Zombie Encounters

Monday, October 7, 2013

Day 4: First Light, First Fright

The next morning, Lucy heard movement downstairs. She walked down and headed to the kitchen where she heard pots and pans clanging. Thinking it was Quinn making something for Riley, she just walked in. "Hey Quinn. Can you make me-" She finally looked up to find two undead eyes staring at her. The zombie moved around the center island towards her, groaning in its hunger for her flesh. She screamed and raced to the door, fumbling for a moment in her terror.

By now most of the house had heard her cries and were thundering down the stairs. When they saw what was going on, Riley and John were brandishing their weapons while Quinn aimed his pistol. "LUCY. DOWN." John ordered and she dropped to the floor a moment before John's sword sliced through the spot of air her head had been.

With a wet thunk, the zombie's head dropped to the floor. He had been so close to her, about to grab her. His body followed, the black sludge that his blood had turned into pooling around the wound on the floor. Lucy took a shaky breath and got up, checking herself over for any wounds from the creature. She quickly went over to John, hugging him tightly.

As the morning finally got underway, with that rude wake up call in the past, the group sitting around the dinng room table. Quinn and Riley bring the food out, serving everyone portions of oatmeal and biscuts. Everyone dug in, John taking most of Lucy's food, since she suddenly had a loss of appetite. Once the food was gone, the group gathered together, ready to talk about the pan for the day.

"We need to find Sam. He told us he was going to go work on the electrical system yesterday." Quinn flips a light switch and the lights come on, "Obviously we now have electricity, so that means he fixed it, or at least this part of the house. Something to do today is to see where we have power and where we don't. When me and Riley were making breakfast, only half the kitchen had power, luckily the fridge is part of that section, so we can now have parishable food and such."

Riley nodded with him at the mention of the kitchen, " I want to go out and look for Sam. I was cooped up in the house yesterday, and I need to get some fresh air and stretch."

Looking at her hard, Quinn paused, but nodded."Take John. I'll stay with Lucy here. I'll clean up the rest of that zombie and Lucy can check and see which parts of the house have power."