Vankelia and Helena ran to catch up with him and realized that the two figures were Becca and Ashleigh. After a quick reunion they decided that they needed to get to Friendship Heights and find help and fast.
***
"Keep your head down!" Elizabeth whispered. She peered over the small wall that separated them from the chaos that was ensuing in front of them. People were running all over as zombies attacked. A few tried to escape with their cars only to get dragged out. Even children were being ripped apart by the limbs. A small girl, probably no older than four, was standing alone crying by her dead mom's body.
"We have to help her!" Sami said.
"Are you kidding?" Kelly started. "We'll just die like the rest of them."
"We can't just leave her there."
"She's zombie food."
"You are horrible." Sami yelled at Kelly and tried to stand up but winced when she felt the pain from her ankle radiate all the way up her leg. They all looked again. The little girl tried to run for her life when a zombie ran after her. She made it only 5 ft before the zombie knocked her down and ripped her head off. The three girls looked away, Sami crying.
"Look, we have to get over there!" Elizabeth pointed to the Chanel store. It was dark inside and none of the windows had been smashed unlike the other stores around it. They crept behind a few cars passing people who were running in all directions and quickly stumbled their way into the store.
"It's quiet in here..." Kelly said locking the door behind them. "Too quiet."
"Grab something." Elizabeth instructed. She grabbed a coat rack while Kelly ripped off a mannequin's arm off and held it like a bat. Sami sat on a bench by the cash register while the other two girls slowly walked towards the back. Elizabeth could hear a faint rustling in one of the dressing rooms in the back. Her heart began pounding rapidly and sweat formed on her brow.
"Who's there?" She called out. A large bang on the door caused both girls to jump. The sound of a zombie screeching came from behind the door.
"What was that?! Are you guys okay?" Sami said holding a metal rod that held the mannequins up.
Suddenly the dressing room door swung open and a zombie, distinctly male, came out and looked at Elizabeth and Kelly with beady dark eyes. Blood was dripping from its mouth and Elizabeth could see a woman's dead body on the floor of the dressing room in a pool of blood.
The zombie turned its head side to side, bearing its teeth at them and slowly approached.
"Stay away!" Elizabeth yelled at it. It didn't stop. The zombie took two more steps and then lunged at Elizabeth. She shuffled back and tripped over her feet falling down. She closed her eyes expecting to be attacked any second but nothing happened. She opened her eyes and realized she was holding the coat rack out. The zombie had impaled itself. It was still alive but seemed paralyzed for a minute. Elizabeth let go of the coat rack and got up next to Kelly who was still holding the mannequin's arm. The zombie pulled the coat rack out of its body and tossed it to the side.
"What the fuck!" Kelly said. "Why isn't it dead?" Sami joined the two and realized the zombie was still approaching them, its mouth even wider and its face even more distorted...angry. The zombie lunged at Elizabeth again. Kelly swung the arm and smashed the zombie across the head causing it to fall to the ground and wince in pain.
"That seemed to work!" Elizabeth said. "Quick Sami! Before it gets up!" Sami knew what Elizabeth meant and stabbed the zombie through the head with the metal rod she was holding. The zombie screeched and its body twitched for a moment before it too became lifeless. Sami got up, breathing heavily and wiped blood off of her hands.
"That was close..." Kelly said.
"Yeah, but we have to hurry and secure the front windows. Cover it up with anything you can find!" The three girls quickly grabbed things, not realizing the lifeless woman in the dressing room was starting to come alive.
***
The five of them ran down a street close by Friendship Heights. There were dead bodies all over. They passed a man shooting a small child in the head with a shot gun but taken down by other small children that jumped him from behind.
"What are those kids doing!?" Helena asked.
"They're zombies! They're not humans any more. Just keep running!" David yelled. They sprinted down the street. They were only a hundred yards away from the main road when a group of six zombies turned onto their street, blocking their path.
"What do we do now!?" Becca said. She looked behind her and screamed. Everyone stopped and realized there were also a few zombies approaching them from behind.
"Everyone, behind me!" David said holding up his cleaver.
"Oh my God, this is it...we're going to die." Helena said.
"OVER HERE!" A female's voice called to them. The group turned around to see Elizabeth Kingdom calling to them from her front lawn. Without questioning, they ran towards her house. Her father and mother came out, both holding hunting shotguns.
"Children, get inside now!" Elizabeth's father yelled. The group ran inside and were greeted by Elizabeth's twin sister Anna who was holding a hammer in her hand. "Quick!" She said. "Grab some hammer and nails! We need to board this house up."
Outside Elizabeth's parents called out to the zombies.
"Honey." Her father said.
"Yes dear?"
"Let's do this for England."
"I agree. God Save the Queen." Their bullets illuminated the darkening sky. Soon they too ran into the house and rejoined the kids. Putting away the shotgun Mr. Kingdom instructed the kids into the kitchen.
"Children, we might not all be the same religion...but let's pray."
No one bothered to raise an argument and they all closed their eyes and bowed their heads.
"Lord, please protect us from what the devil has unleashed onto our home. Let these children see another sunny day. Let them grow up to marry, to have children, to live life. Please Lord, we ask you this...in our darkest hour...that we survive."
A bang on the boarded door from outside startled everyone.
"PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME!" A male's voice pleaded. Becca got out of her chair realizing she recognized the voice.
"Stay away from the door!" Mrs. Kingdom instructed.
"PLEASE!!!" The voice begged.
"We have to open it!" Becca yelled.
"Why?" Mr. Kingdom asked.
"Because...I think it's Sean..."
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