A Zombie Survival Series (Book 1): Infestation Iowa by Nathan A. Smith Page A

back onto it in agony. Destiny shook her head at David, suggesting that Holiday wouldn’t make it. Suddenly, the banging on the door stopped. Eric rushed toward it and looked out the peep hole. “They are moving away.” He whispered.
                  “They gave up?” Jane asked confused. For once everyone shared in her confusion.
                  Then a loud crash of glass and boards snapped causing them to jump. The window on the wall over by the empty rack, slowly seemed to be sucked away. Boards flew outside as something pulled at them. The same roar they had been hearing all over town earlier filled the store.
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 5 –The Beast
     
                  A massive arm reached into the window. The length of the arm itself was nearly as tall as David and it was as wide as Holiday. It brimmed with bright red skin and the light glistened off its muscles upon muscles. It ripped out the final board from the window with its wide human-like hand. A large snarl followed as the hand receded through the window, slowly scratching the border with its claw-like nails. A head crept inside looking around with sharp movements left and right. The head was small compared to the arm; about the size of a normal man’s head but with an abnormally thick neck. It had no skin they could see; just muscle lining its face with tiny black sockets for eyes. It had no lips and bared menacing razor sharp teeth. Holiday began sliding toward the back room. The fear of seeing the creature had silenced his agony. David slowly picked up Holiday’s shotgun as Destiny stared in disbelief at the monstrosity emerging from outside. The sun began to set, slowly dimming the light behind the creature. The generators in the shop still ran strong, powering the lights, so they could easily see what happened next.
                  The creature placed its hands on the window frame and with a seemingly effortless pull ripped most of the wall apart. Jane let out a shrill yelp as the others were too petrified to even move, except for Holiday. Slowly, he inched away toward the back room trying to stay unnoticed by the creature. Eric, in complete shock, walked toward Jane. He was afraid she would break out crying and cause the creature to rush inside. The creature stepped a foot into the store cracking the floor with its enormous foot. It stood roughly ten feet tall and was hunched over to see inside more clearly. Its body was roughly the size of a small car and reflected the light off its bright red skin. Its muscles seemed to contract and flinch all over its body. The creature sniffed the air and turned its head once more left and right with a sharp movement.
                  David squinted his eyes unsure as to why it did nothing else. He leaned over to Destiny and whispered in her ear.             
                  “I don’t think it can see us,”
                  “Maybe it goes by smell.” She whispered back, “or sound?”
    Eric, now beside Jane, slowly reached for her hand as she stared at the beast in complete terror. She grabbed his hand and squeezed it hard. Nobody had any idea what to do. “It’s so big!” Destiny continued looking out of the corner of her eye toward the stairs. “If we go slowly upstairs it might not be able to follow us.” She slowly moved to the stairs causing a floor board at her feet to creak loudly. The creature’s head snapped toward her direction. It had clearly heard the floor creak.
                  Jane relaxed her grip on Eric’s hand and turned away from the beast, toward Destiny.
                  “If it’s deaf,” she said loudly causing the beast to snap its head toward her, “and it can’t see,” the beast moved fully into the room and loomed above Jane blocking the lights above her. “Then we are fine!” She yelled, smiling. Her smile faded fast as she felt the steady