Diaries of the Damned

Diaries of the Damned by Alex Laybourne

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Authors: Alex Laybourne
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    “Hey, hey, leave her alone!” Leon called out. Suddenly the store fell silent. Leon stopped. He and the girl were the only ones left alive.
    Every zombie in the store stopped and turned to face Leon. For a heart stopping second he thought there was a chance for escape. They moved in a swarm, bearing down on Leon; separating him from the girl who had ripped her dress away from her ravenous father and retreated further into the corner. She moved the wrong way, away from the doors. Leon wanted to call out but a hand clamped down on his shoulder. He spun around, lashing out as he did. He struck the zombie - an old woman - on the top of her head, knocking her backward where she fell to the floor. As the elderly woman fell, three more sets of hungry hands tried to take her place. They grasped only air as Leon had jumped back, putting some distance between himself and the mob. He knew that there was no way he would be able to get to the girl. As if fate had read his mind, Leon’s blood ran cold as he heard her young voice call out in agony. He turned and saw her standing in the corner, her dress torn apart and her intestines slowly pulled from their cavity, sucked into the hungry mouth of the cashier who devoured them as if they were spaghetti.
    “I’m sorry,” Leon mouthed to the girl, whose eyes bored into him with a pain that would haunt him forever.
    Growls began to close in on him, and Leon found himself with his back pressed against the door. It would not open. The automatic sensor no longer worked. Panic fueling his every move. He frantically waved his arms and stamped his feet to no avail. A pair of hands suddenly descended on his shoulders. Leon feared the worst, but as he turned, his legs tangled with themselves and he fell, pulling the zombie with him. Lifting his legs, Leon managed to flip the heavyset man over shattering the glass and pelting him with a rain of razor sharp shards. Ignoring the lacerations in lieu of much larger issues, Leon scrambled to his feet and left the supermarket. The ensuing rush of the walking dead clogged the hole he had created.
    Leon knew it would not keep them contained forever. Right on cue a large crack spread across the glass, branching out further and further. Not wanting to be around when it broke, Leon broke into a run.
    The wintry wind whipped around him, and Leon realized he had taken his jacket off when he was inside the store. His short sleeve shirt, however, was the least of his problems because the keys to the ambulance were in his jacket. The spare key, a recent standard issue for all teams, was of course in Danny’s pocket. Cursing himself, Leon ran for the ambulance, determined to find a way in. The car park was not that full, and the majority of the shoppers were still trapped in the store. It shocked Leon how many shoppers there were, given the warning that played on a looped broadcast on all radio and television frequencies urging people to stay in their homes. A few lone zombies wandered the car park, but they had yet to notice Leon as he sprinted across to the ambulance parked to the immediate left of the main entrance.
    The dead in the car park did not take long to turn and start moving toward Leon, who had walked around the ambulance trying every door in vain. The sound of the plate glass shattering imbued Leon with a renewed vigor. He could hear the growl of the zombies closing in on him. A quick glance over his shoulder told Leon that his problem was even more grave. Behind the charging tide of ravenous cannibals a thick plume of black smoke rose into the sky.
    Some held the lead; others fell behind, absorbed into the group. With nowhere left to turn, Leon hauled himself onto the ambulance’s rear bumper, and ultimately the roof. The higher ground made Leon feel somewhat more secure. They di dn’t seem capable of jumping, and even climbing after him seemed to be quite the task.  However, what they lacked in smarts, they made up with power - a raw

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