chapter 5 - The Alleyway Gauntlet.

Still inside the center of town, in a clubs open rooftop bar with some seating around the edges, a stocky bald headed bouncer with a bushy chestnut brown beard, is hiding behind the bar with a young lady in a blue glittery dress. He peeps over the top of the bar counter, seeing there is a group of seven Z’s on the dance floor, like they are trapped in a trance, as they take it turns to bop to the music that is playing, every so often they keep bumping into each other, snarling at one another like a pack a rabies bitten dogs. Retro sofas around the edges of the room with retro coffee tables in the middle, stopping at the closed door that is to the side of the bar, one bit of noise will alert the Zs. He grabs a hold of a silver cork screw. She grabs a small serrated brown handled knife, from a wooden chopping board, that would have been used for slicing or wedging lemon or limes.

Back into the restaurant, George is pouring a glass of whiskey mixed with coke after putting the money he collected at the supermarket in his backpack. He takes his glass from the bar counter.
Adam says“Bro I am going to have the same as you.”
George is walking over to a seat, his phone sits face down on the table.
George responds saying“Knock yourself out bro.”
He sits down, swirling around the jack to mix with the coke, taking a swig after putting his glass down, picking his phone up he starts to text, while the ladies are keeping watch outside, the others are sorting through the trolleys.
George stands up putting his mobile in his pocket he finishes off his drink. He notices two people stealth walking on the other side of the street.
George asks“Girls, you see them two as well?”
Aida responds saying“Yes I do, they are not looking Z to me.”
George goes to take the chair that is stuffed under the handle also into the doormat, unbolting the door, poking his head out.
George loudly whispers“Pssssst! Over here!”
They both stop in their tracks at the bus stop, after realizing that it’s not a flesh eating Z, that is calling them over for its next meal. The guy has something in his hand, talking to each other while they’re crossing the road to George. When an elderly Z geezer, swerving across the road towards the two of them on a red motorized scooter.
George shouts“Watch out!”
*Wham!* Shane takes the Z off from the scooter with his brown hockey stick.
While he is smashing the Z’s head in with the hockey stick, blood spurting upwards with every hit.
He says“These things are starting to piss me off!”
The young woman that he is with, drags him away from the Z, into the restaurant away from any other Z’s that could have been alerted.
While Tony behind the bar is pouring a drink for Shane alongside Summer, which have just introduced themselves. In front of them is George offering them a cigarette, Amelia also Aida is standing either side of George, Adam sitting on a chair beside, cleaning his yellow handle knife. The other’s push the trolley, wheeling to store in the kitchen while Carlo sits guarding the back of the restaurant. They both take a smoke, the same as George takes one out, putting it between his lips, lighting his then theirs, don’t worry Aida has already disarmed the fire alarm, otherwise they would have been overrun by now, it would be to the Z’s what a cop siren is to a robber.
George asks“What happened?”
Smoke exhaling from George’s mouth while Tony hands them their drinks, while Shane explains.
Going into a cut scene, Shane is narrating while your watching the events unfold. We was with five others who worked behind the bar of the night club we was in, now only us two are left, the whole dance floor turned to flesh eating pricks quickly, people instead of dancing, drinking, touching to kissing, you know enjoying a night out on the town, it turnt to eating one another, only god knows the cause. Anyway from having a piss in the toilets turned around to see the toilet attendant getting eaten, thank my LuckY stars for deodorant along with a lighter mate, had to burn my ex misses as well, I enjoyed that! Set a couple of other people on fire on my way down them stairs, fuck right off I am getting eaten, I managed to make it to behind the bar where I met Summer along with the others.
We got to the back door escaping out of the Z filled night club, for a split second I even believed we was all safe. We made it to an alley way behind the club, there was a lot more Zombies waiting for us. Blocking both exits to the streets, also tight squeezes in the alley because of the big fuck-off bins, you know the red ones with the black lids. There is three of them in a row, cigarette butts lay heavily on the ground mixed with a couple of condom packets also a half filled condoms poorly stuffed in the bins, already spewed out, in a pile of the ground. (You can almost hear any woman go“That’s disgusting.”) Even know they are the cause, especially if their tight. Someone kicked a empty beer bottle which alerts the Z’s, they came running from both sides towards us, the bar people try fighting off the Z’s but failing, shit I see a Z bite a chunk out of this fella’s neck. So I jumped onto one of the bins, felt a tug at my ankle. Looked back to see Summer I helped her up, we ran like hell over the bins, that is fucking hard by the way, doesn’t help with Z’s trying to grab your legs, anyway then we ran out of the alley way, I don’t think a single soul survived, most probably still in the alley.
We was walking down the middle of the road, the supermarket coming up on our left, a person laying face down, in front of the supermarket. I could see a group of people ahead of us, with a trolley. We was walking towards them folks. Well that person that was on the ground had gotten up, he grabbed ahold of me, which made both of us jump but Summer screamed, I swear on that. He then flung me into the sports shop front door that swung open on my impact, I fell onto the ground, Summer ran in there after me to help me up before the Z could. I quickly grabbed ahold of the nearest thing I could, which was this hockey stick. We could hear moaning also rustling behind us so we got out of that shop as fast as possible. I quickly beat the dead out of the Z, which was just in front of the door, that Summer closed, now we are here standing in front of you guys, oh yeah we see the Z with a swung around head near the ice cream stand.
Back to the restaurant George is standing while smoking a cigarette.
He says“Oh right, well you guys can defiantly stay with us.”
Summer says“I really appreciate that.”
Aida along with Amelia are quick to take her under their wing, as they help clean up her, makeup smeared all over her show, while Adam is keeping lookout.
Shane shakes George’s hand while saying“Same, it is appreciated bro.”
George stubs out his cigarette after taking his last drag.
George says“There could be more survivors out there, we need to go back down there.”
Adam says“Yeah I will come, beats waiting here.”
Shane says“You got my attention, I am in.”
Tony says“Yes bro, I am on that.”
George says“Alright bro, go get Carlo to stay down here with the women, even though they are safer with the Z’s.
Tony chuckles after nods after goes down the corridor to the others, George makes him self a drink.
While saying“Lads get something to eat, drink, smoke because it will be five minutes before we go, I need to drop the kids off at the swimming pool, I am starting to turtle head.”
Amelia chuckles while saying“You’re grim!”
George puts his drink down while quickly scampering in a state of panic towards the toilets.
while he responds saying“That maybe, but I am truthful.”
George while muttering“I don’t think I can make it, I will have to use the disabled ones.”
He turns the corner, while Adam gets up to go get a drink as Shane is watching the outside, eyes scanning everywhere to spot any flickering of movements.
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