Scott Pilgrim vs. the Zombies Part 7
I ran up to her with tears in my eyes. We hugged and I couldn't think of anything to say.
"Mom… I-I thought…"
"Shh. It's okay. Everything will be fine." And as she said that, her face contorted away into dust. Her skin melted and her bones withered.
"Mom?"
I shot up in my sleep. Where am I? Then I remembered. I did run away. But I never found the village. I was sleeping in an abandoned car I found on the street.
"Nightmares…" And I dropped back to sleep.
I continued my journey along the empty road at what seemed around midday. I was exhausted. I needed food and water or I was no better off than the undead. I continued along the road, passing oil rigs, old wells and deserted cars. After traveling what seemed like forever I found a supermarket.
I stood outside the supermarket doors and cupped my hands over the windows so I could see inside. My mouth dropped. It was full of food. I burst opened the doors and looked around.
"Where to start." I said with a grin.
I grabbed a cart and started shoving things into it. Baked beans, canned fruits, candy bars. I felt like I was in apocalypse heaven. I ran over to the bread isle and took a few loafs of white bread. Then I got a pound of steak over at the meat stand. Wait. I thought. Meat. Bread. Oh shit. I shook my head as if I was asleep. I looked in my hands and the meat was rotten and the bread was decomposing. I dropped it disgusted and looked into my cart. The only thing in it was boxes and wrappers and plastic bags.
"What the hell?"
I'm going crazy. I need water.
I ran out of the store to find that a horde of zombies was shuffling towards me.
Shit! I ran as fast as I could the other direction. I beat them by a long shot, but I couldn't keep this pace for long. I wore tired in a few minuets but I could still see them behind me. I looked up ahead and was surprised to see a mansion about the size of four houses combined.
It's a trick. I'm still hallucinating. I walked up to the door and grasped the handle. I turned it but it was locked. I knocked and when no one would answer I rang the doorbell. I saw that the zombies were gaining on me and rang the doorbell again.
"Come on! There's a human out here!" I screamed.
Just as the zombies were a few feet away the door swung open and a guy with glasses pointed a gun at me he looked at me for a few seconds and then said.
"Alright, get in." I ran in and he shut and locked the door behind me.
I collapsed on the ground and my head started spinning.
"I'm not… not feeling to good…" My vision got blurry and my ears ringed.
"Uh oh. Knives! Get this guy some water!" He called to a young girl on the staircase.
She came back with a glass of water, which I gulped down eagerly.
"Thanks."
We stood in awkward silence until the guy with glasses said.
"Oh, I'm sorry, how rude of me. This is Knives Chau. And, Envy!" He called to a girl, who came running down the stairs. She was about my age.
"This is Envy Adams."
"I told you not to call me that. My name is Natalie."
"Yeah, Natalie."
"Nice to meet you." And I shook her hand.
"A pleasure I'm sure." She said smiling at me.
"And your name is?" The girl, Knives asked. She looked eleven or twelve years old.
"Scott. Scott Pilgrim."
"Well, Scott. Welcome to our family." He said friendly. He started to walk away but I stopped him.
"You never said what your name was."
He stopped and smiled; his glasses seemed to shine in the dim lighting.
"It's Gideon. Gideon Graves."
Authors Note: Yeah! Sorry for the sorta late update, and this is one of the shortest ones I have done but still. I promise the next chapter will have tons of twists and some Envy+Scott action (if you know what I mean). Thanks for all the great reviews!