From the journal of Sarah Richards, April 10

April 10, 2017

     Yesterday, Mandy and I went to Buckner.We took some supplies and checked out the undead situation over there. We saw a couple of them just standing near the base, but they weren't acting anything like the ones around Towers. It was almost like they were sleeping on their feet, waiting for something to get their attention. I bet Mrs. Edison, our science teacher, would call it something like a 'dormant state'.

     We snuck past them and into the nearest stairwell. It was harder getting up the stairs when we had to be as quiet as possible. The stairs are falling apart and some of them aren't even strong enough to step on. We know which ones to skip and which ones creak the loudest, but it still makes it harder when your life depends on it.
     There were no zombies in the stairway and we didn't see any on the fifth floor. Our hang out was clear and everything was just as we left it. I put the supplies in our hiding spot in the wall of the bedroom and we crept back down the stairs and into the tunnel. It was really dark on the way back down the old maintenance part and back to the main tunnel between the Towers and the port. No one got in our way on the way back. We had decided that our trip to Buckner had to be a secret, because others might try to go there if things went bad. That building doesn't have very many places that are secure enough to be behind walls and a closed door. We needed it to be our backup place, not someone else's because they had followed us. I also didn't want the supplies we took over there disappearing. Some people didn't have a lot of food and they would do anything to get some when they get hungry. Even brave the old maintenance tunnel and the falling down stairs to get to Buckner. We needed those to be there if we had to evacuate the Towers.

     When we got back into our building, there were tons of people around on the first floor. This only happened, usually, when there was going to be a meeting of the town and I hadn't heard about one today. Neither had Mandy. Then we heard the sound. It was louder than usual and had a weird sound to it. Like the building was starting to give. But that couldn't be possible, this building was made to survive our harsh Alaska winters!
     Everyone was heading to the same place, so Mandy and I went, too. I saw my mom and went to sit beside her while Mandy went to sit with her family. The mayor got us in front of everyone and told us all that the undead were basically climbing on top of eachother because they were pressing so tightly against eachother. They were going to reach the bottom windows at some point. Not today, probably not tomorrow, but they would get in eventually.
     Mandy and I looked at eachother and we both knew we would be going back to Buckner with whatever supplies we could scrounge tomorrow. We would probably be going back every day that we could until the zombies got in. That way, out hang out would be better prepared for us having to run there.
     The rest of the meeting was just the usually blah, blah, blah. Once it was over, everyone scattered. Mom and I went back to our apartment. I sat her down and told her all about the hang out spot and what Mandy and I were doing. She was mad at first, but then she realized that it was a good idea. If this place gets overrun, our home would not be safe for long. We made a pile in of supplies for Mandy and I to take tomorrow. Then we ate dinner and I did my homework. I hope we can get enough over to Buckner before the zombies get in. I really hope so.

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