Zombies'n'S**t Ep. 15

A Conflict of Interests

I sat up in the darkness, muffled noises from downstairs remained too quiet to decipher.

She wanted me dead.

I slid back to put my back against the concrete wall.  I sat in silence contemplating what she had said.

Perhaps our affect on the Normies was more significant than I initially thought.  I mean, from my perspective they were overreacting.  What did it look like from theirs?  They seemed to fear us, we did tend to try to eat them.  Does that mean I should die?

She wanted me dead.

That is a pretty heavy thing to lay on a guy.

If I were in her position, would I think the same?  I strained, trying to remember life Before.  Nothing came forth.  I let out a heavy sigh.  Was I just a monster after all?  Just something that haunted their dreams at night?

I didn't see what I was doing as bad.  Was this one of those "eye of the beholder" things?  I had no idea how to react to such hostility.  I never wished any of them dead- Philips, sure, but none of them.  Perhaps because we were forced to act so mindless around them.

Nah.  She was just weird.

I felt something wriggling against my skin on my cheek.  Or, more accurately, under my cheek.  Reaching through my mouth, I pulled out a maggot.  I looked at it through the darkness as it wriggled violently between my fingers.

"She's right, you know." It said.

Huh.

Crap.

Reviews

[unspokenguilt]

What an ungrateful little worm >_< one word think if you lived under someone's skin rent free you'd at least contribute a little support. might this maggot be his jiminy cricket?

[C. Rose]

"under my cheek" is a great line.
I can't tell if he's gone insane and can hear the maggot speak or if that is a Zombie skill.

[Wordsmith_Artemis]

Nice work :) Only flaw: shoulda used effect, not affect. Minor knit-picking ^.^ Otherwise, awesome work, good sir.

[wagonburner]

I was wondering. See, I looked it up (not very much effort, but still) and from what I understood (really doesn't mean much)

[wagonburner]

oops. cont'd that was how you used it.

[Wordsmith_Artemis]

Yeah, explanations of it always kinda make it easy to mix up. Only way I remember ever is this cheesy mnemonic from 8th grade lol. Teacher simply told us 'noun-e verb-a'... Every time I try to write something, the stupid phrase plays back in my brain..

[wagonburner]

But there is an exception, I think. Not entirely sure, several of my English teachers neglected to actually bother to teach us anything. Don't take my word. I'm an idgit

[Wordsmith_Artemis]

Good point... I'm not sure what the rule is for it though. And yeah... A lot of teachers at Rio took that approach... And you, sir, are not! Just sayin' :)