Free Zombie Games (Book 4): Road Kill by Kristen Middleton Page B

the bat over her head and hit the zombie in the chest, knocking him to the ground. “Let’s go!” she cried.
    The girls ran past the zombie and continued their way to the next level, pausing only to gauge the safety of their path. When it looked clear, they ran to the next two levels until Allie stopped.
    “I’m tired,” she gasped, out of breath. “Let’s walk the rest of the way.”
    “ I hope nobody shows up and takes our food and water from the truck,” said Kylie, wiping the sweat from her forehead. “I’m dying of thirst.”
    “ Me too. I’m sure Justice will drive us back to the truck once we find another vehicle with gas.”
    “If he makes it,” said Allie, her eyes big.
    “Don’t say that. He will.”
    “Did you see the zombies entering the lot when we left? There were so many…”
    “Justice will make it. He promised.”
    “We’ll see.”
    They walked the rest of the way in silence, reaching the roof of the parking ramp. Both girls hesitated to step into the rain as they watched it come down in heavy sheets.
    “At least , there aren’t any zombies to greet us,” said Allie.
    “Maybe they just don’t like the rain.”
    “Maybe.”
    A growl from behind startled the girls. When they turned around, they found two gruesome half-naked zombies heading in their direction.
    “Great ,” said Allie, gripping the bat tighter. “At least these two are a little smaller than that last dude.”
    The zombies appeared to be women, one much older than the other, but from the neck down they were both so chewed up and rotted, they no longer resembled females.
    “I can’t do it,” said Kylie, her hand shaking as she pointed the knife towards the zombies. “I just can’t.”
    “Fine, let’s just run,” said Allie, grabbing her by the hand and pulling her into the storm. The girl’s feet splashed through the rain puddles until they reached the stairwell. When they glanced back, they noticed the two zombies hadn’t given up on them that easily.
    “Let’s hide in here!” yelled Allie, grasping the door -handle. Unfortunately, it was locked. “No…no…no…,” she cried. “This is not happening.”
    “What’s wrong? Open the door!”
    “It’s locked!”
    “Oh no!”
    Allie stared at her friend, whose wet, dark hair was plastered against her face. “We’re going to have to kill them ourselves.”
    Kylie’s eyes widened in horror. “I-,”
    “You have too !”
    “Oh no. Oh my God!”
    The younger zombie reached the girls first and Allie stepped forward, her bat held high. “Leave us alone!”
    The zombie ignored her and lurched forward with arms open wide.
    Allie swung the bat and bashed the zombie in the head. What was left of t he zombie’s skull caved and it dropped to the ground, no longer moving.
    The other zombie arrived and went right for Kylie who screeched in horror as she jabbed at its chest with the knife.
    “In the head, remember!” yelled Allie, pulling the zombie back by its stringy wet hair.
    As it turned towards her , she raised the bat to swing, but as luck would have it, the zombie somehow, stepped out of the way.
    “Crap,” she muttered.
    The zombie turned back towards Allie and lunged for her again.
    “Kill it!” hollered Allie.
    Crying, Kylie raised the knife and plunged it into its horrifying face, then backed away as it fell forward and hit the ground.
    “Are you alright?” asked Allie, both of them trembling.
    “I think so,” she said, weeping. “I can’t believe I had to do that.”
    “It would have killed you,” said Allie as the girls hugged in the rain. “You had no choice.”
    “You two okay?”
    The girls turned to find Justice limping towards them. They rushed over and both threw their arms around him, crying.
    “Oh my God!” sobbed Kylie. “We were so scared!”
    “It’ s okay,” he said, patting her softly on the back. “I’m here, now.”
    “Are you okay?” asked Allie as they released him.
    He gave her a lopsided grin.