The Zombie Catastrophe

IN THE WATER

Apart from these, a group of three zombies walked on until they reached the edge of the River Mistri, the closest source of natural water to Middlestown.

Without hesitation, they walked in, their heads disappearing under the water, without even a bubble to show that they'd gone in. Now fully submerged under, they swam well, and moved through the water with the ease of fish.

On and on they went, with little bits of them escaping into the water, quickly being eaten by the small fish they came across but encountering nothing big until a crocodile lying in the mud bed felt the waves from their swimming. With amazing speed, the giant reptile came behind them, and with one powerful bite, grabbed one of them, pulling it down back into the mud bed. There was no yell, no cry, nothing to show that a successful predatory hunt had just happened.

The remaining two continued to swim for as long as four days, not once stopping for a break or returning to land before reaching the point where the rive