Page 27 of Black and White, Twice the Might

We kill a few vampires and then see Ernest kill the final one. He looks towards the zombies and bursts out laughing.

I see him look around, grinning when he sees us. “Nice,” he says, waving his hand towards the zombies.

Sly laughs as we walk closer. “I saw it in a meme once and wondered if it would work.”

Just then, we hear running footsteps and Justice and Temp come rushing over, Wolf Jude and Wolf Kean with them.

Temp bursts out laughing when he sees the zombies on treadmills. “Nice. I wish I’d thought of that.”

I feel the air shimmer, and Adhan shifts. Ernest clicks his fingers and clothes him.

“Thanks, babe,” Ernest says, taking Adhan’s hand. “You came just in time.”

“I was talking with Ebby, Sly, and Temp when they felt your magic’s call. Temp went off to help Justice, and we came this way.”

Elliot comes walking through the trees, laughing as he passes the zombies. “You should keep them on the treadmills. I take it, this was your idea, Sly?”

Sly nodded. “Yep.”

“This is so going on the website,” Temp says happily.

“Did you battle vampires as well?” Ernest asks him and Justice.

The smile falls off Temp’s face. “You had vampires as well?”

Ernest laughs. “Yep, and Shamus helped. He got the walkers to follow him to safety.”

“He’s drowning his sorrows with my mother at the moment. He was caught,” Elliot tells us, shaking his head.

“Oh dear,” Ernest says.

“I got side-tracked today. I need to catch up with Molly and Cleo and see what was decided,” Adhan says.

“Well, Mum hasn’t told us to pack up and leave,” Elliot tells him. “So that means we’re staying open.”

While he is talking, Ernest drops Adhan’s hand and walks towards the zombies.

I see Ernest poke a zombie first with his finger, then with his hand, both of which go through it. He’s braver than I am. I’m not sure I’d want to get any closer to one, even if it is a hologram. But then maybe I’ve watched too many zombie shows.

“I think the zombies are still holograms,” he says, starting to walk back to us.

I see the zombie Ernest poked suddenly leap off the treadmill and jumps Ernest. I go to call out a warning, but I’m too late.

Ernest lands on the ground with the zombie lying over his back.

Adhan quickly shifts, and he and his brothers run towards Ernest.

The zombie, by this time, has latched onto Ernest’s neck and is trying to take a chunk out of it.

I send some magic out to help, being careful not to hit the wolves, but it doesn’t stop the zombie.

Adhan reaches Ernest first and jumps the zombie, Wolf Adhan pushing the zombie off Ernest. How Ernest’s throat wasn’t ripped out, I don’t know.

I look and see Wolf Adhan tearing the zombie apart, his brothers helping. Yeah, that zombie is definitely solid.

I look around, and the other zombies have gotten off the treadmills and are walking towards us. I throw my magic out, but it doesn’t stop them, it doesn’t even slow them down.

“Everyone down,” Sly yells.