Zombie Apocalypse Series (Book 4): In Shadows by DeGordick Jeff

Author:DeGordick, Jeff [DeGordick, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2016-11-21T05:00:00+00:00

11

Rebirth

Amanda had a frumpy way of walking, Sarah noticed. Underneath all the dirt and grime, the girl looked beautiful, fit for angelic service, even. But the way she moved was a testament to how she had been alone for too long, too lost and too downtrodden to have the grace to match. Her tiny feet shuffled on the pavement and her shoulders shifted back and forth like a caveman's. Sarah found herself stealing glances at the girl, and each time the girl would innocently gaze up into her eyes, showing the softest, roundest cheeks and the most haunting blues she'd ever seen.

"Come here," Sarah told her. She knelt down and licked her thumb then started to rub some of the grime away on her face. Amanda recoiled at first, her eyes lighting up in that familiar look of terror, but then they softened and she acquiesced, yet only for a time. Eventually she pulled away.

"My face is cold," she pleaded.

"I'm sorry, honey," Sarah said, wiping her face with the sleeve of her own sweatshirt. She got most of the dirt off, leaving semi-clean skin peeking out from a grimy rim around the edges. A sudden gust of wind struck through them and Sarah shivered violently.

"Are you cold?" Amanda asked her, swimming in Sarah's coat with her arms extending only halfway into the sleeves and the rest of them drooping down like a couple of lifeless snakes.

"No, I'm fine," Sarah said as her teeth rattled. "Why have you never had a coat, though? Or a change of clothes? What you're wearing is filthy."

"I can't take it off," Amanda said.

"Why not?"

"My mama always told me I have to look my best. She always made me wear this when we would go to church."

Sarah was confused. "Go to church? How old are you?" The girl made it sound like she used to have a completely normal life like anyone else before the zombies came, but she couldn't have been old enough to know what that was like.

"Six, I think," Amanda said. "My mama and daddy would take me to church on Sundays. And I always wore this dress."

"Was this after the zombies?"

Amanda stared at her blankly and a horrifying realization dawned on Sarah. The girl had absolutely no idea what she was talking about; it was clear that she had never known a world without zombies and death and depravity, but unlike David, she had never been told that it didn't always used to be that way.

They carried a moment of silence as they kept walking down the street, the girl's frumpy little shoulders moving almost robotically now.

"What happened to your mommy?" Sarah asked, not sure how sensitive Amanda was to the memories. "And your daddy?"

"We went to church and they died," she said matter-of-factly as she stared ahead at the dark street. It didn't seem like she said it out of coldness, but just that she was so used to the reality that it didn't faze her.

"I'm so sorry, sweetie," Sarah said.

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