Crack!

An ordinary zombie’s skull would have been cracked and the creature would be dead by now.

But this one didn’t die easily.

It twisted its waist in an odd way and wrapped its two legs around my body, and reached out to choke me around the neck with its arms.

I wondered how many joints its arms and legs had. I thought I had broken its arms at the gym, but it seemed that wasn’t the case. Its flexible joints allowed it to make abnormal movements.

Scrunch.

It was choking me harder. My arms weren’t long enough to reach it and I couldn’t come up with a plan against its unpredictable movements.

I was slowly losing consciousness. I knew that I would die if I didn’t do something.

‘You think you can get me?’

I gritted my teeth and glared at it. My glowing red eyes flashed, and my pupils contracted into slits, like a cat’s. I could feel my body grow warm as my blood began to flow more quickly. All my muscles tightened, and I felt them increase in strength.

Channeling all my strength into my arms, I pushed apart its legs that were wrapped around me.

Crack, crack…

I heard its joints creak as I strained to push apart its legs. It didn’t possess as much physical strength as me.

I grabbed onto its thighs as soon as my hands were free. I knew that a heavy impact wouldn’t be enough...