There was suddenly a shattering noise, the tube to the side of her seemed to disintegrate, the same gel she was submerged in washed over her againas the cylinder fluid flooded the area. The wave swept her around again, the zombie now dislodged, followed suit, the wave taking them both back to the platform from which she had started.
As the zombie fell forwards it landed atop of her, it's weight hit her shoulder making her stumble back against the railing. Leaning back together she screamed as its teeth snapped it her face. Instantly her hands came up trying to push its head away. One hand around the throat and one in its hair.
If only it had been a normal situation she would have probably wiggled her way around the brute, the hair she had grabbed ahold of though sluffed away in her hand taking a piece of the scalp with it.
She screamed again shaking her hand to rid her of the offending piece of meat, all of a sudden the platform shook as she heard something heavy land on the walkway to the side of her.
Fingers then appeared to grab the zombies head, the hand was huge! It drew back pulling the zombie from her and away. Leaning there against the bar in a state of shock she looked around for where the zombie and the owner of the giant hand had gone.
Even in the pitch blackness of the room she was still able to see somehow...She was starting to notice that she seemed to have different physical abilities to the ones she could remember having, before waking up here. The most frustrating thing was she still couldn't remember who she was but she could remember what she looked like.
Looking over the platform she struggled to see down into the room below. Then from behind her came a growl, not a snarling growl like a dog but a gutteral human growl, the sound seemed the resonate in her chest the tone was so deep. She'd never heard anything it before.
Slowly she turned round only to be slapped in the face by something, she shrieked clawing her hands at her face to remove the object and as she peered at it laying in her arms she noticed it was the zombies lab coat. Then her eyes became fixated on a large body in front of her and as she slowly arched her neck up, she saw the monstrosity that stood before her.
The monster had the zombie in the air by the head. He was in the act of pulling the zombies other arm from its body when it noticed her standing there.
It was the shadow she had seen submerged in the tube when she had been attacked by the creature, which was now dangling by its head, armless from the large hand of this creature.
The monster, or be it human who had been surgically transformed and mutated, stared at her with one white orb. It's other eye was missing, the skin of its face pulled over and stapled into place where it's nose and eye socket should have been. The lips where non existent, exposing its gums and teeth in a horrid grin.
He like herself wore no clothes, his shoulders, chest, stomach and thighs all had flesh missing and all that could be seen was the corded muscle underneath. Purple over sized veins, the thickness of her wrist arched over his shoulders and coiled around his arms seeming to sink into his wrists at the joint.
It didn't approach her, it just stood there staring at her, the same way she was staring at it. She was then aware she was naked and quickly pulled the lab coat over herself to cover her body up.
The monster then dropped its plaything and approached her.
She couldn't move, she was glued to the spot like a rabbit in headlights. The metal walkway clanged and echoed with each footstep the creature took, the flashing light making its face even more terrible as it continued forward. It finally came to a stop in front of her, craning her neck to look up at that huge head the monster extended its arms, placed them under hers and picked her up as if she was a child.
He brought her upto eye level and peered at her through that one lifeless eye. The gaze seemed to soften the longer they stared at one another, those teeth parted and she closed her eyes ready for the final blow. Instead a deep gravely voice verberated through her.
"Ellllllllllllllllaaaaaa...?"
Opening her eyes in surprise she looked at the creature. Had it just called her Ella?
"Ella...is that my name?" She asked it.
Shaking its head again it seemed to be concentrating, she could see the flesh around its teeth twitch as if trying to pronounce through the constant grin.
"bEllllllllllllaaaa"
"Bella?"
The creature nodded and slowly began to lower her back to the ground.
Cautiously she reached up to touch the staples that ran from his left eye socket and then gently touched the exposed area of flesh on his chest. He was cold...room temperature.
"Does it hurt?" She asked softly as she pulled her hands away from his face.
The creature shook its head and then reached up with his own hand to touch the areas she had pointed out. He touched the staples and noticed he couldn't see his hand on the left side of his face, then the digits ran over where his nose should have been. That too was missing and then finally his mouth.
She backed away slowly seeing the worry in that eye before she heard a sudden zipping noise and a wet slap. The monster flinched before her and grunted,he fell to his knees and as she looked over his shoulder she saw a soldier in a gasmask aiming a pistol half heartedly. That was before he noticed her.
It took a moment for this soldier to realise this wasn't a zombie but a naked girl before him. His orders were to eliminate all witnesses. Quickly he holstered the tranq gun and withdrew his beretta.
