Reverse,Reload!

Chapter 9: Recap

It was inevitable: the smell of sweat and blood just drove the vomit up Amber's throat. She lent over, letting the contents of her stomach spill out onto the floor. Todd stood there, starring at the deflated, rotten corpse of what once was there friend. 

"He.... He tried to kill us" Todd stammered. 

Amber stood up straight, reclaiming her dignity. She shoved her revolver back in her belt and swung around to face the other repulsive bodies draped over the rusty metal railings and stairs. 

"it's what the plague does Todd, I thought you knew that by now" he reloaded his magnum and held it erect pointing down a dark corridor towards what they hoped was the exit. 

"All clear" He whispered as he continued striding over the dead.

He stalked towards Amber in her moment of terror and she froze, unable to peel her eyes away from his ghastly towering features. His face was sunken in, eyes unfocused. His mouth twitched and drooled as if craving for something, anything, Amber. The smell of his rotting face made her stomach churn and it was all she could do is make sure not vomit then and there, again. His nails were dark and bloody, but She wasn't sure if it was his blood dripping from them. Finally Amber saw his gross discoloured skin close enough to see that it was falling apart. It was falling away from his muscle, his bones. Todd saw everything. She wasn't shooting it, why wasn't she shooting it? He raised his gun over the zombies head and shot. BANG. The bullet wrung out through the halls, most likely attracting more munchers. 

"what happened to "it's what the plague does Todd"" he mimicked, in his desperate attempt to cheer her up. 

"it's us against the the world now Amber, us against the world" he said, walking up to her and putting a reassuring hand on her shoulder. 

"No Todd, it's us against the world full of zombies" Amber had been acting very peculiar recently. 

Sometimes she was tough and supportive, other times she was soft and in need of the support. They needed help. They just weren't surviving on there own anymore!