THE CONCEPTION OF A ZOMBIE KING

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 5

Roosevelt sat in front of the fire the group had built, absently minded she ate her dinner while thinking of that face filled with reluctance to part as he turned and ran. 'The longest period it takes an infected to turn is seven days, lets see how long he can fight against the virus before he finally turns' she thought.

"Hey Roosevelt" comfort called dragging her out of her thoughts. "Yup ?" she replied.

"Did you actually share that dream with us ?"

"Hmmm . . . I guess so" she replied. " . . . except it's a bit different now given that nobody was bitten then" She said casting a glance at the RV.

"How did you know we were going to be at the warehouse ?"Basit asked.

Hearing the question, a sigh escape Roosevelt's mouth as she questioned her self. 'Was there a reason why she actually ran in the direction of the warehouse ?, was it fate performing its trick ?, were the heavens directing her to that warehouse ? or was she just overthinking ?' she thought before replying. "I didn't, I was just looking for a place to hide from the zombies chasing me because I was short on ammo".

"Well I . . ." Rose began to speak but was interrupted by the groans of zombies rushing towards them. "Looks like we got company" she said as she readied her weapon as did the others before rushing to meet the zombies.

As they charged to meet the zombies, Roosevelt couldn't help but think 'Seems they finally caught up, but now what is there to fear. After all I've got reinforcement'.

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Anthonia stood alongside Maxwell at the back of a truck weapons ready, their raid was successful and there was no casualty but it wasn't too much to be vigilant in case of unexpected variables. Staying on the look out, she thought of her life before the apocalypse. She had been an ordinary college girl with a part - time job having nothing to do with fighting or the sort, but the apocalypse had changed all that. Now she was nicknamed 'THE WAR LADY' by the survivors in the sanctuary,

apart from her best friend Maxwell, she had no match in combat.

Her thoughts were cut short when the truck finally came to a stop in the sanctuary. Watching the gate close, she sighed at the fact that everyone had to hide behind walls and gates to prevent sudden attacks from zombies. She got down and and began to walk to the administrative building when someone screamed, "He has turned, RUN!!!".

Anthonia was stunned, she stood rooted to the spot as she tried to comprehend what she just heard. 'How could there be an infected person in the sanctuary ?' she thought as she retraced her steps to the trucks. There a young male raider laid on the ground gasping for breath with his tongue hanging out of his mouth and purple coloured veins covering his neck. Finally, the male laid still as if dead, but Anthonia knew it was just a prerequisite for him to fully turn. Suddenly the turned male sprang to his feet and pounced on a frightened bystander.

"Kill it !" Someone shouted.

Recovering from her shock, Anthonia retrieved her axe and began to run towards the zombie but it suddenly rose and pounced on another person with astounding speed and bit heragain while the other bitten guy also stood up and began to hunt.

'The first one is a swift' she thought as she changed her target to the newly turned zombie that was closer to her and was feasting on another person. With a swing of her axe, an headless zombie was left standing before her, but it was not enough. Members of the sanctuary were running helter-skelter as 'hell broke loose' in the sanctuary and it was harder to kill zombies quickly while trying to avoid cleaving a friend that was running pat at the same time. Guns were also effective but the sanctuary forbade them because the noise they produced attracted more than they killed at once.

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Maxwell could not help but curse as he watched the sanctuary into which he had invested a lot of effort and resourcesfall within a matter of minutes, the more zombies he killed, the more they seemed to multiply. At this moment, he suddenly noticed an anomaly, zombies were falling over the fence into the sanctuary, increasing the number of zombies they ad to wipe out. 'Now that explains the rapid increase in numbers of zombies' he thought as he ran to the watch tower screen only to feel his scalp tingling from numbness. THE SANCTUARY WAS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY ZOMBIES!!!.

"Sound the alarms and grab your weapons . . . " he said, "it's time to get serious with those fuckers".

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Covered in sweat and blood, Kardi J sat on a log beside a river in deep thought, from time to time she turned her attention to her friends playing in the river like the times before the apocalypse happened. Days had passed since they met Roosevelt and Marvellous was infected, a lot had happened within those few days and they had finally accepted Roosevelt as a part of thee group.

"Hey what's wrong . . . ?" Ebbie asked sitting beside her on the log, "Why aren't you washing ?".

"Nothing, I'm going to join them soon" she replied. Stealing a glance at Ebbie, she couldn't help but feel a bit of envy and jealousy. Big and strong, Ebbie was the perfect 'I don't need your protection' type of lady, but she was just . . . Her, nothing special. 'Well at least Mercy is not as big as she is but is still a tomboy and a very strong person, I might as well just make do with my size' she thought in consolation as she began to take off her excess clothing, choosing a part of the river to bath.

'It'd been six days since that day at the warehouse and tomorrow would determine the manner in which their friend as well as team leader would die' she sighed as she picked her clothes and began to dress.

An hour later everyone was dry and fully dressed, sitting in the RV they prepared breakfast and began to eat.

"I guess we need to get some more supplies guys" Josh said. "Yeah I think so too" Emmanuel nodded.

Soon everyone was giving opinions . . .

"Hmmm . . . But where do we get supplies from now ?".

"Where is the nearest town ?".

"We need weapons too".

"There is a town not too far from here perhaps fifty miles up north".

"I think there is a there museum too".

"Great we'll also visit the museum".

"Ok guys that's enough ! . . . " Kiki interrupted their endless opinions, "Right now let's just eat and be on our way".

"But going to other towns mean we have to use main roads" Rose noted worriedly.

Hearing Rose words, the excitement everyone had been displaying died down completely, some of them had thought of that while others felt the dangers subconsciously but hearing someone voicing out their worries was just what they needed to face reality.

Seeing the morale of the group down, Rose continued speaking. "Well we'll just take the risk, we're in the zombie apocalypse after all and not in the luxurious world. Besides the supplies in this region have been sapped dry and we will have to head out eventually" she said.

"Rose is right".

"Yeah I'm in".

"That's right".

They all agreed as they finished up their foods and began to prepare for the long journey ahead. 'I just know this is what you would have said if you were here Marvellous' Rose thought as she rose from her chair.