Enough housekeeping! Time for some new material!
Job hunting has given me a potential opportunity for a decent paying job. Should I get it, I'd have to move n shit...which would lead to an indefinite hiatus on my part...I dunno when or if, but such a dead period might be coming...the people hiring me would have to finish their damn vacation...
But till then (or ever) you still got updates! Yay!
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[Million Dollar Zombie 4-1]
Beams of light shone through the windows signifying it
was morning. Ted shifted from his spot in the corner, facing the closed door to
the bedroom. There wasn't any furniture in the room, but it was the only room
in the entire apartment that had a door with a working lock. Marko was in the
adjacent corner, also facing the door. Neither man slept much, if at all.
Between them under the windows laid Jay, sound asleep.
Ted checked once again out of paranoid habit that Jay was
indeed still breathing as he slept. Both the other men had no intention of
killing him just for being bitten, but neither was prepared to let their guard
down in case he succumbed to his alleged infection. Jay had curled himself into
a ball and Ted eyed how his chest rose and fell gently as the man slept. Ted
wondered how long he had left, or if that was how the infection even worked. No
matter how much time Jay did indeed have remaining, Ted had no intention of
cutting it short, no matter what inconvenience doing so would cause. Either
way, there were more pressing concerns then an injured friend.
Out in the hallway laid the undisturbed corpse of the man
Ted killed last night. There was no use denying the definitive cry the man made
before Ted shoved the broomstick through his skull. After he and Marko so
casually killed off an anonymous amount of the undead, Ted found it strangely
comforting that he was still so bothered about killing one living person;
albeit accidentally. There was still a sense of humanity, even amid all the
chaos. Then again, they had only been trapped in town for one night as opposed
to Doc and the others. Would he and Marko remain so just and level headed after
a week?
Ted had a good idea who the man in the hallway was.
"Stay here," he said in a low tone to Marko as he stood up. Marko
nodded as Ted reached for the bloody broomstick and opened the bedroom door.
The hallway was still dark but there was more light coming in through the open
door at the end. Ted pulled the door closed behind him as he made his way over
to the body. "Why didn't you say something sooner you dumb son of a
bitch?" he lamented as he half kicked the corpse as casually glanced in
the open door, and his jaw dropped at what he saw inside.
Back when he lived in the apartment, there was nothing special to Ted about the second bedroom. It was smaller and it bordered against his neighbors side, who was too loud. That neighbor was now dead in Ted's hallway. Now though the wall that bordered the bedroom and the neighbors side had a large hole in it, allowing anyone access to both sides. "So that's how you got in," Ted said as he stepped through the hole.
Back when he lived in the apartment, there was nothing special to Ted about the second bedroom. It was smaller and it bordered against his neighbors side, who was too loud. That neighbor was now dead in Ted's hallway. Now though the wall that bordered the bedroom and the neighbors side had a large hole in it, allowing anyone access to both sides. "So that's how you got in," Ted said as he stepped through the hole.
The other side let out into an enclosed porch. The other
end of the room had a staircase leading down to a back door leading to the back
parking lots they were in last night. Ted made his way down that staircase to
ensure the exit door was locked before he opened the other door leading into
the apartment proper. Inside was quiet and dark just like next door.
"Hello?" Ted announced but got no reply. Ted crossed the open kitchen
to the front door and found it too locked tight. Both apartments were defiantly
secure from the outside world, it was now just a matter of ensuring there was
nothing inside with him and the others.
He slowly made his way through the apartment beyond the kitchen; first the bathroom and then the living area. The door to the lone bedroom was shut and Ted was about to check it when he heard Marko calling his name. He headed back to find Marko helping Jay through the hole. "Problem?" he asked. Marko shook his head. "My fault," Jay said "I just don't think we need to split up if we don't have to." Ted smiled. "You don't need to worry about us," he said "We're the ones who need to worry about you."
"So who's the corpse?" Jay asked, ignoring what Ted just said.
"Neighbor," Ted said.
"He make the giant hole in your wall?" Marko asked.
Ted shrugged. "Maybe," he said "But I dunno why. His side seemed pretty secure to me."
"Check the whole place? Clean?"
"Just the bedroom remains. Care to join me?"
He slowly made his way through the apartment beyond the kitchen; first the bathroom and then the living area. The door to the lone bedroom was shut and Ted was about to check it when he heard Marko calling his name. He headed back to find Marko helping Jay through the hole. "Problem?" he asked. Marko shook his head. "My fault," Jay said "I just don't think we need to split up if we don't have to." Ted smiled. "You don't need to worry about us," he said "We're the ones who need to worry about you."
"So who's the corpse?" Jay asked, ignoring what Ted just said.
"Neighbor," Ted said.
"He make the giant hole in your wall?" Marko asked.
Ted shrugged. "Maybe," he said "But I dunno why. His side seemed pretty secure to me."
"Check the whole place? Clean?"
"Just the bedroom remains. Care to join me?"
Jay hung back in the kitchen while Ted and Marko
approached the door to the bedroom. Silent and weapons drawn, Marko opened the
door and let it swing open. The one window in the room had its curtains drawn
over but there was still enough light leaking through to hint that there were
two women inside; one was motionless on the bed while the other one was sitting
in a nearby chair and snapped to attention.
"Light," Marko said as he fished his cell phone out. The person in the chair struggled to stand up but remained sitting as they gave off muffled moans from behind some sort of gag. "What went on in here?" Ted asked as Marko lit up his phone and shined onto the woman in the chair. Her pale white eyes lit up as she struggled further to free herself from the chair and attack the two men.
"Ho-ly shit," Marko said as he backed away from the restrained zombie. Ted crept closer to look. "What the fuck went on here?" Marko asked. "That would be..." Ted trailed off as he backed away "That would be Mrs. Neighbor...or fiancé...or whatever, she's dead now." Marko made a face as he watched the zombie struggle to free itself. "Why would he just keep it?" he asked while Ted used his own phone to light up around the bed. "Sentimental? It's a loved one, maybe he knew he wouldn't be able to kill her off."
"You think so?" Marko asked as Ted lit up around the girl on the bed. "I don't fucking know. You're asking me to get into the mind of a creep...This one over here's dead at least...Dead-dead I mean." Ted reached under the dead girls head and retrieved a pillow, then he walked back over to the zombie. "What are you-" Marko started but Ted cut him off. "Poor mans silencer," he said as he placed the pillow around the gun and against the zombie's head and pulled the trigger.
"What the fuck?!" Jay called from the kitchen as the zombies head tilted back and didn't move again. "Suppressor my ass," Marko said "That was loud as fuck." Ted shrugged as he dropped the smoking pillow. "Quiet enough so nothing outside could hear," he said.
"How thin are the fucking walls in this town?" Marko asked.
"You realize they're thin enough for an overweight psychopath to bust down the barrier into the next apartment, right?"
"Still..."
"And it's quiet as death out there. The slightest noise might notify a bunch of those things to us. I don't want no crowd."
"Paranoid much?"
"I consider that an important survival trait right now."
"True..."
"Holy shit!" Jay yelled from the doorway after crawling his way over. Ted and Marko turned to see him looking into the room through his camera. "What happened to that girl?" he asked. Ted and Marko used to phones to look over the body. She was naked and her armed were tied to the bedposts. There were various cuts and bruises all over her body but her legs were absolutely mutilated, some areas right down to the bone.
"I thought that smell was coming from..." Marko started but just turned and made his way out of the room. Ted slowly made his way over to Jay and helped him onto a couch in the living room while Marko puked in the bathroom. "How did you even notice that?" Ted asked as Jay held up his camera. "Night vision," he said "Just dark enough in there to work." Ted looked over the camera. "That would have been useful last night when we were wandering into a horde," he said. Jay smirked. "Yeah, well, unless there was a 'blizzard vision' setting I don't know about, we would've been fucked either way."
Marko slowly emerged from the bathroom while wiping his mouth with his sleeve. "No more fucking around," he said "Let's find a way out of this shit hole."
"Light," Marko said as he fished his cell phone out. The person in the chair struggled to stand up but remained sitting as they gave off muffled moans from behind some sort of gag. "What went on in here?" Ted asked as Marko lit up his phone and shined onto the woman in the chair. Her pale white eyes lit up as she struggled further to free herself from the chair and attack the two men.
"Ho-ly shit," Marko said as he backed away from the restrained zombie. Ted crept closer to look. "What the fuck went on here?" Marko asked. "That would be..." Ted trailed off as he backed away "That would be Mrs. Neighbor...or fiancé...or whatever, she's dead now." Marko made a face as he watched the zombie struggle to free itself. "Why would he just keep it?" he asked while Ted used his own phone to light up around the bed. "Sentimental? It's a loved one, maybe he knew he wouldn't be able to kill her off."
"You think so?" Marko asked as Ted lit up around the girl on the bed. "I don't fucking know. You're asking me to get into the mind of a creep...This one over here's dead at least...Dead-dead I mean." Ted reached under the dead girls head and retrieved a pillow, then he walked back over to the zombie. "What are you-" Marko started but Ted cut him off. "Poor mans silencer," he said as he placed the pillow around the gun and against the zombie's head and pulled the trigger.
"What the fuck?!" Jay called from the kitchen as the zombies head tilted back and didn't move again. "Suppressor my ass," Marko said "That was loud as fuck." Ted shrugged as he dropped the smoking pillow. "Quiet enough so nothing outside could hear," he said.
"How thin are the fucking walls in this town?" Marko asked.
"You realize they're thin enough for an overweight psychopath to bust down the barrier into the next apartment, right?"
"Still..."
"And it's quiet as death out there. The slightest noise might notify a bunch of those things to us. I don't want no crowd."
"Paranoid much?"
"I consider that an important survival trait right now."
"True..."
"Holy shit!" Jay yelled from the doorway after crawling his way over. Ted and Marko turned to see him looking into the room through his camera. "What happened to that girl?" he asked. Ted and Marko used to phones to look over the body. She was naked and her armed were tied to the bedposts. There were various cuts and bruises all over her body but her legs were absolutely mutilated, some areas right down to the bone.
"I thought that smell was coming from..." Marko started but just turned and made his way out of the room. Ted slowly made his way over to Jay and helped him onto a couch in the living room while Marko puked in the bathroom. "How did you even notice that?" Ted asked as Jay held up his camera. "Night vision," he said "Just dark enough in there to work." Ted looked over the camera. "That would have been useful last night when we were wandering into a horde," he said. Jay smirked. "Yeah, well, unless there was a 'blizzard vision' setting I don't know about, we would've been fucked either way."
Marko slowly emerged from the bathroom while wiping his mouth with his sleeve. "No more fucking around," he said "Let's find a way out of this shit hole."
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