THE DEAD AND THE CAROLINE PLAZA

Chapter 2

I had fallen asleep without knowing it. I woke to the loud sound of an alarm and someone screaming outside my house. "Hm... sounds like something exciting is actually happening," I muttered under my breath. I stretched a little and yawned. I looked over at our Felix clock, 5:00."Well...guess I'd better get ready for school," I yawned," not that I want to."I walked to my bedroom and was hoping that I hadn't forgotten to do any homework.

I opened my drawer and pulled out a black pair of jeans and a black T-shirt with the Nightmare Before Christmas on it. I looked at myself in the mirror and saw a wretched creature looking back at me. "Gee's I really need more sleep." I turned quickly at the sound of scratching t my window. "Now who can that be?" I said to myself. I walked over to my window and listened. I still heard scratching and someone moaning. "Hm...," I said and opened my curtain.

There were several people at my window trying to get inside. They had cuts that appeared to be bit marks and a few looked as if they were decomposing. "I didn't know it was Halloween already?" I remarked and giggled. 'Who would have guessed that the movies would come true?'I thought. 'Oh well, time to have some fun.'

I walked into my den and pulled out the Lee Harvey Oswald gun. I also took a butcher knife, that I got from the kitchen, and some matches. I took my water bottle and placed it in it's carrier case that hung around my waist. The butcher knife was in my pocket and the gun hung around my back. I grabbed my car keys and made for the front door. "Time for me to live," I said as I opened the front door quickly. I always wanted to kill some people and have some action in my life.

I looked at our pathetic town. They were running like little rabbits. 'They ought to know better by now,' I thought to myself. I saw the nearest zombie. He was tall, thin man with a huge bit on his juggler. His eye's were a piercing blue. He turned and looked at me. He began to walk my way slowly and began to pick up speed as he went. 'This is gonna be fun,' I thought. Once he was only two inches from me, I used my gun on him, blew his head right off. "See you Hell, mother fucker!" I shouted and laughed.

I moved quickly to my garage, I had to go left. A few more tried to attack me, a little girl and a woman. I shot the woman in the head. I missed on the girl, but still got her in the leg. I lifted my gun and kept her in focus. I shot at her again, and didn't miss. I made it to our garage and pulled the door up. It opened and I had a small shock when I saw my parents. My mom was eating my dad, or what was left of him. She looked up at me, I lifted my gun and shot her. It had to be done. I paused for a second to mourn her passing. I turned around and shot a few more that were running for me.

I ran into the garage. I pulled out a can of oil and got in my car. I put the key in the ignition and turned the key. I rolled my window down a bit and drove out of my driveway. I kept on hand on the steering wheel and poured the oil outside of my window onto the street. I drove slowly to make sure I did a proper job. I stopped at the end of my street at the stop sign. I lit a match and threw it outside onto the oil. I drove off quickly and hit a zombie man along the way. The entire blew in flames.

I speed on hitting as many as I could. I kept count in my mind of how many I hit.'Now for the twelfth,' I thought. I rammed into a zombie girl and she flipped in the air. "Twenty points for me," I shouted. I drove on and turned left onto Elm Street and Thirteenth Street. Oddly enough, Elm Street was full of children. "What a coincidence," I said," just like in that movie." I t didn't go so well on Elm Street. The kids swarmed the car and would not let go! I speed as fast as I could and swerved uncontrollably. I lost a few, but one little boy was persistent to hold on. I did a 180 spin, I crashed into a light post, only the rear. The car gave out though. I tried to start the car, but it was no use. "Damn, damn, double damn."

I looked outside the passenger window and saw something of interest. I saw two half naked women and one half naked man. 'They found the right job,' I thought, 'judging by the bodies they have.' I sighed and got out of the car carefully. The kids were begging to run for me and I managed to shot a few as I went around my car. I ran to the back end of my car and opened the gas tank. I lit a match and threw it inside the tank and ran! I fell to the ground from the force of the explosion. Once the fire died down I looked back up. "That was sweet!" I always loved explosions.

I picked myself up and dusted my cloths off. I looked around and saw a woman running from a man zombie. I shot the man and walked into the grass. I turned to see the Caroline Plaza. It was similar to a mall but not the same thing. I ran up the tiny hill and headed for the plaza. Out of no where I was grabbed! I quickly pulled out my butcher knife and stabbed the zombie in the head. She fell down dead, "That'll show you to mess with me," I muttered. I turned to see a few zombies running behind me. I quickly put the knife back in my pocket and ran as fast as I could to the Plaza.

I made it to the top and began to run downhill. I tripped over a small rock and tumbled down the hill. 'That was a trip, 'I thought, ' certainly faster than running.' I got back up and continued down my path. I shot a few that began to attack me from the sides. I got one in the head, but the other I hit in the neck. The bullet shot caused the zombie's neck to hang to the side. I took another shot at him and missed again. I kept running to the Plaza, only across the street now, while the zombie crept closer to me.

I paused and turned to face him. I shot again and hit him in the head this time. "Finally," I said sarcastically. I'm good at shooting, just not while in motion. I looked behind me and saw several zombies up the hill. I went back to running for the plaza. I got onto the street and began to make my way to the other side.

Out of no where this car came speeding and nearly hit me. They swerved just enough to miss me. I kept running as the car went on down the street. I made it to the sidewalk and ran through the parking lot. I shot two more that were just standing around. A couple tried to get me, but I shot them down first. I managed to cripple one. I made it to the plaza doors. I banged pulled the handle, the door didn't budge. I banged on the door and shouted. No-one answered.

I turned around and shot a few more that nearly got me. I tried to fire again, but the gun froze. I leaned against the door as I saw the zombies closing in on me. "Well," I said," it was a good life while it lasted." Suddenly I flew backwards and into the Caroline Plaza. I looked up to see a woman. I couldn't quite see what she looked like, the plaza was in darkness. She locked the door and turned to look at me. "Who are you?"