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Life wasn’t bad for Gem in the apocalypse , She didn’t like anyone anyway. She had nothing to lose from this, Infact, She liked staying in her garage and sleeping on a dirty couch, Atleast she tried to think that way. There was a zombie outside her door who couldn’t get enough of her. The zombie reminded her of someone she once knew, but that person was already dead.. or maybe- No.
Pearl’s dead.
That’s what happened years ago.
She was eaten by a wolf while she was camping with Gem, The image of Pearl screaming, blood and viscera pouring on the ground was burnt into her mind. If only Gem was quicker, or stronger, or anything. The zombie couldn’t have been more like Pearl, She kept annoying Gem in a teasing fashion.
When Gem evacuated into her garage, she dropped an intercom which she had bought recently. Now the zombie had picked up the intercom and kept irritating her.
“Geeeeeem” She called out, Trying to convince her to open the door.
“Just go away, Pearl- Wait, No- I didn’t- leave you zombie!”
The ginger had accidentally called her pet zombie by her old lovers name. Pearl, The woman who made her go into the woods for years and years just to find her body or remains.
“Huh, Pearls a good name, Don’t ya think, Gemini?” The zombie vexed her.
Of course, she loved the name, It was the name of the most important person to her- something was off about that comment.
Something like… The nickname, only Pearl had called her Gemini. No one else even knew about it. She kept quiet though, She didn’t want anything more to do with the zombie. Gem decided to just go and make the most of her items; So far she has a few cans of beans, a 6 pack of beer that she randomly found on her porch and a bunch of ice cream.
This was going nowhere.
Gem had thought about letting the ‘person’ out her garage feast on her about 10 times now, but she needs to stay strong. She fiddled with the pendant around her neck for a while.
She felt tired after a while, Gem picked up the intercom on the floor and whispered a goodnight. “Have a dreamy night, Gem!” The woman replied.
Now this was getting weird, Only Pearl said those things.
Nonetheless, Gem decided to not think about it and leave it for another day.
The ginger fluttered her eyes before waking up completely, She felt a sting in her head. She felt like the entire world was watching her. She was in a…… Void? It was weird, She punched herself and before she knew it, She was in her garage again.
Her head still stung, and there was something rummaging through a pile of trash in the corner.
“Pearl.. Please… come back!” She desperately begged.
She hated everything.
She hates herself.
She only lived because of Pearl.
But now, she opened her eyes to the dead body of Pearl still hanging from a rope around her neck connecting to the ceiling.
Gem grabbed the pistol on the floor and pulled the trigger.