Tonight would be a big night for him. He was going to fulfill the fantasy he’d had about these two since he met them.
He would pretend to be asleep and sneak down and shoot Dave in his fucking balls, a second before he would shoot him between the eyes.
Or maybe he would get his sword fight after all. He’d hold the gun to Dave’s head as he pulls out Dave’s rod and plays with it. He’d tell him if it didn’t get hard, he’d kill him. He’d dig his fingers into Dave’s eye sockets while he attempted to make it work for him,
He’d have to remember to gag and tie Kate before he shoots Dave. Kate would not hesitate to kill him once she saw her friend being attacked. His plan was getting more difficult with every thought.
He’d tie her up and then he’d have Kate’s hot ass in any position he wanted. He’d show her what a real cock looks like, up close and really personal. He thought he might choke her to death with it, but figured that wouldn’t work; he would not put it past her to bite it off.
Though he grew erect thinking about it, he decided against it and figured he’d just shoot her in the heart after he had his way. Then after her death, he would have her again before she reanimated, just as he did to Jansen, the Marine he had stolen his uniform from.
Fucking bitch thinks she’s too good. He wanted to rip her pretty red hair out while fucking her from behind. She would scream all right. She would scream for mercy. Disrespectful bitch. She will learn never to disrespect him again.
“I’ll bet he’s been fucking her, this whole time,” he said in a low whisper while staring at his self in the mirror “I see the way they look at each other. They can’t wait to get away from me so they can fuckfuckfuck. Well, tonight they will be fucked for sure.”
He had so many plans for them he couldn’t decide on one. He rubbed the bulge in his pants as he anticipated the night ahead.
“Kate, do you remember Sunny Wright from high school?”
“Yea, bleach blond and dramatic. We had two classes with her. She was always causing chaos, full of drama and she was bitchy.
“Yea, why? What about her?”
“She was one of the people who turned during the run to the Medical Center. The fucked up part is I could swear on my life, that I saw a spark of recognition in her eyes. I know that sounds crazy, but it seemed like she knew who I was. She even held out her hand to me, she didn’t try to bite me. It seemed that time stood still for that moment and all the memories from high school flooded my mind. Did I ever tell you that she kissed me once?”
“No, you failed to mention that.” I said after clearing my throat, a little jealousy peeking through because even though I was never interested in Dave, I knew for a fact that he had a crush on me in high school.
He was always around to help me, to carry my books, or walk me home on a dreary day. Then suddenly one day, he just wasn’t around. Not like he used to be anyway. I kind of missed him. It was nice to have someone hanging on your every word even if you didn’t want them. I realized that this was probably why he stopped.
“I was standing at my locker getting out my books for the next class, and she appeared out of nowhere. Put her hand behind my head and kissed me right on the lips. I wasn’t in love with her or anything but, it sure was a real nice kiss.”
He was silent for a moment and I didn’t know what to say.
“I almost walked away from her, didn’t want to kill her. I thought, for a second; that maybe I could hide her somewhere until a cure was found, but came to my senses, realized there is no cure and that she was infected.
I was watching several of the others fall under the attack of many at once and others searching for someone to bite...or biting the first thing they saw.
I had no choice but to do it. And it hurt me. Everything just got out of control after that. I didn’t stay to fight, there were too many of them, and after Sunny, I just didn’t want to have to kill anyone else that I knew.”
“I’m sorry. I haven’t had to put down anyone I know yet. I hope that I don’t. But I don’t think there’s anything human left in them, Dave. It may have looked like she knew who you were, but…”
“A woman from Eiler Street came back to her house. The mother of those two boys we took. I shot her, too. She was banging on her own front door. I saw her turn and look at everyone who was watching. She made no attempt to attack; she turned back around and continued hitting the door. I shot her quickly because I didn’t want to entertain the thought of her being in there somewhere, and that was after Sunny. I think they know, I think they are aware, just not in control.”
“That’s what he Able Infected do, so it’s possible, I guess. But after so much time, I would hope that all traces of memory of their lives would be gone. Either way, we can’t look at these things like they’re people anymore. And if they are still in there somewhere… they’ll hurt us anyway whether they want to or not, and we will be putting them out of their misery if that’s the case.”
“I know, Kate. It just makes it harder.”
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Jillian got up off of the floor and saw the bodies of the Infected all over the room.
Someone ran into the other room when we woke up. I hear water running and there’s a man in the bathroom… Who is he talking to? Is there someone else here? Maybe he will help me… I can’t wait until this is over. But he smells so good! Maybe I can get just a little taste …
Preston was unaware that she had risen and was looking right at him.
What am I thinking? I don’t want this for anyone.
Her hands went up to grasp her hair at both sides of her head, but she didn’t realize that her body had begun to react to certain thoughts inside her head.
Well, it doesn’t matter what I really want... I’ll just go with the flow and pray he has a gun.
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“I guess I’ll hit the couch and try to rest. I’ll keep one eye open.” Dave stretched his arms out and yawned. “I’m beat. You can wake me in a couple of hours; I just need a power nap.”
“Okay,” I said, “I’m gonna try to read some of this, maybe there’s something in there that will help us along.”
“I doubt it… you see what happened to them.”
He walked into the living room and settled on the sofa that was barring the door. He kept one foot on the ground and his arm over his eyes. I began reading the notes Jillian left behind.
They loved each other, that is clear, and I am not religious, but I sort of agreed with her on her theory about why this happened to us.
It is odd that the other countries around the world had been demolished by natural disasters and we were being eaten by the dead.
I never really thought of it that way until I read her thoughts on that. I know it was a slip up of the CDC, but is it coincidence that the virus escapes while the rest of the world is caving in? However it got here…it’s way too late now. I was not expecting what happened next.
“GET THE FUCK OFF ME!”
I heard Preston scream. I jumped out of my chair with the papers still in hand and ran for the stairs.
Dave; ahead of me, was already at the top, looking into the bathroom. I could see one white shoe with a pretty green emblem, Jillian’s shoe.
I thought she was a goner. I remember thinking that he deserved it for kicking her earlier.
Dave had not shot yet, I didn’t know why until I recalled what he had said to Preston earlier.
When I hit the landing and looked into the bathroom as well, Jillian was sitting on the floor with Preston in her lap and her face buried in his neck, his hands trembling violently; preventing him from pulling his gun. His eyes rolled back in his head as he fainted.
She mentioned both Dave and I in her writings, so I wondered if she would connect with that. I want to know if they are still conscious. She also mentioned her neighbor who had come back to her own house as Dave had said.
It was worth a try, the more
we could find out about this, the more it could help somewhere down the road. I spoke her name.
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“Jillian”
That’s me! She said MY NAME...my papers in her hand… and praise Jesus, they have guns! I will be free…Why are you taking so long?! I’m a fuckin Zombie! See…see… a zombie! I am eating this man, shoot!
I said her name to see if she would look up. When she did, I could see that her right eye was turned down as if she had suffered a stroke. And her temple looked like so much raw meat. She had several teeth marks around her lips, a bite from Evan; their last embrace.
I still don’t know if she was responding to her name, or just the sound of my voice, but her whole face changed. It went from an evil expression; to stunned, then puzzlement and finally recognition.
Prestons’ blood and gobs of his flesh were dripping from her open mouth onto his chest. She cocked her head to the side and just looked from me to Dave, then back to me, then back to Dave again. ********
‘Know them… Roland and Fraley… I know them! Oh please hurry! That’s right Roland, pull it out, baby. Thank you, thank you, and thank you! End it soon, end it now, PLEASE?! A nice deep dark black hole at the end of that gun, I never thought it would look so inviting. My escape at last. Now I lay me, down to sle-
She didn’t move to try to get at us, only closed her eyes and dropped her head. Her arms fell out to her sides, and if the dead could sigh, I’d say that’s what she did.
Dave was right, and I knew what she wanted.
I shot her in the top of her head, and her body slammed back against the side of the bath tub and Jillian was no more.
Dave shot Preston to make sure he wasn’t getting back up, either.
He followed me down the stairs.
“I told you, Kate. She knew us. They are still in there.”
“I know… what can we do about it? Nothing at all. It’s not like we have a cure. I don’t think there’s anyone left who can come up with one. So, locking them all up until that happens is out of the question. We have to kill them. We are doing them a big favor by killing them. They don’t want to be trapped like that.”
“I guess not! She looked like she was ready.” He said while looking up at the landing where her foot still sat just outside the doorway.
“I read in her notes that she slowly watched Evan change and he was in the abled stage for a bit… she called them Halfers. Funny name for them but I guess it fits. And she did plan on killing them both, the gun must’ve jerked away from her sending the bullet through his head but only grazing her face on its exit, causing little damage.”
“Yea, but it looked like it entered the left side of her forehead at the temple. That had to be a brain shot.” he said.
“It couldn’t have been, she came back to life. Did you see the teeth imprints around her lips? I think she passed out, from shock or fright. It would have been after her death that the Abled infected got up there, or she would have shot it first. Also, she had kissed Evan during his change and was telling of headaches and nausea, tingling of the lips, it was working on her, too. She mentioned both of us in her notes.”
“What did she say?”
“She talked about meeting you when Clark was bitten, how Clark showed them the video that wasn’t supposed to get out. I’d like to know how he got it, and she talked about me when I was trying to console the father of the two young boys. She really hated Clark, I’ll tell you that. She also spoke of her neighbor returning, she shared your feelings on that issue.”
“I want to read it now.”
“It reads like a book, but I know it’s all true.”
“No, I really don’t want to take the time to do it. I’ll take your word for it. Was there anything useful in there?”
“Not anything that we don’t already know. Get some sleep, I’m gonna go shut the bathroom door; just in case. Then I’ll take the recliner, I don’t have to worry about Preston now.”
I wasn’t happy about what happened to him, but I was not really sad either. He was a dick and he was a danger to our safety. I got upstairs and lifted Jillian’s leg by the foot that was sticking out of the bathroom. I pushed it in and leaned it against the sink and shut the door. I turned to go back down and I heard the door to the second bedroom creep open. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up. Preston said that room was clear. I spun on my heel and dropped to one knee with my weapon aimed and ready to go.
I was very surprised to see a little girl standing there.
MEETING ANGEL
I scared her when I drew my weapon, she jumped and put her thumb in her mouth, her other hand clutching a fluffy teddy bear wearing blue pajamas and nightcap decorated with crescent moons and stars to her chest, she began walking backwards.
“Hey.” I put my gun away and sat back on my heels. “I’m sorry, you scared me to death. I’m Kate. What’s your name?”
She pulled her thumb out of her mouth just far enough to speak. “I’m an Angel.” She popped her thumb back in her mouth.
“Your name is Angel?” She nodded her head yes. “How old are you, Angel?”
“I’m six years old, I think.” Her two front teeth were missing and ‘think’ came out as ‘fink’.
“Why don’t you come downstairs with me?”
“Are you gonna bite me?” She asked, with a worried look.
“No, Honey. I’m not going to bite you. I’m not going to hurt you at all. I want to help you.”
I stood up and held out my hand. She gave a big smile and it was the most beautiful thing I had seen in weeks. She put her hand in mine we went down into the kitchen. Dave was sleeping and I didn’t want to wake him with that. He’d find out soon enough, because he was going to be babysitting while I slept later.
“Do you have any food? I haven’t eaten in decades!’ She said so seriously. I laughed and said “Of course. I have an orange, do you like oranges?” I held it out to her.
“I love oranges!” She said excitedly but ‘love’ came out as ‘wub’, and she snatched it from my hand and bit into it.
I laughed at that, it was cute. Her face scrunched at the tartness of the skin and she pushed it out of her mouth with her tongue.
“Here, I should’ve peeled it for you in the first place. Forgive me; I don’t have much experience with children.”
She giggled, placed her teddy bear in the empty chair next to her and said, “It’s okay. I forgive you.”
Forgive came out as ‘forgib’.
“I don’t have to peel them at home. I thought I could just eat it.”
She was adorable. Little golden pigtails that were askew on her head, one still supported by a wrinkled purple ribbon and giant almond shaped eyes that I couldn’t decide if they were green or blue. They sparkled like diamonds in the light. She was wearing a filthy purple dress, frilly socks and white Mary Janes on her feet. She looked like a precious porcelain doll someone had tossed aside. Poor thing.
I peeled the orange and found a saucer to put the slices on and gave her a bottle of water.
“Don’t you have Kool Aid or somefin?”
“No, I’m sorry, I don’t. All I have is water, and water is good for you. You need the hydration.”
“What’s hydr… um, I can’t say it. What is it?”
Somehow I forgot I was talking to a six year old.
“Never mind. I’ll tell you some other time. Just trust me, you need it.”
“Okay.”
It was time to find out where she came from.
“Angel, do you live here?” I asked.
“No. Daddy brought me to here, it’s his Grammys’ house but she died. My Auntie Vibian, (probably meaning Vivian) lives here sometimes but she’s not home. Daddy said he should go look for her.”
“Is your Daddy coming back?” I knew it was unlikely but I thought I’d ask.
“No, he said he was prolly gonna die and that you would come for me. Even vough I was scared and I cried
but he said I would be okay and he left. He was gone a long, long time so I went outside to find him because I was hungry and the scary monster was trying to get me.” Angel made her hands into claws and raised her arms above her head when she said that, and then she began to cry.
I picked her up and put her in my lap and rocked her. She wrapped her little arms around my neck and she laid her head on my shoulder.
“He said that I would come for you?” I was confused.
“He didn’t say a name, but he said someone would come and here you are.” She lifted her head to look at me, tears spilling from her eyes and sniffled. “It must be you. He said I was special and you were gonna take me where I am supposed to go.”
“Well, of course you’re special. And I’ll try my best to get you where you need to go. Where are you supposed to go, Angel?”
“I don’t know. He said you would know where to take me.” I didn’t know. I didn’t have a clue where she had to be. And I couldn’t guarantee that either one of us would make it to her mysterious destination alive. I continued to gently rock her and smooth her hair. She fell fast asleep.
Did she know Evan and Jillian were in the house? Why had her father left her here alone and helpless? What a dick.
I tried to ease myself up out of the chair so I wouldn’t wake her and Dave came strutting into kitchen.
“Daaaamn. How long have I been asleep? I am not responsible for that.” He said rubbing his chest with one hand and pointing at Angel with the other. “I don’t even remember you, lady. I want DNA.” he joked.
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