Read Killing the Dead for Free Online

drag it through with me. The benches were heavy and I was amused to see the great gouges made in the floorboards as I dragged the bench along.
    As I walked through the door I gave the all clear to Lily and she helped with the rest of the benches. Before long our barricade was much more secure, the large couch weighed down by six benches, two chairs and a small table. I sat beside the cooler and took a much needed drink of water. With all the heavy lifting, running for my life and zombie splatter, I stank.
    I figured that now was as good a time as any to check out the bathrooms and hopefully get a good wash. I heaved myself up wincing a little at the aches and pains that even a small rest had created. I entered the bathroom.
    It took only a few moments to see that the bathroom was just a single stall, a wash basin with a mirror and a small window set high into the wall. After checking the stall was clear, I ran some water and washed my hands and face. An attempt at using some damp paper towels to brush off the worst of the mess on my clothes was quickly abandoned. Too much gore, the clothes wouldn’t be clean any time soon.
    The window was locked so I went back out to my companions and once more gave the all clear. Lily gratefully went to use the facilities whilst I had another drink of water. When she re-joined us we sat in silence for a little while listening to the moaning from the zombies as they tried to climb the stairs.
    “So where do you think all those zombies outside came from?” asked Lily.
    I had been considering this and thought I may have an answer. “They followed us I would imagine.”
    “Really, what makes you say that?”
    “Well, those zombies downstairs. They were quiet at the back of the library until they realised we were there. Once they knew we were there they came after us.” I said.
    “Yes but they were so slow” said Lily
    “That’s not actually that big a disadvantage. They may be slow but I don’t think they need to rest, to sleep. I imagine that unless they see something else to distract them they will just keep on going in whatever direction they are travelling, until they can no longer move forward. Then they will wait patiently until they find something else to chase.” I said, thinking back to the scene I had glimpsed through the door earlier. “I think that some of those outside were ones that we had passed in the car. We came in a fairly straight line so it’s likely they followed along and others with nothing better to do followed them.”
    “So what do we do now?” asked Lily. She sounded tired.
    “It is getting late” I said glancing at my watch. “It will be dark in a few hours. It may be best to try and rest here before moving on tomorrow.”
    “You can’t be bloody serious.” Brian spoke finally, “we can’t stay here with them out there. We need to get help. I need a hospital too if you hadn’t forgotten.” The last was said with a glare directed at me full force. I resisted the urge to grin at him.
    “He’s right though” said Lily indicating me. “We don’t want to be out there when it gets dark and we can’t go to a hospital anyway. They were worst hit by this.” Her eyes filled with tears as she remembered her boyfriend no doubt. Brian was solicitous and hastily agreed to stay when he saw she was upset. It seemed he was as uncomfortable as I with over abundant emotion which was one point in his favour at least.
    “It’s agreed then. I suggest we all try and get some rest whilst we can.” I said, taking off my jacket and folding it so that I could rest my head on the clean inner lining as I used it as a pillow. The others followed suit and we lay for a while, each lost in our own thoughts.
    My watch told me that it was after midnight when I awoke. The building lights were still on and the moans from outside hadn’t grown any fainter. They were masked slightly by Brian’s snores. Lily was gone. I stood and went into the bathroom, knocking gently