Zombies V Nun: Chapter Six
The Final Chapter
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Pearl
whispered a prayer of gratitude as she and Caleb entered the vintner’s
courtyard. Thanks to a gated drawbridge and moat, the poor, unfortunate undead
people had avoided this area of the convent. It was lucky that Caleb had picked
up a pitchfork on the way. He needed it to impale Sister Lucia Leonard, who’d
been hanging gleefully on the gate with Sister Alessandra’s head. Now both of
them were at the bottom of the pond.
“Oh
my goodness,” said Pearl, shaking her head sadly. “What are we going to do?”
Caleb
wiped his bloody hands on his apron. “Don’t think any amount of bleach is going
to fix this mess.”
Both
of them stared at the screeching zombies on the other side of the moat.
“Uh,
Caleb, how long do you think we can fend them off? I sure hope we don’t have
another dry season, like last spring. If the water in that moat disappears….”
Pearl paused dramatically.
“…we’re
zombie amuse-bouche. I get it.” Caleb grabbed Pearl by the arm, pulled her
against his bloody clothes, and kissed her passionately.
“Caleb!
Have you lost your mind? I’m a nun!”
“For
Christ’s sake, Pearl, if you haven’t noticed, we’re pretty freakin’ close to
being zombie brunch. It’s not gonna matter if we fool around and drink some of
Sister Rosetta’s wine collection now. Our days are numbered. The end is near.
We’re gonna be taking a dirt nap. There’s no hope….”
Pearl
rolled her eyes. “Enough! I get it. We might as well have a glass of wine and
wait for our undead destiny.”
“Yeah.
If I’m going to get eaten by Sister Roberta, I damned well wanna be
off-my-rocker, puking-my-guts-out, bloody, bloomin’ stinkin’ drunk.”
The
last two survivors of the Holy Sisters of Saint Matthew sat down on a bench,
opened up the 2009 Merlot, and proceeded to get totally shit-faced. Sister
Pearl had to admit that when the zombies finally figured out how to fling their
surprisingly flexible limbs over the moat, she was feeling no pain.
As
Sister Roberta roared toward her, with her bloody gnashing teeth, Pearl stood
up in her revealing mini-skirt ensemble and faced her unflinchingly. Just as
the undead nun leaned in for a snack, Pearl flung her glass of wine at the
hideous face and yelled “Take that, you horrible monster!”
Roberta
stilled, licked her remaining lips, and said, “Hmmm. Excellent bouquet.”
“Holy
crap! The wine! It’s the antidote! The shitastic wine!” Caleb grabbed an armful
of bottles and raced to the moat. He cracked them against the stone wall and splashed
the zombies with a mixture of zinfandel, pinot grigio, and cab. The undead
horde smacked their oozing lips together and grumbled in satisfaction. Soon,
the lot of them were sitting in a stupor by the moat, guzzling bottles of wine.
Sister
Roberta patted Pearl on the back. “Well, you saved the day, my dear. I fear we
have a rather big clean-up on our hands.” She looked down and realized both of
her hands were missing. “Oops! Guess I’m getting out of clean-up duty.”
Pearl,
Caleb and Roberta chuckled as the Zombie Apocalypse came to a wine-soaked
conclusion.
THE END
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Yes, it's true. Penelope penned a zombie apocalypse story with a happy ending. Did you expect anything less from this romance-lover? Puh-leese!
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Time for a nice glass of wine,
Penelope
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