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Disclaimer: I do NOT own Dawn of the Dead or the characters in it.
Claimer: I OWN Jade and the unfamiliar plot that is not in the movie.
Sunlight poured into the bedroom window, washing its rays over Jade's face as she lay on her stomach in hers and CJ's queen size bed. The light brown duvet was puffed out around her from her restless night's sleep. She had finally knocked out around two in the morning. The vague sound of a car alarm and frantic voices had Jade's eyelids flutter open and she glanced at the clock on the bedside table.
"Seven o'clock….way too early for a day off." Jade mumbled, turning over onto her back and pulling the duvet over her head to block out the sunlight.
The sound of glass shattering in the other room alerted Jade and she quickly sat up. She scrambled out of bed, tripping slightly on the edge of the duvet as she moved towards the bedroom door.
"CJ?" Jade called out, hating that her voice cracked.
Things were being knocked from their place in the living room as whoever was in the house began to move in the direction of the bedroom. A scream escaped Jade as a bloodied man emerged from the living room and began running at her while growling. Acting out of pure fear, Jade slammed the door shut and locked it before frantically looking around the room for her cell phone.
'My purse!' Jade thought, remembering that she had left her purse on the kitchen counter where she tossed it coming into the house through the garage.
She jumped at the large bang that shook the bedroom door. Diving to the floor, Jade did the only thing she could and crawled underneath her bed. Jade pressed her hands against her mouth to silence another scream when the bedroom door gave way and the bloodied man stumbled into the room. Squeezing her eyes shut, Jade thought about CJ and if she would ever see him again.
Hands latched tightly around Jade's ankles, dragging her out from under the bed. A scream rippled through her as she fought to get loose. The man fell on top of her, his fingers digging into her shoulders as he attempted to sink his teeth into her face. Jade screamed as she pressed her hands against his throat. Wedging her knees in between them, Jade fought to push the man off of her. Blood dripped out of his mouth and splashed along her peach-colored night gown.
Tears blurred her vision as she moved one hand away from the man's throat to blindly sweep around for anything she could use as a weapon. She screamed when the man's teeth snapped shut close to her that she could feel his blood drip on her face. When her fingers came in contact with something solid, Jade grabbed it and hit it hard up against the man's face.
Sobs racked her body as the man stopped moving, his body falling to the side and off of her as he became motionless. Scooting back quickly, Jade stared at the man who now had a stiletto sticking through his eye socket. Bile rose and she barely managed to turn over before last night's dinner came rushing out. Standing up on shaky legs, Jade ran through the house and grabbed her purse. She then went into the garage and climbed into her car, locking the doors.
She sat there is shock, trying to calm down her breathing as she had seen so many times on television. Minutes passed and Jade could finally hear the chaos coming from beyond her garage door. Grabbing her purse, Jade dumped its contents out into the passenger seat. She picked up her cell phone and hit the automatic dial of CJ's own cell phone. A beeping met her ears causing her to look at her cell.
"Ugh!" Jade cried, seeing the low battery.
A force slammed up against the driver side door, cracking the window as Jade screamed again. Her head whipped around to see the same man who attacked her earlier about to hit her window again. Groping for her keys that were in the mess of her passenger seat, she struggled to put the key in the ignition. After starting the car, she pressed hard on the gas, her car jerking forward out of the garage and into her neighborhood.
Eyes wide and tears streaming, Jade drove with only the thought of getting to her husband. She was close to the mall, not even ten minutes away with a vehicle in front of her was side swiped by another vehicle. Yanking the steering wheel, Jade gasped as her car hit the guard rail and crashed through it. Her knuckles turned white as she tried to slow the car down by pressing down on the break. She did not have the chance to scream when her car clipped a tree and flipped over.
