Part 8

The zombies had begun to swarm the parking lot, searching for victims. Smelling flesh they remained stampeding the concrete while Garrett, Ryan and Ashley watched in disgust out the window from the 4th floor. Ryan turned to Garrett suddenly, "Fire." he muttered and Garrett agreed. Flame would douse more zombies at once a lot more effectively than any gunfire could. They raced back to their dorms with Ashley and grabbed everything remotely flammable. (clothes, bed posts, mattresses, batteries, lighters and desk and dresser drawers to name a few)
Breaking off his towel rack bars as a last thought, Ryan walked from his room, down the hall and dropped the last of his supplies into the heap with a clang.
"That's everything." he said.
"Good." replied Garrett. Ashley remained silent. "So....here's the plan..." And Garrett began to brief them.
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Roughly fifty zombies had now massed in the parking lot. All students of the school. Victims now had become enemies. No blooded, heartless and thoughtless with an unquenchable thirst for flesh. In unison they looked up as overhead glass shattered from Ranger Hall. Two metal bars spiraled through the air and crashed through the windows of two vehicles below.
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Rushing as planned they moved methodically and fast after tossing the bars through the glass, they placed all their supplies onto the balcony over looking the parking lot and began to douse the clothes in Axe and other perfumes.
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Alarm sirens pierced the air and awoke the Ranger Police officer who was asleep in his car in the guest parking lot. He fired up his engine and called for back-up to the other two on-campus officers.
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The undead had begun to crawl over one another to get to the balcony rather than use the shattered doors. Thoughtless. Their moan of hunger grew louder and louder the more they yearned and reached for satisfaction. Through soulless eyes a few glared up as a flaming mattress was heaved out of the window and fell onto them.
"Ashley, now!" Ryan yelled and Ashley began to heave heavily scented clothes onto the arms and heads of the desperate zombies.
"Ryan, another!" Garrett called and they began to hold lighters to another one of their 3 remaining mattresses.
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Arriving first, he had become willing prey. The first officer opened fire with him 9mm just as the other two officer showed up on the the other side of the lot. they got out and began to fire. Thus, the zombies divided in hunger.
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The undead Courtney had caught on fire. As it reached her brain she collapsed on the the hood of a red Saturn.
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John Nelson took a bullet square in the forehead. He fell onto the legs of Sam who had a similar bullet wound in her temple.
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Alex was trapped under a car just as a light colored t-shirt, which had caught fire and blew in the wind, drifted onto his leg, his torn jeans caught fire.
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He fumbled with his magazine and it crashed to the congrete, bullets scattered. The lone officer panicked and charged, tried to taze a zombie and was hungrily feasted upon.
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Another 2 mattresses were heaved over the edge alongside some bed posts and batteries, that if caught on fire would explode.
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Similar to horseshoes, Emily Evenson had a bed post land around her neck and she collapsed into a small fire that had began to smolder the grass.
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Hail was not dousing the fire as rain would have done. Garrett's plan was so far perfect, even the police had shown up as he wished. They begged Ashely to stay as they left her. Garrett put a comforting arm around her and looked quickly at her as fire light showed the fear in her eyes. "Stay. Really." And before she could protest, he was gone.
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As more and more flame began to engulf Alex his empty eyes saw that the entirety of the car was in flames as well. He let out a hungry moan as it left the ground in a fiery explosion. More cars had begun to catch fire.
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Ryan and Garrett walked quickly and maintained slow, deep breaths to remain calm. They kicked open the basement doors and opened fire on the flaming zombies before them. Mike Benson so disfigured and grotesque in the flame's glow was blown to pieces by bullet fire as he ran towards Garrett, seeking protection.