Friday, October 09, 2009

A Bump in the Night

When the war started I did not join. I wanted no part of it. I keep myself hidden and off the radar, staying in the shadows of the night, but unfortunately all of that ended last night when I heard a loud thump above me in the house. Someone had come into my domain. I did not like this war that was going on and I wanted not part of it but I drew the line at my house and sanctuary being invaded. I grabbed the gun I always had at the ready and crept up the stairs to the floor above slowly. At the end of the hallway I could see a small sliver of light under the door at the end. That is where they were. I crept silently down the hall to the door and slowly creaked it open with my gun ready to fire and what the heck do you think I saw. Two small adorable children sitting on the floor eating chocolate. They looked at me with their big eyes and held out the candy bar. I put down the gun and joined them on the floor. On this one night perhaps the war could be put to rest at least for a while. I took the chocolate and had a taste. It was so good. I had not had chocolate for years. We sat silently in that circle. The humans and the zombie enjoying a small respite from the blood and gore that had torn the world apart. The children rose their feet gave me a small salute and left through the window. I smiled to myself, because I knew that if I ever meet those two out in the street one of us would die.

7 comments:

Sophie said...

Powerfully good! Any story with chocolate in it has to be good, and I really liked this one! :-)

michellekwallace said...

I really enjoyed this. A snippet of something longer?

Heliotropism said...

This was really powerful. I like how the person ready to rage battle was able to set aside differences to enjoy a single moment of peace.

Patois said...

I, too, would set aside shooting for the moment of enjoying good chocolate. (But not Hershey's. It has to be good.)

gel said...

Caught my interest from the beginning. I agree with the others. Do you have something longer in mind. Powerful and leaves me wondering.

Lilibeth said...

Sounds like a good intro, Zombie who loves chocolate, two innocent children, all trapped in a war.

Dee Martin said...

wouldn't it be lovely if wars could really be settled with chocolate, zombie or otherwise :) Loved this idea. Something appealing about a zombie that likes chocolate and children (and not BOTH to eat)