Trial and Error : Stay with Me
This is a story I wrote for a competition. Comment away... Happy reading!! “I’m out.” I said to Joshua and held out my hand towards him. Shoving his hands down his pocket he extracted another magazine and pressed it into my hand. I reloaded with record speed and continued firing at the Weepers lumbering towards us. “Goddamn Weepers!” Joshua shouted, kicking at the body of one which had fallen at his feet. “These were new shoes.” He huffed and smiling at me, continuing to shoot at each one that appeared out of the shadows. Soon there were none left. “Well that’s a job well done, I’d say.” Joshua remarked. Looking around the abandoned factory, he came back carrying two bottles of gasoline. Handing me one, he started meticulously, covering what was left of the Weepers’ nest of human flesh and bones with gasoline, as I poured mine on the floor covering the bodies. After this was done, we stepped back and he handed me a pack of matches. “Do the honors, Miss Sherry.” ...