Ska Crusader
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- Posted: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:22:23 +0000
Adrian sat quietly on the couch in the living room of the house he was staying at reading "The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy" with the news playing in the background. He finished the chapter and got up to get himself a snack. As he poured himself a bowl of cereal, he heard a report that caught his attention.
"An undisclosed number of patients recently disappeared from a south-land hospital this morning. Reports claim many of the patients running around the Costa Mesa, Newport Beach area accosting pedestrians, clawing and biting the civilians with no explainable cause. Residents are advised to stay in their homes, and lock the doors to any unfamiliar people. The only connecting factor of the few people who were identified as missing is that they were all flat-lined and pronounced dead about five minutes before they went missing. Sightings of people fitting the descriptions have said that they all seem to have a greenish tint to their skin and will not respond to any form of communication."
Adrian left the dry bowl of cereal on the counter top and began donning his checkered tie, and vest as well as his fedora. He didn't need to hear any more to know that the news was describing a zombie out break, and he had been waiting for this day for years. He figured his first order of business would be to stock up on food. He strapped on his backpack and slung his checkered side bag before collecting his scooter and heading for the door. He hopped on the scooter and began pushing as hard as he could down the street towards the local grocery store he worked at.
He realized the news must be spreading slowly because everything outside seemed normal to him, until one being rounded the corner ahead of him at a full sprint. Adrian took note of the hospital gown and green skin and knew that he was in trouble. This feeling was enhanced when the man made eye contact and began sprinting directly at him. He gauged the distance between them, pushed twice more as hard as he could, and then bent his knees. As the zombie closed in, Adrian lept off the scooter, hit the lever to fold it up, planted and pivoted and swung the scooter as hard as he could at what he hoped was the zombies head level. His momentum carried Adrian through a full spin that allowed him a brief moment to see the zombies head hit the ground before its feet. He ran two more steps as he unfolded his scooter again and turned into the parking lot of his work.
"An undisclosed number of patients recently disappeared from a south-land hospital this morning. Reports claim many of the patients running around the Costa Mesa, Newport Beach area accosting pedestrians, clawing and biting the civilians with no explainable cause. Residents are advised to stay in their homes, and lock the doors to any unfamiliar people. The only connecting factor of the few people who were identified as missing is that they were all flat-lined and pronounced dead about five minutes before they went missing. Sightings of people fitting the descriptions have said that they all seem to have a greenish tint to their skin and will not respond to any form of communication."
Adrian left the dry bowl of cereal on the counter top and began donning his checkered tie, and vest as well as his fedora. He didn't need to hear any more to know that the news was describing a zombie out break, and he had been waiting for this day for years. He figured his first order of business would be to stock up on food. He strapped on his backpack and slung his checkered side bag before collecting his scooter and heading for the door. He hopped on the scooter and began pushing as hard as he could down the street towards the local grocery store he worked at.
He realized the news must be spreading slowly because everything outside seemed normal to him, until one being rounded the corner ahead of him at a full sprint. Adrian took note of the hospital gown and green skin and knew that he was in trouble. This feeling was enhanced when the man made eye contact and began sprinting directly at him. He gauged the distance between them, pushed twice more as hard as he could, and then bent his knees. As the zombie closed in, Adrian lept off the scooter, hit the lever to fold it up, planted and pivoted and swung the scooter as hard as he could at what he hoped was the zombies head level. His momentum carried Adrian through a full spin that allowed him a brief moment to see the zombies head hit the ground before its feet. He ran two more steps as he unfolded his scooter again and turned into the parking lot of his work.