Zombies in the House by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780141923826
Publisher: Penguin Group UK
Published: 2009-03-17T00:00:00+00:00

Inchy’s mind was a swirling whirlpool. He felt almost like he had his wings back and was flying again, soaring around inside a tornado of spinning colours and sounds. He couldn’t tell how long he was immersed in the kaleidoscope of shifting lights, but finally the colours slowly faded and he woke up.

For a moment, blinking in the sunlight, Inchy couldn’t work out where he was. Then he remembered. The tackle by House that had gone just a little bit wrong. The journey to the hospital. The cast being put on his broken leg. Tabbris and the rest of the gang sitting by his bedside. Aubrey Adonis stopping by to give him some earphones. Tuning in to Brain Dead. Then… Then…

Inchy frowned. He supposed he must have fallen asleep, but he had no memory of drifting off. No dreams. Nothing. A complete blank. It was like he’d slipped on the earphones and passed out.

Before Inchy could think about it any more, though, a nurse appeared. Like all the others, she was extremely pretty, with sparkling blue eyes and platinum blonde hair done in an elaborate style. Although she was wheeling a large trolley down the ward, she seemed so glamorous she wouldn’t have looked out of place on the red carpet at the Oscars.

‘Good morning, Inchy!’ she trilled, handing him a steaming bowl. ‘Time for breakfast!’

The idea of breakfast struck Inchy as a very good idea indeed. He vaguely remembered something Big House had said about the hospital food not being very good, but he couldn’t recall exactly what it was. It probably wasn’t important. Anyway, he thought, as he peered into his bowl, House must have been talking about somewhere else entirely – this food looked delicious.

Filled with hunger and enthusiasm, Inchy grabbed his spoon and took a large mouthful. It was exquisite. Nothing like the salty mush that Tabbris served up each morning under the misleading name of porridge.

As Inchy sank back against his pillows with a contented sigh, he realized that, despite a slight throbbing in his broken leg, he felt very happy indeed. Hospital wasn’t so bad, after all. It was fine. In fact, it was better than fine, it was great! His bed was comfy and warm, the food was delicious, and everyone around him – from the patients and the nurses to the titan of cool that was Aubrey Adonis – were all such lovely people.

Taking another mouthful, he glanced over at the bed opposite. It looked like all the other beds in the ward: white, clean and comfortable. But there was one significant difference – it was empty.

Inchy was pretty sure there had been somebody in that bed yesterday, but he just couldn’t remember the name. Jack? No, that wasn’t right. Jake? No… Jim! That was it – Jim! The bed had been Jim’s, hadn’t it?

‘Nurse!’ he called. ‘Nurse!’

Almost at the speed of light, a radiant nurse appeared at Inchy’s bedside.

‘Yes, dear?’

‘Where’s Jim?’

‘Who’s Jim?’ replied the nurse with a smile.

‘He was in that bed over there.

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