This morning's prompt is 'abandoned beauty'.

Which is very zpocalypse...

Blogger ate my words!!!

I wrote about Ben driving them 'to the mall' in the truck. They've got a cab, Tom and Carol are back there and all three adults have have the talk about quieting the dead for good. It was emotional and it was pretty damn good and I am pissed because I swear I saved it and looked at it after I saved it!!!!

'73 chevy pickup with three person bench seat.

I need to rewrite the truck scene where all three get into the truck. Four across is three plus Tom or Mom sitting in laps, which is funny...

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Ben saw three incoming, in bad shape but still a clear threat. He heard the diesel engine turn over and saw Tom cheering behind the wheel. Brenda stepped forward between the 'company' and Carol. Ben got her into the pickup  and turned to see Brenda hop up over the tailgate into the bed.

"Let's go! We got more and I'm a little exposed back here!"

Ben ran around and hopped in sandwiching Tom between Carol. He looked a little uncomfortable at Brenda behind him in the bed. Then he stepped on it.

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The abandoned beauty is the escalator in the flooded mall.

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"So what are we looking for?"

Ben sighed. "I had a pretty dumb idea..."

"About looking for a medical supply store? Probably not, but not bad. We could have gotten lucky, didn't."

They were interrupted by a few mall rats and after they'd dealt with them they turned down a branching corridor where the grade sloped downhill enough that the food court beyond and an escalator to the upper level lay flooded. The late afternoon sun spotlighted a haunting abandoned beauty.

Ben was surprised to realize that he was crying and saw that Brenda was as well. He took her hand and they turned back.