Extermination - PT. 7

Morning came. It was cold and the trio was still on the roof. Zander had his bandanna wrapped around his mouth, just in case. Simian was convinced he didn't need it, but he wouldn't listen to her.1

"Aren't ye cold??" Rhys asked, rubbing his arms. Zander looked at him oddly,2

"No." he said, "I can't feel anything."3

"All your nerves are dead." Simian said, picking at her stitches, 4

"Yeah..." Zander looked down. Simian sighed,5

"I don't need anyone here being downtrodden and emo." She snorted and remembered that her arm was still missing. "Well anyway, i think we should try to find a better way to attach my- and Zander's- limbs."6

"Dere's a 'ospital near 'ere." Rhys said, "A few blocks oveh." Simian sat down, thinking about what to do,7

"Are there any people left at the hospital?" Rhys shrugged,8

"Most likely not." Rhys said, shrugging, "'s probably 'de place wit' da most zombies anyway." Simian grinned,9

"Zander, are you ok with killing zombies...?"10

"Of course!" He said, panicky, "They're evil!" It was obvious that he was currently in denial of being dead. 11

"Alright." She said, standing back up with a bit of trouble because of her missing arm, "we'll go to the hospital. if we're luck, there might be someone there to help us." Zander pouted, the idea of meeting other humans made him worry...12

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It was mid-afternoon now. The trio had eaten breakfast, even Zander. Simian told him to go hunt down some meat, even if he didn't want to. But he did, and he probably wouldn't be hungry for the next week.14

"It's so weird..." He said, "Seeing my town so deserted..."15

"Ye lived 'ere?" Rhys asked, never even thinking of the possibility,16

"Yeah," Zander said, "I went to your school too, remember?"17

"No." Rhys said stiffly, "I dun remember no 7ft tall bleach-'aired freak."18

"I wasn't this tall in school." he said, "I was about 5"11, and the back of my hair was dyed black. doesn't the name Alexander Jarvannen ring a bell?" Rhys thought for a moment,19

"Oi! You was 'dat... emo fell'er oo went an killed himself, roight?" 20

"Right...." the zombie answered quietly, hanging his head. Simian growled at him to snap out of it, and he took her command,21

"You two are new additions to my squad." She snapped, "I'm the leader. You listen to my orders and do as i say, right?22

"Right!" the boys said quickly. They wouldn't admit it, but Simian scared both of them,23

"I'm expecting another member of my team to show up, but he hasn't arrived yet. He said he'd meet me here... his name is Terrence Wilde." The others didn't mind asking about him since they were wasting time as it was.24

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The building was huge, with white paint on all the walls. The town hadn't been deserted for too long, so most of the buildings were in mint condition. If you hadn't seen the walking corpses, you never would have known the town was different from any other...26

Simian looked around. There wasn't a living dead in sight. Zander looked around suspiciously and wrinkled his nose,27

"It reeks here." He said, sniffing the air.28

"I can't smell a darn 'fing." Rhys said, "Wot 'er you talkin' 'bout"29

"This isn't going to turn out good..." Simian said, "In all the movies, hospitals are always main hit spots for zombies..."30

"'s loik silent 'ill!" Rhys said, looking at the building with wide eyes. Simian shrugged and smiled,31

"This'll be fun!" They advanced into the building, finding the front desk deserted. Papers were everywhere, along with some overturned chairs and blood splatters on the walls. Rhys shrunk back behind Simian, but she didn't stop. She went over to a chair, running her finger through a blood puddle, "It's not that old..." She said, examining it, "They were killed... about this morning."32

"Gah!" Zander winced, covering his nose, "Oh my god... the smell of blood is... really... s-strong!" He tied the bandanna around his nose and mouth, his mismatched eyes twitching a bit. Simian grinned for a second but stopped, shaking her head lightly.33

"Help!!" Far within the depths of the massive building, the screams of a living soul could be heard. Zander tried not to listen as the sound of tearing followed the cry for help.34

"I can't do this!" he shrieked, "I can't!" Simian glared out of him from the corner of her eye. Without a word he stopped. She was almost 2 feet shorter than him, and yet she was strangely intimidating. Simian sighed, turned the axe handle over in her hand, and bolted down the hallway. Within seconds, limbs were ripped from bodies, and the crushes of corpses had been shattered. Blood splashed against the wall and Zander closed his eyes.35

Simian came back down the hall shortly after, a few blood stains on her shirt. She smiled, and pointed down the hall, motioning to move on. She started walking, the other following her timidly. She came to a surgery room, looking around suspiciously. She opened a few cabinets, finally finding a stitch set, some bandages, some binding... and a hand. Wonderful. She tossed the hand out, grabbing the other things and shoving them into Zander's large coat pockets.36

Zander looked uncomfortable, "C-can we leave now...?" He asked shakily. Simian looked bothered by something. She waited for Rhys to look the other direction, then quickly she said to Zander,37

"I haven't eaten any thing..."decent"... for a few months now. If i don't eat, i'll go crazy." Zander looked at her, agog, then he finally said something,38

"You're a cannibal...." Simian looked at him, annoyed,39

"Well duh. I already said that, now didn't I?" Zander apologized, and suddenly the lights went out. The trio stayed still, trying not to make a sound. Shadows passed by the doorway, and two human voices could be heard,40

"The town's empty now, isn't it? We've got everyone?" Said the first voice, a low female voice,41

"No, not yet." The second voice, a husky male voice, answered, "I heard that they brought in a zombie hunter..."42

"Who?"43

"Xavier. Apparently he's got one of his best recruits on us, a chick named "Simian."44

Simian tensed, listening closely, 45

"Well she doesn't know that we're here, now does she? She probably just thinks it's another zombie invasion, no plan behind it. As soon as she clears out the town, she'll leave."46

"Maybe...but...she found a survivor...and that white-haired freak, "Alexander...." ah well! Either way, they won't manage to get to the other three." They laughed, and their footsteps became quieter, until they faded away into nothingness. Rhys looked like he was about to explode,47

"Didja 'ear dat!?" He said, whispering quickly, "H-he said there was three more survivors!"48