ZERO HOUR

Chapter Five

Present

Coward

How can I be so useless?!

I pulled the bat from the crushed head of a zombie I encountered

Thankfully, there were few of them in this area. I have vented my anger and frustration on every zombie that gets in my way, killing them all.

Luckily, I found another store with a garage.

After making sure there were no zombies left inside, I grabbed a steel pole and barricaded the glass door.

The sky is turning dark, it was only that time I felt the exhaustion as I sat on the floor crestfallen. After hours of running away, I have felt the soreness in my toes and my head throbbing from the shock I cannot absorb until this moment.

I threw non-perishable foods on a camp bag that I found in the corner, together with flash lights, batteries, ropes, knives and bottles of water. Now my bag is filled to the brim with supplies, I headed to the stores backdoor where the garage was.

My nose crinkled with the smell of crude oil and unknown junk, there were hardware supplies and a Porshe settled in the middle. I reached for the car door only to know it was locked,

"The key must be here," I uttered to myself,

Turning around, my eyes wandered from the pile of boxes, steel table and to a locker. On the table, there scattered a steel rod, couple of screws, an unopened root beer, and a key!

I scampered to the table to grab the key, hoping it could unlock the car door. "I badly need a car to get away from this place."

It fits! My breathing went ragged as the key entered the key hole, "Please open up, please open up!" I prayed,

As if on cue, I heard a click. Almost jumping out of joy, I remained silent but a triumphant smile carved on my lips.

"Jackpot!"

Inside the Porshe was a semi-automatic pistol, a few bullet magazines, a walkie-talkie, and a bag of men's clothes. I was really lucky!

I planned to leave this downtown by dawn, this place is too dangerous with so many infected hovering around. Now I wouldn't mind getting arrested for driving without license, the road is free as long as I can survive.

"It should be alright to spend a night here," the zombies nearby were all taken take of by me anyways-

"Ack-" This is?!

My whole body hurts like hell! It's as though my nerves are gonna explode!

Tormented, I tried reaching for anything that might ease the pain but no avail.

"S-someone..." I clutched my chest as I felt a sudden excruciation that restricted my breathing.

My eyesight went blurry, the world seems to turn faster as I got dizzy from the agonizing pain.

"H-Help...me, "