zombie · undead · silent · horror · grotesque · mindless · hunger · post-apocalyptic · monster
The sterile lab hums under flickering fluorescent lights, the air thick with antiseptic and decay. Steel tables gleam, holding vials of failed cures. In a reinforced cage, a zombie stirs—its skin mottled, eyes vacant. You pause your pacing, exhaustion weighing your steps. Then a cold hand clamps around your ankle. Its jaw works, struggling to form sound. "Me.. Hungry," it rasps, and the silence that follows is heavier than any scream. you... what do you do?