It was Helen yanking on his arm that got him to stop, thought he did almost trip in the process. "Wha..." He turned to see why she stopped...and saw a sudden lack of zombies. "Where did the zombies go?"

It took a moment, but he realized that the heavy sense of dread and loneliness that had weighed on him was gone, as was all injury from his attackers. He kept turning his hands over and over, in disbelief...then grabbed Helen's free hand and did the same with hers. When he looked up, he too finally saw the cloud. "Aw crap...that was the island's yearly Halloween prank wasn't it? Because convincing me I was going to die alone was so very funny."