Be Careful What You Wish For: A Zombie Apocalypse
Chapter 38: The First Step

Chapter 38: The First Step

It wasn’t until my foot touched concrete that I finally realized why I felt so off since I woke up in the water.

"Teddy!" I cried out in panic as I spun around in a circle as if I could find Teddy that way. I was a horrible mother, completely forgetting about Teddy until now. The poor baby was probably scared stupid, alone in the world without me around.

How could I have forgotten about him?!?

"Hush," soothed Envy as he popped into my mind. "You know Teddy won’t leave you so easily."

"But he has to be scared," I pouted, crouching down until I was nothing more than a small ball on the side of the road. Ever since I killed Père, things had gone downhill, and now, Teddy was missing.

"Everything you want is just a wish away, or did you forget that, Silly girl?" chuckled Envy.

"I wish that Teddy was a part of me so that he will never be left behind again," I announced, closing my eyes as I put the wish out in the universe. I knew what it was like to be left behind, and I never wanted to do that to Teddy.

A burning mark appeared on my inner wrist, and I hissed in pain. "What?!?" I demanded.

Feeling Envy touch my shoulder, I used his eyes to see what had happened to me. Sitting there, ever so proud, on my wrist was a tattoo of Teddy, down to the slightest detail. It was like someone had actually taken Teddy, made him smaller, and pushed him into my skin.

"Now, you never have to worry about him disappearing or getting lost," interrupted Gluttony. "And if you want anything that is inside of him, you just have to think about it and touch him."

"Aren’t wishes the best?" purred Pride as Envy’s hand let go of my shoulder, and I could no longer see Teddy. But that was fine. He was now a part of me like the voices were. I would never be alone again.

"Left or right, Pet?" asked Lust. The demon was lucky I was in a good mood now that I had Teddy back again. Wishing that I could hold Teddy like I used to, I was surprised to feel him back in my arms.

This was really the best of all worlds. I could both hold him and not worry about losing him all at the same time!

"What?" I asked, cocking my head to the side as I rested my cheek on Teddy’s head.

"Left or right. Where are we going?" chuckled Lust, and I was surprised that he didn’t seem pissed or annoyed at me for having to repeat himself.

"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe," I started. "Catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let him go. Eny, meeny, miny, moe." When my finger landed to the right of me, I shrugged my shoulders. I had no idea where the guys were or where they were going, or even how to find it from wherever I currently was.

So, at the end of the day, it didn’t matter which way I went.

It was time to put my big girl panties on and go out into the real world.

Speaking of panties. "Can I get a dry outfit? Like the exact same as before, just not covered in swamp water?"

I wrinkled my nose as my socks and shoes made a squishy sound as I turned toward my right.

A slight brush of fabric against my skin let me know that I was properly changed and my toes were no longer wet.

Taking my first step toward the rest of my life, I couldn’t hold back my smile.

Humans sucked.

The end of the world was here.

Might as well have some fun before something ate me.

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"Please," begged the woman, falling to the ground as the man in front of her yanked her forward. "We need a break. We can’t go any further right now."

The man sneered as he looked over his shoulder to see the eight or so women tied together in a single line. Their hands were clasped together as the thick, coarse rope dug into their delicate skin.

Seeing the bright red of their blood against the paleness of their skin made him have to adjust himself in his pants.

"I’s donna remember lettin’ yous make de decisions. Or is I wrong?" sneered the man as three other men joined him at the front of the line.

"They be no use to us dead," pointed out the middle brother. His once white wifebeater was stained with blood and dirt as he spat on the ground, almost hitting the begging woman.

Not caring about what the men were doing, the woman took the brief break to catch her breath and look at the ’sisters’ behind her.

She knew she shouldn’t talk to any of them right now; the men didn’t like it when they spoke, but her eyes were expressive as she looked everyone over.

The only one of concern was Lily-Beth, the youngest of the women at 15 years old. She had tripped a few hours ago, and her ankle was swollen and bruised. It looked like it could be broken, but without actually touching it, the woman couldn’t be too sure.

Too lost in her thoughts, she missed the backhand coming from her husband. Falling to the side, she didn’t try to defend herself as the man continued to wail on her.

"Issac," grunted one of the other men. "Either kill ’er or let ’er up. She be useless if she canna walk on her own."

Issac, the oldest of all the brothers, snarled at Jeremiah for a second but backed away, letting Elizabeth-May struggle to her feet.

’Please, God,’ sighed Elizabeth, closing her eyes and sending a prayer up to the heavens as Issac tugged on her bound hands again, pulling her forward. ’Please give us a way out of this nightmare.’

Catching herself before she could fall again and take out all the women with her, she scoffed at herself. How naïve was she? She had made the same wish every day since she had woken up in hell ten years ago.

God hadn’t saved her then; He wasn’t going to save her now. It was time to face the fact that nothing and no one was going to save her.

"Well, well, well. What’s do we’s ’ave ’ere?"

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