In a Day/Issue 16

This is issue 16 of In a Day, entitled "Better Place".

This issue is Karen-centric.

016, Better Place
23:03

I sat alone in the farmhouse next to Kate’s corpse. I had planned to stay here until something happened, and that was final. But then suddenly something did happen. I heard the sound of a helicopter above me. I ran out of the farmhouse to see that I wasn’t imagining anything; There was a real helicopter flying right above my head.

“Hey! Hey!” I shouted loudly as I waved my arms in the air. I didn’t care how many zombies I attracted, I needed to see the pilot.

Relief washed over me as I saw the helicopter was turning around to land at the farmhouse. I was grinning from ear to ear. I started to cry tears of joy.

I was so happy I didn’t even notice the zombie behind me before he grabbed me by the shoulders and bit into my neck. I screamed in pain as the zombie started to bite my shoulder. The helicopter landed right next to me, but I knew it was too late. A gunshot flew right above me and into the zombie’s face, killing it. My life started to flash before my eyes.

I remembered when I married Jerry, one of the happiest times in my life. I also remembered giving birth to Miles and Jane.

Soon the pilot walked over my body. He was black and had a slight grey and dark beard. He took a gun out and pointed it at my head as I silently cried, too caught up in the moment and the flashes before my eyes. I had let everyone down. Jerry would have wanted me to live, and I let him down. I also let Kate down too, I promised her that I would make it as far as I could. But here I was, dying a pretty dumb death.

“I’m so sorry.” I heard the pilot say before he pulled the trigger of his pistol and I was finally put out of my misery and sent off to be in a better place.

Credits

 * Karen Vance
 * Frank Grum