by Alex South
“No,” said Rob.
“He killed Poppy!” Shouted Stacy. “She’s in the freezer.”
A long silence passed.
“Your blood isn’t a cure?” said Laura.
“No!” shouted Stacy.
“It is,” said Rob, “I promise.”
Laura felt a twisting, squirming sensation inside of her.
“I can cure him!” shouted Stacy.
“How?” said Laura, quietly
“My sister. She can cure him.”
Laura’s mind swam. She didn’t know what to believe anymore.
“He won’t be a zombie?” she asked.
“And she can make Duke back alive,” said Stacy.
“I can cure him,” said Rob, shifting the focus back to John.
“Are you immune?” said Laura.
“Yes.”
“He’s lying!” shouted Stacy.
“How long until you can control him?” said Laura to Stacy.
“I don’t know,” said Stacy.
“A few hours? A few days?”
“A few hours,” said Stacy.
“We’ll wait.” Now Laura addressed Rob. “Get on the floor, put your hands behind your head, and don’t move.”
Once he had done this, she sat down on the floor and lent against a shelf. There was a long silence.
“Laura, he’s lying,” said Stacy.
Laura said nothing as she stared at Rob. Why do this? Some voice in the back of her head asked.
“He wanted to test it,” said Stacy after a while. Laura didn’t understand. “He thought that the zombie blood might be safe. But he wanted to test it on you,” the girl continued, “and he didn’t kill that zombie in the wheelchair. That’s where he got the blood from.”
Laura thought about shooting him now; maybe she could take his blood and inject it into John herself.
“Do it!” Shouted Stacy.
Not yet, thought Laura.
…
Laura watched as Rob smashed the hammer into the bathroom door. He had almost made a hole now. In the end, it hadn’t take a huge amount of time for Stacy to give them the go ahead, certainly a lot less than her initial estimate of a few hours. The final hammer blow fell, and a small piece of wood dropped away. An arm stuck out the hole, slowly, calmly. Laura’s heart sank a little. It was definitely John. Rob took a few seconds to find a vein. Then, he made the injection.
Laura said, “Okay, I’m going to take you to-”
Suddenly Rob charged towards her. She fired a few shots at his head. He fell to the floor and stopped moving.
…
Laura opened the freezer, and stared at the inside. That was all that was left of her friend.
“Your sister, can she save anyone?” said Laura.
“Yes.”
“But… does she need their bodies to be intact… or…”
The girl looked at her, it was clear she didn’t understand. Laura looked back at the freezer. She bent down, grabbed an arm, and lifted it up to show the girl.
“Is this enough? Can she bring this person back?”
“No,” said Stacy.
Laura put the arm back.
“And what about the others?”
“You have to freeze them,” said Stacy, “I froze my hamster for ages… and then she made it alive.”
One thought stung her mind. She tried to ignore it at first, but it rose above everything else. There wasn’t enough room to freeze everyone. She would have to choose.
…
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
