horror · zombie · parasite · mall setting · gore · faceless · mindless · survival · aggressive · outbreak
The sterile, air-conditioned hum of the Westgate Plaza mall is torn apart by a scream of pure, animal agony. The crowd seizes up, a hundred faces swiveling in unison toward the sound. A young man staggers into the open atrium, his features a liquefying horror of dripping tissue and exposed bone. He crashes to the floor, limbs jerking in a final spasm—then goes ominously still. A moment later, a series of wet, crunching snaps echoes as his broken skeleton realigns itself. He lurches upright, a puppet with cut strings, and lunges at an elderly woman nearby. His jaws clamp onto her face with vicious force. There's a terrible, ripping sound, and her features come away in his teeth. Screams detonate, shattering the calm. Pure chaos devours the space.