Chapter 3 - The Test

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Becca's POV

Where are we going...?  What could be explained?  What IS there to explain?

I'm as clueless as you.

Ditto.

We walked for hours.  I should've been tired, my body aching, but...being a zombie had those perks of little pain.  I still would've given anything to be human again.

It was nighttime by the time we reached...wherever we were.  The female zombie looked back at me with a stern face.  "Y-You must go thr-through a test before we al-allow you in.  D-Don't worry, we d-do it to all n-new zombies."

I nodded.  Whatever was happening, I just wanted to get through it so I could search for....

I...can't....  Not anymore....

I sighed heavily as we went into a building.  It looked a lot like an abandoned factory.  Red-rusted steel machinery outside, faded bricks, FREAKING HUGE.

As we entered, another zombie who had been sitting stood up and walked over to us.  "A n-new one, eh?  Quite young, s-she is."  (Yoda, anyone?)

The female whispered something to him.  Unfortunately for her, I heard what she said, and I was baffled.  "She...m-might be the o-one.  She's l-lost her vocal c-cords.  Not m-many can't sp-speak."

He nodded, which was a little awkward since his neck muscles were very clearly decayed.  Eugh.

He led me into another room with fruit on one table and....  Oh, God!  Is that a human arm?!?!

Eugh.  Yes.

That's disgusting as crap.

A human arm on the other table....

There was a chair off to the side of the fruit table.  He sat in it.  "You m-must be hu-hungry.  Go a-ahead and eat wh-what you want."

I glanced at the arm and shivered.  Eat what I want?  Obviously I'd want the fruit.

I walked over to the table with the fruit.  There were 2 apples, fresh, and an orange, also fresh.  I dug into the orange, a little messily, to my embarrassment.

I heard a slight gasp from the man, but I ignored it and continued to eat.  It feels like forever since I'd eaten.

"That's im-impossible....  Any hu-hungry zombie would go str-straight for the a-arm, not th-the fruit...."

I finished my food and turned back to the zombie, staring.  He could clearly tell I was confused.  I also want to know...why isn't he eating it, then?

He stood up, determination on his face.  "Redemption...."  He whispered.  He left the room, leaving me with the arm.  I walked over to it in disgust.

If you're disgusted, why are you walking to it?

To get rid of it.  Eugh....

I picked it up in the cleanest spot possible and threw it in the corner at the far end of the room.  Eww....

After a few minutes, the man zombie returned with grim look on his face.  "C-Come.  The teller wi-wishes to see y-you."

Teller...?

Apparently.

Teller of what, though?

Beats me.

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