Dead of Night - Part 19
by Ada Woods
Dad it’s me.
Christian?
Whose phone are you using?
Mine. It’s new.
Your old cell phone was authorized to make calls. Where is IT?
Christian?!
Answer me!
Where is your phone?
I don’t know.
Jesus. Lost or stolen?
Not sure. But I can’t find it anywhere.
You gotta be fucking kidding me.
Did you leave anything on there that could implicate our group?
Emails? Texts? Voice messages?
There’s enough.
How could you be so god damn stupid?
Don’t worry. It’s pass coded.
That means shit if someone knows the code.
Now think VERY carefully…
Is there anyone who could access it if they found it?
Not really. I don’t think so.
You’re gonna have to do better.
The passcode is Ada’s birthday.
So Ada could access it.
I guess.
But I’m positive she doesn’t have the phone.
And how is that?
Because I lost it inside the facility in Louisiana…
and she’s out here somewhere.
What the fuck do you mean OUT HERE?
I’m on my way to you at the base in Fort Worth.
Should be there soon.
Are you out of your fucking mind?
Ada’s headed there and I have to find her.
WE have to find her.
How the hell do you know that?
Emma told me.
Ada texted her from Houston…
She said she was going to break Woody out.
Really? Break him out of a fortified facility on a naval base…
One that’s kept a quarter million infected at bay for two days now?
A sixteen year old girl is gonna do that?
You tell me?
You’re the one she shot twice and then escaped from.
Tread lightly, boy.
Not to mention that she’s survived out here on her own…
Surrounded by these things for three nights.
And how does she know we’re holding Woody here?
Got me.
I didn’t tell anyone.
I swear.
I hope she does come here…
It’ll save me the trouble of hunting her down again.
What?
Look, Chris, this girl knows too much.
Hell, she’s walking around with a cell phone containing a text in which
I ordered Whitlock to put two bullets in her head.
I know you like her but…
I understand she’s a threat, dad.
And I’m not naïve enough to think there’s anything left between us after this.
But if she really is immune…
if she’s carrying the cure in her blood…
That has value…
So she has value.
Doesn’t that mean something?
unless…
is there someone else like Ada?
a boy?
Dad?
It’s getting late...
too late for you to turn back now.
Concentrate on getting here before dark.
We’ll discuss all this face to face when you arrive.
But Chris… be warned…
When I said we’re surrounded…
I meant it literally.
You’re gonna have to run down a whole mess of these things to get in here.
It’s safe though, right?
They’ll stay dormant no matter what?
Until dark, yeah.
But stay in your car and keep the windows up.
There are still things we’re learning about this virus…
And be prepared to stand a post tonight.
The only people left at the base are from our group…
So it’s all hands on deck. Got it?
Yes, sir.
What’s your exact location on the base?
Dad?
Shit. How do I even know this is you?
?
Tell me something only you and I know.
That’s easy…
What we’re doing…
using this virus thing to bring balance back to the planet...
to cleanse it of the non-pure and restore it to its former glory…
the idea came from mom before she died.
Okay then…
There are no other personnel left at the naval base…
So you can come through the main gate.
Take that road straight back for a half mile...
When you run into a twenty foot wall surrounded by zombies…
You’ll know you’re here.
I’ll have shooters on the wall to cover you…just in case.
See you soon, sir.
Be careful, Chris. I love you.
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