Monday, 26 October 2015

Calamity Jane and Zombies

Monday 26th October 2015
9.13pm
I've had a wonderful afternoon with my hair and media students doing the makeup for Calamity Jane, it's been a flurry of colour and laughter as we've helped the cast prepare for their full dress rehearsal.

Then, leaving the singing and dancing behind, I find myself alone on the platform of Mill Hill Broadway. My 9pm train cancelled, I sit and wait til the next one at 9.28...



It's dark, it's quiet and I'm very much alone. Literally the only person on any of the platforms. That's when my imagination starts ticking.. I can hear it. Tick tock. Tick tock. It happens everytime.

I'm scared of the dark and I'm scared the zombie apocalypse will start whilst I'm alone!!

I probably wouldn't get the memo! Who would think to run down to the train tracks and tell me? My phone is dying and if it starts here, my friends and family at home wouldn't be able to tell me because they don't know because it hasn't got to them yet!

I start planning my survival strategies. The only provisions I have is half a bottle of water, two fake penguin bars and a beaten up graze box with lime and chilli nuts- at least it's a sauce of protein and the fake penguins will give me a sugar boost if I need to run! I probably need to ration the water though because if I get too thirsty I'll have to drink my wee like I saw Bear Grylls do and that didn't look very nice! Plus I'm dehydrated already so it'd taste rank. Although the water might rehydrate me and it might be ok?!

I should probably try to get out of here and my only route back to Luton would be the train tracks. I know for sure they lead back home because that's where my train would be heading but I risk heading back towards danger! My friends back home may not have messages me because they have already been eaten but I don't know the other way!
I don't have a torch either and a fox might get me and they might be a zombie fox or a rat might trip me up and then a zombie might get me....

I think I'm probably going to get Zombied.

Actually, wait, my train is here! Panic over!!