Those zombies can never give me a break, now can they? Anyway, here's chapter 5. Enjoy!

Chapter 5: the dogs

Chris and I were back inside the mansion. We went downstairs towards the double doors on the left. We went inside to find what appears to be some sort of picture gallery. There was a statue of a woman holding a pot in the middle of the room.

"What's with all these paintings?" I asked

"Maybe the people who lived here were really into art." Said Chris

"Maybe." I mutter to myself. Suddenly I found a hidden room behind a wooden drawer. I moved the draw out of the way and went inside. There was nothing but some art supplies, costumes and stuff like that. At the end of the room I found another dagger. I grab it and headed out when a zombie came out of the corner. I backed away slowly until there was nowhere else to go. Before I knew it, the zombie grabbed me. Its hold on me was strong. As I was struggling, I took out a dagger and tried to stab it somewhere.

"Get….the….hell…OFF!" I stabbed the dagger on his head and spin around to give it a good kick. The zombie was down as I was trying to catch my breath.

"Those zombies can come out of nowhere. I better be more careful." I started making my back to Chris, who was trying to open the door.

"Chris, what's wrong?" I asked

"The door won't open." He said.

"Let me take a look at It." he moved aside and I examined the lock. It was engraved with a sword. I took out the key we found with the book of curse. I examined it more closely until I found on the top back of the key, it was engraved with a sword, just like the lock. I put the key in and it unlocked the door.

"It seems that this key can unlock doors that are engraved with a sword on the lock." I said to Chris.

He nodded and we went through. We came to a hallway with cases of glass plates, some antiques, and other things. Chris and I moved slowly through the hallway, readying ourselves in case anything jumped out at us. Suddenly, a glass window was shattered a bit, as if something was trying to get inside. We went further down, and then I spotted something under a small glass cabinet. I moved it out of the way and found another handgun magazine. I put it in my pocket and we moved toward the door and went through.

We saw another door to our right. Chris went to open it, but to no avail. This one did not have an engraved symbol like some of the other doors. It was an old fashion lock mechanism. Chris and I turned around to see a small hallway with a door to the right. Inside was a bathroom that had seen better days. There was a tub full of dirty water in front of us.

"You think something's in there?" I asked Chris.

"let's find out." He said. I nodded and went to pull the plug. As the water was draining, a hand came out of the water. I fell to the floor to see a zombie climbing out of the tub. I got up just as it fell from the tub to the floor. it tried to grab my foot as I was trying to move away.

"sorry pal, but I'll keep my foot, thank you very much!" I stomped on his head, hard. Blood was coming out of it. I stared at it, disgusted by it until I could no longer hold it. I ran to the toilet and vomit.

"You alright?" asked Chris.

"Yeah. Just a bit sick with what I saw." I slowly got up from the toilet and made my way toward the tub. I found what appear to be an old key.

"Hey Chris, what do you make of this?" I asked.

I handed Chris the old key as he was looking at it. "I say this key is probably used for old fashion locked doors. There may be others like this one around the mansion."

"We better keep our eyes open for them. Hey, do you think this key could work on that door we tried to open earlier?" I said to Chris.

"Let's give it a shot." We headed out of the bathroom and back to the door we saw earlier. Chris put in the key and turned it. It worked and we headed through the door.

We were once again outside. Bars were in front of us in a long row. We headed to the right until we came across an old stove with a bag of chemicals.

"What's a bag of chemicals doing out here?" I asked Chris.

"I'm not sure. Maybe someone left it out here for a reason."

I nodded and we decided to head back when there was a rustling in the bushes outside the bars. Just then, two dogs came out. One went for Chris, the other one after me. It jumped on me and was attempt to bite my head off!

I struggle against its hold on me. My right hand was on its head, trying to hold it off from biting my head. The other hand was digging in my pocket to find another dagger. I found it, took it out, and stabbed it in the eye. I kick it off me and started to get up. It was still moving on the ground.

I rolled my eyes and took out my handgun. I aimed for its head just when it was barking at me. "Shut the hell up!" I fired and it was dead. I turned around to see Chris having some trouble with the other dog. I aimed my handgun at it carefully not trying to hit Chris. I fired and it went right through the dog's stomach. Chris pushed it aside as he got up.

"Chris, you okay?" I asked as I was helping him up.

"I'm fine. By the way, thanks."

"No problem." I said and we headed back to the door we came in at.

Well that's it for now. Sorry if it wasn't that long but don't worry. It's going to get better. *glassed windows shattered. Dogs barking in the distance* oh great. As if I didn't have enough problems already. *loading shotgun* zombies I can handle. But a bunch of these flesh-eating dogs. That's another matter. *door pounding. Dogs heard on the other side* Shit! If anyone is getting this message, I could use some help because I'm probably going to need some backup right now. Anyway, leave a review and hope and pray that I survive this! See ya! *door falls down. Shotgun fires.*