Chapter 11: First Prey
"That should last us for a month," a girl said, wiping the sweat off her forehead.
She arched her back, followed by a series of cracking sounds.
She had been crouched for too long, looking for necessary supplies in the broken two-storey mall.
Three zombie corpses lay beside her, their heads caved in from a brutal blow. They were the only ones inside the store, other than a few human corpses that were beyond broken to transform.
The high school girl, Amanda Hayes, looked through her backpack one last time. Just to be sure she got everything. Cans of food, a few energy bars, some instant noodles, two jerry cans filled with water, and some medical supplies.
She looked around the building. There was still space to store more stuff in the bag, but Amanda didn’t want to be greedy. Besides, even though she was a baseball star striker, there was a limit to how much she could carry without slowing her down.
Too bad they didn’t have James’s favorite chocolates. He’ll throw a tantrum again...
With that thought, she zipped the bag shut and slung it over her shoulder. The weight was perfect, not too light, not too heavy.
"Now for the final thing..."
Amanda walked to the sports section of the mall. Her weapon of choice, the wooden baseball bat, didn’t survive the constant encounters with the undead. She was in need of a new weapon.
Thankfully, the store had quite a few items of her preference. At first, she wanted another wooden bat but changed her mind when she noticed a metal one.