We watched in horror as Clothilde Vandenklamp, covered by zombies and riding atop zombies fell to her doom.
“ God damn it!” she cursed, as she fell through the mist below.
I suppose the moment she hit the bottom was the moment all the reanimated fell, as a zombie only obeys its Bokor. We were surrounded by heaps of dead bodies, but one remaining biter stood complacently about, like a child waiting for the bus! Whatever arts Clothilde had used on it caused it to behave quite uniquely.
In the end, Mr. Vandenklamp gave his life to save us. Or, at least he gave his life and then saved us. Suffice it to say we all attended a very touching funeral service.
We never heard what happened to Clothilde Vandenklamp, but Missus Mister did find the biter so docile that she packed it in a crate and shipped it home where it went on an Exposition tour for her Marvelous Monster company!
We returned to our repaired airship a few days after the zombie incident. After our wait for the final equipment check, we boarded the airship and set off once more, this time across the Atlantic towards America.
Our ship was sailing gaily through the skies when the pirates attacked...