Dead and Forsaken (11 page)

The pressure of
Hernandez having watching all the screens filled with death was hard
but not every death was caught on camera. One of the other victims
was a young woman working late in administration. She stayed late to
complete an important project her boss needed done by Monday
morning. Most of the other secretary’s and assistants left at
eight o’clock. She was trying to get a pay raise so she stayed
later. She hoped that it wouldn’t take all night. She finished
the project ahead of time and went to turn it in.

“
Finally it’s done!”
she proclaimed. “Now it’s time to get my groove on.”

For
a second she thought she heard a noise but figured it was just her
imagination. The administration office was a maze of desks and
cubicles in a larger room. She walked through the partially lit
darkness and went to her boss’s office. He had a large wooden
desk with a high back chair. He was not there but his desk lamp was
still on. The attractive young woman placed the project file on his
desk and started to leave. When she got to the door she turned back
around and turned out the desk lamp.

“
It is time to party!”
she whispered to herself.
She
navigated the dim maze back to her desk. She was almost there when
she heard the vacuum cleaner running. She went down a row of
cubicles toward the sound. A cord stretched along the floor and ran
down the aisle. She followed the cord to an intersection and found
the vacuum cleaner lying on its side. She picked the vacuum cleaner
up and turned it off. It was right in front of her friend Latisha’s
desk. Someone had knocked stuff off her friend’s desk and the
idiot even spilled some type of dark colored ink all over her
cubicle. She knew Latisha was very anal about her stuff and was
probably going to be upset.

“
Hello! I know that
someone is in here!” she called out.

She listened closely and could hear
someone moving around close by.

“
I will not say anything
about the desk. Just have everything cleaned up by Monday please!”
She did not get an answer so she kept
walking. When she reached her own desk she turned off the computer
and grabbed a shopping bag from a mall boutique.

Then
the young woman picked up her purse and heeded to the ladies
restroom. She needed to freshen up and get ready. The clubs closed
in a couple of hours and she was meeting her girlfriends for drinks.
The young woman took off her work clothes and was completely naked a
few minutes later. She slowly applied moisturizer all over her body,
legs and feet. Her dress and everything else was laid out on a bench
in the restrooms communal area. She had done this same drill every
Friday for a couple of months. Many of her female coworkers did not
approve. They already felt like her hairstyles and make up were too
dramatic for work. They even criticized her cloths. Most of them
were married and older than her. The angry women spread malicious
gossip about her and accused her of sleeping with the boss to get
her job. The other women thought one of their friends who had been
employed longer should have got the promotion.

The
young woman on the other hand could care less about what the
thought. It was none of their business why she was hired. She worked
hard to get everything she had being beautiful was just a bonus.
Other than the new girl Latisha none of the other women talked to
her or invited her to lunch. They were all grown women acting like
childish teenagers. It was like being in high school all over again.
It got so bad that human resources got wind of the rumors and called
her in to be questioned. They asked her if she engaged in any
inappropriate behavior or had any sexual relations with anyone in
management. The questions made her upset and she explained that the
only thing she was guilty of was being young and attractive. If the
other women wanted better jobs then they should change their
attitudes at work. Quit coming in late, stay off the internet and
cut out all the smoke breaks.

Human
resources checked her performance reviews and declared that any
praise or recognition heaped on her was well deserved. After that
she was determined to show them that a strong, intelligent and
attractive woman could accomplish anything. She thought that was the
end of it but the cattiness continued. Now they complained about her
changing in the bathroom. So far no one told her to stop. After all
it was the ladies room so what was wrong with parading around naked.
She believed they were jealous because she had a nice body. It was
obvious that that her coworkers were insecure and threatened by her.
Last Friday she finally told those saggy titties, under wire and
spanks wearing bitches off. Gossip was the love child of jealousy
and envy. She was tired of all the back stabbing, insults and
whispers. Tonight they were all at home while she took the
initiative and stayed back to complete extra work. It had been a
long week and now it was her time. She was sliding on a pair of
satin panties when the muffled sounds of the evacuation announcement
came through the door. She did not hear it over the rap music
playing on her new I-phone. Next she slid a tight fitting little
black dress on. It flowed over the curves of her body leaving
nothing to the imagination. The only thing she loved more than
getting all dolled up was applying her makeup. She took her time and
made sure it was perfect.

She
put on lipstick, eye shadow, and fixed up her hair. Then she sprayed
Juicy Couture perfume on her body. The aroma was heavenly and
guaranteed to get a man’s attention. The trick with perfume
was to not go overboard with the spray. A little was much better
than a lot. The last thing she did was adjust her breasts.

“
That’s right ladies.”
she joked. “Sit up and look perky!”

She
was perched in front of the mirror as she put on her favorite silver
hoop earrings and necklace. By the time she touched up her toenails
and slipped on a pair of silver stilettos she was ready to turn
heads and break hearts.

“
You are one sexy bitch!”
she told her reflection.
She picked up
her clutch purse and checked her butt out in the mirror.

“
Girl you got a nice ass!”
she playfully told herself.

She
blew a kiss to herself in the mirror smiled and went out the door.
Tonight when she walked into that noisy club all eyes were going to
be on her. A few minutes later she was already on her phone texting.
The young woman told her girls that she was on her way. While
looking down she ran right into the janitor and dropped her phone.
She yelled at the man and bent down to pick up her phone.

“
You need to watch where
the hell you are going!” she yelled as she picked it up and
rushed past him.” Don’t be so damn clumsy!”

She was so worried about her phone
that she never saw the plug of missing skin or blood stained
clothes. He starred at her intensely and slowly followed behind
her. Her girlfriend called back and they started talking.

“
Girl did you get my
text?” she asked. “I am leaving right now!”

She walked through the office and
past the cubicles heading toward the exit. The young woman was so
excited to go out that she was dancing as she walked. Suddenly she
stopped and took the phone down from her ear.

“
Hold on girl!” she
told her friend.

She was hesitant and had that
sinking feeling that someone was watching her. Then she heard a
noise and something was moving behind her.

“
Mister I can here you!”
she called. “I am sorry I yelled. Just clean everything up and
there won’t be any hard feelings!” No one responded to
her but someone was definitely out there. The faint sound of someone
moaning was clear and recognizable.

“
I'm not playing
anymore!” she yelled. “This shit is not funny!”

Just
like all of the other hospital staff she had to attend a mandatory
work place violence seminar. She was bored that day but suddenly
remembered the instructor’s words. He said that she should
move quickly and quietly to avoid being noticed. The next step was
to find a room that could be locked or secured. If that wasn't
possible she should conceal herself behind a desk or large object.
As a last resort she would have to risk her life and fight. She
started walking quicker but was still being followed by someone’s
unknown footsteps. The young woman reached down and picked up a
heavy paperweight that was on a desk in the cubicle closes to her.
She was sure she saw something moving around in the dark.

“
You don’t want to make
things worst do you?” she asked. “Just cut it out and we
can call us even!”

She turned around and raised the
paperweight up. Her overwhelming sense of dread was growing by the
second. It was darker in this area of the office so she used the
light from her

I-phones screen as a flashlight.
She turned the phone out from her and scanned the cubicles behind
her. She saw something move to her left and lit it up with the cell
phone. The I-phones blue light picked up the blood splattered faces
of a large group of the forsaken.

She
screamed as they reach their arms out for her.

“
Nooooooo!”

She
hit the beast in the front in the middle of his forehead with the
paperweight. The weight opened a large wound in his head.

“
Don’t touch me!”
she screamed.

He
fell down but the others keep coming. She started to run but fell
down after breaking a heel.

“
Shit!” she said
scolding her wardrobe choice. “I knew I should have worn
flats!”

The
beasts knocked each other down trying to get to her. They grabbed
her legs but she kicked free. One of them bit a chunk out of her
thigh. She screamed louder than she ever did in her life. Then she
kicked him hard sending her other stilettos heel into his eye.

“
Fuck you!” she cursed.
It pierced his skull and punctured his brain.
The frightened young woman was committed to staying alive no matter
what. She took off running towards her boss’s office and
closed the door once she was inside. The quick sprint left her
gagging and wheezing for air. She thought the ordeal was over but
her pursuers were close behind. As they slowly approached the office
she could hear their animal like growls through the door.

“
GRRRRRR!
GRRRRRR! GRRRRRR!”

A
halo of moonlight from the window lit up the room.

“
Go away!” she cried.
“I don't want to die!”

She
realized she dropped her cell phone and tried to use the phone on
the desk. She dialed 911 and was shocked at what she heard.

“
Thank you for calling
emergency we will be with you as soon as we can. If this is not an
emergency please call...” repeated the recording.

“
You have got to be kidding?”
she said hanging the phone up.
The well-built petite
woman tried to move the desk in front of the door but she was too
weak. She stepped into a wet and sticky puddle in the carpet and
realized she was in more trouble than she thought. Then she heard a
noise coming from inside the room. Something was moving around on
the other side of her boss's bathroom door. She slowly opened the
door and a forsaken dead housekeeper was devouring her boss.

“
Nooooooo!” she
whimpered. “Not you too?”

The
sight made her a little dizzy and light headed. Before the girl
could react the thing stood up and stumbled toward her. She slammed
the door but the beastly woman knocked it back open before it could
close. The housekeeper’s cold dead hand clutched the girl’s
wrist. After several tugs she managed to twist out of the grip. The
girl was forced to retreat to the other side of the room.

“
BANG!
BANG! BANG!”

Seconds
later the growing horde of dead broke open the outer door. Their
jaws hung open revealing rows of ruby stained teeth. The predators
awkwardly collapsed into the room and rose back up on their feet.
The moon light twinkled in their dead frosted eyes.

“
Shit!” screamed the
woman.

A
blank expression came over her face as her eyes bulged in terror.
She saw what happened to her boss and knew that if she didn't get
out of there she would die a torturous death. Frantically she looked
around for something to use as a weapon. Out of options she threw
things at them from her boss's desk but they slowly kept coming. She
started to cry and beg for mercy.

“
Please. Please don’t!”
she begged. “Just let me live!”
She saw people
out in the parking lot from the huge window. One man carried away
his injured friend followed by a crying woman. Several beasts
followed them nipping at their heels. Light from the full moon
bathed her attractive face but she went unnoticed.

Beating
on the glass and yelling did not help draw their attention. She was
cornered and stuck somewhere she couldn't escape from. The forsaken
pushed the desk aside and viciously grabbed and pulled at her flesh.

“
CHOMP!”

“
Aaaaahh!” she cried.
“My fucking leg!”

The
attack left scratches on her soft glitter covered skin and tore her
beautiful dress. The woman screamed louder as her finger got bitten
off leaving the bone exposed.