Chapter 9: The Horde (2/2)

He rolled quickly to the side, barely avoiding the zombie as it dropped beside him.

Once he had completed the roll, another one emerged from the corner of his eye on his right

Gray was left with no choice but to run with all his might.

When he glanced back, he couldn't believe what he saw.

From behind him a horde of zombies began to advance, the sound of the first zombie's scream had attracted many of them. There were so many of them that they piled up on top of one another, climbing one another to reach the very top of the building.

Upon seeing this, Gray ran.

'Oh SH-'

Gray jumped off the edge of the building onto the next one and continued on his way. He ran with his life on the line with no clue as to where he was going.

There were a lot of zombies that didn't jump, but instead plummeted to the ground. A very small fraction of them made it to the building due largely to the momentum they had gathered.

While Gray was running, he didn't bother looking back. He leapt from building to building in order to escape the pursuers.

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Gray stared up at the sky as he panted heavily. His eyes were wide open, glistening in the sunlight as he lost himself in thought.

”I got away from them but…”

He leaned over the top of the building from which he was standing, assessing the situation.

A lot of empty cars were parked on the roads, and some zombies were also roaming the streets. There had recently been a horde of zombies moving through because of another recent explosion.

”New Yorks the worst place to be in a zombie apocalypse”

He was right. The city had a population of 8.4 million people. So far, he had been running around the top of the buildings, surveying the area to see if he could find anything, but he only found zombies in the middle of the city.

The people who were still alive were either nonexistent or confined to their homes. In the city, the large broadcasters displayed blank images, so there was no extra information available.

The hordes were everywhere, and they followed every sound. Gray was extra careful after seeing what one of them could do.

'What do I do now…?' He wondered

He needed medical care, food, sleep, and a shower. Those were his top priorities. And now he has recently added something else to the list, a charger. It was important to him that he discover more about his sister.

Although there was no guarantee that the voice was in fact his sister in the first place, even if it was, why wouldn't she have contacted him in the past if she had been able to?

”Looks like there's no other choice…”

It was a no-brainer for him to take this option. This was extremely risky as he was still unaware of what caused someone to become a zombie.

It was a scavenging operation.