Matthew glanced in all directions again, reaching over and unlocking the passenger side door.<br/>"Get in."<br/>he said imperiously.<br/>Far across the field next to the small highway, a tall, gangly, gray person slowly shuffled towards them, its arms raised and moans coming from its blood covered mouth.<br/>Several small holes could be seen in its chest, thick, black pus and coagulated blood oozing out onto its ripped t-shirt and jacket.<br/>Matthew sighed in annoyance and pulled the Buck Knife from its shieth, hooked to his MOLLE Vest, around his chest. Opening the door, he stepped out and twirled the knife into a reversed grip, slowly slinking towards the corpse.<br/>"Stay back."<br/>he called, shrugging into his rifle's sling and letting it dangle across his back.<br/>The corpse moaned loudly, mouth agape and showing rows of broken, red stained teeth, tiny bits of meat stuck between them.<br/>Matthew scooped up a large branch from the ground as the zombie closed the last few feet, swinging it low and knocking the zombie's feet out from under him.<br/>With a vicious snarl, he stabbed downwards with the knife, the sharp blade going through the zombie's temple and into its brain. It's snapping jaws went slack and the zombie stopped thrashing.<br/>Twisting the blade a few times for good measure, Matthew jerked it back out and wiped the dark, coagulated blood off on the zombie's pants and re-shiethed the knife, jogging back to the truck.<br/>Sliding back into the driver's seat and unslinging his rifle he slammed the door, the rifle laying across his lap.<br/><br/>"I'm Matthew."<br/>he greeted pleasantly, the truck continuing forward into Clarkrange, a Swafford and Sons Grocery Store off to the left, a four-way intersection full of deserted cars ahead.<br/>Swerving into the parking lot of the Swafford and Sons, he quickly drove across it and past the parking lot of the adjacent Dollar General, finally stopping at the Family Dollar next to that.<br/>He'd picked the smallest of the stores, hoping there'd be fewer, if any zombies inside.<br/>Truth be told, it was likely a bad idea going into Clarkrange in the first place due to the large numbers of people usually found in the stores and bank there. It was a risk worth taking however because he'd saved a human life...for now at least.