[ WP ] A ghost follows his zombie body around after he dies watching himself attack and eat people .

I winced at the sound of ripping flesh, idly wondering if I would ever become accustomed to it. My body snarled and sunk its teeth into the body of a poor man as he shrieked in agony, flailing his arms and trying to pull himself away. Once the deed was done and there was nothing left to devour, my body limped its way down the street past the wreckage, and I hovered behind, heaving a sigh. This is disgusting. I watched as my body stumbled along, gathering a flock of others. 
 When the infection first started spreading, I remember being terrified. What if I died? That was the worst case scenario, as far as I was concerned. I thought nothing would be worse than death, and I did everything in my power to avoid it. I was faring pretty well, too, until that one night down towards the city. I was on a supply run- pretty routine- but, rookie mistake, I had waited too long. I was starved, scared, and exhausted. I was so weak. I just couldn ’ t run fast enough. I still remember the feeling- my breath catching in my lungs, my legs feeling as if they were on fire. I hit the ground- hard- and struggled to get back up, but my arms had given out and they were already upon me, tearing at my clothes. I could hear their teeth, I remember that, too. The first bite was the worst- one of them got a pretty substantial bite out of my calf and a cry tore out of my throat. I was already infected, I knew that, but I still struggled, anyway. I tried to scramble away from them, but more had already come. Everything was blurred, there was so much pain. I even remember letting go. 
 When I woke up and a wave of relief hit me. I had survived! I made it, I could double back and meet with the others again. I stood slowly, gingerly, and looked around. There were hundreds of them, just walking by, completely ignoring me. How? I stared in amazement as body after body wandered past me, oblivious to the fact that I stood right in the middle of the street. Confused, I took a step forward. Then, I made a decision I wish I hadn ’ t- I looked down. I had just stepped beside my body- well, what was left of it, at least. I crouched, brushing my bloody, dirty hair back from the face of my body. That was definitely me- I could still see the necklace I donned the day of the initial influx of the infected. The peace sign was chipped, and the cord was frayed. I absentmindedly stroked it and looked around. It was then that the realization hit me- I didn ’ t make it. My body stirred, and my eyes flicked open. They were completely vacant, but they rolled wildly in their sockets. I looked away, feeling sick, as my body pulled itself up on its battered legs and began to teeter forward. It fell before it even got two steps, smashing my teeth into the pavement. My hand automatically flew to my mouth and I groaned as I remembered getting braces. All the teasing I endured in school, all the pain I went through, now shattered in bits on the concrete. My shoelaces were untied. I looked away as the realization hit me that I would never go back to the way things were. I would never tie my shoes again. I felt everything I had ever known slip away as I watched my body shuffle forward. 
 I never thought that there would be something worse than death. Now I smile sometimes when I remember how hard I tried to stay alive, because the endless sleep terrified me to my very core. Now, I ache for it. I have been following my body around for ages, watching it do the most inhuman things. It ’ s excruciating. I ’ ve killed people. I used to cry when the flowers I planted died, and I ’ ve watched my body disembowel a child. It is unbearable. It ’ s becoming clear to me that it ’ s impossible to die when you ’ re already deadl. Not for a lack of trying, that ’ s definitely true. So many attempts, all for nothing. I ’ ve been toying with the idea that maybe, just maybe, if I can destroy my body, then I can finally be free, no longer shackled to this horrible vessel. For now, I will follow along, and wait. 

