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Authors: Silas Cooper
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was a trying time for anyone.
He tried to remember all they’d seen, and he was sure this guy had seemed worse. He thought about Daniel again. He wished he knew what had happened to him. Frank never had said. But if he were a praying man, he’d have asked that he wasn’t allowed to turn. He knew his friend wouldn’t have wanted that.
By the time they got to the city, it seemed a virtual ghost town. Most places did these days, as any survivors stayed holed up. From time to time they’d see a zombie wake at the sound of their vehicle, but none of them had been fast enough to keep up with them. Frank obviously knew exactly where he was headed. He took several turns a bit fast for his comfort. He grimaced when he saw how green around the gills his driving was making poor Jayda.
Just as he was about to say something, Frank pulled up and stopped in front of an old mom and pop type store. He wondered what had happened to the mom and pop owners as he looked at the place. It seemed to have caught fire. Melted glass hung from the top of the big front window, and smoke stains went up the front to the apartments above.
“He’s up there. He said the smoke has kept the zombies away. At the time of the fire, firemen had still answered the call. They saved his apartment, and he’s been living there ever since just waiting for me to be able to get to him. It’s been one thing after another though for months now,” Frank went on as he got out of the van.
“Chase,” Frank continued, “you come up with me. The rest of you stay here and guard the vehicle.”
Chase gave them a brief look and obeyed. He hoped the rest of them would do the same thing. Frank lowered a fire escape on the side of the building, and they climbed up the stairs.
“He said the stairs took a good hit from the fire,” Frank shared as they climbed.
At the window, they were greeted by the barrel of a gun. After a shouted exchange, the man let Chase and Frank in.
“You thought zombies could make it up the fire escape?” Frank asked as he climbed in.
“I don’t trust the dead or the living these days,” the guy said.
“Got ya,” Frank agreed. “Chase, check on the group, will ya?”
“Sure,” he said, then moved back to the window.
He could hear Frank and the guy talking as they moved into another room. He took his time getting back to the window as he eavesdropped. He got increasingly uncomfortable as he heard Frank tell this guy that him and his people were perfect for the compound. The word sparked images of a serial killer and poisoned Kool-Aid.
By the time he got to the window, he saw his people under attack by a small band of zombies.
Chapter Twenty
Chase moved as fast as he could to aid them as they shot the zombies getting too close for comfort. From his vantage point, it seemed that one after the other kept coming at them. Looking down the street, he could see a horde forming as they trickled from between the buildings. His stomach dropped as he ran toward them. He knew they wouldn’t have enough ammo to take them all.
He saw Dax run the opposite way and open a car door. He yelled his way, but Dax didn’t turn before he climbed in. Suddenly, the car roared to life. Chase could only watch as Dax drove forward, going just past the zombies but away from the group. When he stopped in an alley, he started to honk the horn.
The zombies turned toward the sound as Dax continued to lay on the horn. As the few left before them walked away, Frank and his guy came out. They all regrouped at the Humvee. Once inside, he couldn’t even see Dax’s car anymore, though he could still hear it. There was a thick wall of zombies between them and him.
Frank drove toward the herd, but soon couldn’t go any further. He smashed several bodies against the brick building on the side of the alley, but they just kept coming, doing their best to try and climb the vehicle.
Frank backed up. Zombies fell only to get back up again. The horde seemed to walk
He tried to remember all they’d seen, and he was sure this guy had seemed worse. He thought about Daniel again. He wished he knew what had happened to him. Frank never had said. But if he were a praying man, he’d have asked that he wasn’t allowed to turn. He knew his friend wouldn’t have wanted that.
By the time they got to the city, it seemed a virtual ghost town. Most places did these days, as any survivors stayed holed up. From time to time they’d see a zombie wake at the sound of their vehicle, but none of them had been fast enough to keep up with them. Frank obviously knew exactly where he was headed. He took several turns a bit fast for his comfort. He grimaced when he saw how green around the gills his driving was making poor Jayda.
Just as he was about to say something, Frank pulled up and stopped in front of an old mom and pop type store. He wondered what had happened to the mom and pop owners as he looked at the place. It seemed to have caught fire. Melted glass hung from the top of the big front window, and smoke stains went up the front to the apartments above.
“He’s up there. He said the smoke has kept the zombies away. At the time of the fire, firemen had still answered the call. They saved his apartment, and he’s been living there ever since just waiting for me to be able to get to him. It’s been one thing after another though for months now,” Frank went on as he got out of the van.
“Chase,” Frank continued, “you come up with me. The rest of you stay here and guard the vehicle.”
Chase gave them a brief look and obeyed. He hoped the rest of them would do the same thing. Frank lowered a fire escape on the side of the building, and they climbed up the stairs.
“He said the stairs took a good hit from the fire,” Frank shared as they climbed.
At the window, they were greeted by the barrel of a gun. After a shouted exchange, the man let Chase and Frank in.
“You thought zombies could make it up the fire escape?” Frank asked as he climbed in.
“I don’t trust the dead or the living these days,” the guy said.
“Got ya,” Frank agreed. “Chase, check on the group, will ya?”
“Sure,” he said, then moved back to the window.
He could hear Frank and the guy talking as they moved into another room. He took his time getting back to the window as he eavesdropped. He got increasingly uncomfortable as he heard Frank tell this guy that him and his people were perfect for the compound. The word sparked images of a serial killer and poisoned Kool-Aid.
By the time he got to the window, he saw his people under attack by a small band of zombies.
Chapter Twenty
Chase moved as fast as he could to aid them as they shot the zombies getting too close for comfort. From his vantage point, it seemed that one after the other kept coming at them. Looking down the street, he could see a horde forming as they trickled from between the buildings. His stomach dropped as he ran toward them. He knew they wouldn’t have enough ammo to take them all.
He saw Dax run the opposite way and open a car door. He yelled his way, but Dax didn’t turn before he climbed in. Suddenly, the car roared to life. Chase could only watch as Dax drove forward, going just past the zombies but away from the group. When he stopped in an alley, he started to honk the horn.
The zombies turned toward the sound as Dax continued to lay on the horn. As the few left before them walked away, Frank and his guy came out. They all regrouped at the Humvee. Once inside, he couldn’t even see Dax’s car anymore, though he could still hear it. There was a thick wall of zombies between them and him.
Frank drove toward the herd, but soon couldn’t go any further. He smashed several bodies against the brick building on the side of the alley, but they just kept coming, doing their best to try and climb the vehicle.
Frank backed up. Zombies fell only to get back up again. The horde seemed to walk
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