Drabble Series: Zombies vs. Velociraptors Part 13/28 (Belated)

Her shot took the zombie in the middle-left, blowing away a chunk of its torso. It was rocked back by the shot, but only for a moment as it righted itself and resumed lurching forwards.

“Always aim for the head. A head shot will take out a zombie, otherwise you need to whittle it away to nothing.”

Bracing herself, she carefully lined up her gun and missed.

“Damn. That is why I go for center of mass shots. Head shots are much more difficult.”

“Stick to head shots. Improving your accuracy does no good if your shots have little effect.”

Drabble Series: Zombies vs. Velociraptors Part 14/28

“Deinonychus; run!”

“I thought you said these things can outrun a horse,” she said, her words uneven as she breathed heavily.

“We don’t need to outrun the deinonychus. Just the zombie!”

“What zombie?”

She followed as he suddenly veered sharply to the right, bringing them out of reach of a glassy-eyed figure in a lab coat missing his left arm.

“That zombie.”

They didn’t look back as they heard the deinonychus’ scream and the disturbing thump of it landing on the zombie, claws first.

The feeling of bits of zombie splattering against their backs only encouraged them to run faster.