- Sat May 05, 2012 10:47 pm
#95370
I open my eyes to near pitch dark, and the sound of scuffling around me. Picking myself up I notice I'm in a warehouse, with odds and ends scattered around. Three of the walls around me are bare; however, the fourth has a rather large window. Peering out I see, with sudden shock, what appears to be zombies. A closer look proves my assumption to be correct. My heart starts to pound, "How did I get here? What are those... things!?! What am I going to do?!?" Then I see it: A police station right across a field... filled with zombies.
"Great," I think, "Now what? I guess the police station would be my best bet..." A forage of the warehouse yields not too much: some rope, an airhorn, an acoustic guitar, a fishing rod with some hooks, some long sticks, a pocket knife, and some duct tape. From previous zombie relations (i.e. netflix) I knew that close combat would prove unsuccessful. Quickly, using the long sticks, the pocket knife, and the duct tape, I rig up a pretty sturdy spear. With a weapon out of the way, I think of successful escape. With astonishment, I notice where the light source of the room had been coming from: an open hatch in the roof! Perfect! Then it hit me, the perfect plan.
Breaking apart the acoustic guitar (being careful not to make too much noise) I fashion a grapple and attach it to the rope. With a few unsuccessful attempts, I finally manage to hook it to the roof and make a stealthy exit. With a good escape route, I then go back and fourth to bring all the tools from inside the warehouse to the roof. Taking the remaining pieces of the guitar, and all of the long sticks I can, I attach them to the end of the rope (while on top of the roof).
With as much weight as I could possibly manage on the end of the rope, I was ready. A quick prayer, some pump up punches, and a wipe of the brow, I swing the weighted rope towards the window. "Thunk," A loud noise emits from the window, but no breakage. A few zombies are alerted, but do nothing to see what is up. Reeling in the rope, I try the swinging again. The sound of glass shattering proves my efforts not in vain, as zombies come running for the sound.
Most of the zombies had cleared the field, but many remained; too much for me and my spear. Thinking fast, I remember the airhorn, "Perfect!" Taking the duct tape, I wrap it around the trigger for the horn. It emits a very shrill sound, sure to attract most of the remaining zombies. Dropping it down the hatch, I watch as all but three of the remaining zombies file into the house to see what is up. Being as fast and silent as I can, I attach the grapple to the side of the warehouse. With another prayer, and spear in hand, I was off.
Looking like a pretty bad-A ninja, I make it off the roof and to the ground with no sweat. On me I had my make-shift spear and the fishing rod (just in case). The airhorn was causing a big enough commotion that I run full sprint towards the police station. Halfway there I start to grin, "I'm going to make it!" Then, it happened. The airhorn, deciding to betray me, stopped. Instantaneously, alerted to my footsteps, the three remaining zombies gave me a dead-locked stare. Dumb-founded, I stared back. Within three seconds they were after me, in full sprint. Deciding that combat would not prove beneficial, I retreat to the police station. Almost there I start to grin again, apparently my fatal flaw. A rock sent me head over heels, and I hear a loud crack as I hit the ground. Without feeling any pain, I scramble back up, only to be sent down by a numbness in my left leg. The fastest zombie was then upon me, lunging with snapping teeth. Being too close to stab with the spear, instead I block its clench with the shaft. It started to gnaw on the wood (giggity) until I sent it sprawling away with a quick jerk (double giggity). Another lunge and its face met the cold of my knife. Unfortunately, this broke my already gnawed on spear. With two zombies fast approaching, I took out the fishing rod. Being a master baiter (triple giggity), I cast at the closest of the two. The hook caught just under the zombies chin. Then they were on me. The one with the hook lunged first, at which I dodged forward, jerking the line towards me. The hook, being embedded in its rotten flesh, tore through its neck; chopping off its head and leaving the body stumbling forward. The second zombie, slightly behind the first, also took a lunge. Taking the butt of the rod, I jammed it as hard as I could into its eye. The zombie, surprisingly frail, buckled under the blow, with the rod sticking through its head. With both zombies basically dead, I started my long limp towards the very close police station.
The opening of the double doors yielded salvation. My quest had completed, but my journey had just began.
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