Death's Little Angels by Sylver Belle Garcia

happened in
real life, right?”
    Sue Ellen and Mater stared
at Drew nodding their heads. The realization was real. The Eaters were real. It was
the truth. It was happening right now, in their school. In their
class.
    “ What I don’t understand
is how the children…. Well us, are able to come back to life and
the grown ups kill over dead within minutes and look like beef
jerky afterwards,” Sue Ellen whispered.
    The trio looked over at Mrs. Kissing’s
lifeless body. Her calcified blackened arm was frozen in motion. It
seemed like she was trying to grasp her throat.
    “ I don’t know but I
suggest we worry about that later and try to get home,” Mater said
as she edged up closer to Drew.
    “ Well, it said it on the
website… The grown ups get fried and we for some crazy reason
become Eaters. Sort of like the living dead,” Drew said in a
daze.
    “ Cannibals,” Sue Ellen
added.
    “ Will you stop correcting
me?” Drew said with irritation to Sue Ellen.
    “ What are y’all looking at
over there?” Karley softly whimpered. “Lakely, is so hot.” She
continued to cradle Lakely’s head in her lap and fanned his face
with her bony hand. Her thin, limp hair glistened in the fluttering
light.
    Drew walked over to the remainder of the
students, followed by Sue Ellen and Mater. He checked to make sure
Josefina was still in place.
    “ There is something that
y’all need to know,” Drew solemnly said.
    He addressed his peers about the situation
at hand and how their outlook seemed grim. Most of the students
believed what he said but others prayed that it was a nightmare.
Everybody was in unison that they wanted to get home to their
respective families. Royal moved from behind some of the female
students that were huddled in the back of the classroom. He made
sure the coast was clear as he straightened his shirt and ran a
hand over his blonde spiky hair.
    “ Well, if you are bitten
that means you will eventually turn into one of those things out
there. Those Eaters , like Josefina!” Royal blasted.
    “ And your point?” Drew
challenged.
    Royal narrowed his dark blue eyes at Drew.
Drew met him in height but not in weight and could easily body slam
Royal if he got out of hand. He knew how much Royal disliked him.
If you were a male and did not come from money or was not a star
athlete you could forget about rolling in his crew.
    “ My point is, if he is bitten,” Royal
pointed at Lakely, “then eventually he will be snacking on us for
lunch. So, we should send him on out there with the rest of those
creatures!” Royal snapped.
    “ How inhumane,
Royal. Lakely , is
his name and he is your best friend. Remember, you turd?” Sue Ellen
barked.
    “ Use to be. What use is he now with half is hand and neck
missing?” Royal snapped at Sue Ellen. He whined like an injured
animal.
    “ Hey, hey. Royal you need
to chill out and lower your voice before you bring more of
those Eaters over
here,” Mater warned.
    Drew raised his hands in a non-threatening
way. “Nobody is throwing nobody out of here. There has to be a
better way.”
    Royal stepped back
clenching his jaw and gazed out the classroom window at the Eaters wandering about
out in the rainy weather. Lakely started coughing and seizing. His
body convulsed rigorously like he was being electrocuted. He foamed
saliva as dark blood trickled from his mouth, eyes, and ears. His
body became rigid as his jerking came to a halt.
    “ Oh my God! Oh my God!
What do we do?” Karley yelled with a pained expression written all
over her face.
    Drew brought his hand to
his head. He did not know CPR. No one did. They all had come to
school on what was supposed to be a normal regular day. Most of
them were kids from the country and was accustomed to hunting. Not
fighting zombies that the media was referring to as Eaters or saving the
living from dying. Lakely lay there lifeless as the kids slowly
huddled over his listless body.
    “ Do you think he is?”
Mater asked looking up