "Hehe, I love you. I'm sleepy, so I'll talk to you tomorrow."

John said, "I love you. Bye." John then turned off his radio. John sat in his chair eating a big ass bag of kettle corn he got out of his pack, he also took out a can of coke. John then sat there playing some games on his PSP. John was interrupted when Debbie came inside the front door. Debbie came inside and saw John sitting in a chair with a blanket and playing his game. She thought, 'John sure is making himself at home.'

She then dragged her sons upstairs and shoved them in their rooms before she went into her room. John sat there playing games until early in the morning, John finished the bag of kettle corn and there were about 8 empty cans of coke on the coffee table.

John got up for the first time and walked into the bathroom and peed. John then walked out of the room, he walked into the kitchen and saw there was some mugs on the table, John grabbed one and started to make some instant coffee. John then walked out of the kitchen and sat back down in the living room. John sipped his coffee, even though it was instant coffee, it was still alright.

Debbie came down the stairs a couple hours after John, she walked into the living room and was shocked to see someone sitting there. However, she quickly realized it was just John, she greeted him before she went into the kitchen. She saw that there was a pot of coffee, so she poured herself a cup and walked into the living room.

She sat down opposite John and began to talk to him, trying to understand more about her son's savior. Her son said last night that John has killed people, so she was quite cautious when speaking with him. But her worries were for nothing because as she began to talk with John, she realized that he was very nice. He always had a calm expression and he seemed totally unworried at times.

They talked for a while until she asked, "So John, do you have any children?"

John smiled and said, "Yeah four, Sarah, Cassy, Joey, and Charlie."

Debbie was quite surprised, she said, "Wow! How old are they? To be honest you look pretty young."

John smiled and said, "Sarah is almost 4 and a half years old. She has grown so fast, seems like just yesterday she was saying, "Daddy, play." Cassy and Joey are both 6 months old, and Charlie is 7 months old."

Debbie said, "Oh so Joey and Cassy are twins?"

Joey said, "No, Cassy and Joey are half siblings."

Debbie said, "Wait, how?"

John pulled out a picture of his family. John said, "Joey is Maggie's baby and Cassy is Amy's baby. Charlie is Victoria's baby and I adopted Sarah after I saved her."

Debbie said, "Oh, so you have multiple wives?"

John nodded and said, "Yes." Debbie and John then talked for a while longer before Noah and his brothers came down the stairs. Debbie seeing this, had everyone sit down at the dining table while she heated up some canned sausages and baked beans. It didn't take long before the food was warm, and it was served to everyone.

John was about to dig in when he was glared at by Debbie, he put his spoon down and grabbed Noah and Mitchel's hands. Debbie then began a prayer over their food, John was used to this by now because anytime Hershel was eating with them, he would do the same. The prayer was quickly over, and they started to eat.

They finished breakfast and Noah's family brought John outside to show him around. John looked around and saw how carefree everyone was. This place was fairly secluded, so it made sense that they didn't face many walkers. But this carefreeness was going to be their downfall.

Many of the people here have probably never been outside. Hell, some of these people have never shot a gun most likely. Maybe they haven't even killed a walker before. It seems like only a group of men and some women would actually guard the wall and there was no schedule. Overall, John thought this place was very disorganized for how long they have been in the apocalypse.

John met many people that were introduced to him and many of them weren't suspicious of him at all. They greeted him with a smile even though his clothes were somewhat stained with walker blood. Everything was going swell, and time was passing quickly.

It was now evening; the sun was setting quickly, and all the people were gathered in the center of the neighborhood. Right where the two streets crossed, John was sitting off to the side and eating the food that was passed around. John was just sitting there when a young woman came over and sat next to him.

She was very pretty, she had brown skin and curly black hair, her eyes were very unique. They are a beautiful light gray; John hadn't seen anyone in person who had this color of eyes. John had talked to this beauty earlier in the day and they enjoyed themselves. Her name was Jade, and she was very friendly with John.

Jade said, "So, do you like this place John?"

John said, "It is nice here. The people are friendly, but your defenses are lacking."

Jade said, "What do you mean? The walkers can't get in."

John said, "I'm not worried about the walkers, I'm worried about people."

Jade said, "What do you mean people?"

John said, "People are worse than walkers nowadays, there are all sorts of sickos out there."

Jade got worried immediately, but John calmed her down. John said, "Don't worry, everything will be fine." John then talked with Jade for the rest of the gathering. When everyone was leaving Jade dragged him off to her house, she lived alone. Her house was a two-story house, it had baby blue siding and had red shutters.

They walked in through the garage and John closed it manually, inside was a sedan. They walked on the left side and Jade led him through a door, they were in a hallway, on the left was a tool area and, on the right, there was a room, John saw a washing machine and dryer in there. At the end of the hall was a door.

Jade led John up the stairs that were in the middle of the hallway on the left side. There were two sections of stairs, the first section led to a landing where the front door was. The second section led up to the living room.

The living room was connected to the dining room and kitchen, only the kitchen and dining room were separated by a counter.

John and Jade sat down on the couch and started talking about what they did before the apocalypse. They only talked for about 20 minutes before Jade led John to the guest room. It was right next to her room; she pulled some blankets out of the closet and handed them to John before she left the room.

John smiled and said, "Goodnight." John then closed the door and sat down on the bed. John set his weapons down on the desk on the corner, then he laid down on the bed and radioed Rick and Amy to check in on the situation. John then turned his radio off and pulled out his game and started to play.