Gamer of the Dead

Chapter 04

He is still fixing his bag when a commotion to his left made him tense. The now common shriek of the infected is coming nearer and nearer. Then a girl in her twenties, wearing baggy pants and long sleeves shirt, burst out to his right. She is followed by 3 infected runners and they are gaining on her. She vaulted over a civic and slide over its hood. When she is on the other side, she raised a wicked slingshot made of fiber glass looking material.

She aimed for a second then release. The leading infected turned to dust while it is still running. The second shot hit another infected in the shoulder, it staggered a bit but it kept running. She fired a third shot and, this time, the infected disintegrated. She is aiming for the last infected when Bobby noticed another infected coming from a different direction toward her. Bobby stood up and started shouting, warning her.

It's too late. She won't be able to react in time, Bobby thought.

Without thinking, Bobby threw his spear to the approaching infected, and no one was more surprise when the spear flew straight and hit the creature directly in the chest. It took him a split second before he realized that this is all possible because of the combat throw skill that he just recently acquired.

The girl finishes the last infected in her direction and jerk in surprise when the spear wooshed pass her. She aimed her slingshot at Bobby's direction but he ignored it and went passed her. The infected was trashing in the ground trying to pull out the spear in his body. Bobby arrived, held the creature down and then stab the roaming eye with a pen. The infected turned to dust quickly.

"I almost killed you, dumb ass," She said. Her impish grin complementing her pixie hair perfectly.

"You're welcome," Bobby answered sourly.

They look at each other for a moment and both realize that the other is a player. The girl studied him for a second longer then nodded to herself. "I'm Cassandra. You can call me Cass," She finally said.

"Robert. You can call me Bobby."

They shook hands.

"Where did you come from?" Cass asked.

"Engineering building."

"Bad?"

Bobby nodded, looking back at her. "Real bad."

"Other survivors?"

Slowly Bobby shook his head, and Cassandra nodded.

"Me and mike came from the science building. We're supposed to jack this school bus from the main parking lot and-"

"Wait a minute, you said you came from the science building?" Bobby interrupted her. That was his destination all along. "Did you met a girl named Agnes Solomon? Pretty girl, black jeans, pink shirt?"

Cass blinked in surprise. "You mean Greg's girl?"