Fantasy Apocalypse: Not your typical 'zombie'

[Sea Jelly]

I stand up and say, "I'll go out and scavenge, you all stay here, rest," I look at Devin, "Get to know each other, I feel like people would be more trusting anyway if i wasn't here."

 

[Cruor Flumine]

Marcus watched him go before sighing. "I'll never get used to that....I'm Marcus. Thanks for the offer, but I'm good."

 

[Sea Jelly]

I head to the gas station the zombie came from with bow drawn and in a hunter's crouch, until I see three figures walking down the road coming my direction, and the direction of the house. I duck into the gas station and turn on the transmitter and say into it, "We might have trouble, three figures heading this way."


@ClickyVikki

 

[AndroidEighteen]

My wrist communicator went off and I got the message from Felix that 3 figures were coming our way. My eyes widen. "Zombies or humans?" I stared at my left wrist.


@FeIix

 

[Sea Jelly]

"Can't tell, but for me trouble no matter what. I'll stay here, if their zombies i'll engage, if not i'll lay low. Just thought you should have a warning either way."


@ClickyVikki

 

[AndroidEighteen]

I had that bad feeling in my gut again. "Ok." I walked over to a window and perked out. I breathed deeply when I saw the figures. I backed away from the window and hugged myself as if it would somehow magically help.

 

[Sea Jelly]

When they get closer i see them smiling and see, their sharpened teeth, "Zombies," I hiss into the transmitter, "Lay low, I'll deal with them." I say as I get out my bow and shoot the first in the head, making him fall to the ground, I hit another in the leg and he falls to one knee. Before i could shoot the third he was at the door hitting me, knocking me on my back. I pull out my dagger and cut off his head, as he cuts off my arm. I sheathe my dagger and pick up my arm. When I look outside the other zombie is gone. I run back to the house with my arm. "There is one alive, and missing." I say to you.


@ClickyVikki

 

[AndroidEighteen]

My eyes widen. "So there's one just lurking around-" I stopped short when I saw his arm. I didn't even know how to react so I just stared at it for what seemed like an eternity.

 

[Sea Jelly]

I notice you looking at my arm, "It's fine, it will just take while to reattach, hate to ask but can you keep watch a bit while i start this, process."


@ClickyVikki

 

[Aggiewon]

"That must've hurt." Devin said, also looking at Felix's arm. "But, d-did you say there were three? What did they look like? Did any of them have different colored eyes?" He looked worried.

 

[Sea Jelly]

"The one that did this," I say shrugging the shoulder with the amputated arm, "Might of maybe had different eye's why?" Then with a slight chuckle, "And it hurt like a bitch."


@Aggiewon

 

[AndroidEighteen]

"I can do watch, but I'm not a good fighter just so you know." I watched through the window, keeping an eye out for the third zombie.

 

[Aggiewon]

Devin now looked positively freaked out. "You said you cut off its head right? I'm going to go check." Devin returned breathless and white. "The zombie you killed was a Faker. We need to get out of here. Can you heal on the run?"

 

[Sea Jelly]

"You dont have to fight just let me know when or if he comes." I say while putting my arm to the shoulder, causing the skin on both limbs to slowly reach together and connect.


@ClickyVikki


"What's a faker?"


@Aggiewon

 

[AndroidEighteen]

I nodded and listened to their conversation.

 

[Aggiewon]

"Well, I've only seen them twice, once when I woke up, and then again about a week ago. A faker is a zombie that is able to mentally control up to three other undead. A drone it creates somehow gets one totally white eye. The faker is able to make his drones fight with one mind. I think you understand how they could be so dangerous. The zombie you decapitated was a mind. The one that got away was obviously being controlled by another faker, since could still function. Its brother clones could b nearby."

 

[Sea Jelly]

"You have got to be kidding me." I say with an annoyed look on my face. I look at my arm which about half way done reattaching itself.

 

[Aggiewon]

"Good thing it didn't turn you into a drone. It probably thought you were a human." Devin said as he shook Marcus, who had somehow stayed asleep through all of this. "Hey, man. We've got to get going."


@Cruor Flumine

 

[Sea Jelly]

"How do they infect? So i can avoid it. Because they all know what i look like, they know what I am."


@Aggiewon

 

[Aggiewon]

"To the best of my knowledge, they take control after they cannibalize part of your body. I don't know if a bite is enough to do it, but I'd avoid contact with their mouth at all times. I do know that drones don't have the ability to create more, so if you get a scaredy cat Faker who just sends his drones after you, you should be fairly safe. I don't think I mentioned how to tell a mind from drones. The only way I know of so far is that the drones have a sort of dazed look, their expressions don't match their actions."

 

[Sea Jelly]

"Ok." I say as I nod my head. "If i do get infected, would killing the faker bring me back?"


@Aggiewon

 

[Cruor Flumine]

Marcus jolted awake. "AH!" He fell back, clutching his head. "Damned dreams..." He looked at the two, who looked worried. He instinctly grabbed his shotgun. "Whats going on?"


(Sorry, been at work)

 

[Sea Jelly]

"According to Devin there's a zombie outside somewhere that can control other zombies, and before you panic i was not infected, he has to bite or cannibalize me or something like that, they're called fakers i think."


@Cruor Flumine

 

[Cruor Flumine]

He nods slowly. "I see....Is there a certain range to it's control?"

 

[Sea Jelly]

"You have to ask him."


@Cruor Flumine