James stood up and quietly walked to the door, stood in front of it and grabbed the knob. He raised the tomahawk and raised it up with its axe side facing towards the door and readied himself.
'3'
'2'
'1'
He started to count down in his head.
'0'
And when he reached 0, he pushed the door open.
*Thud*
But it only opened slightly because it got stuck into something.
'Fuck!'
James tried to push it didn't budge. Every time he tried to pushing it it somehow bounced back.
'I think a zombie got stuck or some shit!'
James seeing no other solution, backed away a little and rushed at the door and slammed into it with his shoulder.
*Crack*
With sounds of bone cracking the door slammed opened. Which was a great news but not everything went as planned.
James velocity was too big too stop. And worst, he tripped over the leg of the infected which was probably the one that got stuck into the door.
'Fuck!'
He cursed again but before he fell he still was able to throw his tomahawk.
*Puchh*
It flew straight towards towards the closest infected to James. And it impelled it's head in the middle, ultimately killing it.
*Ugh*
James groan after hitting the floor pretty badly.
'It could have hurt much more.'
He thought noticing how close his head was to the coat rack's sharp ends. But he didn't have much time to muse because another infected came in trough the entrance.
*Grr*
"Ugh, I want a fucking break!"
While complaining he still stood up and grabbed the coat rack.
*Thud!*
And bashed the head of the infected walking towards him.
"Huh trying to kill me?!"
At this point it wasn't sure if James was talking to the infected ot rather to the bloodied coat rack.
"Eat this you fucker!"
*Bumm*
He whacked the infected head again which apparently did the job because it collapsed like a doll without its strings.
*Cratch*
But the coat rack resigned from its duties as well. And broke in half, leaving James with the sole and the stem.
*Grr*
"Huh, it seems somebody else also wants one as well!"
He devilishly smiled at the new infected coming in through the entrance. If the infected could feel emotions, he would have shit himself by now, from the view of a man covered in blood smiling.
*Cratch*
Not caring about the horrible sound of bone braking and flesh piercing, James happily smiled after impelling the head of the infected with the stem's sharp end.
"This should have been the last one!"
Even though he was pretty sure that it was the last infected he still not let his guard down. But luckily after carefully checking the corridor he found that there are really no infected left.
"But man, I' m really out of shape!"
James slumped down on the floor and leaned against the wall. He couldn't help but remark after reflecting back to the fight.
'I had so much problem killing four mindless bitch!'
After looking around again he noticed that the first infected probably tripped over the coat rack and blocked the door. But when he rammed the door, he crushed its head.
'Something is not right...'
There was something amiss. James stood up and examined all the dead body.
'They all died in stabbing!'
They all had obvious stab wounds on their bodies. And they had no other mortal wound other than the stabs and the wounds he made.
"Apparently a zombie apocalypse not enough for today!"
He got really pissed when he noticed, the broken chain on the door obvious sign of forced entry.
"Now I have to deal with a fucking madman running around with a knife, murdering everybody!"
James huffed in annoyance, knowing he couldn't sleep peacefully when a sociopath mass murderer on the lose!
'And what should I do with Emily?'
Bringing Emily with himself would be dangerous but leaving her alone at home would be dangerous as well.
'Whatever, I will think about it later...'
In the end he couldn't make up his mind so in the end he decided to think about it later. And first make sure that this floor is clear. So he started to slowly and cautiously explore the floor.
He started with the other two apartments with open doors. They were normal apartments if we don't count the obvious signs of murder. And Since it was just a superficial search and he really didn't like searching other people private stuff, James didn't find much useful stuff. But he still found a little food and a better knife instead of his cheap kitchen knife.
After he finished searching the two apartments with open doors. James stood again on the corridor which now was lighted up by light bulbs since the sun already set.
'Probably nobody was at home that's why the madman didn't broke in!'
James arrived at this conclusion after thinking about why some doors were broken and others were not. After all still nobody checked out what's going on here outside after all this disturbance. But there is one exception.
"Why didn't he try to break in to my home?"
He was happy that he or his daughter didn't got attacked but he still wondered why.
"Maybe we were just lucky and he forgot the last apartment..."
Even though it seemed possible but something just didn't feel right to James. But he decided to shrug it of and focused on the exploration of the last two apartments.
'Even if probably no body at home I still have to check!'
He walked to one of the locked door and giddily smiled.
"Finnaly I can use this skill again."
He knelt down and opened the door with a paper clip in seconds.
'This lock was disappointing!'
But not just the lock was disappointing but the apartment was a disappointment as well. Since just as James predicted it was just a normal home without anyone home.
'But its probably better that nobody was at home.'
James thought while walking to the other apartment. Where he opened the just as easily as the last time and the apartment was the same as well.
"I should go home first then think about what to do."
He already closed all the apartment doors which he already searched. And he just closed the last one meaning he finished the inspection of this floor. So now he headed home to decided what to do next.
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Sorry for the late update but my father's facebook account got hacked and I had to help him. So lesson for today is not to click on any link on messenger...