Cupboard

"Uh...uh...teh-...Tehz-..."

Those would be the last words her father say. Her eyes were listless and completely devoid of any emotions. She looked like a walking doll with no consciousness at all.

"FIRE!"

"FIRE!!"

"It's on the roof!"

"You! Get some water!"

The girl was completely unaffected by the various panicked and shocked voices. She just kept on walking...

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"Haa....so bored..."

"C'mon people hurry up!"

Aurav waited,waited and...waited until finally somebody walked out of the house:

"Finally!"

"Time for some fun!!"

Aurav licked his lips as he activated the <Duel Function> and <Boxing Proficiency>. "Hehe.."

'Luring them out let's me increase my proficiency, on top if that I can get familiar with the <Duel Function>...'

His vision and sensory perceptions sharpened. His field of vision,sense of hearing and smell increased. Two small transparent bars appeared in the corner of his vision. The one on top was neon green and indicated health.

The one below it was neon blue and indicated stamina.

Aurav's expression was stoic as he gazed at the woman calmly walking towards him.

She was completely naked. Her face was devoid of any expression at all with a pair of listless and unfocused eyes. Despite this under the influence of the <Duel Function> Aurav was completely on alert.

'What is that?'

He was referring to the hole in her forehead.

'I need to be careful of that thing, it could prove to be a threat.'

He took off running and raised his fist aiming for her jaw. He wanted to incapacitate her as soon as possible.

As soon as he glanced at the hole in her forehead his movements completely stopped.

He was just staring at her forehead in a daze. His eye glowed with white radiance as a swirling vortex of blue and red appeared in his green pupil. A painful expression appeared on his face as he groaned:

"Aagh...st-...stop!"

A furious expression appeared on his face as he broke out of his stupor punching her straight on her jaw.

Her frail body was launched backwards as she fell on the ground with a thud. Aurav was furious beyond words.

He kicked her in the stomach once, twice, thrice...until his anger was quelled.

He glanced at the house waiting for a few seconds but nobody came out. He took a look at the <Map> and saw that there were many yellow dots indicating humans still blinking.

'Are they too scared to come out?'

He spat om the ground as he started to walk towards the house.

"Cowards..."

A strange sight greeted him as he walked into the living room, the kitchen, the bathroom, the stairs, the second floor, first bedroom, second bedroom....

Human men and woman collapsed on the ground as if they were paralyzed. There was even someone in the bathroom.

They were faintly breathing but there was no response from them at all.

"Hmm....what happened to them?"

'Whatever...I should just check if I can still turn them into Zombies... '

He grabbed a paralyzed Human child. She was wearing a pink frock and was most probably four or five years old with a malnourished body. Drool was falling out of her mouth.

She seemed quite miserable.

Pity flashed across his face as waves of guilt and sadness hit him. He recalled the numerous children he'd infected. Condemning them to life of misery and hell.

'I'm a monster...'

He set her down, gently and turned around. The surroundings seemed a bit hazy. The fire had most probably spread to the second floor.

He sighed as he looked at his greenish hands.

'They aren't hands anymore they're claws...'

"So What!"

"Human,Monster, Beast, Devil, God!!"

"I don't give a sh*t as long as I live!!!"

His madness clear for all to see as he turned grabbed the little girl and bit her throat in a fit of madness.

*Crack*

The little girls neck snapped as her blood slowly flowed from his hand to his wrist. He dropped her on the ground. The girls pink was slowly turning crimson as a pool of blood was formed around her.

Aurav travelled throughout the second floor infecting anybody he found. He scratched a girl on her neck and turned towards his right. There was a small room there according to the <Map> but he was looking at a wooden cupboard.

'Huh?'

He opened it and looked inside. It was only filled with clothes and sneakers. Expensive Sneakers.

'Hell, the guy living here must be rich...'

'But the house...why is it so run down?' He picked up a black and red sneaker.

'Oh....'

'All of this sh*t is probably fake...'

"Haha..." He shook his head and threw out the clothes. He punched the back of the cupboard.

*Crack*

He punched it again and again until his fist passed through with a crack.

*Bang*

*Bang*

*Bang*

Gunfire resounded throughout the room as Aurav was hit in his neck, left arm and torso. He stumbled back as he muttered:

"Fu*k!!!"

'I need to get out of here!'

He looked at his right. There was a window but it was boarded up.

The cupboard swung open like a door...