Kuyinto chapter 3 of a post-apocalyptic zombie novel. (Ukuhlola lokhu kuqala! View Ukuze zonke izigaba. Ngiyaxolisa lapha ku-Chapter 1 Iphrofayili ikhaya Left Behind Okwangoku, ngifumana umbhalo futhi wahlala ku-one of the desks. Yenza idolobha ubukile kakhulu kunayo. Ngiyazi, Uthande ngokushesha njenge-zombie emangalisayo emangalisayo. Uma uqala ukufinyelela kwami, ngithanda, Ngiyaxolisa emkhakheni futhi awutholile. ikhaya Thola lapha Ngaba uneminyaka emzimbeni yakho? Ngaba umama? Ngaba umama? Ngaba umama? Ngaba umama? Ngiyaxolisa, ubuningi Ngaphandle Ingabe usebenza e-Center City? Ngicabanga ukuthi. Ukujabulela ukuthi lokhu akuyona emangalisayo, ngihambe emzimbeni eyodwa ukuze ngihambe emzimbeni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, akuyona izici ze-life. Ngiyaxolisa futhi. Hlola, Ngingathola uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye uye. Ngaba uya khona? Wabelana Ngena ngemvume Yini? I-crystals yamukelwa. Ngaphandle kokufika umndeni we-Regina, lokhu kuyinto efana ne-seven-hour drive ngaphandle kokufaka noma izikhangibavakashi ngokuhamba. Unlikhulu. Impossible. Thola apha ukuze ufumane uBaba. Thola ukufumana kwakhe. Ngingathanda ukufumana kwakhe ... okungenani lokuqala. Yena wahlala kwebhizinisi elilandelayo. Ngingathanda lapha. Ngingathanda kakhulu. Lokhu akuyona umkhosi yami. Lezi ndingathanda akuyona. Ngingathanda akuyona. Ngingathanda akuyona. Ngingathanda. Ngithole isikhwama kanye ne-pistol futhi waya ku-parking lot emaphaketheni. Ngithole isikhwama se-key emaphaketheni futhi ngithole isikhwama se-last and only set of keys eyi-parking lot. Al ... ok. Sishayele ngeminye lapho ngifunde lokhu. Thola it Ngingathanda futhi ndingathanda ukuthi umntu owayenza emzimbeni yami. Ngaba siphinde? Ngiyazi Okwe... yeah. Hlola, ngiye ngithole imoto futhi sicela umzila kulula. Ngithole ngokushesha. Ufuna ukujabulela umlomo emzimbeni yami kuphela ngexesha. Ngiyaxolisa nawe. Ngiyaxolisa ngokushesha. Ngiyavula ikhava futhi ngibheke emzimbeni ngokushesha kakhulu, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi nginguye ngihambe emzimbeni yayo. Ngithanda isikhokelo emzimbeni yami emzimbeni kuze kube ngathi ngithande ukuthi uye uxhumane ikhava emzimbeni emzimbeni. Ngaphandle Ngingathanda, akuyona amanzi. It kuya kuba kulula ukuba ngihambe wena lapho ngifake imoto. Just stay here. It was a cloudy, usuku esifutshane. Akukho izixazululo. No incessant car horns kusukela indoda esifutshane amahora. Ngingathanda ngokushesha ku-stack nge-pistol eyenziwe. Ayikho umuntu emangalisayo. Ngingathanda ku-cruiser eyodwa emkhakheni futhi i-locked i-door. Kukhona i-laptop eqinile, e-rubber-cased eyenziwa emkhakheni wokufika. Ngithole futhi wahlala i-trunk. E-trunk iqukethe amasethi ezengeziwe ze-handcuffs, i-police tape kanye nezinye izinto ezingenalutho. Ngithole i-laptop phezu kwelinye futhi ngithole i-trunk ngokushesha. Ngithole isikhwama yami ku-passenger se-seat futhi wahlala isikhwama se-police station, isikhwama yami esekelwe ku-top of the car door. Ngithole kwami futhi ngaphandle kokufunda okungenani, ngihambe emzimbeni we-driver futhi wahlala ikhoyili emzimbeni. Uya kuba ok. Umntu oya ufumana, Ngitholela emkhakheni lokuhamba futhi ku-highway yokuqala. Kuyinto ngokuvamile ngokuvamile nge amabhizinisi amancane amabili kanye ne-car wreck enhle. A encane, black, hatchback fender-bender emgqoke i-pole yefoni. I-glass emhlabeni wonke kanye nomzimba we-driver ebomvu ebomvu, eminyakeni ngaphandle kwe-driver's-side window ebomvu. Hlola imibuzo. Hlola imibuzo yakho. I-girl kuyoba okungenani. Akukho inkulumo yakho. Umntu wahlala emzimbeni emzimbeni. Ngithole amaphuzu ngokushesha okungenani, futhi i-cruiser wahlala ukujabulela. Ukukhanya! It was a girl, maybe in her early teens, hair brown and her body thin like a stick. She hung her head and her hair fell around loosely, covering her face. She was shuddering, crying maybe. I rolled the window down slowly, just enough so she could hear my voice. Ngithanda ngokunambitheka futhi uma ungathanda, ngihambisa i-corn nge-palm. Hey! Hlola emzimbeni! Umlilo wahlala ngokushesha, njenge-dog ukhangela i-whistle. Kodwa kukho into embalwa. Izingane zayo zihlukile futhi umlilo wahluka emasile. Izingane zayo zihlukile njenge-blood eyenziwe emzimbeni yayo ku-dry tarmac. Ngaphambi kokuphendula, wahluka phambili futhi wahlala ku-cap of the car. I wahlala isitimela ngokugqithisileyo futhi wahluka ku-gas, kodwa umlilo wahlala izindandatho ngokugqithisile ku-cap emanzini. Ngiyaxolisa i-pistol yayo futhi ngitholele ku-head yayo. Ukucaciswa Ngiyazi. Ukukhangisa i-windshield akukwazi ukunciphisa isitimela. Njengoba akuyona ukuhlangabezana nokuthintela, ngiholela ifenisha ngokugcwele futhi ukhangela isihlalo se-backview ukuze uqinisekisa ukuthi umzila iyatholakala, ngihambisa i-gas ngaphezulu. Ngiyazi, ngihambisa i-pistol kusuka ku-window futhi imibala wabhala i-pistol. Ngokungafani kokukhangisa kusuka ku-pistol, ngihambisa ku-pistol njengoba ngihambisa. Ngaphandle Ngithole futhi umugqa wahluka emzimbeni yakhe futhi emzimbeni yakhe. Yena wahlala futhi wahlala embhokisi imoto. Into yayo wasetshenziswe nge-windshield. Ngithanda i-cruiser kuze kube ngempumelelo futhi uqinisekisa ukuthi i-shore iyatholakala ngaphambi kokufika. Ngithole i-pistol kusuka ku-passenger sehlabathi futhi wahlala embhokisini. Lapho ngifika kwelinye, ngifona ukuthi yaziwa ngaphezulu kakhulu kunamathandeki, akuyona engaziwa kakhulu kunazo. Ngiyaxolisa emhlabeni futhi akuyona umuntu emangalisayo. Ngithole amaphuzu yayo futhi ngitholise igolide yayo emzimbeni emkhakheni emkhakheni. Ngena ngemva Ngingathanda ngokushesha ku-cruiser futhi ngihambe ama-windshield wipers ngokushesha, kodwa umzimba walahleza futhi wabhala ukucindezela ingilazi. Ngitholela i-cruiser ku-roll eside futhi ngihambe emzimbeni we-girl lapho ngeholela. Yintoni? Yini i-police? I-government? Ngingathanda okunye emzimbeni emzimbeni emzimbeni emzimbeni emzimbeni emzimbeni emzimbeni emzimbeni emzimbeni emzimbeni emzimbeni emzimbeni emzimbeni emzimbeni emzimbeni. Thola it! *** * Ukubuyekezwa Ngithunyelwe kulungile ku-backdoor. Ngithunyelwe imoto ngokushesha futhi ngithunyelwe. Ngithunyelwe ku-door. Akukho umphumela kwangaphakathi. Ngemuva kwalokho, ngihambe embhedeni yami. Hey kid, it’s me. Wabelane. Hlola ngokushesha! Umculo wayo wamafutha wamafutha wamafutha wamafutha. Ngaba uyazi ukuthi ngithi nawe? Ngemuva kwalokho ngifunde ukuthi akuyona kungekho indlela yokufunda. Ngithole amaminithi angu-15. Ngingathola isisombululo yami mhlawumbe, kodwa thina akuyona. Thina akuyona ama-imeyili ngamunye ngenxa ye-Christ. Ngingathanda. Ngingathanda. Ngingathanda. Ngingathanda. Yini? Ngemva kwexesha elithile, ngifuna i-dear unlock and she opened it just enough to see my face through the crack. Thola embhedeni embhedeni embhedeni embhedeni embhedeni embhedeni embhedeni embhedeni embhedeni Ngiyacinga. Ngiye ndingathanda. Yini ungayifaka isikhathi eside? Kukho ... ingozi emzimbeni emzimbeni ukuthi ngiyathola. Yini ingxoxo? Ngiyaxolisa nje, Ngithole ukhuni we-metal futhi ngamafuthaza ukuba afike. Ngaphambi kokufika kwebhizinisi, wabhala u-blood on the windshield. Okunye, thina siphinde. Yini lokhu? Okunye, ngihambe i-windshield wiper fluid, kodwa iyasiza kuphela kancane. Thina siphuma emzimbeni futhi angikwazi ukunceda ngaphandle kokuzihlanganisa lapho siphumela emzimbeni we-girl iye wahlala ngaphambi. Kuyinto enhle kakhulu futhi futhi, akuyona umlilo emangalisayo. Ngaba akuyona, akuyona. Hlola umnyango. Ngiyaxolisa ku-unbelief. Yini bonke? Ngicabanga ukuthi. * Ukubuyekezwa Thina umzila eminyakeni amane lapho siphinde umntu owenziwe umzila emangalisayo emangalisayo. Kufuneki isitimela futhi umzila omncane omncane owenziwe. Ukusuka ku-cap of the car, i-smoke yandisa emoyeni omncane. Wase emzimbeni wahlala emzimbeni, njengoba umzila wahlala umzila emzimbeni. Umzila omncane wahlala. Umfundi wabhala lapho siphinde. Ngaba siphinde siphinde? Ngicabanga. Ngemuva kwalokho, ngihambe ukukhanya eluhlaza ebonakalayo ku-dash. It was the low-gas warning. Engaphansi kwe-quarter tank. Ngithole imibala emzimbeni yokufinyelela futhi wahlala ku-benzername yokuqala ukuthi siphinde. Ngithole ngokushesha, ukugcina imibala emzimbeni emzimbeni. Ngitholela ku-one of the pumps futhi ngitholela imoto ngempumelelo. Thola, i must fill up the tank. Thola lapha kanye nezindiza ezivela, ok? Kuyinto lapho ndingathanda ukuthi akuyona ingozi ukuthi ingozi enhle kakhulu, noma mhlawumbe akuyona emangalisayo. Ngingathola? Ngingathola igesi ngenkathi ungatholela ngaphakathi. Yini, lokho iyiphi. Just stay put. Try to take a nap if you can. No one of us slept much last night. Uthanda futhi uye wahlala emzimbeni, uhlangabezana embhedeni. Uye wahlala izindandatho emoto futhi wahlala izindandatho emzimbeni yakhe, ukunambitheka izindandatho emzimbeni. Ngithanda umama wabelana ngokuvimbela ngenxa yokuvimbela izindandatho. Ngitholela ikhava futhi wahlala i-lock button ku-key set kuphela ngexesha. Ngitholela i-shootgun emzimbeni futhi wahlala ukhuseleko, ukubuyekeza indawo yethu. Kuyinto umlilo okushisayo futhi umoya wahlukile okushisayo, kodwa ukucindezeleka kubaluleke. Ngitholela i-gas cap ngokushesha futhi wahlala i-pump nozzle emkhakheni. Ngitholela ingxubevange ku-pump rest and hearing the whirling of the machine come to life. I-LED screen ibonisa zero ezininzi. Ngitholile ukuthi ama-pump was still running. Ngitholela ingxubevange futhi wahlala i-auto-latch emkhakheni. Ngingathanda ngesitimela, ukhangela kuzo zonke izindlela. I-shore iyahlukile. Ngingathanda ibhizinisi futhi uma i-signal yaziwa, , akukho izibani, futhi ukhuka kubonakala ukuba i-covered nge-imeyili ngaphakathi. Kwangathi, ndingathanda ukuthi ngibona ukhuphuka: umngciwane, umngciwane. Ngitholile ukucindezeleka kwama-pistol, kodwa ngiyathintela ngu-sound of auto lock disengaging. I-girl yakhelwe phezu isihlalo se-passenger ukuze ufake isihlalo. Ngiyaxolisa, i-irritated. Kodwa ngokushesha i-irritation yami iye kwangaphakathi lapho ngithi ukubukeka kwangaphakathi emzimbeni yayo. Ukusuka Ngaba awuboni ukuba ushiye ngaphakathi? Yini kuyinto? uye wahlanganyela ngempumelelo. Uye wahlanganyela emzimbeni elandelayo. A woman in a pink hoodie and grey tattered sweat pants stumbled around in the middle of the street, almost drunkenly. She had her cap up all the way, but her honey blonde hair fell out of it over her chest. Ngingumfana kukhona khona, Ngiyavuma, ngacindezela ikhava. Njengoba ngacindezeleka, ngacindezela i-gas pump kanye nokukhuthaza i-pump out. I-woman ngempumelelo ngempumelelo kwangaphakathi nathi. Uma amamitha angu-10 ngaphandle kwelinye imoto, ngacindezela i-gun. Ngiyaxolisa lokhu. Ngiyazi ukuthi ngitholele, ngoba ngexesha elandelayo, kodwa ngemizuzu embalwa ngexesha elinye ngempumelelo.   Uyavela isinyathelo esilandelayo futhi lapho ngithanda ukuchitha i-trigger, umculo wabhala emzimbeni yami. Ngena ngemvume Ngaba awukwazi ukufinyelela, Ngaba ngokushesha? Ngithi stop! Ngicabanga ukuthi. I-sounded ngokushesha, i-dear door to the store was opened and a woman in her late forty held a small revolver in her hand. I wahlala i-shootgun yayo. Ngemuva kwalokho, imibala yayo yasungulwe ngokubanzi futhi iye ndingathanda i-tsunami yokuhlanza. Ngiyazi. Kodwa ngihambe ngexesha. I-woman ehamba emzimbeni wahlala ukufinyelela phakathi kwethu futhi wahlala emzimbeni. Yenza! Uyakwazi ukuthatha ezinye izici, Thola ku! Ngithole futhi ngihambe, amandla ye-shooter kanye nokumangaliswa kwangaphakathi lashukumisa emzimbeni kanye ne-blood ye-woman i-splattered emzimbeni yami kanye ne-cruiser. I-She fell on her back, wriggling, njengoba i-blood of her life sishintshwe emzimbeni yayo. Imibala yayo iye yombala, futhi izindandatho ze-purple encane zithintshwa emzimbeni yayo. Kwangathi, ngihlabathi, futhi ngithande izinyathelo emzimbeni emzimbeni yami. Waze! Umfundi wahlala embhedeni futhi wahlala umntu wahlala emkhakheni. Ngaba ok? Oh no - Yini ingangena naye? Ngithanda futhi ngihambe emzimbeni. Yeah, Ngingumfana okungenani Thola ngaphakathi. I-Woman at the door was looking more scared than ever and she waved her hand, beckoning us into the store. Thina ukufika! Ukusuka! Ngicabanga. Ngemuva kwalokho, izibopho emoyeni, kodwa akuyona izibopho ze-rubber eyenza emzimbeni. Izibopho ze-pine and suffering. Ngithanda emhlabeni futhi amabili amayunithi baye kwangaphakathi emzimbeni, abanye abalandeli, abanye abalandeli, kodwa bonke abalandela emzimbeni yethu. Ngitholela umzila wamafazi futhi ngitholela ngokushesha. Yena ngetholela kwebhizinisi, futhi ngitholela emgqeni emgqeni. Ngiyaxolisa kanjani, lady? Ukusuka kwebhizinisi, manje!

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