Dismemberment - Book One: The World We Once Knew

Epilogue

"It's so quiet here," Monique thought to herself as she traversed through the woods. In front of her was a lone dirt trail leading deeper into the forest. The snow on the ground was illuminated by the full moon over Monique's head, giving her enough light to see the trail ahead. She came across a fork in the road, and turned left. She knew where she was going, and knew what she had to do.
As she kept walking along the trail, she noticed that there weren't even any bugs buzzing nearby. This is the first time she noticed that the woods were absolutely silent, which eased her mind in a way. Being in the middle of the woods gave Monique a sense of comfort, for she knew that she was truly isolated with nothing but her own thoughts.
As she became lost in thought, she tripped over a tree branch that fell onto the trail. Monique hit the ground, twisting her ankle. "Fuck!" she exclaimed. She freed her ankle and held it in pain. As she sat on the ground, she could hear a faint growling. "Shit," she whispered, now alert. "Sounds like zombies."
No sooner than after she said this, a zombie that was buried in the snow popped out at Monique, catching her off guard. The zombie snarled and let out a sort of battle cry. After this, more zombies emerged from the snow, soon surrounding Monique. "Oh God no!" She exclaimed. She attempted to run away, but couldn't on account of her hurt ankle. She limped to try and get away, but looked back to see the zombies advancing on her. One got within grabbing distance of her, only to take a folding chair to the face.
Monique looked down at the folding chair in her hand. An idea on how to get away popped into her head. She quickly hobbled away using her chair as a crutch. She kept moving forward, and did not slow down until the growling of the zombies grew fainter and fainter. When she was sure that she lost them, she stopped to rest. "Thank God. That was close," she muttered. She turned her head to the right to see a large sign nailed to a tree. "CAMP SERENITY" plastered in big bold letters took up a majority of the sign. "Dad's workplace. The place he loves more than Mom. The place he loves... more than me."
Monique took a deep breath. "Hey dad... that conversation we were having the other day? let's finish it," she said out loud. She looked to the sky, before walking into the campsite. A tear rolled down her cheek. As she began to cry, she started to quietly sing a song.

"Little girl, little g-girl
D-don't lie t-to me...
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the p-pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines?
I bet you shivered t-the whole night through..."

To be continued in Book Two: Expendable Lives