he had been tailing this guy for a while. from a great distance, to be safe, only having viewed the back of the man’s head on this little escapade so far. the reason jamie had been out in the first place was to get fresh air ━ space. having an unprovoked panic attack in front of everyone back at the school would only be embarrassing. it was after he’d calmed down that he spotted the man, & definitely didn’t recognize him from their group. jamie, being the one partially responsible for communicating & figuring out where other’s may be located, didn’t see the harm in trying to find where the guy was located. or maybe he was alone & jamie was wasting his time. either way, it kept him busy.
after not having been spotted for so long, to the point where the sun was nearly setting, ( how long had they been walking ? ) jamie’s confidence grew. until it became careless. he was much closer than before, all of his focus on the man’s back that he didn’t hear the snarling of a walker behind him until it grabbed him. with a gasp, he grabs for his holstered knife, losing his footing & having the thing fall on top of him ━ drooling fresh blood all over his face & nipping at the air. yeah, if the guy didn’t notice him before, he sure as hell would now. but jamie wasn’t ready to turn into a reanimated corpse just yet. with his elbow, he presses it against the walker’s throat, keeping him pushed away as he tries to quickly find an effective angle ━ the knife plunges into it’s brain with as much force as jamie could muster in the uncompromising position, & the second the walker goes limp, jamie is pushing it off of him with a grunt & neglecting to wipe off all the blood on his face. the man is nearly completely forgotten about as he tries to calm his breathing down & sit up again.
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