" Guys what do we do" Lily asks. Spencer drives onto the next street although this street might not be any better. All of a sudden two zombie mutants jump onto the car. The windscreen cracks. " Lean out and shoot them" shouts Spencer. I am the closest one to the window. I guess I will have to do it. I lean out the window and aim the gun at the closest zombie. I shoot two times. The zombie falls off and I shoot the other zombie. I get back into the car. " I guess that this part of the city is a no go" I say. Spencer is upset. " The window screen. It's cracked now! It's going to effect my driving!" I hope we don't crash. Spencer drives a bit slower. We see several zombie mutants but luckily we are able to avoid them. We eventually make it to the freeway. This feels strange. Normally there would be cars driving up and down these roads. Another thing that the apocalypse took away and probably never return. We drive for three hours before Spencer starts complaining. " This damm window sill. I am going to take a break. Plus we have gone for some distance. Let's eat lunch." I help set up lunch. We are having canned fish and water. Water is our main drink consumption since there are no longer factories producing other beverages. " I was thinking. How about we go to the mall? The one that is not far from here. It's a little further up" says Spencer. I almost spit out my water. " Are you joking Spencer" I ask. He shakes his head. " I am serious guys. How about it?" I shake my head. " There could be many zombie mutants in there" I say. Lily smiles. " This might sound stereotypical of me. Trust me I hate stereotypes but I need clean clothes." Spencer smiles. " Please Andrew. You can wait in the car if you want." I roll my eyes. " Fine. Let's go."
The mall is big. There is three floors. I hope that there is no zombie mutants in there. We drive to the parking lot. The plan is that we will use the stairs. We don't want to get trapped in an elevator with no room to run. The parking lot on the ground floor is safe. We enter the mall. The electronic glass moving doors still work. Electricity is still going strong. For now. Maybe this is an apocalypse that still allows electricity to run. Maybe its the government. We stop and listen to hear for any moans. We hear nothing. An idea forms in my head. " Spencer. Fire a shot. If there is any zombies around here, once they hear the gunshot they will come running." Spencer smiles. Spencer fires a shot. It is loud. No zombie mutant will be able to resist that sound. We wait for about five minutes and nothing happens. " let's explore" says Lily. " We must still be careful. Let's stick together" I say. " Which shop to go to first" asks Spencer. The shops on this floor is a telecommunications one, three restaurants, one supermarket and a shoe shop. " Ladies get to pick first. Let's go to the shoe shop first" says Lily. We walk to the shoe shop. The place has been semi-raided. Lily eyes a pair of purple sneakers while Spencer and I grab a pair of blue sneakers. " You next Andrew" says Spencer. I decide to visit the telecommunications shop. I grab two phones. So does Spencer and Lily. " I want to have a meal. Let's raid the supermarket" says Spencer. When we arrive, the place is a mess. Shop items on the floor. People were obviously in a rush and didn't notice items falling down. We head to the junk food isle and eat chocolates and chips. We also have milkshakes. Spencer prefers Ice cream flavour, Lily enjoys banana and I prefer toffee coffee. We are sitting on the floor. " Cheers to surviving in this new world and to having this whole mall to ourselves" says Spencer. We all laugh. We stay on the floor for about twenty minutes just talking about random stuff. " What do you see yourselves doing in the next ten years" asks Spencer. "I see myself trying to protect people. People need protecting these days. I guess even in the past they needed protecting." says Lily. " I want to be someone that has plenty of wisdom and offers helpfull advice to people. I want to help people" I say. Spencer nods. " Good goals guys. I want all your goals combined. I want to protect people and help them" says Spencer. Is Spencer changing? Maybe. I hope so. " Let's get up now and search the next floor" says Lily. It feels like Spencer, Lily and I are the only ones on earth. This mall could be our home. Nah, not really. When supplies run low, we are going to wish that we carried on on our journey. The second floor has plenty of shops. There is four restaurants, a bookstore, a sweet shop, three clothing stores, another supermarket, another electronic shop and a jewelry shop. " ladies first again boys" says Lily. She decides to go to the jewelry shop. We enter. "I want the fanciest item there is. Indeed she takes it. More like three of them. It's my turn to choose next. I choose the bookstore. " Typical of you Andrew" says Spencer. " Knowledge is power Spencer" I say. I immediately run to the fantasy books. I enjoy the fantasy genre. I have a favorite book series called the Lost. I have read every book except the last one. I see the last one in the top shelve. " Yes. Now I can know what happens. I hope M.G.L made it" I say. " Who is M.G..L" asks Lily. " He is the author of the book. If he didn't make it then this truly is the last book. It's a shame I have little space in my backpack" I say. I put the book in my backpack. " What if we get another bag from the supermarket and just put more stuff in" says Spencer. I shake my head. " We can't carry more stuff unless it's supplies. We need to be fast to avoid zombies" I say. We leave the bookstore. Spencer decides to explore the clothing store but there are only a few items left which he doesn't want.