Demise of the Living by McKinnon Iain

Author:McKinnon, Iain [McKinnon, Iain]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: zombie, horror, apocalypse
Publisher: Permuted Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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“What are we going to do with her?” Karen asked.

Shan shrugged.

“We can’t leave her out in the corridor,” Karen said.

“Why not?” Shan asked, not really paying attention.

Karen listed off, “Cause she’ll start to stink the place up. ‘Cause she’s a health hazard. ‘Cause she’s a human being and deserves some dignity.”

“Kyle said she got AIDs from shagging that Math teacher,” Shan said, rubbing her hands against her jeans.

“What? That’s bullshit,” Karen said. “And you’re just trying to avoid the point. We need to do something about her body.”

“Well, you can. I don’t give a fuck.”

“No, Shan, we need to do it. If we don’t do it now she’ll start decomposing and it’ll get worse. This is getting done. Now come and help me.”

“Can’t make me,” Shan sneered.

Karen put her hands on her hips and glared. Shan was right; Karen couldn’t make her.

Karen stood for a moment, desperately trying to think of something to say that would convince Shan to help, or at the very least, a parting jibe that would cut at her.

Nothing came to mind.

“Fine, then. Fuck you.”

Karen turned and exited the first aid room.

She walked the short distance to where the body of Miss Alvarez lay. The blood had congealed and lost its sheen. It was darkened and browner in colour.

Karen had pulled down a black curtain from the drama class and draped it out alongside the corpse. The plan was to roll the body into the cloth, wrapping it up and hauling it outside.

She knelt down by Miss Alvarez’s body and wrapped her hands around her slender ankles. The flesh was warm and sticky. Karen lifted the legs up, surprised by the weight, and swept them onto the black curtain.

Next she walked round to her side with the intent of pushing her onto the makeshift shroud. The blood had spread out like a halo from her wound. It soon became apparent that unless Karen stood in the pool, she wouldn’t have the leverage to tip the body over.

Instead she walked round to the other side and knelt down on the curtain. She bent in and took hold of Miss Alvarez’s hand, and pulled. Her floppy arm whipped round with far less resistance than Karen expected, but as she heaved, the whole body simply slid towards her, rumpling the cloth.

Karen jammed a toe into the body’s chest and tugged. This time the torso started to rise up and over.

A moan slipped from its lips and Karen screamed, jumping back.

Miss Alvarez slumped forward and landed on the curtain. The moaning ceased.

Karen felt the rough brickwork of the wall at her back and her heart hammering against the front of her chest.

“What is it?!”

Karen turned round to see Shan standing at the far end of the corridor.

Karen returned her focus to the body on the floor. She pointed at it and said, “She... she moaned at me.”

Shan marched down the corridor to stand over the corpse. She put her hands on her hips and looked down at the body.

Without warning, Shan whipped her foot back and kicked the dead teacher in the head.

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