Chapter 2 - Thou shalt not kill
Josh flinched.
He raised his arm, fingers wrapped tightly around the knife's handle, and then he wanted to stab.
"Don't, Josh," a girl's voice suddenly said.
Josh turned to her.
"Loreen?" Josh asked in surprise.
The girl nodded. She was about Josh's age, had long blonde wavy hair and was wearing a t-shirt with a skull symbol on it and modern jeans that had a few holes in them.
"Where are you from?" Josh asked her in a shaky voice.
"I don't know…" she whispered."The school is surrounded by zombies, I wanted to go in there, but I couldn't. I've been wandering the streets for what feels like hours."
"Did you see any?"
Loreen nodded.
"Where?"
Loreen wept.
"Come on," Josh said.
He had no idea where to go. He had no idea which place could still be reasonably safe. But he knew he had to get out of here.
He took Loreen by the hand and continued down the street with brisk steps.
"We need a gun," Josh finally said."The best way to kill them is to shoot them straight in the head."
"My father has one," Loreen then said, trembling."But I don't dare to go home. What if my parents are already infected?”
Josh snorted."We're going to have to risk it," he said."Where do you live?"
"Two blocks down," Loreen said.
But she hadn't even finished saying it when three or four zombies came out from behind the hill, looking greedy.
"Quick!" Josh called, hurriedly pocketing the knife.
He grabbed Loreen and ran with her behind a stall on the side of the road. The shack was about the size of a trailer and had two doors that were bolted shut. However, it looked like the latch was rusty and wouldn't open.
As the zombies approached, Loreen leaned firmly against the wall. Meanwhile, Josh tried to open the green wooden doors of this shack. When he didn't succeed, he looked around frantically.
"There!", Loreen suddenly said when she saw a shimmering silver metal rod lying on the floor nearby.
Josh jumped up and got the staff. Then he tried again to open the wooden doors. This time it worked.
Josh and Loreen quickly scurried into the shack. Once inside, Josh clo