Disclaimer: I do not own Dawn of the Dead or any of the characters in Dawn of the Dead. However, I do own the characters in my story.
Tears filled her eyes as Teryn stared down at the remains of her mother. At that point, Teryn felt like she was going to implode from all the pressures life was laying down on her. First her brother committed suicide, her parents divorced, and now to put the icing on the cake. Teryn had always been the religious type, but lately she felt like God was letting her down.
She had always asked herself, "Why? Why me?". Suddenly, a pang of ferocity filled her mind and body. She slammed her hands down on the floor and pulled at her hair, wishing she would just die. When she was done with her outburst, a strange sensation filled her stomach as she noticed a pair of cold, empty eyes staring back at her.
Teryn let out a quick gasp as she realized her mother had been alive the whole time. The teen was dumbfounded beyond belief when her mother stood up like nothing had happened at all! She stepped back and replied to the movements her mother made.
"Mom! I'm so glad you're okay, what happened?", Teryn exclaimed while looking her up and down.
The adolescent was immediately freaked out as her former parent let out a high-pitched shriek and sprinted at her with amazing speed Teryn never imagined she had. She could not imagine her mother being that agile, especially because she was moderately obese. Well - she wasn't thought of as "overweight" or "obese", at least by Teryn. Teryn had always thought of her as "plump". Either way, it was as if she had been running in the olympics for years!
Her "mother" leaped on top of her and pulled her down with intense force, and as Teryn struggled, the creature attempted to bite her torso and neck area. Suddenly, it reared its head up in the air. Teryn saw this as a window of opportunity and punched her mom in the stomach, and the being vomited a small amount of blood as it was knocked back by the incredible force the teen released.
Teryn jumped up and ran down the hallway as fast as she could, and grabbed her mother's purse. She felt around for the keys, grabbed them, and ran out the front door into a world she'd thought she'd never see.
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