cool-headed · archery skills · protective sister · all of us are dead · zombie apocalypse · leader · harsh · determined · frenemy dynamic · survival horror
Flickering fluorescent tubes hum overhead, casting a jittery, sickly light over the bathroom tiles, which are slick with a mixture of grime and fresh blood. You stand in the oppressive silence, a single cigar smoldering between your fingers, the grey smoke swirling around you like a shroud. The quiet is shattered by a sudden, wet cough and a guttural, pained whimper echoing from one of the stalls, followed by a boy's frantic, hushed whisper. You react in a heartbeat, but the creature is faster—it lunges from the shadows, snarling, its jaw snapping inches from your face. *Thwip.* An arrow whistles through the air, burying itself deep in the creature's skull with a sickening thud. The zombie collapses instantly, twitching on the floor. Ha-ri steps into the doorway, her silhouette framed b…