Gore and Bloodshed Warning!!

The Grocery Shop (2:20 pm)

The kid must have been exhausted as she hardly stirred. But he didn't have any time to check whether she was dead or not as he sped his was to the supermarket. Praying Levon had some guts to protect himself, at this point he didn't even have any faith. The smell of the ammonia must be wearing of as a bunch of zombies started down to the truck. Some crashed it's skull on the glass.

'Get off my car you dead vertebrates' he roared. But this caused other zombies to rush at him. He sped and crushed all the zombies under the weight of the truck. He was so immersed by the zombies in the front that he didn't notice a few on the back. But then he heard a shriek. 'Eeeee' the girl beside him shrieked while pointing behind them. Jackson noticed the zombies in time and reversed the truck immediately, causing the zombies to fly back.

One of the zombie hit it's head on a metal pole causing its head to hit it with such a force that caused it's bloody eyeballs to blast out. He resumed to speed ahead. At a safe distance he stopped the car. And sighed heavily. He looked at the girl that now stared at him with her huge brown eyes with curiosity. 'What are you staring at?' he whispered. She silently watched him.

Jackson slowly opened the door of the truck and climbed down. He signed her to keep quiet, and so she did, he went to the trunk of the car and pulled out a a container filled with pale yellow liquid, he slowly got up the car and poured it all on the truck. He heard a gagging noice inside the truck, he smirked and climbed down quickly to tell the girl 'Don't you dare vomit in my truck, you hear me?'. The girl did a swallowing motion and nodded. He got back and resumed pouring it over.

Jackson went back to the truck to see the girl covering her mouth with her little hands. Her face getting a little red. 'You can breath y'know. It stinks, yes, but you'll get used to it' he said quickly and in a voice what he considered was kind.

But without waiting for a reply he drove off to the city supermarket.

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'Oh fuck' Jackson murmured and pulled out an axe from the backseat. The girl quickly flinched, Jackson caught it but said nothing. He told her to sit there and walked slowly into the store.

Well the place was a chaotic mess. The shelves and contents lie on the floor. Many glasses shattered and water and drinks all over the marble tile. The wall splattered with what looked like blood and pus. Was he too late? Was his only friend dead because he, Jackson, was too irresponsible to manage time? This reminded of him of that painful time. He was just as late to save her. If he had arrived sooner, he could've saved her and his child. But he got stuck in a mess. And his wife and his unborn child paid the price.

He immediately broke out of the trance when he heard a crash down the toy aisle.

He slowly made way to the colourfully decorated sections.  Large teddy bears covered anything that could be potentially lethal. He wondered silently when he saw a particularly nice bear holding a plushie heart with the words 'I Love You', would've his child loved this toy? He slowly went to stroke the fur when he heard shrieking groan. He turned around to see a zombie rushing at him front his side. He raised his axe to strike but something flew past him so fast, it was an axe and it slashed into the frail head of the zombie, it's blood trickling down it head. Jackson quickly turned to see Levon with his hand poised in a way that showed that he was one that threw the axe.

'We have to leave. Now', Levon whispered frantically.

'Its good to see you alive' Jackson said.

'It might've been the first time you said that but please we have to leave! I just saw something that had me hiding in this stuffy shelf for hours', Levon replied looking around in panic.

'And what would that be?', Jackson asked but he got his answer almost immediately when he heard an enormous roar.

And right above the farthest shelf, he saw the largest zombie he had ever encountered. Large, green, with large bubble like tumor that looked like it was filled with goo. It had long hands with atleast 4 inch long black nails. It's snake like red tongue lolling out of it and dripping what looked like acidic saliva. But Jackson registered how it was looking around for something. It was trying to listen for a sound.

Jackson looked at Levon and placed a finger on his lip.

He tried to walk to the door but as he kept one step, the zombie turned to his direction. This zombie had a very sharp sense of hearing, Jackson realised. All they could do is wait around till the ugly brute left. Levon must've read his thoughts as he pointed a finger to the door. Jackson turned to see his truck parked a few feet away from the door. The child partially visible from the window. She was cautiously watching the zombie too. Jackson thought Levon had pointed to the unknown girl in his truck but then he swiftly realised that he had poured ammonia on the truck. The zombie can't leave with such pungent smell wafting right at the exit.

They had no choice but to make a move.

The zombie cleverly scratched it's nail on the shelf that let out an inhumane noice. The sound seemed to irritate Jackson so much he wished he could pull his hair back and scream. The feeling of wanting to scream was so powerful, that he finally realised it was a trap. He shut his ears and saw the girl and Levon doing the same.

After what seemed like an eternity, the zombie stopped and slowly jumped down the shelf. Jackson and Levon kept close to the side. And they were thankful they did as the zombie walked to that aisle. Slowly and purposefully. It's white milky eyes staring at the abyss. As it got closer, Jackson saw a small vien popping from the back of its neck. Levon quickly looked at him and motioned with his hand. He motioned his hand closing his eyes and pointed his neck. Jackson realised what he had meant.

That damned thing had a blind spot!

And carefully, Jackson pulled a dagger from his waistband. It had only made the tiniest of a sound of metal aganist cloth. But the zombie had heard it nonetheless.

With one swing of its gigantic arm, it crashed it's hand to Jackson's head. He flew feets away from his spot. But he laid down the floor silent. He raised his hand to show Levon he was okay and to try not to do anything. He must've got the signal as no sound followed. Jackson slowly turned his head to the zombie behind him. It had started walking away from them. But suddenly they heard a sound and a loud thud, followed by someone running lightly to him. Jackson saw the little girl running to him.

'NO!' roared Jackson when the zombie ran to the girl's direction. The zombie had ignored Jackson and made way to the girl who stood rooted to the spot, frozen in horror as the large zombie ran to her. Levon threw the cans on the shelves on its head but it ignored it all and made way to the girl.

'Haargh!!' Jackson gave out a loud cry and ran to its back. And jumped to its hunchback. It tried to throw Jackson from its back but Jackson locked the crook of his hand to its throat. It gurgled out in pain. Jackson took out his dagger and stuck the blade to its frail head and pulled it roughly to its neck. And that instant, it fell down dead. Blood pooling around its body. Rotten brain and nerves pulsing and protruding out. Levon rushed to his side and touched the pulse of it's neck and nodded 'Dead'.

But Jackson jumped up suddenly and pulled the girl roughly by her small arm and pulled her to the car. Practically dragging. 'Who's the girl Jacky?' Levon asked. No answer. 'Where did you find her?', no answer again. 'What do you plan to do with her?'.

'Get in the damn car Levon!' Jackson roared.

The girl and Levon looked at him silently. Both got in immediately. Jackson drove back silently. The drive back was so awkward except for the occasional sobs. 'So?' Levon asked.

Atlast Jackson replied 'I took her from The Pact members'.

'YOU WHAT!'