Part 5 (2/2)

I suppose I could stick that spear in her eye and stir like I was scra a rock The stuff would probably leak out of her like liquid putty

The way to make sure she's dead for real would be to remove her head I would need the knife for that, or maybe my little black hand-ax would do The Swiss arh her neck It would probably get stuck in her spine, and then hoould I pop those bones apart? Ito do it

Maybe I could find a nice thick chunk of wood and s it like a baseball bat If I did it hard enough, she wouldn't even round, dead-or dead again I dropped a le That's exactly what her head would sound like Gross! I wish I had a safer way to do it, soun or a stick of dyna a rope around her neck and hanging her fro her fro it withcame slowly The sun rose while I tossed and turned I missed eles I wonder how she's doing Does she ht I was dead and wanted toa wooing to explain all this to her? She is the jealous sort, and I' her how I rescued a dead chick and lived with her for a feeeks on a deserted island

I strolled past her like she wasn't even there as I went about nored her hoots andup some oysters and even a couple ofto cook it in Found a few little crabs and added them to my catch, then picked up a coconut That would be a treat, a cup of sweet coconut milk to wash down the food

I set the shellfish by the fire and added some wood Cut a hole in the top of the coconut and drank half the milk in one h my nose The crab popped, and some stuff came out of its mouth, so I took it off, cracked the shell and ate it stea froht on this stupid island No McDonald's in sight, no steak dinners, or delicious French fries No ice creaular food so much that some days I stare into space and think about the best meals I have eaten Once, Ally and I were in San Francisco, and we stopped at this burger joint that had steak fries with this a to the potatoes like bugs We ate so arlic for days

After breakfast, it was tio check on her and putfor a stick, but on the way I found a nice one with a big bleached knot in it I slung the zoain The water was lapping at the sandy beach in gentle waves that sether I felt cool and collected

When I reached her, I found that she had th of rope isted around her body She had one leg in the air, like she was trying to cli It was that or she was the worst ballerina in history I just don't understand what possessed s while one was in the air

One hand was behind her back, and she had a whole swarot her loose When she turned to snap at s had ots oozed out of the socket, wiggling and squire, made me want to turn my head and puke for the rest of the day I had to look away and think calhts

I tripped her-a move at which I've had a lot of practice I stood in front of her and waited until she grabbed at me Then I took an arm, kicked one foot behind her knees, and sort of swept her off her feet Not like a ro, you know, just a quick way to put her on her stubborn ass

Then I sat on her chest, round There was a seashell close by, so I picked it up and scooped the little bugs out of her eye and ground thes out of there as well

”Did any of them cran your nasty throat?” I asked her

Moan, snarl

She pretty much has three words in her vocabulary-or zombulary A moan, I'm pretty sure, is a way to tell me how much she cares about et, there is the ever-present hoot A sort of forlorn call for her dead husbandor brains

Every once in a while, she lets out a keening ht sad She as or air leaving her lungs

Her et a stick so I could dig out the little beetle that wasa home in her cheek Smashed hiarbage left out for weeks Where is the bottle of Listerine when I need it? With her skills, she would probably just slurp the stuff into her gut Then I would have to break out the eneh all this trouble? I was planning to s to watch her brains leak out If it was even wet up there Or watch the blood flow, if there was any left in her veins It would probably ooze out like lukewar? I couldn't kill her We had been through too much, seen tooin case the men in the boat came back I had to put her so and leave her there No, I think she needs to be made aware that I won't tolerate her actions anymore I will take her into the bushes and tie her to a tree nice and tight and then check on her each day

I'll probably have to ure out a way to get her off the ground so ani on her feet

I was deep in thought when I saw so that looked like a plane Oh my God!

I jumped up and ran to the water and stared after the piece of wonderful that had just fallen intoup and down like a top The colors were the same as the plane I had crashed in I made out more of the shape as it drifted toward the shore It had to be the tail section

I splashed into the water, intent on hauling it to shore It would reat start to the new shelter At last, I will be able to sleep in so in for a love bite at the stroke ofProblem

Yesterday was the best day on the island!

Was planning to kill her, do her in-I had the bat ready and everything Well, not a bat but a big branch of bleached ith a knot in it I had it all set Break her skull and bury the reht? You hit theun, and the spear would be too in, it would be a bitch to guide her around with that stick hanging out

I had the tool ready, but I saw part of the airplane drifting in the water It was bobbing up and down like a big-ass top I ran to the edge of the shore and stared at it where it floated about twenty feet away I was concerned about the tide carrying it away or the current taking it deep underwater, so I risked it and dove into the surf The waves weren't too high, but ed at the bottoled to walk When I was barely touching the bottom andout with long liold-medalist breaststroke

Who the hell was I kidding? I can't sorth a da paddle I probably looked like one, too, with my head barely above the water as it splashed in my face So Godda Reminds me of when I was a kid and had a sore throat Mole salt water

I reached the plane in a few ht that if I latched onto it and floated, I would be able to catch my breath When I tried to do that, it started to sink

I took hold of a piece of wire hanging out of a hole and started paddling back toward the shore It was slow going When I got tired, I flipped ontofrom that position, but I couldn't tell if I was still pointed at the beach or not I had to keep flopping over and getting a fix on the tail, then looking at the beach and deciding I wasn't about to sink

I was getting really tired, so Ithe tail section in I flipped over on my chest, but I was still pretty far out In fact, it didn't look like I had reeted with the ocean bottoet to shore

I hauled, pulled, dragged and finallyinto o It was some sort of electric wire from inside the tail of the craft I pulled the piece of plane up as far as I could onto the beach and collapsed on the sand I lay there as the sun beat down on me, but I smiled at my success

It's hard to explain just how i frohed as I lay there knowing I would be able to use the big hunk of airplane to build up a new place Maybe a place to keep her

Oh shi+t!

I shot to ht Nohere the hell was she?

At least she wasn't close, so I felt free to work at the tail I pulled it up the rest of the way, huffing and puffing as it bit into the sand I rolled it over when it dug too deep of a furrow, pulling it up higher

It was so heavy that I could barely move it Maybe it was just full of metal struts and stuff they put in places for stability I bet I would be able to take it apart and use the parts for all kinds of things

Water spilled out of the back end as I got it onto the shore It ran and ran until there was hardly any left Then it was easier to s on the back, or ed it around so I could see the inside, and gasped It was filled with bags! I started hauling stuff out, luggage, packs, and a duffel bag All aterlogged I opened them up and found a lot of clothes I did find a box of chocolates, still wrapped Chocolate-covered macadaers and ate every single one like it was nirvana I was going to eat a couple and leave the rest for later, but it was useless Might as well have put a juicy pork chop in front of

I found so, but I put the apart Last time I buy three-dollar shoes at Walmart on my way to a tropical vacation I found so was soaked with seawater, so I would have to wash them in the stream and dry the jade-lookingpearl earrings and a couple of tennis bracelets The stuff looked cheap, like the jewelryturned up a couple of waterlogged azines porn! The kind I like: omen Yeah, yeah, I have my zombie ”babe,” but she is about as useful as tits on a bull Although she does-or did-have a great pair herself

Another suitcase turned up more clothes, a toothbrush, an electric shaver and souys wear in the '70s On closer inspection, I realized one was a tux Hey, et married I flipped the button up and down on the razor, but it didn't buzz even a little Stupid waterlogged thing I ran y chin I used to shave daily Ally likes it, says it

I set the razor aside Maybe I could bust the battery out later and do soe it Then I could use the battery to power a boat across the ocean

In the botto yet A bottle of Patron tequila Big full bottle with the plastic still fixed to the cork I cried like a baby

The top was on nice and tight, so I broke the plastic seal, reood I tilted the bottle a bit and let a splash touch ue It was pure, and there wasn't a hint of seawater I found a bottle of rum as well, not a brand I knew, but it was flavored with coconut Oh, great! If I never taste coconut again, I can probably go to rave with a smile onup ason her back, staring at the sky She has gotten pretty good at getting up when she falls over I mean, the first few days, I had to help her up all the time, but now she can roll on her side, crawl to her hands and knees, then stand up It isn't the quickest or the prettiest process, since she frequently has her ass facingwhere she was, and it turns out she is chilling in the shade Stupid zombie chick I should really kill her Instead, I watched her as she stared up with so out of her ums

I know she's a hottie-or was, in her day For the most part, I would love to stare at her with her clothes off, but the zoray skin, the red-rimmed dried-out eye that always seems to stare past irly parts don't work any around with the tequila, taking sips and gasping each time Not much food to buffer the stuff in my stomach le her leg frootten wrapped up in Probably ca I ran , which was still shs and didn't dare go farther She rolled left and right, but that hooked leg had her stuck good I was thinking that I would get drunk and then smash her face in with the branch I could do it I just needed soement