Imposter

  We walked. Tired, annoyed and hungry. We've learnt to go days without food but our water supply is depleted. We've walked miles and not crossed a body of water and I'm sure we won't see one for miles to come.

   Two hours ago, we found Rose dead. Parts of her looked eaten. Couldn't have been a one man job. We all knew it had to be at least two out of the seventeen of us left but of course we didn't know who. So now everyone is wary of everyone.

   I couldn't be bothered to care. My husband was taken from me two weeks ago, my son days later. I don't even have time to grieve in this world, nobody does. At this point in history we don't have the liberty to grieve, only survive. 

   No food. No water. No electricity. We still wonder how this world came to be like this. None of us could see it coming but all of us saw it coming. Please dont be confused and let me explain what i mean. It was gradual but fast. We always hear about how the world is becoming too populated for the resources but we all waved it off. We were warned weeks before but we all thought it was just the normal warnings the news channels gave us to stop wasting. Little did we know.

   Now the rich are like lower middle class men but the middle class and the formerly poor are worse than the people begging for coins on the road. Coins aren't even useful anymore. What food can they buy?

   The thirty families out of the billions in this world that could afford it went to Mars. More are still going but its harder to find money these days. I'm with my last child-Angel. The only one in my family I have left. I'm planning on taking her with me. I just need $2000 more. And I'm going to get us there. Just need to make sure they don't eat us on our way.

   We all met and formed a survival group 3 months ago. Seeing its easier to look for food together and share than be alone and die. We started of being about sixty. Some wonder off and die, some can't handle it and kill themselves and some just give up. Leading to our numbers coming down to seventeen.

   I see Lilo looking more hungry than the rest of us. Guess it couldn't have been her to kill Rose. Then again she does have three children who look fine. I look over at Cara. She's all alone. Rest of her family got attacked and she was the only survivor because she was out looking for food at the time. She joined us a week later.

   Then there's Joe. His like the John Cena of the group. His built up, muscular kind of a lady's man but to annoying. His always happy. Won't be surprised if it's him.

" SAVAGES!!!!!" Everyone goes in their defence poses when someone shouts the alarm. Savages. They come from nowhere and take whatever food they see. If food isn't seen they just carry as many people and run to eat them.

We saw about seven coming uphill. They may look small but these people are ravenous. Hunger can do that to you.

  I saw one of them coming for me with full speed. " Rivera, look out!" Ryan said. "Yeah no shit. I'm blind and can't see the giant man running toward me" I said grabbing my pistol.

I shoot three time in the legs yet he still ran.

   I hate killing people so I try to give warning or shots that only put you close to death. Before all this happened I was part of the security detail of a rich home, and before that i was in the army. Tough times. Hardly killed anyone though. I mean we are all fighting for our country and praying to go back home to our families.

   I shot him twice on each knee cap and he finally fell. Though still crawling forcefully. Then his head blew off. Guess someone got to him. I turned around in time to shoot one in the neck heading for Trevor, one of Lilo's kids. He carried his small pocket knife and stabbed him in the eye. Wasn't my kid but i was proud.

 "That's right my kid! Angel!!!" I left her behind with Tina, Trevor's sister, to play with for a while.

"Yes, mama?" She replied. Oh thank goodness.

"Come over here baby" Sher ran over but one of the SAVAGES, a girl this time, ran toward her at full speed. I shot at her but only one bullet went through. My ammunition had finished. Already knowing loading will be too slow, I ran at her carrying my knife from my tool belt and stabbing her on her eye.

   I grabbed my daughter and ran. Angel gave me her own gun that was loaded up and i used it to shoot the savage. I hate killing but you don't scare my daughter and walk out alive.

   I looked around and George was already killing the last of them. "There's a snitch among us" The said. Obviously.

"True talk. True talk." Benson replied. "I mean first someone ate Rose and then savages come to a place they mever think to look." Smart reasons but...

"How would the snitch have called the savages. Not like they've got a hotline." And that is why Norman was always the smartest. Well...he is a Norman.

"Who cares. All we know is that there's a snitch and when i find out. I'm going to kill him. Or her" That was Rosa, Rosy's twin. She's been having a hard time since Rose died.

"Well, let's get moving. Snitch or no snitch we can't stay here."

   We kept moving till the sun went down and made camp. I slept with Angel and a gun under my bunch of clothes im using as a pillow and a little sharp knife under hers.

   I wake up hours later to muffled screams coming from James. I couldn't see who it was clearly because the fire illuminated the assailant. But it was definitely a male. He came closer and I couldn't be more shocked.

"How is this possible? It can't be you. Anyone else but NOT you."

"Oh but it is" he said smiling

We both brought out our guns at the same time, each pointed to our skulls.

We wrestled a little bit then Lilo woke up shocked and pointed a gun at us.

"Lilo shoot him"

"No dont shoot me. Shoot Rivera I caught her trying to kill James...i mean c'mon how could it be me"

"Lilo i swear to you. Its not me"

She fired her gun and a scream was made.