Episode 1: The New Infected
"Keith, get down!" Charlie called as he through a pipe bomb at the hoard of zombies. Keith ducked out of the way as the bomb exploded. He stood up quickly and fired.
"We've got a boomer," Lizzy called from on top of a red Audi. Jordy shot the boomer and it exploded getting bile all over Lizzy.
"Got bile on my suit...thank you Jordy..." She shouted, not angry just annoyed.
"Sorry..." The ten year old replied, shooting another few zombies. Keith slung the fire axe off his back and hacked his way through a few zombies before shooting a few more with his hand gun. Suddenly something slimy wrapped around his waist.
"Shit..." He shouted falling forward and being dragged back towards the Smoker.
"Keith!" Charlie shouted running over and picking up Keith's fallen fire axe. He brought it down on the red, pulsating tongue severing it and letting Keith free. Lizzy shot the smoker in the head. Keith groaned and tore the tongue from him. "Uhhh..." He moaned. Charlie helped Keith to his feet and handed him back the axe.
"Be more careful buddy," Charlie said with a smirk and walked over to Lizzy.
"Buddy..." keith said to himself. It made him think of Ellis. He wondered where his best bud was at. They all looked around at the massacred zombies.
"Well, that's a break for now," Jordy said smiling. "Right..." Charlie nodded.
"For now kiddo," he told the ten year old. Keith sat down against the red Audi.
"Will it ever end?" He asked. Lizzy shrugged. They had been fighting for almost a month now. He wondered when it would end and when he could see Ellis again. Keith closed his eyes for a moment. He just wanted to sleep. Just for a moment.
"Keith...Keith..." He heard Charlie's voice shout. But he was to happy with his eyes shut.
Lizzy ran over to Charlie with a bottle of water.
"Pour it there..." Charlie instructed pointing to where the tongue had burned Keith's side. It looked bad. The skin was raw red and peeling away to reveal the muscle underneath.
"Is he infected," Jordy asked worried. He didn't want to loose more people to the infection and he had become close to the mechanic. He was like an older brother.
"Nah, he'll be fine Jordy," Charlie reassured. Jordy nodded and sat down. Charlie exchange a worried look with Lizzy. The infected were evolving. The Smokers tongue never used to have this type of affect.
"Is it poison?" Lizzy asked quietly. Charlie nodded.
"The infected are growing stronger," Charlie told her. Lizzy frowned and looked back at Keith. They had cleaned the wound. The just hope that was enough.
It wasn't until all the others had fallen asleep that Keith woke up.
"Ellis..Ellis!" He half shouted. Bolting upright and then wincing. He looked at his wound. Now wrapped in white bandages. He smiled. He pulled himself up and looked around. They had all fallen asleep inside one of the many houses. Keith sighed. "Nobody on watch...I thought you knew better Charlie," he said and went to the window. It was there he spotted it. A new infected.
"Shit..." He muttered. "GUYS!" He shouted. The others woke up and looked up at him.
"Keith..." They said. He just pointed out the window at a female infected moving back and forth. She seemed pregnant.
"What is that..." Lizzy asked shocked and walked to the window.
"A new infected..." Charlie said also walking to the window. Jordy suddenly screamed and the others spun on there heels to look at a tall slender infected with long arms and razor claws. It moved like lightening and was on top of Jordy. Keith reacted the fastest and grabbed his shot gun. He fired. The bullet piercing the infected. The noise of the gun attracted a hoard. Keith swore and grabbed his gun. He looked outside at the hoard. Noticing one infected hovering over the rest. It was covered in bandages and its blood dripped onto the ground. New infected...this wasn't good.