2024: Zombies

7

The event of Lura dying weighed heavily on my mind, to hear her scream, see the look of confusion of her face after she regained consciousness and the sound of that dog ripping at her skin.

That man who was with us for a brief moment was right. There are some crazy and cruel people out there.

Because if you want to die so badly, why bring others with you?

Why not just throw yourself to those zombies?

I wasn’t paying much attention to where I was going, and though the rocks were slippery, it was what got me.

But because we were walking in the river, I stepped into a pool that was much deeper than the other parts.

I felt strong arms pulling at my shoulder, and when I surfaced, I gasped for air.

‘’Are you alright kid?’’ Mustang asked.

‘’Yeah, just need to be more careful,’’ I said.

I quickly made sure that everything in my bag was ok.

‘’What’s that?’’ Chrisean asked, pointing at the envelope, which I quickly stuffed back into my bag.

‘’Something my brother left.’’

I still didn’t feel com