Zombies Ate My Neighbors Chapter 4

Chapter 4

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Zeke and Julie instantly found themselves going through another door; which vanished behind them, and falling face down on the ground.  Fortunately, they landed on soft grass.

"Ugh..." Zeke groaned, "maybe we should've just *walked* through it."

"Yeah... maybe." Julie replied.

As they picked themselves up off the ground and dusted off, Zeke looked around.

"Huh... looks like we're back at my house." he said.

Julie looked.

"Hey, looks like you got a package." she said, pointing at a box on his doorstep.

"Hmm... probably another gift from you-know-who.  Not that I don't appreciate his help so far, don't get me wrong."

Zeke approached the doorstep, put his gun down, and started to open the box; which was unsealed and had no mailing information on it.  Suddenly, another zombie appeared and shambled towards Zeke, moaning with hunger.  But just as Zeke turned and reached for his weapon, another blast of holy water reduced the zombie to a pile of bones.  Zeke turned and smiled in thanks at Julie, as she raised her gun and blew into the barrel.

"Perhaps we should take it inside first, before examining its contents." she said.

"You're right." Zeke replied, picking up the box and his gun, "I sure hope there aren't any zombies inside though.  I just mopped the kitchen."

Julie opened the door for Zeke and they went inside.  

"You go ahead," Julie told Zeke, as she pulled out one of her holy water vials; which she used to refill her weapon, "I'll search the house and make sure its vacant."

"Thanks, Julie." Zeke replied, leaning over and planting a small kiss on her cheek, before taking the box into the living room.

Julie stopped for a brief second, then smiled.

'This has all gotta be some wonderful dream.' she thought, as she began her search through the house.

Zeke put the box and his gun on the coffee table, and opened the box.  In addition to a few more holy water vials, the box contained a small hand-computer device and a note; which Zeke took out and unfolded.

'Greetings, my friend.' it said, 'If you are reading this, then I can safely assume that you've rescued your girlfriend and made it back home, via my transport door.

There isn't much time to explain everything now, but as you may have gathered, your town has become overrun with monsters.  This is no accident, however.  It is the work of a mad scientist named Dr. Tongue.  He has this bizarre plan for revenge against this town, for his humiliation with some failed experiments.  Now he has begun to set those experiments loose upon the city.  Even now, as I write this, the Military has begun to quarantine the town and evacuate any survivors.  Unfortunately, most of the town's residents- including the ones in your neighborhood- are still in danger and the Military is having a difficult time fighting the monsters that threaten them.  That is why I've given you a prototype model of my transport door control device.  You can use it to transport your neighbors safely to the Military base, where they will be safe.  

Hurry!  Save the neighbors, before it's too late!'

Zeke took a moment to absorb the words he'd just read, before looking up to see Julie enter the room.  

"Well, I've searched the whole house." she said, "No zombies in here.  Gotta say though, I'm impressed by how neat this house is."

"Yeah... my parents are out of town and made me clean up the place while they were gone.  Anyway, take a look at this."

Zeke handed Julie the note; which she read.

"Hmm... so, the fate of the neighborhood depends on us, huh?" she asked.

"Looks like." Zeke replied, picking up the door control device, "Julie... you're good with computers, right?  You think you can make this thing work?"

He handed the device to Julie; who looked it over and nodded.

"Yeah, I suppose." she responded, "Doesn't look too hard to figure out.  ...You sure you want to go through with this though?"

Zeke took a brief moment to think of what to say.  Then he stood up, his water gun in hand.

"Well, we have the tools and we have the talent." he said, "Besides, you remember how we used to play back at school?  Pretending to be superheroes, saving the world, and all that?  We always hoped back then, to become real heroes some day.  This is our chance, Julie."

Julie thought about it, appearing somewhat convinced.

"On the other hand..." Zeke continued, "we could just stay here and wait for the Army to arrive; by which time the neighbors will probably all be dead, and the neighborhood will be so full of zombies, that some soldier might mistake us for-..."

"Okay." Julie interrupted, "That's all the convincing I need.  Let's go save the neighbors!"

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To be Continued