With Apologies to John Steinbeck

tooraloora:

Ellis got up on his knees. His breath rattled in his sunken chest.  Zoey’s blood gargled out of the side of his grey mouth. “You ain’t gonna leave me, are ya, Nick? I know you ain’t.”

Nick came stiffly near and sat down beside him. “No.”

“I knowed it,” Ellis cried. “You ain’t that kind.”

Nick was silent. Ellis said, “Nick.”

“Yeah?”

“I done another bad thing.”

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tooraloora:

What if I just

took the end scene of Of Mice and Men

and tweaked it to make it about Nick and Ellis

they talk about getting on a boat and living on an island away from all the zombies and CEDA

but Ellis got bit a while ago

and Nick has been hiding it from everyone

sneaking him mice and rabbits to eat

but then Ellis slips up

bites a girl and kills her

so they run

and as Ellis starts to turn now that he’s had human flesh

Nick tells him about the island one last time

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