Switching roles

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We were sitting in a cafeteria of a fortress that included quite many survivors. They were kind enough to take us in if, of course, we would give up all of our guns. It felt pretty hard and now I felt like I was naked but the reward of getting food was better. Warren walked towards our table after discussing the rooms with someone. 

- '' So we got a few rooms that will fit 2-3 people and then one with a king-size bed'', Warren explained. It really didn't matter to me which room I was going to be in and with who so I kept my mouth shut about it. Warren and Garnett ended up getting the room with a big bed since they were the new hot couple in our group. What was it with the apocalypse that made everyone so horny and all? 

After 10 minutes someone jumped on the table and started to preach about something. We all turned to look at him, he was a quite young male but rather muscular. In the next second, he had a knife in his hand which made everyone jump up and grab their pockets, belts, anything, just to realize we didn't have our guns. The panic started to rise inside me as I backed away slowly, some men were trying to get him down from the table. He slit his throat open in front of everyone and it was over after that. I grabbed whatever I had on the table (a spoon) and we all started to run away. I followed Murphy since he was the only one who was supposed to survive through this all, but a zombie followed us all the way till we were against a wall. I lifted my spoon up for a fight and Murphy looked at me. 

- '' Seriously? A spoon?'', he asked but then the zombie attacked him and pushed him against the wall. Something really weird happened; the zombie kept looking at him for a while without doing anything. Murphy pushed the z off him and we snaked our way toward the door and got out of the cafeteria. There was a toilet nearby and I just followed Murphy in his panicked run. 

- '' What's your plan?'', I asked as we were sneaking inside the quiet bathroom. 

- ''To stay alive'', Murphy answered and in the next second, there was a woman with a wooden bat swaying towards us. 

- '' Holy hell, calm down!'', Murphy called out. 

- '' I'm sorry I thought you were one of them'', the lady panted as she realized that we were humans. 

- '' Come on, come with us'', I said before turning to look towards the entrance. 

- '' A zombie!'', I called out and was ready to fight but Murphy pushed me against the wall behind his back with his other hand and the zombie ran past us and straight towards the woman. She hit the single zombie with her bat and then lifted it toward us. Another wave of zombies came inside and rushed to her as she screamed for help. I couldn't do anything because I was locked behind Murphy and he was in total shock. 

- '' Help me, for god's sake, help!'', the woman called out as Murphy grabbed my hand and started to pull me away from the bathroom. The z's ran straight past us which totally freaked me out. I stayed very close to Murphy and for the first time, I felt like he was protecting me rather than the opposite. 

- '' Why are they not attacking us?'', I whispered as we finally got out. 

- '' I don't know I-'', Murphy said just as confused and shocked as me. 


The zombies left us in peace as long as we were together and we started to look around for survivors. Loud preaching came from outside and we noticed that the rest of our group was tied up by a guy who looked like he was about to give them a divine service. 

- '' Shit they are all there, what do we do?'', I whispered as we peeked from the window. Murphy was quiet for a while. 

- '' I have a crazy idea. You'll have to climb up the roof and if my plan fails then just shoot everyone'', he answered and I was really doubtful about his plans. 

- '' Shoot with that? A spoon?'', I asked since we still didn't have our guns. 

- '' Let's get you a gun''. 


I was on the roof with my rifle watching the situation grow. Murphy's idea was total nonsense and I tried to tell him that but he really insisted. Worst case scenario we all die, eh? I couldn't hear much of the conversation but Murphy was trying to prove to the prophet that he was some sort of god. I guess he really just enjoyed that role, maybe a bit too much. I watched from my scope as he stuck his fingers inside a zombie's mouth. 

- '' That motherfucker has totally lost his mind'', I mumbled to myself but then looked up with shock as I realized the zombie did not bite him. The prophet lifted up his gun and I got in my position but then Warren got up and punched a guard which made the prophet fire his gun. Everything happened too fast for me to realize and the next thing I knew was that Garnett got shot and lay on the ground. I almost panicked but then I pulled myself together and shot the prophet who was still hanging around with his gun pointed toward Murphy. After that, I shot the guards as Murphy was releasing our gang and then he gestured to me.

- '' Get down!'', he yelled and I withdrew from my position and aimed towards the ladders. When I finally got down I ran towards our car. Addy was trying to force Warren inside it who was really hesitant. 

- '' Come on!'', Murphy shouted as I rushed towards them and got inside the car and we drove off. I started to count our group and noticed that one was missing. It was Garnett. 

// Short, I know, but I will write another one today since tomorrow I'll be too busy. I don't know if you guys have ever tried actually shooting with a rifle but it's pretty fun (not aiming for living creatures plz). I don't think I'd actually hit anyone with my wobbly hands tho lmao

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