zombies and more
eatables
in a universe of a kind where men and men eaters look alike.
every episode of eatables is a unique piece of creation,
in this episode of eatables, we shall see how the outbreak took place in the residence of Amravati city.
Carnival
“Have you heard about the new virus?” Asked Raghav.
“Something like corona? No, not really. What is it?” Replied Avni
“So, Ninad and I were biking our way to this carnival when we saw this man going haywire over everyone on the square, that’s pretty much why we are late today,” said Raghav.
“You always do this man. When will you grow up and stop giving stupid excuses, like ever?” Ridiculed Matthew.
“Relax math! you guys seemed to be having fun well before we came in anyway!” Expressed Ninad.
“That’s true, sneaking in without tickets is such a thrill, and Matthew thanks for this Teddy, you got me from that shooting range!” Avni said this while hugging Matthew’s large, muscular arms. Seeing which, both Ninad and Raghav were jealous. Three of them were there at the carnival for the sole purpose of hitting on Avni, and Matthew seems to be winning.
Later, when they stood in a queue to ride over the rollercoaster, Matthew asked Raghav about the madmen he and Ninad saw earlier.
Raghav this time, however, seemed to be serious and a bit worried he said, “he was not normal math, he was like biting people for no reason, this is not a new thing. it has been on the news lately. I am surprised you haven’t heard of it.”
“I have, and my father has recently been ill, with mood swings, but nothing as severe as you described,” Matthew responded.
“We were scared man, he even came to us, but we managed to escape.”
“This sure is starting to sound like a zombie apocalypse now, ain’t it?” said Raghav while testifying at the height test for the rollercoaster.
They both smiled it off.
The coaster was a two-seater with five such compartments; Ninad had his chance now and sat with Avni on the very first seat. Behind him sat Matthew, and behind Avni was Raghav.
“Are you scared of rides, Avni? Here, hold my hand,” said Ninad, but in vain as she ignored this entire conversation.
Raghav and Matthew just behind them saw this and could not hold their laughter, hearing which Avni too burst out cracking.
Ninad has never felt more humiliated.
He diverted the conversation to studies, as he was such a scholar.
They were all university students from the third grade, except for Avni, who was a junior from the second grade; they were all studying engineering.
The very moment Ninad opened his mouth, the ride started, and only screams came out. Avni was not afraid; she had a big smile on her face and the thrill of seeing everything; the ride was so big that one could see the length of the city; Amravati is not that big after all!
Raghav was drunk as usual; he had his hands behind his head, chilling when the guy behind him went insane. He was a big man with a sickly winter cap and beard who grabbed Raghav’s arm and bit off his tricep. Raghav lost control over his arm, Matthew pulled Raghav aside, while the co-passenger of the bearded man chock-slammed the sick one. Blood was splashing all over the place as the rollercoaster covered the entirety of the carnival, the white shirt of Matthew had gone to waste. He quickly took it off to cover Raghav’s wounds, exposing his ribbed physique!
{One could argue it was all for Avni}
The ride came to a halt, security came for an inspection, and the sick man was handcuffed. Security thought the man was drunk, but how drunk one needs to be to chew off an arm?
Raghav was falling unconscious. “Hang in buddy, the meds will be here soon”, said ninad.
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Ninad advised Matthew and Avni to leave and said he would take Raghav to the nearest hospital.
Avni could not agree more, she pulled Matthew aside and gave him her jacket to wear but it was too small for him he anyway wore the tight jacket and took Avni to the exit.
Ninad asked the security to escort his friend and him to the medical camp. The big strong, all-black wearing security guard carried Raghav to the emergency medical camp. Upon reaching the camp, Ninad could not believe his eyes; there were more than half a dozen people bitten and crying for help, and the doctors were overworked by this crowd. When Ninad approached the nurse, he begged her to look at his friend first, as he had lost a lot of blood. The nurse pointed at an 11-year-old kid who has lost his eyes due to a bite and asked, “Does he need me more than him?” Raghav tries to get a hold of the first aid kit, but she pulls it away and tells him to wait until the ambulance arrives.
Here at the gate, things were not easy for Avni and Matthew too. They saw a ticket was required if one wanted to exit, and buying a ticket was also not an option as the ticket counter was also closed, which was strange as it was not so late in the night. By this time, they also felt guilt for leaving their friends behind. Matthew had a plan; he thought that if they could leave the vicinity with Raghav by ambulance, no one would cross them, which seemed like a bulletproof plan to Avni too.
Both of them turned away from the gate to attain Raghav. Avni was nervous about the whole situation and started walking with more pace. Matthew was about to thank Avni for the jacket. By the time Avni turned around, an ambulance crashed through the exit gate and rammed Matthew over. It all happened in a split second. The ambulance then went and crashed into a mirror maze shattering the glass into a million pieces. Every breath stopped, not even a single person could keep their eyes off the monster which bounced out of the flaming van. a burning man with half his body gone, as if an animal has eaten his prey alive for it to suffer the pain. man was a paramedic, the words which came out of his skinless face terrified every single soul who heard them, “don’t trust them they bite you for the pleasure, they call us….the eatables.”
Who was this man talking of?
Who was calling him an eatable?
What made them crash?
Are there survivors in the van? Then one did do show up, he was not burned; he seemed ok, unharmed; but had blood all over his face, was it his? And it became obvious it was not when they saw him eating something which looked like human ribs.
“What! Is he chewing on a human rib? What is all this?” Said Avni.
He was not a nurse but a civilian, perhaps a patient, but why would an ambulance already carrying a patient come to a carnival already filled with injured people?
Was there a shortage of transport?
Where they actually gonna carry all the rest of patient on a single van?
People wanted to help the paramedic, but now seeing the civilian, all were scared to approach him. Security had to do something; they were not equipped with weapons but had police baton for defense.
They approached this man with open arms to see if he was friendly, not to their surprise, he threw the bone in his hand towards one of the three guards with such force and accuracy it went straight to his eye socket and stuck there. The pitch of the scream guard displayed could be heard by the entire fest.
All of a sudden, there was a rush at the carnival and a stampede ensued, resulting in carnage like none other.
When Ninad saw all this from a distance he did not knew what to do he thought of,…..in the middle of completing his thought Raghav bit him…. A spray of blood was squirting through his neck. The last thing he saw was his childhood friend at top of him, there was a wired smile as if Raghav knew what was he doing and still proceeded to tear Ninad's shirt apart and burry his nails in him.
All hell broke loose when the injured people at the medical camp went haywire and started cutting each other’s throats.
The guards could not hold back the civilian; they were dismantled by him. The half-eaten paramedic was somehow still alive and was last seen being eaten by this civilian.
Was there even a way out for Avni? After all, she was just a city girl.
She started to run towards the exit when she stumbled upon something and fell. it was non-other than her friend Matthews, he was not yet dead, but was sure on the verge of it. He begged her to stay or bring him help, but she simply ran away, stumbling a few steps away to find the civilian in front of her.
“Gonna leave your friend hanging, are you?”, Said the civilian.
Screaming her lungs out, she ran in the other direction, but of no avail.
He grabbed her from the west and choked her till she faint.
Carrying her on his shoulder, he went towards Matthew and asked, “Is she your friend?”.
Matthew begged him to leave her and take him instead.
“You look too weak boy, here is a gift from me”, the civilian said and spat in Matthew’s mouth.
Matthews quickly fell unconscious after which, by the time he woke up, it was morning again with nothing but him on the ground with piles and piles of dead corpses.
in a universe of a kind where men and men eaters look alike.
