Chapter 10

Since the creature was an enormous bulk of dead weight, Max had Megan and me fetch the gurney while he held vigil over its fallen body.  We took the elevator to the morgue; not because it was faster, but because neither of us trusted our legs to be steady enough to carry us safely down the stairs. 

Megan was just as shaken as I was by the ordeal.  She leaned against the wall of the elevator as we descended to the morgue while she focused on controlling her breathing.

It surprised me to see her so shaken by the creature after the confident and courageous way that she’d battled the zombies, but I said nothing.  Who was I to comment or judge her reaction after the way that I’d just broken down into tears like a frightened little girl?

She must have known my thoughts because she mentioned the fact that she’d fallen apart on her own.  She guessed that it stemmed from her childhood years when she’d witnessed the effects