Jacob Marlowe panted, trying to catch his breath. Damn, it was getting close. They were getting close. He shouldered his gun, knowing his respite was at an end. He hadn't slept in to days, and it was starting to show on him. He was tired, exhausted really. Jacob started to move, his steps slow, quiet, practiced. He'd had a lot of practice in being careful in the past few days.
It had all started four days ago, with the plague. All the women in the city had turned into...things. Echoes, mutilations of their former selves. He couldn't believe it, honestly, but he had to, he supposed. He'd killed enough of the zombies in the past few days, and now more were coming for him. Most of the men were gone now, he one of the few survivors. He had been trying to find a way out of the city, but he hadn't found any working communication devices, anything that could connect him to the outside.
He'd have to find something, he told himself. Find something or someone, some way to better his chances of escaping the tide of the zombies. He'd lost himself in thought, and paid for it when his boot crushed a glass bottle, sending the sound of shattering glass through the air. Oh, shit.
It had all started four days ago, with the plague. All the women in the city had turned into...things. Echoes, mutilations of their former selves. He couldn't believe it, honestly, but he had to, he supposed. He'd killed enough of the zombies in the past few days, and now more were coming for him. Most of the men were gone now, he one of the few survivors. He had been trying to find a way out of the city, but he hadn't found any working communication devices, anything that could connect him to the outside.
He'd have to find something, he told himself. Find something or someone, some way to better his chances of escaping the tide of the zombies. He'd lost himself in thought, and paid for it when his boot crushed a glass bottle, sending the sound of shattering glass through the air. Oh, shit.