I tried to get their attention. Have they not heard me? I leaped out of my wooden chair and demanded their attention, but I received no rebuttal. The police officers were on their way out. Before I did something I would regret, the ground floorboards started tremoring. The lights flickered on and off in rapid succession as the old man emerged from the floorboards. he was as pale as a blank wall. The lights were completely off as I crawled into a corner. Everything was quiet. I felt a ice cold hand wrap around my neck.

I screamed in terror while it crunched my windpipe. I went berserk and ripped the old man’s arm in two. Terrified, I ran around the atramentous room feeling around for some way- any way out i could find! After a while I gave up and decided I must make my own way out. I reached for anything in my pocket. I pulled out two coins and a piece of a chocolate bar. I threw a coin to the opposite side of the room to lead the zombie away from me.While buying time, I began to think about the floorboards and tried to guess where the old man had emerged. Probing the floor, I found the spot where the floorboards were broken. I quietly snuck in; not knowing the chocolate bar I had put back in my pocket commenced melting.I led myself through a system of underground passageways that I had never known of before. Finally I could sense a weak wall at the end. I leaned on my back and tried to kick the wall out.

After a while, I could feel it yielding. Suddenly, I heard heavy breathing and loud patting sounds coming far behind me. I could faintly hear the man’s heart beat! I could sense them getting closer-closer-closer!Motivated by the approach of the zombie, I kicked the wall harder and faster. While gasping and kicking, I threw the last coin I had behind me as far as I could leading to another tunnel-like hole. This time however, the zombie did not fall for it. Now panicking more than ever, I finally kicked the wall in. While rushing to sit up, I crashed my head at the top of tunnel,which was a contributing factor to the zombie not falling for the coin trick. Usually, Id try to recover but I was too desperate to get out. Besides, I knew he still had that eye! Blood trickled down my eyebrows and across my cheeks. I opened the hole in the wall just enough for me to squeeze through. I felt relieved and had time to recover due to the fact that zombies are incapable of running after people. Although I could not get rid of that evil eye, I was glad that the old man did not kill me when he had the chance.