Went down the wrong road today. I was driving along Broadway headed back to the gun shop when I took a right turn to go down a familiar street. I’m not sure what I was looking for - maybe just some sign of semi-normalcy. Maybe that the neighborhood had survived the worst. Instead I found... well, I found out where the zombies are these days. They’re staying more in the residential areas of the city. I came upon a pack - must have been around eighty or ninety. They were sort of camped out around a house. I’m not sure if they were looking for someone inside or if there was some other reason to be there. They heard the H3 long before I made the turn and they were moving toward me when I hit the brakes. It was all I could do to get the Hummer in reverse and back the hell out of there. I wonder if we hunters are doing too well in the city and this is the next big group to take down or if they’ve left the cities the same way the regular people did. That things in the city are too tough with the hunters and now they’ve moved out the ‘burbs to escape the trouble we cause. I got back on the main road and decided to try to find someone else, anyone else, to talk to and see if I’m crazy or if this is something we should be concerned about.
I drove around but didn’t see or hear anyone on the streets. It’s almost like I’m the only hunter left here, which can’t be true. There was that group that got attacked last night. And the guy three nights ago. Or was it four? But it’s weird being the only one around.
If I hadn’t been so surprised by finding such a huge group I might have tried to take out a few before bolting out of there. I think I’m going to need to do some reconnaissance and see what’s going on out there. It’s harder to hide my location if I start shooting, though - there aren’t the same hard surfaces as downtown.
I did find where those hunters were camped. Looks like they did get out and took out a fair bunch of the undead. Probably thirty corpses in the street. I’m not sure where they went but there wasn’t any sign of them - just a lot of spent brass on the tile of the Starbucks. Maybe they slipped out the back and high-tailed it out of there after wasting a few of them. I know the zombies didn’t get them because there weren’t any guns lying around. Unless the zombies have decided to arm themselves now, I think the hunters got out. Maybe they took the same advice I’ve given to others and went north.
I just hope my family’s okay. They left before things got really bad and before the snowstorm, so I think they made it okay. I may need to look at heading up there once I take care of that large pack. Tomorrow I’ll start doing recon of the pack and see what it looks like. I’ll need to find a place to camp out that has good visibility but is relatively safe. I’ve become too dependent on technology that no longer works - I used to use the GPS and maps application on my phone to get all of this information. So sad that I spent hundreds of dollars on a useless piece of plastic and metal. For now at least. I can get a street map from a gas station but it’s the satellite image that I’m going to miss the most. Here’s hoping that I can find some good places based on that. Cheers!
I did almost forget one of the best parts of this whole thing. I like scotch - a lot. Not alcoholic a lot but I definitely enjoy a dram every now and again. It sure is a lot cheaper now than it used to be, let me tell you. At present I’m consuming a bottle of twenty-five year old Glenlivet. It will make me a little slower on the draw, but I think I’m safe where I am.
Speaking of safe, I did add some alarms to make sure I stay safe here. I can’t stay in this room forever - I’m afraid I’ll get too comfortable and careless. After finding the pack I went back to the store and grabbed a ton of batteries and then hit a security store to grab some wireless cameras. I’ve got enough for this week, probably. That will probably be my cue to go north. I’ve got some cameras outside the fire escape downstairs to make sure that no one stumbles onto the doors and then a camera at the end of the hallway of the floor I’m on as well. I also put an IR beam sensor on the door to alarm if the door opens. I had to jerry-rig the power supply, but it seems to be working. And looking over at the monitor showing the feeds, things look quiet. I may actually sleep well tonight.
So I guess that's it for the evening. Good night and stay safe out there.
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