Day 3: Pretty Girls Leave Beautiful Corpses V

The women were inspected by Lilly and eventually "released" to walk around the shelter, with the exception of Leah who stayed a moment longer with Lilly to treat the sprain. Kimberly and Daisy walked to the cafeteria area and, were greeted by the other civilians who spent their time there. Jason and Nikolai sat down next to them to see how they were doing.

—Well, they weren't lying about the place —Kimberly commented rather pleased, and relieved.

—That woman, Lilly, told us that Leah will probably not walk for a few weeks... but that she will get better with time. I'm honestly amazed... Have you really done all this in just three days? It's amazing... you have a solid group, quite a large one —Daisy recognized the value of the shelter.

—What about you girls? We didn't have time to introduce ourselves properly —Jason extended his hand, greeting them.

—Well, I'm Kimberly Coleman... My father is police officer Dominic Coleman. My mother separated from my father and we have heard absolutely nothing from her since. I came here with my girlfriend, Daisy, to celebrate our anniversary, our three-year anniversary —Kimberly took Daisy's hand and smiled at her. —I think the zombie apocalypse has been a test that she and I have to overcome, together.

Kimberly Coleman—You're absolutely right! Tests were made to be overcome. By the way, I'm Daisy Heller. I used to be a sales clerk in a clothing store, not here in the mall, but in the heart of the city. In fact the clothes we're wearing were made by me... but I guess my job must look stupid enough for a survivor of the zombie apocalypse —Daisy looked disillusioned.

Daisy Heller—Believe me, in this place we have a girl who worked in a dollar store while another guy worked in a candy store —Nikolai laughed.

—Just between us... I shot porn —Jason commented. —I was a cameraman and also an editor, but any job or profession is... honorable, as long as you don't hurt anyone with it.

—Amen to that! —Kimberly nodded.

—And who's the woman coming with you, Leah who? —Nikolai was curious.

—Oh, she is Leah Myers. She was a waitress at the place where you found us... in fact Leah was with us from the first day because she was in charge of Daisy and me. Leah saw the whole mess and told us that we should take refuge in the camera room of the club, and so we did. From the monitors we saw how the zombies killed many... it was horrible —Kimberly tried to comfort herself by hugging herself, so Daisy ended up hugging her and leaning her head against her shoulder.

Leah Myers—Probably our families are already dead —Daisy was honest. —Probably everything we knew is already dead, even our pets. Kimberly is all I have left and I will fight for her. God sent us Leah and that's why we're alive... so we're going to try to make things right and... guess... keep on living. Life goes on and we don't have another option... because suicide is definitely not one.

—We're so glad to have you girls here! Kimberly... Thank you for saving my ass back there, you seem to be an excellent shooter. Sorry for being an asshole. Why don't you join us in cleaning up team at Grand Mont Plaza? We need to clean up the plaza to make it "ours". We want to expand and get out of the shelter before the Blackout. Do you know how to use rifles?

Kimberly sighed at Nikolai's proposal.

—He... yes... yes. In my target practice, besides teaching us how to set up our own rifle... we had to learn how to shoot with one. I'm pretty lousy, I'm better with small arms. And... don't worry, I was doing what I was told: Aim and Shoot. Apologize accepted.

—Well, that's great! We could start clearing the upper floor and building barricades to keep the dead from coming up... in fact Megan has already helped us with letting the grates be closed and, that way we kill the dead in sections. If all goes well, in a few days we could clear the fourth floor of Grand Mont... since that is the area where there is the least activity due to the fact that we have been annihilating them,

—Sounds like an excellent idea!

Before they could continue their conversation Megan came in, quite frightened.

—Jason! Nikolai! Come to the roof! It's urgent! —Megan tried to breathe. —It's Chelsea! She's threatening to jump!

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