Contagion

Chapter 18: 'Sally'

Horrified. Matthew as horrified at the sight of the undead children, grunting, holding up their arms in attempt to grasp at Matthew's fresh skin. The Cannibal with the collar labeled 'Sally' was struggling to the extent that the chains strangling her arms ripped her rotten flesh right of her wrist.
Matthew's wrists were still tied up by the zip tie, he was struggling to get off the ground. When he finally got up, 'Sally' had struggled so hard that both her wrists popped and her hands fell to the ground. She stumbled, but then got up and ran directly at Matthew. Matthew had nothing to defend himself so he started walking but in the process, fell on the palms of his hand, a sharp sting flew up his wrists as his hands impacted the ground. Nonetheless, he kept crawling backwards, not knowing what to do, and at that moment 'Sally' lunged at him, but Matthew kicked her in the gut, knocking her to the ground and giving him the opportunity to run to the other side of the room. He grabbed the chains that's used to be attached to 'Sally's wrists and wrapped it around her neck. He braced his get against the wall and tugged on the chain as hard as he could. The pressure of the chain squeezing around 'Sally's neck had decapitated her.
Matthew sighed with relief, but that relief didn't last long because Matthew realized where he was and that he needed to do whatever it took to escape before he turned into something like 'Sally'.
Matthew still needed a breather, who knew killing a child Cannibal would be such a workout. As Matthew leaned against the wall and slid to the ground, he heard footsteps in the floor above him, then immediately after the basement door opened and Tom ran down the stairs, he gasped as he saw what happened. He was holding a knife and Matthew was terrified. Then, Tom did what Matthew was dreading. Tom pulled at the knife and dug it deep into Matthew's stomach.
A few moments later, Matthew passed out, either from loss of blood or shock. He then woke up stand on a stool and a noose around his neck. He saw Tom staring at him with a devilish stare. Not before long, Tom walked up to Matthew, kicked the stool from under his chair, backed up, and then started laughing as he watched Matthew choking, gasping for air.

Matthew watched, vision blurred as Tom turned around, opened the door, and left the room, slamming the door behind him.

Matthew's vision eventually became black, his face became a violet color, and he could no longer breath. At that moment Matthew knew it was all over.