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of the people must have been friends.
                  “God they must have been having a party,” said Trina.
                  “Even worse,” Cade said. “Meg killed them all herself.”
                  They continued looking around the house finding an occasional body thrown about. “We can stay here the night,” Cade said. “We need to get all the bodies outside, and then I need to go to the park.”
                  “You aren’t going alone,” said Vick.
                  “I can’t ask any of you to risk your lives for me or my sister.”
                  “You don’t have to ask, we are all in this together Cade,” said Keiko as she took his hand and squeezed.
                  His parents’ deaths had not hit him yet. He was too worried for Meg.
                  “Alright let’s clean these up and get the house in order first,” said Cade. “And thanks.”
                  Work on the house took hours. Little by little they carried out the dozen bodies and put them into a pile. Vick found a gas can in the garage and matches in the kitchen. He gave both to Cade.
                  “I’ll let you do this my man, it’s your family,” said Vick.
                  “Thanks Vick.”
                  He doused the pile in gasoline and stepped back. He wasn’t a public speaker by any means so he had the group bow their heads for a silent prayer. After saying what he wanted to his parents, Cade threw a few matches onto the pile.
                  Tears rolled down his cheeks as his mom and dad and their guests burned brightly in the afternoon sky. It took quite a while to burn down but no one moved. They all honored Cade and his parents, something he could never thank them enough for.
                  The group finally went into the house to rest. They all took naps and cold showers. The gas was not working to warm the water. Still a shower was a shower.
                  A few hours passed and Cade was ready to go before it got dark. They all followed his lead outside and down the lane. To the east was a large bridge that crossed the lake over to the amusement park.
                  As they crossed the bridge the park came into view. “Holy god,” cried Keiko.
                  “Yeah I knew it would be like this,” said Cade.
                  “You all should go back.”
                  They all looked with horror at the boardwalk of the park. Literally hundreds of undead roamed slowly around. Finding Meg would not be easy.

 
    Chapter 9
     
    Cade and the group looked down upon them from the bridge spanning the lake. The boardwalk below was littered with hundreds of undead. Many of the rides and shops were visible but Meg had to be in hiding.
              The day was still early so the sun beat against the lake water reflecting onto the chrome and metal rides of the park. What was once a bustling tourist trap in the summer was now an enclosed park of death. The Ferris wheel wasn’t spinning. The roller coasters sat empty. All the food stands were overturned or destroyed.
    “You guys need to go back to the house,” said Cade.
    “I will find my sister.”
    The others didn’t budge however. They all stood motionless next to their friend.
    “We help one another Cade,” answered Vick.
    The rest echoed their sentiments and Cade was out voted.
    “Thank you all,” said Cade as he walked to the end of the bridge. “We should all stick together and try to stay out of trouble.”
    Cade and the others then decided it would be best to climb down the side of the bridge and go into the park from the water line. The bottom of the bridge had huge numbers of infected, to many to fight through.
    “You know, I think I have a plan to weed some of these monsters out,” said Vick.