Dead Meat [Day 1] by Nick Clausen

Author:Nick Clausen [Clausen, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2019-10-08T04:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

“Holy shit!”

Thomas manages only by sheer effort of will not to turn around and bolt.

A woman is crouching on the floor of the backseat, obviously trying to make herself invisible and obviously not a zombie, as her face is full of emotions; terror, most of all, mixed with a healthy dose of shock. She points what looks like a nail file up at him.

“Stay away!” she yells, her voice trembling. “I’ve already called the police! They’re on their way!”

“Thank God,” Thomas sighs, holding up his hands. “I won’t hurt you. I’m just—”

“Get away from the car!” the woman demands, stabbing the air with her improvised weapon. “It was you! You killed him!”

“I had nothing to do with what happened here. I was just delivering the paper.”

The woman flicks her eyes, as though she doesn’t really understand what he’s saying. Her hair is red, her skin is pale and freckled. She’s older than him, perhaps in her mid-twenties, and somehow, she seems vaguely familiar.

Thomas suddenly remembers about the three—soon to be four—zombies in the house, and that he left the front door open wide. He hurries to close it. As he returns to the car, the woman is now sitting on the backseat. Her blue eyes follow him intently.

Then Thomas remembers where he has seen her before. In the photo album in the basement.

“You’re her daughter-in-law,” he says.

The woman rolls down the window an inch or so and squints out at him. “What’s that?”

“The woman who lived here. You’re her daughter-in-law, right?”

Her eyes are still suspicious. “Why do you say ‘lived’?”

“Because she’s dead. Like the man and the little girl, who—” Thomas interrupts himself abruptly, as he realizes what he’s saying.

But it’s too late. The woman’s face crumbles into tears.

You moron. That was her husband and her daughter.

“Uhm … I’m sorry,” he mutters stupidly.

The woman just sobs into her hands.

Thomas rubs his forehead and closes his eyes for a moment. It’s finally over. Almost, at least. Before long, the police will arrive, and they will be able to pacify the zombies. If only Dan can hold out a few more minutes …

“What is this?” the woman whispers in between her sobs. “What … what happened to them?”

“They’ve become zombies,” Thomas murmurs. “Like on TV.”

The woman looks up at him with wet eyes and an expression like she had forgotten about him being here. “What?”

“Your mother-in-law made some fucked up ritual in the basement. I think that’s how it started. Was she into witchcraft or some crazy shit like that?”

“Voodoo,” the woman whispers. “But that’s not … that can’t be …” She starts crying again. “Oh, Janjak …”

Thomas says nothing, and the woman cries for a minute. A honey bee buzzes by lazily. He listens for sirens but can’t hear anything in the quiet summer air.

“Did the police say when they’d be here?” he asks. “My friend is trapped still inside.”

The woman wipes her eyes and shakes her head. “I … I didn’t call the police.”

Thomas gapes at her. “What? Why the hell not?”

“I left my phone at home to recharge.

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