Zombie Boy: Press Start (Adventures of Zombie Boy Book 1) by Val O. Morris

Author:Val O. Morris [Morris, Val O.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-12-08T00:00:00+00:00

8

Liam turned off the hot water. He grabbed a towel from the rack and wiped a streak through the steam on the mirror. He recoiled in disgust. His reflection was too much to bear.

Walking through the house to his bedroom, it suddenly felt empty. Liam and his friends had each gone their separate ways after the arcade the night before. He didn't blame Katie for not wanting to be around an almost murderer, but he hoped she was safe.

He pulled the curtains back and looked out across the street at her house. The sun was shinning and more importantly, no zombies roaming around. He sighed. He could relax for a moment.

Shadow nudged his head under Liam's hand. Liam was happy to oblige and scratched behind his ears.

Unsure of his next move, he thumbed through a comic. After a few page turns, he felt a surge of energy course through him. The comic fell to the floor.

"Whoa!"

He felt stronger. He looked at the front of the comic. The cover had a nerdy kid on the cover holding a monster above his head as if he had super human strength.

Wanting to test a theory, he opened a computer book from his desk. He flipped to the bookmarked page and once again, after a couple of pages, he felt a surge of energy. That time, he felt smarter. Like he had gained new knowledge and perception.

"Could it be?"

It was too weird to not be true. After everything else that had gone on, why wouldn't comic books give him increased skills? It was a video game after all!

He read through several other comics he had laying around. One gave him intelligence and another gave him more strength. Finally, he made it to the end of one. In the back was an advertisement for random, goofy things like X-Ray vision glasses and life-like scary ghosts to scare friends. He shook his head. Fortunately, his parents saved him from the eventual disappointment, as they would not let him order any of those things.

Then he saw an ad for a real working laser gun. 'Great for zapping aliens or the heads of zombies!' the ad suggested.

Liam turned around and looked at the laser gun hanging on his wall. A prop from one of his favorite video games, Zap 'em in the Head. Could it really work? He smirked. Nah, no way.

After he had exhausted his supply of new comics, he paced back and forth, every now and then glancing out his curtain. No amount of skill points gave him the courage to go and talk to Katie. He couldn't get the image of Katie in Caleb's arms out of his head. Plus, he missed her.

He decided to do it. Go see her. The door opened and Katie stood before him, her hand in a fist ready to knock.

Liam smiled. "Hi."

"Hi," she said back. "You gonna let me in or stand out here and get eaten by a zombie?"

"Oh, sorry," he said as he moved out of her way.

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