Silencer by P.S. Power

Author:P.S. Power [Power, P.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie, End of the world
Publisher: Orange Cat Publishing
Published: 2023-07-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

A rather worn and tired looking zombie crawled, or more accurately dragged himself out of the woods before Jake could go in to eat. It was going to be a meal of fruit and veggies that wouldn't have satisfied him at all a year prior but now seemed a feast. Jake couldn't wait to get to it but the crawler had to be dealt with first.

Something wasn't right though, the dead man was... familiar. They'd met before. Not when the man had been alive, either. Blinking he realized that the half-rotted face and bullet-ridden old suit was indeed something he'd dealt with already. Nate's old boyfriend, Miguel. The man had damage, but all of it was to his chest, in the upper portion. They hadn’t even thought to take the head off, at the time.

Jake had to wonder what the odds that Miguel would have made it across the entire town to find where his boyfriend lived were. He considered the idea as he took the head and carted the body off, away from the property by a good way. It must be thousands to one at least. The man could have crawled off in any direction from town. The head had popped off easily, and even though the mouth moved in a biting motion still, most of the teeth were gone.

So, not a huge threat.

That meant that everyone else sat at the table eating already and stared at him when he walked in, damp from having washed up for the second time that day. After a few moments it started to make him uneasy.

Jake explained softly. Part of it.

“Crawler. I took care of it.” Without wasting a bullet even.

At the rate they were going through them, bullets, they'd have to find a huge stash of ammunition to get through the winter. The problem there being that they just didn't have anything left in town. People may not have grabbed mattresses, or toothbrushes for that matter but ammo had gone fast at first.

Everyone just nodded quietly and went back to eating. A few kept looking at him but then that happened a lot, scared or angry glances when they thought he couldn't see them. Sometimes they were just blank and shocky. A whole lot of people looked like that, any longer. He tried to smile and seem relaxed and smoother that day than normal. No one responded to that effort at all.

Which was just another thing he wouldn't miss about the place when he left.

The food that day was freaking great. Basically berries and sour apples, today. Not that filling maybe but the flavors were incredible. He'd never gotten how good food really was before all this had happened. It was pretty much the only good thing left in the world, made more special because it wasn't always available. That, and not being too uncomfortable.

Dave smiled at him, shook his head a little and leaned in to whisper.

“Crawler? I hate those things. They're no fun anymore. Those new zombies aren't too bad, at least they move around a little and present a challenge.

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