Thursday, February 19, 2009 12:21 AM
Chapter Three: Shock
Moving cautiously, I approached the corner of Goldheights Apartment. What I saw around the corner made me freeze in my steps. There were bodies draped everywhere; on traffic lights, on signs, cars, and all over the ground.
What happened here? Then I saw something moving in the distance. I squinted. The back of a person. No, he was too messed up. But he was shuffling in his position. I slowly wentup to him.
Was he hurt? I could probably help him to the local hospital. He looked pretty bad. I went up to him and tapped his shoulder. He turned around very slowly, and I froze.
His face. Could I be dreaming? Was he even human? Sure he was. He had human-like features. But his face - that soulless eyes and protuding jaws. They weren’t teeth, they were huge fangs and were dripping with fresh blood. It was holding on to one of the corpses.
He turned to me and his reached out for me. He was mumbling something. I couldn’t hear him, but clearly he wanted something from me. My brains? Blood? It didn't matter, he wasn’t alone and there were many more up ahead. My mind told me to escape but my body wouldn't move. Drawing all my strength, I jerked my lifeless legs and managed to make a limping run for it. After escaping a distance, I turned around to look. It wasn’t following me at all.
That was good right? Still panting in the middle of the street I looked around.
Were there any other survivors in this horror? I saw a black Ford up ahead. The door was open and there was a corpse just sprawled on the floor beside it, a pool of blood still flowing from it's lifeless body.
Probably the owner of the car, i thought. I went up and searched the body for the keys. Sure enough, he was holding on to it. I got into the car and noticed that the meter was only one-quarter full.
It would be enough get me where I need to be right now. And so I slammed the door shut and drove off.
