Surviving Amid the Zombies by Jeffrey Littorno

Author:Jeffrey Littorno [Littorno, Jeffrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2014-10-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Somehow the shell in the dark blue suit had made its way around to my door and stood staring at me with its face pushed up to the glass. Pinkish saliva from the shell’s mouth smeared on the glass as it pushed into the window. The thing appeared somewhat confused at being stopped from getting to me. It continued sliding its face around the glass as if trying to find where the barrier ended. Finding no break, it moved back from the window.

In the next instant, the shell lifted its eyes and seemed to stare directly at me. A jolt shook my body. I was looking into a pair of dead eyes, but there was something more. I had seen that ashen face many times. It belonged to Michael…Michael…something.

I did not even know his name. He had been part of the newspaper’s legal staff, and we had shuffled passed one another in the hallway numerous times, mumbling greetings. Now, here I was staring into that face again. I searched for some glimmer of recognition. At first, there was nothing just blankness. After a second, I thought I saw a flicker of something. It must have been my imagination as in the next instant the shell lunged forward and smashed its face into the window.

The glass cracked, and Christina bawled.

“What does he want?” Taylor yelled.

I had no answer to his question but knew that I did not want to find out. The van sprang ahead, leaving the shell behind.

“The newspaper building is just around the corner,” I said although no one was listening as we turned left.

I looked over to see Taylor and Christina both had their eyes fixed on the window next to me.

“Why is this happening?” Taylor asked in such a lifeless voice that I wondered if he was in shock.

“According to what we saw on TV, there was some new type of cold.”

Christina perked up at the chance to contribute to the conversation. “My mommy had a cold.”

I looked at the little girl and could not help but smile. “I know she did, honey. It seems like some people like us were okay, but other people got so sick they died and came back like…”

“Came back like something else,” Taylor finished the thought through tears.

Christina looked at the teenager for a moment before putting her hand on his shoulder and saying, “It’s gonna be okay, Taylor. Kevin won’t let those things get us.” She looked over at me and said, “Tell him that it’s gonna be okay.”

“I am never going to let anything happen to either of you.” Not until the words came out did I realize how much I truly meant them. Never having been a parent or having had any real desire to be a parent, I was surprised to feel such a wave of protectiveness wash over me.

“See, Taylor, we’re gonna be fine!” Christina said with a smile.

The boy looked back at her and did his best to return the smile. “I know that. I was just feeling bad for all those people who got sick.

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