Marcus would hold this thing up by the neck until his arms gave out if he had to. As the other got closer he hoped it would knock his screwdriver back over but that never happened. Instead the walking corpse was on one knee leaning in for Marcus.
A wave of kicks freed Marcus of both zombies. The girls came to his rescue while he grabbed the screwdriver. He swiped it up and immediately put down the one that he had by the neck. Before Marcus or any of the other men could tend to the last one Rebecca had bashed its skull in with her pistol.
Chambers laughed and clapped for his girl. Rebecca looked unimpressed and Atticus' blood-pressure was rising. But Chambers had it out for someone else. "You see, Marcus, that's a girl. Not some worthless limey chick."
“I wouldn’t say
worthless,” Marcus said as he lodged free the axe in the wall and the kitchen door unlocked, and opened. Alice popped
her head out as it swung open, looking for someone in particular. Once she found who she was looking for she turned and ran back inside leaving
the last one to close the door.
Tyrell closed
the door and locked it with time to spare. The door was solid, you had to put
your entire weight behind it to move it; and you had to crank the lock. As
Atticus and Samuel finished locking it, there was no need to barricade the
door. But they did it anyway, pushing one of the refrigerators in front of the
door.
Alice took them
upstairs. There were two corpses on the floor in the lobby, with a shattered
chandelier covered in blood all around them. Alice laughed as they walked by,
and blushed, “Yep. That was all me.” She laughed again flexing her arm.
“There’s food
and hot water. But the electricity goes in and out.” Alice told them all about
the Inn, having made it her home as of late, “I think it’s not coming back
every time, but so far it has…”
Everybody
dispersed to go indulge, all except for Chambers who looked around at all the
glass windows and doors. Mostly everybody went upstairs to the rooms for a
shower, before the hot water was all gone. Alice stayed downstairs with
Chambers.
“Whot’s wrong?” she asked.
Chambers put his
hands on the glass windows that were only a couple of feet off the ground
outside. “We can’t stay here.”
“Why not? I’ve
survived here for over two weeks now…or was it three?”
“They didn’t
know you were in here. One girl, not making much noise, we led a whole horde of
them to this place. In a couple of minutes they’re gonna smell their way around
here and get to these windows. We need to get upstairs and get everyone out of
here now.”
“What if they’re all
taking showers…”
“…You warn the
women, I’ll warn the men…”
Marcus walked
down the stairs as they were running up them. “What’s goin’ on?”
“We gotta go
now!” Chambers yelled. “Get them out!”
Marcus followed
them back upstairs and they ran into the rooms. Alice heard a
tapping on the windows as she made it to the top of the lobby stairs, but she
could not brave a look back. Marcus and Chambers got Atticus and Samuel out
before they even made it to the bathroom. They were also still on alert like
Marcus and Chambers.
Alice had
trouble though, as Quinn was already in the shower, and Jill was sharing a
shower with her man. Rebecca was the only one not caught off guard when Alice
came in. She was sitting in a chair silently looking out the window at the
ocean. Alice recruited her help in getting the rest out when suddenly a noise was heard. Muaaaaaaargh!
They're inside.
Atticus and Samuel charged out of the rooms followed by Chambers and Marcus.
But how?
They're inside.
Atticus and Samuel charged out of the rooms followed by Chambers and Marcus.
But how?
“WAIT!” Rebecca
commanded them. “Is there another way
out?” she turned to Alice.
“There’s another
staircase at the end of the hallway that leads to a fire exit.”
“And we need to
get Quinn, Tyrell and Jill…”
“Okay, okay…”
Samuel had to think, “You gotta get them out, get to the boardwalk, find a marina, find a boat…”
He told Atticus, Alice, and Rebecca.
Samuel turned to
Chambers and Marcus, “We hold them back.”
Everybody nodded their heads in agreement of the impromptu plan and they split up. Rebecca ran to the other end of the hallway as Alice and Atticus got Quinn, Tyrell, and Jill out. Samuel and Chambers both held their guns out at the top of the grand staircase with Marcus wielding the axe between them. From every corner of the lobby windows branching cracks disassembled the glass after a bludgeoned hand made final contact.
Everybody nodded their heads in agreement of the impromptu plan and they split up. Rebecca ran to the other end of the hallway as Alice and Atticus got Quinn, Tyrell, and Jill out. Samuel and Chambers both held their guns out at the top of the grand staircase with Marcus wielding the axe between them. From every corner of the lobby windows branching cracks disassembled the glass after a bludgeoned hand made final contact.
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