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“I’ve got this,” a woman said, coming into the room. “Do what you need to do.”
I ran out of the room, calling a reminder to the guards to be ready to block the hallway.
“Report,” I barked to the nearest soldier, channeling my inner Patrick.
“A group of twenty or more infected approaching from the north,” he said.
I grabbed his radio.
“Stay focused on your locations. Infected use decoys and distractions to find a way in.”
“I have a single watcher in the south,” someone said. “Stationary. Almost didn’t see it.”
“Stay low and unseen,” I said. “Molev will check it out when he’s done. Report anything unusual.”
“Molev’s cleared the group to the north,” someone else said. “He’s heading back now.”
The infected ate away the daylight hours, testing our alertness. If Molev was visible, they didn’t show themselves. As soon as he was absent for more than an hour, though, they’d send another group to the fence.
“How are we going to get more fuel this way?” Brandon asked.
“How is Molev going to get any sleep?” Katie asked, her worried gaze lifting to where Molev stood on the roof, prominently illuminated by the last rays of the day’s light.
Roni crossed her arms, looking angry and thoughtful. None of us liked the situation we were in. Pinned down and unable to do what we needed to do. And the longer we stayed in one spot, the more the risk increased.
“Do they know it’s him because he’s so much bigger than us or because they can see it’s him?” Roni asked. Then she uncrossed her arms and started toward the housing. “I’m going to find out,” she called over her shoulder.
Steve shook his head. “I think she’s losing it.”
“Get to your posts,” I said. “Radio if you need anything. Rest while you can. We know the routine.”
Everyone nodded and split up. I climbed the ladder to join Molev on the roof.
“Were you listening?” I asked.
He grunted but didn’t look away from his scan of the distant buildings.
“We need to figure out a way to get that fuel tomorrow. The longer we stay, the more we’ll draw,” I said.
He grunted again.
“Don’t lose focus of the bigger picture,” I said.
“Tomorrow, you come with me. Steve and the others are able to lead here.”
I wrapped my arms around Molev from behind.
“No.”
He didn’t say anything. Neither did I. I just held him for a few more minutes then settled on the roof with the binoculars.
That night passed much like the one before. Not a lot of sound, but once Molev left, he didn’t return to the roof. In the morning, there were more body piles. Only these were spread out along the outer fence and harder to see.
“I think he’s marking his territory,” Steve said when he joined me on the roof to take over. “I mean, pissing everywhere would be easier but probably not as effective with the infected.”
I shook my head slightly, amused by him, as I handed over the radio.
Finding Molev wasn’t hard. Now that the sun was up, I spotted him easily standing on a distant roof.
