Mark's Final Thoughts
"Jim's gone," Selena stated nonchalantly. Selena and Mark had nearly been asleep when Jim had gotten up and gone upstairs; they were sleeping in a lowered room that had two steps leading up to the den of the house. "Think we should go after him?"
Mark turned to face Selena, an attractive black woman who believed that surviving was "as good as it gets" according to what she had told him on several different occasions. She still had her eyes closed. "Sure."
They both got up and started up the stairs quietly. Jim said something that sounded like "It's empty", but Mark couldn't be positive that's what he had said. They reached the top of the stairs and Selena turned to him.
"Did you hear something?" she asked, suddenly fully awake and attentive.
"Well I just heard Jim saying something if that's what you me--"
"Quiet," Selena interrupted him quite rudely. She turned her head slightly to listen for something.
Mark couldn't hear anything; but he could smell something. He could smell the rotting of Jim's parent's bodies upstairs. Jim had vowed to bury them in the backyard at dawn. Mark had agreed to help him while Selena objected to the idea of staying around to bury them.
"We should get out of here as soon as possible," she had argued. "We should've never even gone on this useless trip. I'm sorry Jim, but we need to get back to the store. We need to leave at dawn to get there in time. It's the only safe place Jim."
Jim had gotten kind of pissed at her over that quarrel. He hadn't won, but kudos to him for at least trying. They would leave at dawn.
After that they had all laid down and tried to sleep for an hour or so before Jim had gone upstairs. All that time Mark had been replaying his family's death again and again in his mind. He was sure to have a nightmare for that, but after telling Jim about it he couldn't get it out of his head. Even standing there with the listening Selena at the top of the stairs he couldn't help but think of it.
Selena turned to him shakily, her bottom lip quivering. "That's an Infected," she stated and that's when they heard the windows smashing in the kitchen where they assumed Jim had gone. "Let's go!"
They charged quickly into the furnished kitchen with its refrigerator that had pictures of Jim and his family hung on it with "Mum's Favorite Recipes" on the top of it with other miscellaneous items.
"FIGHT!" Mark shouted fiercely as he charged forth. "FIGHT!"
He reached the scene first and saw Jim fighting under the two Infected that had broken in. One was a little overweight and the other was a skinny, young girl - the other's daughter in life most likely.
Mark grabbed the girl and flung her over the kitchen table in the middle of the room and took out a hunting knife which he preceded to stab her with. "Selena!" Mark shouted out after noticing her absence.
Selena then ran in quickly with her machete. She hadn't come in with Mark because she had needed to return to get her machete from their sleeping room. She flung it down into the back of the fat Infected that was still on top of Jim and blood sprayed out from the wound.
Mark and Selena continued to hack away at their own Infected until they were dead… or would that be deader? Mark wasn't quite sure if they were zombies or not.
"Were you bitten?" Selena asked as she pointed her bloody machete at Jim accusingly.
Jim started rambling about how he knew who they were (Mr. Bridges and his daughter. They lived four doors down). Mark didn't listen to this and occupied himself with cleaning the Infected' s blood off of his arms with a rag that just so happened to be lying beside the sink on the counter.
"Were you bitten?" Selena practically screamed, interrupting Jim in the process. Her voice was cold.
Mark started wiping off his left arm and then spotted something that sent cold chills through his body and made him perspire. There was a gash on his left arm that was gushing blood and filling up with the Infected' s blood.
(Oh no. Oh God no please no.)
"Mark?"
Mark looked up at the sound of Selena's voice. She was looking at him curiously, wondering if he was alright or not. Then she was wondering if he was infected or not.
Mark glanced down at his cut then back at Selena. She knew he was. Just like he knew he was. "Wait," he said. It was the last thing he ever said.
Selena descended upon him with her machete, hacking away at his left arm which he had thrown up to protect himself. He was barely aware that he was screaming; all that he was focusing on was the pain coursing through him.
(NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!)
Then he felt half of his left arm tumble away from the rest after Selena had hacked it off.
(That's all she was doing! She didn't want to kill me! She just wanted to stop the infection at my arm and I'll still li--)
He ceased to think as soon as the machete hit him once again right in the chest. There was a moment of searing pain and then he was dead. Selena slashed down at his dead body once and then pulled out her machete.
!!!$%$%$%
Jim watched as Selena killed Mark heartlessly. He had no idea what was going on.
(What the hell are you doing Selena?)
Then Mark's screaming stopped and Selena stood up after tearing her blade from Mark's chest. He couldn't see Mark because he was concealed behind the counter/table in the middle of the room. Selena looked over at him, sighed, looked down at Mark, then grabbed a roll of paper towels.
She then threw the roll at Jim. Jim tried half-heartedly to catch it and failed, the roll fell to the floor. He looked up at Selena without picking it up. She commanded one thing of him.
"Get that cleaned off."
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Hey, Morbidman here. I hope you liked this. Please review. This is based on one of my favorite scenes from the movie. It's a couple minutes before Jim and Selena meet up with Frank and Hannah and is after Mark explained to Jim about his family's death. I don't call the Infected zombies because they really weren't; zombies are dead and eat people while the Infected only had deteriorated minds and spit blood all over their opponents to infect them or just plain out killed them.
Disclaimer: None of these characters or events is of my own conjuring other than Mark and Selena walking up and talking and the incident where they argued about burying his parents or not.
" 'There is no infection; it's just people killing people.' He's insane!" - Farrell "28 Days Later"
"Jim's gone," Selena stated nonchalantly. Selena and Mark had nearly been asleep when Jim had gotten up and gone upstairs; they were sleeping in a lowered room that had two steps leading up to the den of the house. "Think we should go after him?"
Mark turned to face Selena, an attractive black woman who believed that surviving was "as good as it gets" according to what she had told him on several different occasions. She still had her eyes closed. "Sure."
They both got up and started up the stairs quietly. Jim said something that sounded like "It's empty", but Mark couldn't be positive that's what he had said. They reached the top of the stairs and Selena turned to him.
"Did you hear something?" she asked, suddenly fully awake and attentive.
"Well I just heard Jim saying something if that's what you me--"
"Quiet," Selena interrupted him quite rudely. She turned her head slightly to listen for something.
Mark couldn't hear anything; but he could smell something. He could smell the rotting of Jim's parent's bodies upstairs. Jim had vowed to bury them in the backyard at dawn. Mark had agreed to help him while Selena objected to the idea of staying around to bury them.
"We should get out of here as soon as possible," she had argued. "We should've never even gone on this useless trip. I'm sorry Jim, but we need to get back to the store. We need to leave at dawn to get there in time. It's the only safe place Jim."
Jim had gotten kind of pissed at her over that quarrel. He hadn't won, but kudos to him for at least trying. They would leave at dawn.
After that they had all laid down and tried to sleep for an hour or so before Jim had gone upstairs. All that time Mark had been replaying his family's death again and again in his mind. He was sure to have a nightmare for that, but after telling Jim about it he couldn't get it out of his head. Even standing there with the listening Selena at the top of the stairs he couldn't help but think of it.
Selena turned to him shakily, her bottom lip quivering. "That's an Infected," she stated and that's when they heard the windows smashing in the kitchen where they assumed Jim had gone. "Let's go!"
They charged quickly into the furnished kitchen with its refrigerator that had pictures of Jim and his family hung on it with "Mum's Favorite Recipes" on the top of it with other miscellaneous items.
"FIGHT!" Mark shouted fiercely as he charged forth. "FIGHT!"
He reached the scene first and saw Jim fighting under the two Infected that had broken in. One was a little overweight and the other was a skinny, young girl - the other's daughter in life most likely.
Mark grabbed the girl and flung her over the kitchen table in the middle of the room and took out a hunting knife which he preceded to stab her with. "Selena!" Mark shouted out after noticing her absence.
Selena then ran in quickly with her machete. She hadn't come in with Mark because she had needed to return to get her machete from their sleeping room. She flung it down into the back of the fat Infected that was still on top of Jim and blood sprayed out from the wound.
Mark and Selena continued to hack away at their own Infected until they were dead… or would that be deader? Mark wasn't quite sure if they were zombies or not.
"Were you bitten?" Selena asked as she pointed her bloody machete at Jim accusingly.
Jim started rambling about how he knew who they were (Mr. Bridges and his daughter. They lived four doors down). Mark didn't listen to this and occupied himself with cleaning the Infected' s blood off of his arms with a rag that just so happened to be lying beside the sink on the counter.
"Were you bitten?" Selena practically screamed, interrupting Jim in the process. Her voice was cold.
Mark started wiping off his left arm and then spotted something that sent cold chills through his body and made him perspire. There was a gash on his left arm that was gushing blood and filling up with the Infected' s blood.
(Oh no. Oh God no please no.)
"Mark?"
Mark looked up at the sound of Selena's voice. She was looking at him curiously, wondering if he was alright or not. Then she was wondering if he was infected or not.
Mark glanced down at his cut then back at Selena. She knew he was. Just like he knew he was. "Wait," he said. It was the last thing he ever said.
Selena descended upon him with her machete, hacking away at his left arm which he had thrown up to protect himself. He was barely aware that he was screaming; all that he was focusing on was the pain coursing through him.
(NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!)
Then he felt half of his left arm tumble away from the rest after Selena had hacked it off.
(That's all she was doing! She didn't want to kill me! She just wanted to stop the infection at my arm and I'll still li--)
He ceased to think as soon as the machete hit him once again right in the chest. There was a moment of searing pain and then he was dead. Selena slashed down at his dead body once and then pulled out her machete.
!!!$%$%$%
Jim watched as Selena killed Mark heartlessly. He had no idea what was going on.
(What the hell are you doing Selena?)
Then Mark's screaming stopped and Selena stood up after tearing her blade from Mark's chest. He couldn't see Mark because he was concealed behind the counter/table in the middle of the room. Selena looked over at him, sighed, looked down at Mark, then grabbed a roll of paper towels.
She then threw the roll at Jim. Jim tried half-heartedly to catch it and failed, the roll fell to the floor. He looked up at Selena without picking it up. She commanded one thing of him.
"Get that cleaned off."
()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
Hey, Morbidman here. I hope you liked this. Please review. This is based on one of my favorite scenes from the movie. It's a couple minutes before Jim and Selena meet up with Frank and Hannah and is after Mark explained to Jim about his family's death. I don't call the Infected zombies because they really weren't; zombies are dead and eat people while the Infected only had deteriorated minds and spit blood all over their opponents to infect them or just plain out killed them.
Disclaimer: None of these characters or events is of my own conjuring other than Mark and Selena walking up and talking and the incident where they argued about burying his parents or not.
" 'There is no infection; it's just people killing people.' He's insane!" - Farrell "28 Days Later"