Chapter 2: The Blooded Hallway

I've been looking around for awhile now but I still didn't see any sign of the zombie. The stench of rotten corpses hang up in the air. Good thing I don't need to smell with me being already dead but it must have been rancid.

As I walk, more and more bodies are scattered at the floor but I ignored them for awhile. I promise I'll bury them later after I kill the one I sought to find. Speaking of which, are there no zombies left here? Like, I have been walking around for 3 hours and there are still no sign of them.

Either most of them left or there are still a few hiding in the walls. I hope the latter is not the case. When I turned to the left side, I see big hallway littered with holes. There are man-sized ones while there are some that's only as big as a hand. One thing's for sure is that each holes are covered in blood. The floor is filled blood as well. Enough to reach my knees.

Fear is slowly creeping up to me but I forced it down. I have to focus. God, please give me strength. With a silent prayer, I walk through the lake of blood. Mutilated bodies lay at my sight. Men, women, and children are deemed eaten. They spared no one. Those monsters.

Splash

I suddenly heard the noise behind me but all I can see are small waves of blood. Ok, not good. Definitely not good.

Splash

I heard the sound again at my right. Is it here?

"Raaaaacgh!!!"

A zombie suddenly appeared from the puddle right in front of my face. It tried to bite off my face but good thing I blocked it with my steel chair. I pushed through it and kick its torso, making it step back. Now that I looked clearly at its face, I realize that it's the same zombie I fought back then.

Good.

I charge at it with my steel chair ready to deliver some zombie damage. It charge at me in return and together we clashed. His outstretched hand being batted away by my weapon. It tried to bite my face again but I stepped away for a few feet before delivering my steel chair to it's face. I'm getting good at this.

It leaped in the air, trying to tackle me to the ground but I moved away. I raised my weapon in the air and..

SMACK!

The zombie just kissed it's bride. Congratulations floor, I hope both of you live happily ever after. As I finished my thought, the zombie got up with its left side of the skull being cracked open. I saw the rotten brain and it's filled with maggots. Ok, I hope mine is only rotten and not like that. The zombie seemed to be angry then blindly pounce on me. Having enough of this thing, I pulled the small steel of the chair and pierced the zombie's mouth from his lower jaw all the way to its brain. I grabbed the remaining part of the chair used it to slice its neck quite slowly. Soon enough, the head went flying before it dropped to the lake of blood. The body soon dropped after.

Wow. That was intense. I'm mentally exhausted but my body remained energetic. Perks of being Undead, huh. With my opponent down I resume my walk. Suddenly the whole place started to shake.

The lake of blood started to rise and came out hundred of hands all connected to each other. A Wall of hands started to surround me.

What the hell?! I quickly ran as fast as my zombie legs can go. The hands are nearing the entrance. Crap, I have to hurry. If I got stuck in here, who knows what would happen to me. Behind me, hundreds upon hundreds of faces are stuck together, creating a wall of blooded zombie faces.

"HRAAAAAAA"

It's howls sends chills through my soul. Hundreds of voices howling in hunger. Howling for my blood? Why? I'm a zombie just like them!

I was a few feet from the door when a few hands suddenly tried to grab my feet. Whoah! That was close. Come on legs, run! Never have I run as fast as this in my past life.

The door is at my reach. I grabbed it and tried to open it...

It won't open.

No. NO! NO! Are you kidding me right now?! I barge right at it but it still won't open. I tried it a few more times until I felt it dent. Yes!

"HRAAAAAAA"

Oh crap. Soon hundreds of hands encircled my body like a snake holding me up high. Using the remains of my chair, I tried to stab each hands but every time falls out, two more takes it place. I moved like a rabid animal. Despite the hundreds of hands that's slowly overwhelming me, I continued to stab like never before. Alas, it grab hold of my hands and ripped it out of my body. Crap, what now?

"Greererreegh"

Its growls can be felt around the blooded hallway. Then the head in the middle opened its mouth and a long tongue came out that has its own mouth. Teeth dripping with saliva, it moves like a snake.

That thing better not latch onto to me. But I really just have to jinx myself. A few hands hold my head and forced my mouth open.

Oh hell no. NO! You better not-

I didn't finish my thought as it went inside my mouth. I can feel it slowly eating me inside. What do I do? The texture of the tongue is disgusting enough to make mee puke.

"Grrrerrrreer"

That little filth, it's enjoying itself at this point. My body...it's slowly getting thinner...weaker.

No. I can't die again. I have to survive. What do I do?

...

...

...no...

"GRRRREEEER"

The monster is shaking in delight as it continued to feast.

...

...I'm getting hungry...

...

...what is this thing in my mouth...

...

...it looks...good...

I opened my mouth a little bit then roughly bite the thing in my mouth.

"GRAAAAAAADFFGGGH!!"

I bit and bit until until I ripped it out of it's joint. I felt the little mouth inside my stomach stopped moving.

...

What?

...

I look around and saw the monster howling in pain. It dropped me on the bloody waters. As soon as I landed, I quickly made a distance from it. I noticed the tongue still stuck to my mouth. The head inside my stomach is slowly getting digested, making my body stronger. Whoah! Ok, that's new. Curious about the tongue, I closed my eyes, brace myself, and tried to swallow it all. All of it went inside my stomach with a visible bulge before it went back to normal. I started to get stronger again and suddenly my own tongue regenerated. Interesting. Now still armless, I looked at ther monster now glaring its hundred faces at me. Despite my predicament, all I feel is excitement.

You big pile of filth, I will devour you whole!

"Raaaaargh!!!"

"HRAAAAAA!!!"

We ran towards each other. It raised its wave like hand to splatter me but I moved out of the way. One of the heads opened its mouth and strike its snake-like tongue towards me. I ducked and bite its side, taking a good chunk of it in my mouth. The texture and the amount of saliva almost made me wanna puke. Good thing I no longer have taste buds. With that, I swallowed it and I can feel my right stump is slowly recovering but it's not enough. I saw the monster howling again but in pain?

Wait, it howled like that before when I ripped one of its tongue out but it makes no sense. The Undead can't feel. At least from my point of view considering I'm one of them unless...

It's alive.

I couldn't help but grin internally. Well, no matter. I'm going to kill it anyway. And so our fight continued. Every time it attack, I would try my best to dodge and slowly take a good chunk of it's hands. Every part of it I ate, the more my body heals and becomes stronger. Sometimes, I got swatted like a fly. Sometimes, I got launched to the wall but I pay it back by eating it slowly.

It took hours but I finally did it. What's left of it is now a table-sized worm. It has mouths all over its body and it's still squirming like a fish. I picked it up with my mouth and slowly eat it. Not gonna lie, this little bug is disgusting as heck but good thing my tastebud don't work anymore. Ok, this is getting repetitive. I'm gonna stop mentioning it now.

After the swallowing its last remains, I felt my my body getting stronger again. I looked at myself and saw that I gained both my arms back and I don't look as thin as before but still thin enough to make me look like a cancer patient. Well it's not much but I can live with that. Now, what shall I do next?