Kara hefted the bat onto her shoulder and looked out across the parking lot. The undead were advancing at a slow but steady pace, some limping from missing limbs. Beside her, Devin ran his fingers along the twisted piece of pipe he was holding.
They waited.
The first one to get close enough was on Kara’s side. She
swung the bat hard, aiming for its half-decomposed neck. The bat hit with a
slap and the force of the blow sent the zombie's head spinning off into the air.
The remaining body swayed before crumpling on the hard asphalt. Beside her, Devin knocked off two zombie heads at once, sending rusty blood spattering across his
cheekbones like scarlet freckles.
Kara glanced at him and wordlessly they turned to stand
back-to-back as the undead advanced on all sides. The sharp end of Devin’s pipe
plunged into the forehead of an zombie missing both an arm and a leg. His next
attack at the one behind it went straight up and through the jaw. The silver
tip broke through the top of the zombie’s skull and shone wet with blood.
Devin pulled the weapon out with a slurp, letting the zombie fall to the
ground.
The remaining three zombies advanced. Kara pulled
out a knife from her pocket and threw it at the closest one, hitting directly between
its eyes. She put both hands on the bat and brought it down hard on top of
another one’s head. Behind her Devin kicked a defeated zombie in front of him
to the ground.
Kara looked around the parking lot, making sure it was empty
before turning around to face Devin. “All that for a bag of Doritos and some
instant coffee,” she said, pulling off her backpack and opening it up to show off
the crumpled bag of chips they had salvaged earlier. Devin opened up the bag
and popped a chip into his mouth.
“Worth it,” he said.
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