We noticed that the bunker was silent and that the lights were off. In every horror movie I watched that was a bad sign. I tugged Kellan’s hand and he just looked at me like he knew what I was thinking. He drew his gun and I grabbed my katana and neither of us knew what to expect. He grabbed my flashlight and was searching. I was hoping that Lorna was one of the biters I just killed and I prayed that Michael was okay. Kellan checked their bedroom and they were sound asleep. That is quite odd. Normally they would be up and going.
“Mom. Dad. You guys alive ?”
Kellan was trying to see if they were even part of this living world I guess. It would suck if they weren’t, well for Michael anyways. I never had a problem with him and Lorna, well, I could care less about that evil hag.
“Kellan. Try poking them with a stick or something. They could be biters or something now.”
“Good idea. Never thought about that.”
Kellan found an antique fire poker and jabbed Lorna in the ass. They were alive because she come unglued.
“What in Hades are you doing Kellan James ?”
“Oh. You’re alive. I have been trying to wake you guys up for a bit now. You sleep like the dead. Wake dad up we have to talk. It is kind of important.”
Lorna managed to wake Michael up in the rudest way possible. She pushed him out of bed with her feet. He hit the floor with a huge thump.
“What the fuck Lorna?”
“Wake up. Kellan says he has to talk to us and its important. He probably knocked up the Babylon whore or something.”
I just cradled Azura next to me. They hadn’t quite noticed that I was carrying a little bundle yet. It made me wonder though, why the fuck was she untied ? Questions to be answered at a later time I guess. Kellan ushered us into the sitting room and had me sit in the chair and grabbed another bottle and popped it in the microwave. It was about time for AJ’s feeding. Just about the time the microwave dinged she started her little fussing sounds and that’s when everyone stared at me. I felt like a pariah . So breaking this little secret was going to be harder than I thought. Oops. Kellan handed me the bottle and I began my routine of feeding AJ and burping her with ease. I never received so many looks.
“Kellan James. What is that ?”
“Mom, Dad, That is Azura Jade. We found her in the house, that you didn’t even bother to come check in on us after being missing for over seventy-two hours. Betts and I have decided to adopt her. We are going to raise her as our own and if you don’t like it then oh fucking well.”
Michael just beamed. He looked excited.
“Michael would you like to hold her ? She doesn’t weigh much.”
“Yes. So, you are my granddaughter. Azura, huh ? I think I like that name. It’s exotic. Look at your hair and those eyes. Oh you are going to be quite the looker, just like your momma. Your grandma Lorna hates your momma. It’s okay though. I love her.”
Kellan looked surprised that his dad took to AJ like a fish to water. AJ just stared at him, almost as if she was sizing him up. I was just waiting for the part where we tell them that we were leaving and that we doubted we would be coming back to this dump.
“Dad. We love you. Betts and I got to find a different place to raise AJ. The bunker doesn’t have enough supplies. Hell, it doesn’t have any baby supplies. No one thought that we would have a baby or even find one, in my dresser. There just isn’t any room. She needs space to grow and we need formula and diapers.”
I thought Lorna was going to have a heart attack. I was wishing for it but she just chimed in with her opinion like usual.
“You just want to go off gallivanting with this whore. Admit it. She roped you into keeping this baby and now your leaving. What kind of son are you ? Have you even thought about us ? About what this might do to me ? You never loved me and you just hated the thought that I tried to bring you up right. I should have killed that girl when I had the chance.”
“Lorna, What the fuck are you doing untied ? Did you use Satan’s wiles on your husband so he would release you ?”
Kellan was getting pretty heated by now. His face was red and his fist were balled at his sides. I hoped he would hit his mom. Before anything physical could happen Michael grabbed Kellan and pulled him off into the other room.
“Dad. Come with us. If you come with us, You would have to leave Mom here. She should have plenty of supplies to last her awhile. I just can’t risk the safety of AJ or Betts. I can give you twenty four hours to think about it. I need to catch up on some missed sleep.”
“Okay son. I’ll think on it.”
Kellan laid down beside me and instantly passed out. I laid there thinking of places to go, where there may be survivors and places near stores that contained lots of baby supplies. We needed a place with thick walls, then again we had the dooms day RV. I laid AJ in between us and decided that tomorrow would start the journey that would last a lifetime.