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    #45. The Devil You Know

    by , 06-14-2010 at 06:38 AM (710 Views)

    Ariel, Samael, Rick.

    The group of survivors have made it to an open courtyard surrounded by stainless steel fencing. The entrances are similar to cattle corrals, and apparently zombies aren't smart enough to get in. The horde is separated from us, but a few renegade zombies are still trying to eat us.

    "Oh my god, just shoot them already!" shrieks a girl with dark hair. There are probably half a dozen of us, but only two guns. A shotgun blast goes off, taking out the zombie. The man holding the gun starts reloading. The blonde woman with the other gun lays down cover fire.

    One of our members is somehow a conscious zombie, fighting off other ones and getting bitten in the process. The bites don't bother him much.

    A zombie no one else seems to have noticed is sneaking up on one of the youngest, unarmed, members of our group. I curse, and rush the zombie, blocking the kid from its view. The thing immediately starts in on me, and, stupidly, I let it close enough to get in a bite.

    "Fuck!" I shout, calling the attention of the rest of the survivors. I grab the zombie's head and twist the neck, severing the spinal column. The zombie drops limply to the ground.

    I put a hand to the side of my neck, wincing when it comes away sticky with blood. I can already feel the wound starting to close. I look up, noticing that the man with the gun is eying me speculatively, his shotgun fully loaded and pointing straight at my head.

    "Rick," I say, warning in my voice. "Don't even think -"

    He pulls the trigger. My head explodes in a spectacular fountain of red chunks.

    I come to some time later. I sit up in the grassy field, and I'm covered in my own blood. I purge the various fluids and chunks of brain matter with a thought, and stand up, cursing Rick's entire family tree as I do.

    Already, there are more zombies shuffling toward me.

    They scurry away when I send a telepathic, high pitched whine toward them, scrambling what's left of their brains and causing blood to pour from their ears. The closest zombies collapse immediately, the rest stay away.

    I head toward the stone building. A school, before the apocalypse hit, and by coincidence, the perfect place for a bunch of insects to make their last stand.

    ---

    The blonde woman is on edge the moment she sees me. "You're dead." she accuses, bringing her own shotgun up to fire. "Sam, I'm sorry, but -"

    "You know, Ariel." I say, casually swatting the gun away, "That didn't work last time."

    Ariel lowers the weapon when she hears my voice. "How the hell?"

    "None of your goddamn business." I say brightly. "Now, where are the others?"

    She's suspicious. "You know Rick meant well, right?"

    "By shooting me in the head. I know. And I considered slaughtering every one of you without mercy," I say, willfully ignoring Ariel's horrified expression, "But the world would be so boring without any humans to torment."

    Ariel makes a choked sound.

    "So let's call an end to your little scouting mission," I say, starting down the concrete tunnel, "And go find the others."

    If I can't kill them all, I can at least look forward to the expression on Rick's face.

    The Devil You Know. Scare Factor: 2.

    ETA: It was just like this, actually.[/QUOTE]

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