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Chapter 26

Good lord ALMIGHTY it was hot.  I could not believe how hot it was when we went through that gate and into the Zombo land.  There wasn’t hardly any shade at all except for the little bit that the supposedly “undead” trees provided.  Those trees still just looked like very well preserved dead trees.  Though since the majority of the group were day dwellers, we couldn’t just sleep in the shade and travel at night.  We had to walk along that empty road in that barren landscape for miles in the bright, extremely hot, triple digit heat causing sunlight.

Immediately I could feel myself burning.  It was only a sunburn for now, but I knew that if I didn’t find shade fast, it would become more.  So I pretty much hid behind Isee for a while.

That empty road got more and more boring after a few minutes.  I found it impossible to take my mind off the heat.  We passed an occasional graveyard, but I barely noticed them.

It wasn’t long before my head started hurting.  My vision was getting fuzzy, I was exhausted, nauseous, and I couldn’t even remember who was in front of me.

I noticed that Dreyfus was walking around completely nude, holding his clothes in his arms.  I wondered why for a minute.  In a non-heat stroke state of mind, I would have figured out that he could radiate cold better that way and keep himself cool, but in my current state of mind, all I thought was he’s made of ice.  Nice, cold, ice.

I retreated from my hiding spot in Isee’s shadow and went behind Dreyfus.  The cold didn’t radiate very far so I ended up having to walk backwards back to back with him.

“Um…what are you doing?” Dreyfus stopped and asked me.

I’m not sure what I said, but I’m pretty sure it was along the lines of “You’re cold…”  But I was close to passing out from the heat so I’m not positive.

Dreyfus laughed.  “Okay, but if you want a drink you’ll have to go down there.” He said, pointing downward.  I barely even noticed.  “Just kidding.” He said.

Isee pulled something out of his backpack.  “Moo.” He said, handing it to me.  It was a water bottle, but at the time it was just some funny shaped thing that magnified everything behind it and caught the sunlight.

“Ooh, shiny…” I said, taking the bottle.

“Moo moo.” Isee said.  “Moo moo moo moo moo.”  I think he handed one to Dreyfus too.  I’m not sure.  I leaned up against Dreyfus again and downed the entire bottle.  It wasn’t blood, but it was good.

And we were off again.  Occasionally we stopped to eat a sandwich.  Isee had brought peanut butter sandwiches with him as well.

That night it took me a long time to get to sleep.  I stayed cool by sleeping next to Dreyfus, but I was still feeling my heat stroke from before.  I felt sick and achy all over.  You know that feeling you get in your stomach when you have nausea?  Well imagine that feeling everywhere in your body at once.  And I kept feeling hot and cold at the same time, which was extremely uncomfortable.  I had had this once before, so I knew it would only last the night.  And I’d be somewhat dazed and out of it the next day.  I just had to hope I could stay cool enough to avoid it again in the triple digit temperatures tomorrow.

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Chapter 26

Good lord ALMIGHTY it was hot.  I could not believe how hot it was when we went through that gate and into the Zombo land.  There wasn’t hardly any shade at all except for the little bit that the supposedly “undead” trees provided.  Those trees still just looked like very well preserved dead trees.  Though since the majority of the group were day dwellers, we couldn’t just sleep in the shade and travel at night.  We had to walk along that empty road in that barren landscape for miles in the bright, extremely hot, triple digit heat causing sunlight.

Immediately I could feel myself burning.  It was only a sunburn for now, but I knew that if I didn’t find shade fast, it would become more.  So I pretty much hid behind Isee for a while.

That empty road got more and more boring after a few minutes.  I found it impossible to take my mind off the heat.  We passed an occasional graveyard, but I barely noticed them.

It wasn’t long before my head started hurting.  My vision was getting fuzzy, I was exhausted, nauseous, and I couldn’t even remember who was in front of me.

I noticed that Dreyfus was walking around completely nude, holding his clothes in his arms.  I wondered why for a minute.  In a non-heat stroke state of mind, I would have figured out that he could radiate cold better that way and keep himself cool, but in my current state of mind, all I thought was he’s made of ice.  Nice, cold, ice.

I retreated from my hiding spot in Isee’s shadow and went behind Dreyfus.  The cold didn’t radiate very far so I ended up having to walk backwards back to back with him.

“Um…what are you doing?” Dreyfus stopped and asked me.

I’m not sure what I said, but I’m pretty sure it was along the lines of “You’re cold…”  But I was close to passing out from the heat so I’m not positive.

Dreyfus laughed.  “Okay, but if you want a drink you’ll have to go down there.” He said, pointing downward.  I barely even noticed.  “Just kidding.” He said.

Isee pulled something out of his backpack.  “Moo.” He said, handing it to me.  It was a water bottle, but at the time it was just some funny shaped thing that magnified everything behind it and caught the sunlight.

“Ooh, shiny…” I said, taking the bottle.

“Moo moo.” Isee said.  “Moo moo moo moo moo.”  I think he handed one to Dreyfus too.  I’m not sure.  I leaned up against Dreyfus again and downed the entire bottle.  It wasn’t blood, but it was good.

And we were off again.  Occasionally we stopped to eat a sandwich.  Isee had brought peanut butter sandwiches with him as well.

That night it took me a long time to get to sleep.  I stayed cool by sleeping next to Dreyfus, but I was still feeling my heat stroke from before.  I felt sick and achy all over.  You know that feeling you get in your stomach when you have nausea?  Well imagine that feeling everywhere in your body at once.  And I kept feeling hot and cold at the same time, which was extremely uncomfortable.  I had had this once before, so I knew it would only last the night.  And I’d be somewhat dazed and out of it the next day.  I just had to hope I could stay cool enough to avoid it again in the triple digit temperatures tomorrow.