The Zombie Threat: Part 5

From there, he ran. He just wanted to get it all behind him. Unfortunately, he did not see the zombies in front of him until it was almost too late.

The sheer shock of seeing so many made him fall to the ground. One zombie is terrifying. Two-Dozen zombies are more frightening then anything you will experience in your life. Looking up, he could see the faces of all the people he had met during his several year stay. He was doomed. Dmitry covered his head and closed it eyes. And then… Gunshots. Everything faded to black.

Dmitry awoke with a gun pointed at his temple.

“Don’t move!” an unfamiliar voice demanded. “Don’t move or I will shoot!”

Dmitry stayed as still as he could. “First zombies and now I am being held hostage?” he said in a quite voice.

The gun lowered. The man behind it sighed.

“You have to be careful. You could have been infected. I just needed to make sure. I’m Stepan. Who are you?”

“Dmitry. Where am I and how did I get here?”

“We are in some sort of storage room. I was running away from zombies myself when I came across you. I came just in time. After I killed the rest of those things I dragged you in here.

“There are a few weapons, plenty of ammo, first-aid kits, and some water. Not much food though. I barricaded the entrances. It might not hold them for long, but fortunately they lost track of us.”

Dmitry sat up.

“Careful there”, Stepan said, “You’re badly injured.”

Dmitry’s left arm and both legs were covered in bandages.

“How did I get this?”

“You got pretty torn up out there. You would’ve been dead in ten more seconds. You have a family, Dmitry?”

“How did you know that?”

“Your wedding ring.”

“Ah, yes, I only wear it alone.”

“I thought the policy was that only unmarried people could work here.”

“I needed the money. I lied on the forms.”

After an awkward silence, the men heard the last thing they wanted to hear. They’ve been found.