Terrance held his open wound as he drove the truck along. “What happened in there Terrance, where is Red bird?” Molly asked.

“Shes dead.” Terrance quickly responded.

“What happened to your side?” Molly started to look through their supplies to find some sort of bandages.

“I was fighting some of the undead and got slipped up and got punctured, I will be fine.”

Terrance winched at the pain. Casey found a first aid box in the back. “Molly this should help.”

“Yeah get yourself bandaged up before we go any further.” Terraces father told him.

Terrance pushed the brakes and the truck stopped as did the convoy.

The large field of the dead still walking towards them in the distance. The spruce trees on each side of the highway, the clouds began to cover the skies and soon enough rain was hitting the windshield of the truck.

Terrance bandaged up the wound with the help from Molly, the wound was still bleeding and the nasty gash was in need of stitching. “Alright let's get moving.”

The truck was slammed into gear and sped off. The convoy followed them down the highway. There were a lot of aimless walking dead, some were halved corpses clawing at the ground of the highway. They started to pass into another nearby reservation after Eighteen minutes of driving.

“Anyone got a smoke?” Terrance asked. “I do.” Casey picked out a single cigarette for Terrance. “Thanks sis.” Terrance placed it into his mouth and began to light it.

“Look survivors!” There were a lot of people walking on the road that Terrance’s father was pointing at. “We cannot possibly take them all could we?”

“No, they will have to find another way.” Molly said with a tone of discernment to the situation.

“We will have to at least try to help out.” Terrance stopped the vehicle. Opening the windows he shouted to the incoming crowd. “We Will take who we can.”

The crowd started to hop in the back of the truck, while others piled into the buses and as they were gathering more trucks and vehicles pulled up in another convoy. Terrance got out of the truck and leaned against the hood of the truck, then he stumbled over to the RV Bus that was leading the group.

“Where are you heading?” Terrance asked.

“WE were gonna go in the direction you just came from, how is it that way?” the old man pointed.

“It’s a massive herd coming from that direction.”Terrance shook his head.

“How big are we talking?”

“Big enough to stop all of us.”

“Fuck, Well there goes the alaska plan.unless… no that won't work.”

“What wont?” Terrance looked at the old man in his wrinkled brown worried face. “Oh the road won't be safe for us to travel this time of year, especially with all this rain.”

The old man then asked Terrance. “Where are all of you going?”

“Were going to the military outpost mentioned on the radio before all communications went out.”

“Military base, where?”

“Yes in the rocky mountains.”

“Well if you say so, I will follow.” The old man with long gray hair got back in his Rv and waited for Terrance’s convoy to pass.

Terrance stumbled back to his truck and hopped back inside. “And what did he say?” Terraces' father asked.

“Nothing, they were planning to go to Alaska but the road is now cut off so they are gonna follow us.”

“Oh, well the more of us the safer it should be.”

“Let’s hope that's the case.” Terrance began driving.

Reigniting his cigarette Terrance puffed as they rolled along down the road.

The rain drops started to pour down and the people in the back of the truck began to get cold.

Terrance noticed this and slowed down and rolled down his window to say to the people in the back of the truck.

“ The nearest town is an hour and thirty minutes away, do you want me to stop?”

Morning star asked the people in the back and then turned and nodded. Terrance stopped the truck and the convoy came to a halt. Rain was pouring down hard and the wind started to pick up.

Flashes of lightning broke the darkness lighting up the large fields and surrounding hillsides. The convoy was out of the woods and stopped on a paved highway.

“Shane, go ask the buses for blankets for the back of the truck people.”

“On it!” Shane replied and opened the back passenger door then stepped out the truck. Walking to the buses and entering in.

“MORNING STAR, THERE SHOULD BE A TARP FOR YOU GUYS BACK THERE!” Terrance yelled out the window.

Morning star started to look around the truck's box.

Terrance winced in pain from the stab wound. Feeling his side he could feel the blood still bleeding through the bandages.

“You sure you're going to be alright to drive the rest of the way?” Terrance’s dad asked.

“Yeah, only two and a half hours I got this, dad, how's mom doing?”

“She's sleeping, breathing fine now.” Terraces dad looked down at his lover and put his hand on her handover her chest.

“That’s good we're.. alright, everythings gonna be alright.” Terrance looked at the time and started to change the setting to the radio. Hoping he was gonna find a signal.

The radio played static and nothing was being broadcast on fm, so Terrance switched to am.

Still nothing. Terrance put back on his country music.

Taking off his jacket and wrapping it tight around his side. Terrance grunted as the wound pained him from the tightening.

“You alright?” Molly asked.

“I got it.” Terrance looked beyond the window wipers that were throwing the rains off.

Shane passed the blankets he could find under the tarp and got back in.

“We're all good to go!”

Terrance put the truck in gear and continued. Down the road.

They passed through towns ravaged by the dead.

Through the hills the highway took them. The rain never stopped.

The convoy never stopped. Terrance kept his music playing as he stayed focused on his goal.

Mountains were in the distance. And his people were counting on him.

Terrance noticed all the animals in the farms were all gone.

“Look, the cows and sheep and horse’s are all gone.”

“The undead?” Shane questioned the vacant state the massive commercial farms were in.

“ That's one possibly.”

They continued to drive along the highway. Till they saw the sign for the mountain highway turnoff point.

“Not one deer.” Shane said in disappointment.

“Your right not one spotted.” Terrance was shocked.

The mountains were forty eight kilometers away. A twenty minute drive for the convoy.

Terrance bummed another smoke off his sister. Igniting it and taking a rather long drag.

He rolled down his window for the smoke to go out.

“Do you think they are still after us?” Molly asked as she drank some water.

“I would think so, the things stayed banging on the doors all night.” Terraces dad.explained.

“George is right, we've had them chasing us endless nights.” Shane agreed with Terrance's father.

Molly pet their dog taco who was silent the whole ride.

“How is Taco?” Terrance looked at Molly checking on him.

“He is fine.”

“That's good, he might be the last animal alive.”

Molly hugged Taco. Terrance kept driving. Feeling alittle drowsy but still keeping the pedal on the fast enough rang for everyone to keep up.

“Terrance, I like what you did to the truck.”

“What do you mean?” Terrance asked his dad george.

“The truck runs like she's brand new when I bought her off the lot.”

“Yeah, I will have to tell you all about it another time.”

The truck passed the sign for the first mountain town.as they approached the Highway mountain town, they were shocked to see how badly the town was smashed by the undead and looters. Abandoned vehicles were also blocking the road.

Terrance pulled up to the first vehicle and pressed the truck up against it.

“Everyone hold on tight.”

Terrnace pushed the gas pedal down and the truck began to move the small explorer out of the way. Terrance continued on to the next vehicle and pushed the van off to the side. The Undead from the town heard the engine of the truck and began to walk and surround the back part of the convoy.

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Shots began to fire out from the back of the convoy. Terrance had no time to get out and check but there was a huge blurr of undead in the rear view driver side mirror when he peeked back.

Terrance pushed the next burnt out jeep out of the way.

The convoy was clear to pass through as Terrance led the way up the mountain road.

They turned left up the side of the mountain highway and saw the massive herd that gathered in a short amount of time. The convoy was following up the highway on the mountain side.

“There must be thousands.” Shane’s eyes were open in horror of the sight.

“We must keep moving.” Terrance kept driving.

They were getting to the top of the mountain's hillside where they came to a stop. In Front of the mountain house was a huge herd of undead.

“Terrance, what do we do were all screwed?” Shane said putting his hands on his head.

“Don’t give up so quickly.” George said.

“We're all gonna have to fight them, we got guns and weapons.” Terrance said.

Terrance got out with his shotgun and started to walk towards the undead.

He loaded his shotgun with the shells dangling inside his pocket from his tied jacket.

“Come on you fuckers!”

The convoy's warriors got out with their guns and started to walk with Terrance.

The herd turned to them and started to walk towards the warriors in a line.

War cries were heard.

The undead walked towards them in a crowd that spread out to be four hundred or more.

Terrance shouted. “Aim for the head!” Then lifted his shotgun and started to blast. The corwds weapons fired out. Rifles, hand guns and even some submachine guns. Auto shotgun blasted the crowd when everyone started to reload. The old man’ drum mag auto shotgun moed the crowd down to less that 170. “Reload!” The old man called out. The Crowd continued to slam the undead with head shots. The rest of the convoy started to gather outside of the trucks and buses and cars.

The group of warriors finished off the last bit of the surrounding heard. No one was killed and the warriors started to clear the area inside of the building. Terrance sat down as Molly and a second helper, morning star helped stitch him up as he leaned on the side of a rock.

“Arrgghhh…”

“Quit moving.”

“Im trying.”

“Bark!” Taco barked.

Terrance breathed in and out.

“Almost done.” Molly said.

“We gotta get inside the undead are probably more than halfway up the mountain, and I don't know about the rest but I used all my shots on that crowd to clear us a path.”

“Old man what's your name?” Terrance called out the old man with a trucker vest and long gray hair that stuck out of his red hat.

“Name’s Vern.”

“Vern, can we block the road with our vehicles?.”

“Good plan but the undead are already coming, take a look.”

Terrance looked at the mountain hillside road and the Undead were coming.

“Fuck!” and I'm out of shots.

“All I got is what is left in my current drum magazine.” Vern Started to walk inside the building.

Morning star and Molly walked with Terrance and Taco. they climbed up the concrete walking ramp. Shane walked out.

“Holy fuck, everyone get inside the dead are coming.”

Terrance and Molly and Taco ran inside while Morning star fired his rifle at the crowd.

“Terrance the military got back to us over the radio they are sending down the two buckets.”

“Two?”

“Yes, only half of us will be able to go on the buckets.” Shane continued.

“How much ammos we have?”

“I'm out of shells.”

“Out of everyone we need all the ammo and guns to stay behind, keep your hand weapons!”

“Some of us will have to stay behind and hold off the dead while you guys get to the base.”

Molly held onto Terrance’s arm. “The women and children first!” Terrance called out.

The old elders left their guns and ammo. And got ready to get on the gondola elevators.

The kids lined up with some of the parents.

And the warriors and some of elderly men stayed. Terraces' father George lined up with Terrance’s mother in his arms.

Terrance walked up and hugged them rather long.

“Love you guys, thanks for everything, I will see you on the top.” Terrance kissed his mother on the head and nodded to his dad.

“Son, Stay Alive.” George said to him.

“ I will dad.”

Terrance walked back to Taco and Molly.

“Undead are getting close.”

The elevators opened and the elders and children started to make their way onto the elevator platforms.The warriors waved and some started to sing their war songs.

Others loaded their guns. While Terrance hugged his woman. Taco began to bark as the undead banged against the windows.

Terrance kissed his woman Molly and stared into her beautiful light brown eyes.

“I Love you Molly.” He Said and she kissed him.

The undead broke open the windows and started to get blown away. Blood from the Head and brains spewed all over the place. Taco barked in excitement from the guns and people fighting the undead.

Some of the warriors were pulled out by the undead and ripped apart in the crowd.

One of the warriors pulled the pin on a grenade and blew up a grouping of them.

Terrance and Molly fell down from the blast and Taco ran away in the room.

Terrance lifted his head off the ground and the ringing in his ear was going off.

The blast knocked back the warriors and some were being eaten alive.as the dead poured over the smashed windows ledges. Filling the room quickly.

one elevator descended back down and the doors opened.

Those that could stand got into the elevator. Molly Taco got in the elevator Morning star was being pulled back into the crowd of undead by his braid then in desperation he cut his hair and got away jumping into the elevator.The warriors fought the undead at the lifts doors. One men was pulled out by his legs. Terrance and two other guys pulled at his arms and upper torso.

The undead had their hands grabbing through the doorway reaching for any living thing they could get their undead hands on.

The man was ripped in half and the group of four that were trying to save him fell to the ground with his lifeless body. His entrails unfolded on the ground of the elevator which left a nast stink in the elevator interior.

Terrance gaged at the nasty smell. Terrance held his nose and the elevator was well on its way up. It swayed in the wind and shook at certain parts of the trip.

They were well over the treetops and they could see the storm clouds and lightning all around the mountains.

Then Terrance noticed a large black spot in the clouds. Flying over the clouds and area became darker.

“What was that?” Terrrance questioned.

“What was what!” Molly was scared.

“There was something in the clouds.” Terrance said.

The elevator reached the top and the doors opened. Everyone got out and choked and coughed out the fumes from the elevator.

“Fucking disgusting.” Shane spat on the ground.

“Shane look up.” Terrance was looking to the sky above the mountain base.

There was a huge round oval shadow in the gray black clouds.

“Where is everyone, where is my family.” A man in a black coat started to call out.

“Shelly, Chris!”

“Hey, I found a wounded one here!” Morning star called to terrance and the group who all ran to the old man bleeding on the ground.

“Good god some of you survived those horrible things down there.”

“What happened?” Terrance crouched down to ask the old man. Morning star helped the old man lean up so he could talk. He was shot in the stomach and bleeding out.

“The soldier’s shot all of us men and took the women and children down into the base, when they left I crawled to that control panel and sent one elevator back down for you.”

“Some body patch up his wound.” Terrance said o the group who all had their eyes on something else.

“Move out of the way and let us deal with this.” Three gray aliens stood in blue suits.

Terrance in shock stood up and backed away. The gray aliens then used some gel to heal the wound and the old man sat there amazed at the wound closing on its own.

“Who are you?”

“Were the ones that saved you.”

“Why?”

“The cube said you would show us the way.”

“The way to what?”

“Shut down the portal.”

Terrance got up and saw his father shot on the ground. “ DAD!” Terrance ran to his side and held him on the ground. “Dad, nooo.” Terrance held his dads lifeless body and tears rolled down his face.

“We can save him like we saved you, but if you family and lovers are used to bring forth the dimensional warp gate, we won't be able to ever save them.” The Gray alien spoke.

“Come with me to save your familys and friends, you won't be able to access the gate.”

All the people watched a cube fly down from the ship its little blue orb lights in the middle opened up a portal. Gray watched as the people all walked through Taco stopping to sniff the gray alien.

Gray then walked in with his three alien special ops. All carried energy directed rifles.

When they walked through the portal they were inside of a large weapons locker deep inside the mountain base.

Terrance and Shane looked at each other then back to the shelf and started to grab the weapons and load the rifles they both took. The other guys followed along, Morning star grabbed a rocket launcher and some extra missiles. Another guy put on a flame thrower.

The old man picked up a nice submachine gun extended magazine.

The gray alien opened up the door just as Terrance and the other guys finished putting on body armor.

Molly held out her hand pistol and kept a hand on tacos leash. Following the group.

Terrance walked the sleek dark halls.

“How do they see down here?”

“They see through the specially made glasses.”

“Why no lights?”

The gray alien loaded his rifle and said to Terrance. “Have you ever heard of Reptilians.”

Terrance looked at gray with a serious face then realized he was talking to a gray alien.

“I Will be ready for whatever, you guys helped us so i'm following your lead, but can we atleast turn on the lights in here?”

“Cube, can you do something for some light in here?” Gray asked the floating cube with blue lights.

The cube then floated in front of them and started to shine bright enough light to see down the hallway they were walking down.

The Gray alien said hold up and threw a small energy field up around himself.

Terrance slowly proceeded forward. Turning the corner to the hallway.

Shots rang out from the end of the hall. The bullets hit the energy field gray was using and the cube began to make a force field in front of them. Bullets bounced off the energy field being emitted by the cube.

The grays opened up fire once the soldiers were out of ammo. Nailing perfect head shots as the troops fell to the ground. The grays moved forward. Terrance and the small band of warriors followed and kept their guns aimed down the hallway.

The grays entered the main portal room. The engineers tried to start the machine when the cube sent a blast at the portal, blue energy emitted and flew across the room breaking its side.

The force field came down and the native warriors started the fire fight taking heavy losses but the few that didn't get shot, managed to get cover and started to counter snipe the soldiers.

Terrance Molly and Taco got behind the large concrete wall. Terrance would poke out and fire towards the enemy covering fire for those who were closer and now reloading. Morning star fired the rocket launcher at the tall concrete structure they were firing from. Terrance was unsure how anyone was seeing anything with all the blasts from the gun fire to the massive blue light. All in darkness. Terrance couldn’t see his mother or anyone for that matter. So he kept close to the wall and moved forward. Once at the portal room entrance Terrance felt a sharp pain then looked down and he was shot. In the stomach. He fell to one knee then fired, killing the soldier who shot him.. Terrance saw another to his left in the upper level platform. So Terrance aimed and fired his rifle two bullets punctured through his helmet killing the soldier.

Another soldier with a badly shot up riot shield ran forward at Terrance. Three fast shots blasted the shield and the soldier threw it down and charged Terrance. Choking him with his hands.

The soldier's head popped back when Molly shot the soldier in the face.

Terrance threw him off and stood up looking at the blood shed and carnage. The Room was lit up by the cubes light Terrance could see most of the warriors and shane died during the fight except Morning star, Molly and taco and the Gray aliens. Molly cried and went to Shanes side holding his bloody dead corpse.

“ Molly, don’t worry the Grays will help him when we're done saving the people and my mom.”

Terrance put his hand on Mollys shoulders while she sat there crying holding her brother.

The Grays called up Terrance and Morning star to help.

“ I WIll be right back Molly. I promise we will save your brother too.” Terrance, barely striding up the stairs, got to the top and saw the gray aliens before a control room where they were cutting open the door with some sort of laser tool. Terrance sat down beside the Control room door and one of the grays started to put the healing gel on his wounds.

“The Reptilians inside have everyone captive.We need you guys to help us save them.”

“Got it!” Terrance felt better from the gel and stood up and loaded his rifle again. Morning star aimed down the sights. Inside the Reptilians loaded their blasters and one commander wielded his energy sword. The door flew open and the grays threw a flash impact grenade which blinded the Reptilians.

Terrance Walked in and fired, killing two white reptilians. Morning star killed two to his right.

The grays pushed forward killing the six in front. Then the commander stood before them with his sword slicing the two of the gray’s weapons in half.

“Everyone get back.” The main Gray took out his thin energy sword. And started to move around the room with the Large white reptilian.

Taking small lunges at each other each met their opponents strike with maximum Defensive counters.

Then Gray quickly struck his defensive block to open him up then evaded behind him and sliced backwards stabbing into his right side rib cage. The reptilian stood there then let go of his sword falling to the ground holding his chest. Gray then took the head of the Reptilian. And put it into a dimensional cube.

“Alright free the others and I will have the clean up team help with bringing the bodies aboard.”

Gray turned to Terrance. “ You were wounded pretty badly during the battle and for safety measures we are going to give you a full medical examination aboard our craft.”

“Everyone here will be joining us aboard our ship.”

“What about my dead father and brother inlaw?”

“They will all be Regenerated in our medical facilities aboard our craft.”

“Alright Gray Show us the way.”

Terrance got up and followed Gray to his wife Molly and Terrance picked up Shane on his back Molly and Taco followed them and walked with Gray out through the portal as more Different Grays showed up in separate portals to clean the facility.

The portal exited out on the ship where they were in a brightly lit medical room. Gray turned and said to them.

“There is nothing to fear here. This part of the ship is our medical facility where we heal all sorts of Species across the galaxy and dimensions.”

Terrance watched as a small blue alien walked up and said to Terrance. “Right this way one of our medical beds is awaiting you.”

Terrance looked at Molly and taco. “ I will be right back.”

Terrance got up and followed The small blue alien to the medical bed where he got undressed and laid inside of the machine. A small gas filled the chamber and the next thing he was out cold.

When Terrance opened his eyes he felt a lot better than before. His vision seemed better. He looked at himself and he seemed younger and his skin was healthier. Terrance said to the little blue alien.

“How long was I in there?”

“four days.” the alien replied Terraces eyes opened wide.

“Where is my family? Do they know I'm here?”

“They were notified and should be waiting for you.”

“What happened to my clothes? They are brand new?”

“We have fabric replicators on board that use fibers and recreate new clothing out of the existing fabric and design.” The blue alien then passed Terrance the clothes. Terrance got dressed.

And when he walked out of the medical room, His mother and father were waiting for him with Molly and Taco. Morning star smiled when he saw Terrance walking out through the doors.

Terraces father and mother both looked like they were in their twenties again and were smiling and happy to see Terrance. Terrance smiled and tears fell down his face as he hugged his mother and father. Then he kissed Molly. And hugged Morning star.

“Come Terrance we have something to show you.”

And Terrance followed them through the halls of the brightly lit ship. Terrace was amazed by the transparent walls he could see the northern lights on the planet earth and the stars and moon.

They finally came to the end of the hallway and there was huge doors opening up in front of them.

George said to Terrance

“They said this place was our new home and we could call it whatever we wanted.”

“What did you name it?” Terrance held on you Mollys hand

“We named it Eden.” George replied, and Terrance looked out at a massive field that stretched out into far distant mountains and forests, wild life roamed freely as Terrance walked up and petted a Deer eating in the field.

“This place is for you all to stay and make home while more medical ships come to earth's orbit to save your planet's species. “ One Gray spoke out of the three that seemed to appear out of thin air.

“Why are you helping us? What do you get out of it?”

“Our timelines have been ruptured by this Reptilians species of white Drakos. We are fixing the timelines by ridding them from all dimensions they are infecting including our own. That includes saving your species and planet.”

“Are you guys winning the war?”

“Your planet was one of the many timelines we have saved so far. Eventually we will find the source dimension and finish this fight.”

“When you do, can I be there?”

“ Yes but in doing so may lead to you not existing in the current dimension.”

“Wouldn't you be able to bring me back?”

“With my current capabilities no, but there are those who could.”

“So what do we do till then?”

“Enjoy this Eden, with your family and friends, spend time with nature and become your being again.” The gray alien then opened a portal. “We will be back.” and they walked through as the portal closed behind them.

Terrance and his family continued to walk through the fields of cows, sheep and horse’s and deer. Towards the forest with mountains in the distance.

The Field of the Dead Written by Travis Willier Copyright 2022