At first, nothing happened. Like they had originally expected, the zombies didn't react to her zombie's presence. It was like it wasn't even on their radar. After a few moments, they finally seemed to notice that there was another place they could travel to. The first zombie to move was the one that had been pacing back and forth. Instead of passing by, it took a detour and entered the building.
The next one to move was the one moving in a circle. It broke out of its pattern to walk towards the open door. However, before it could, Nicole had her zombie let go of the door. The zombie outside ended up bumping into the door as it closed. They winced at the sound and glanced back at the stairs. So far, there have been no signs of the zombies above them reacting.
Donald stepped forward as he prepared to face the zombie head on. It seemed to recognize that there were humans there and charge fo
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"What just happened?" Nicole demanded as she called back her zombie."As if I know," Donald said as he held up his box cutter and faced the zombies.It was a good thing that the traps were reset. Otherwise, he would have difficulty facing them head on. Like before, the first two zombies fell for the previous two traps, leaving four zombies left. Donald waited anxiously as the third trap was triggered when the third and fourth zombies tripped the wire. Immediately, a table flew at them and knocked them down.Donald almost ran from his spot so he could get rid of the two zombies being crushed underneath the table, but the last two zombies were too close for comfort. He didn't want to get caught by them while he was trying to kill the ones on the ground. Fortunately, Nicole's zombie was on the way, and it dealt with the first zombie to fall for the trap.They were lucky that the doors swung outward instead of inward. Otherwise, things would have turned out completely differently. Donald
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"I want to find my family," Donald mumbled as he stared at nothing in particular.Despite how quiet he had been, Nicole heard him quite clearly. "Me too, but my family isn't in the city. What about yours?"Donald flinched as he hadn't expected her to say anything and took a few moments to say, "No, but they said they were planning to visit soon."Nicole grimaced. "Did they say when?"He shook his head. They hadn't told him when they would get there, but he expected it was supposed to be sometime that week if they hadn't already arrived. He had been so busy trying to survive that he hadn't had time to think about them, leaving him feeling guilty. Only a horrible person wouldn't think about how their family was doing in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.Rubbing at her head, Nicole said
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