Waiting...

I took the long way home from work today.

I figure if I stay out of the cities, I might be okay. I just need to stay away from people, away from anything that might lure them to me. I'm glad that I got gas in the car yesterday, I can jump in it and go, just in case.

But I don't know where I could go.

The phone lines went down a few hours ago, the power cut out not long after that. Even the animals are quiet... eerily so. The dogs normally bark at everything, but they all just seem to be watching... and waiting. I'm afraid of what they're waiting for. This calm can't last forever.

It'll be dark soon.