A swarm of the undead
descended upon a group of humans, ripped their flesh to pieces and devoured
their souls.
Another battle. Another
newly infected population of flesh-eating ghouls.
The Monday night battle began
with 20 humans facing off against 40 zombies. By the end of the conflict,
though, nearly half of the remaining humans had joined the undead.
The zombies met near the
Kent Concert Hall for a meeting before splitting up. Meanwhile the humans met
on the Quad then dispersed throughout the campus to stun unsuspecting zombies.
“The zombies were taunting
the humans to increase their paranoia,” said Rebecca Nielson, who was a human
before the attack. “The zombies converged on us and during the mass confusion
most of us got turned.”
Hayden Griffiths was also
a human when the mission began.
“We were in a high, we
encircled the zombies which confused them,” he said.
But that didn’t last long.
Soon the zombies had executed a counter-attack, chasing their prey back to the
Quad.
“I had no ammunition and
my gun was jammed so I got turned to a zombie,” Griffiths said. “Even though
it’s all for the team I wish I would have abandoned ship and run.”
With that, Griffiths
joined a group of six other zombies who were hunting humans together.
“Our game plan is to bring
an element of surprise, flank and kill,” Griffiths said.
“Being a zombie has its
perks,” said Malcolm Patchett, one of the zombies who infected Griffiths. “You
have a reputation of fear and you can lead other hordes to do your bidding.”
Patchett has now embraced
his new existence as a member of the undead and said he regrets the actions he
took against the zombies when he was human.
“I pissed everyone off,”
he said. “I dissed all the zombies and now I wish I hadn’t.”
In Monday night’s battle, Patchett
acted as a scout for the undead. It was a lot of work, he said, but “it’s all
worth it to see the fear in their eyes.”
UnDeadline reporters Sarah Menlove, Bradley Wells,
Chris Farnes, Hannah Romney and Ronald Henline contributed to this report.
