In Ackland Mall
It’s been a very scary week or so. Each day was a challange — hiding from the hordes and ferals, trying to find supplies, finding a safe place to rest. Everytime I woke up, I considered myself lucky. I’ve seen more zombies break through more barricades in the past two weeks than in the entire time I’ve been in Malton.
A few days ago, I found myself — almost by accidents — in Havercroft, near the Ackland Mall. I never made it over to Lerwill Heights. At the time, the Mall was completely deserted — not a single survivor to be found anywhere. There were a couple isolated zombies staggering around.
I hid in a building closeby, planning on searching for ammo in the gun shop the next day. That’s when I realized there were small pockets of survivors all around the Ackland area, which is why I decided to stay in the area.
I moved from building to building for a couple days — breakins were still common, and I saw serveral survivors get mauled and dragged out into the streets. It could have been be any of those times, but luck was with me.
Eventually, enough survivors gathered in the area, and we went into Ackland. We’ve been very busy — clearing out all the zombies, building the barricades, setting up generators and radios, finding more supplies.
It’s still not safe. There are regularly several dozens zombies outside, attacking the barricades in fits and starts. It takes a lot work from the survivors to keep the barricades up. Mostly, we succeed. Sometimes, we don’t. Zeds get through infrequently, and we have to clean the place up again. We’ve lost a few suvivors due to breakins.
Still, there are probably a couple hundred of us here now, and the crowd seems to be growing. The ‘cades are becoming more stable with having more folks around to pitch and keep and eye on them.
Slowly, very slowly, a bit of normalcy is returning to the Malton after the giants hordes swept through and destroyed everything. Ha. What is “normal” in Malton, anyway?
