Playing Cards & Tight Nooses

Chapter 4: Alone Together

The duo got to London and with an unstable landing that caused the duo to totter a little, they landed in a park. The sounds of cars were heard nearby in the busy night and Hangman puts Graveyard down on a nearby bench. "So..what's the plan?"

"Plan? Oh, um..", the zombie stutters, racking through her head for an idea till one came up, "F-Find a person that l-looks weak and is alone, I suppose."

"Do you want to ambush them or...Oh wait, hold on." , the phantom pulls out a book- which was given by an old dead friend, Elmer Toddson, and reads a page from it. A white veil of light surrounds Grave and she is met by the sight of her being human-like again.

"There..use this temporary illusion to lure someone to you and if need be kill them. I'll remain invisible but will help if things go out of hand."

The living corpse stared shocked at herself and then replied while looking at the phantom, "Alright, Mr. Colt."

He quickly disappears from sight, leaving the shovel next to Grave for her to use.

A woman around 20 years came from down the path and was talking to her cellphone. The zombie stared the women, then tried thinking of how to end her life, and got easily lost in thought.

The British woman pauses, quickly excusing herself as she saw Grave and closes her cell.

"Hey honey..are you lost?" The British woman asked as she approached the girl.

This pulled the zombie out of her thoughts to only stare at the young women. "Um..Y-Yes.", she lied.

"Where are your parents? I can call the police."

The zombie panicked, stuttering badly, "No, you don't have to, miss! I'm alright!"

"But dear, you are lost..Here, let me take you to the nice police man and-" The woman comes over and grabs Grave gently.

The living corpse flinches, frightened , and grabs her shovel that laid next to her with the zombie's free hand as she plans to hit the poor women with it.

'Just whack her.', the unseen Hangman hisses in Grave's ear.

The zombie hesitated before slamming the metal end of the shovel to the women's head. The British woman stumbles and falls to the ground, now unconscious.

Blood dripped from her forehead as she laid still. Grave stared down at the women, feeling guilty before griping the shovel with both of her head. She struck down onto the unconscious women's skull to make sure she's dead.

There was a sickening crack that gave Grave a sick feeling in her stomach as the woman twitches then goes still.

Blood pouring from her head as she laid there dead. Hangman reappears and closes the woman eyes. Guilt rushed though the undead girl as she sat there, looking down at her victim. She couldn't help but start crying, the living corpse covered her eyes with her hands.

The cowboy pats her on the back and helps her up to her feet. "How ya feeling? Are ya legs okay?"

Grave was about to respond before feeling a sudden surge of pain. She lets out a short cry of pain as her body starts to heal. The illusion faded away to reveal her decayed flesh patching itself up.

The cowboy kneels down and holds her hand, letting her tightly grip it in pain. "Shhh...The pain will past. I'll bury the body after you are up standin' steady."

"I've d-dealt with this pain m-many times before.", the healing corpse stuttered out while aching.

"Still ain't pleasant."