Read Online Endings: Dystopian Post Apocalyptic Zombie Thriller (Parables From The Apocalypse Book 1) by Norman Christof - Free Book Online
Authors: Norman Christof
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can, even if it means sacrificing our own kind. I can't believe we'd ever resort to that. Human spirit and all. Never say die. Carpe diem. Ooh Rah! Semper Fidelis and all that."
"We're all animals, kid; it never surprises me what humans are capable of when pushed past their limits. Let's keep moving; we've got plenty of ground still to cover."
Resuming their walk, Alex waited a bit, and brought up his prior concerns. "So, Colonel, you have any answers for what happened back there with that last bunch of super zombies?"
"Don't call them super. They're not heroes. They're just freaks."
"Sorry, yes, sir."
"Look, kid, I don't know what those things were. I've never seen anything like them myself. I'm used to fighting freaks in swamps, and I can assure you, freaks from swamps don't use sniper rifles."
"How did you disable those two though?"
"That was some experimental freak gas that the science geeks at the CDC in Atlanta were working on. It doesn't always work on freaks. They were starting field testing, and the men in my platoon were the guinea pigs. It's part of the reason I lost so many men. I still had some with me, and I used it. I wasn't sure if it would even work."
"I've heard about the research going on at the CDC."
"How the hell would you know about that, kid? Your clearance doesn't go that high."
"Well, it's sort of a long story. But it's why Brock and I were heading to Fort Knox."
"Go on."
"I ran into some crazy homeless guy in the Atlanta streets who insisted he was a research doctor, and said he could save the world. He actually said quite a few things that didn't make much sense, but now I wonder. He wanted this case delivered to Fort Knox. Since we were heading in that direction anyways, I had no problem delivering it. He said it had medical supplies and research that he had helped develop as a doctor at the CDC. I figured he was just nuts, but the stuff in the case looked important, so I took it. He also went on about the zombie virus, said it was evolving, and that pretty soon, if we didn't stop them, the zombies would start to evolve. Get smarter, stronger, and maybe become like us. That's what really made me think he was nuts.
"I started to wonder after that attack in the farmer's field though. Those bastards snuck up on Brock and me out of nowhere, and they seemed to be coordinating their attacks. That made me think about what the crazy doctor said. That last encounter with the snipers really got me thinking too. I think he was right. I think they may be evolving. And that's scary as shit."
Chaz looked a bit skeptical. "But why Fort Knox?"
"Well, the doctor implied that there was more going on at Fort Knox then just gold storage. I'd heard rumors that a few years back, when the zombie wars started going badly, some secret bases were set up. They were meant to be safe refuges where higher ranking politicians, industrialists, and scientists could retreat to. Kind of like fallout shelters, but designed to hold hundreds of people. They were just supposed to be rumors. From what the crazy doc said, maybe Fort Knox could have been one of those bases. I think the CDC was a base, but something went wrong there and they lost it. That's why the doctor was wandering around with that case. I think he was going to try to make it to Fort Knox on his own. Then he met me, and figured my chances were better."
"You're putting a lot of stock in rumors there, kid. Secret research facilities? There's a lot of risky ground to cover between here and Fort Knox."
"Tell me about it. But at the moment, it seems like our best option. I'm hoping there are some kind of R&D facilities at Fort Knox, and people smart enough to make use of what's in this case. I'm also hoping they'll let us stay. There's a shortage of nice neighborhoods these days."
"It was the CDC that developed that gas I used. Maybe that's what's in your
"We're all animals, kid; it never surprises me what humans are capable of when pushed past their limits. Let's keep moving; we've got plenty of ground still to cover."
Resuming their walk, Alex waited a bit, and brought up his prior concerns. "So, Colonel, you have any answers for what happened back there with that last bunch of super zombies?"
"Don't call them super. They're not heroes. They're just freaks."
"Sorry, yes, sir."
"Look, kid, I don't know what those things were. I've never seen anything like them myself. I'm used to fighting freaks in swamps, and I can assure you, freaks from swamps don't use sniper rifles."
"How did you disable those two though?"
"That was some experimental freak gas that the science geeks at the CDC in Atlanta were working on. It doesn't always work on freaks. They were starting field testing, and the men in my platoon were the guinea pigs. It's part of the reason I lost so many men. I still had some with me, and I used it. I wasn't sure if it would even work."
"I've heard about the research going on at the CDC."
"How the hell would you know about that, kid? Your clearance doesn't go that high."
"Well, it's sort of a long story. But it's why Brock and I were heading to Fort Knox."
"Go on."
"I ran into some crazy homeless guy in the Atlanta streets who insisted he was a research doctor, and said he could save the world. He actually said quite a few things that didn't make much sense, but now I wonder. He wanted this case delivered to Fort Knox. Since we were heading in that direction anyways, I had no problem delivering it. He said it had medical supplies and research that he had helped develop as a doctor at the CDC. I figured he was just nuts, but the stuff in the case looked important, so I took it. He also went on about the zombie virus, said it was evolving, and that pretty soon, if we didn't stop them, the zombies would start to evolve. Get smarter, stronger, and maybe become like us. That's what really made me think he was nuts.
"I started to wonder after that attack in the farmer's field though. Those bastards snuck up on Brock and me out of nowhere, and they seemed to be coordinating their attacks. That made me think about what the crazy doctor said. That last encounter with the snipers really got me thinking too. I think he was right. I think they may be evolving. And that's scary as shit."
Chaz looked a bit skeptical. "But why Fort Knox?"
"Well, the doctor implied that there was more going on at Fort Knox then just gold storage. I'd heard rumors that a few years back, when the zombie wars started going badly, some secret bases were set up. They were meant to be safe refuges where higher ranking politicians, industrialists, and scientists could retreat to. Kind of like fallout shelters, but designed to hold hundreds of people. They were just supposed to be rumors. From what the crazy doc said, maybe Fort Knox could have been one of those bases. I think the CDC was a base, but something went wrong there and they lost it. That's why the doctor was wandering around with that case. I think he was going to try to make it to Fort Knox on his own. Then he met me, and figured my chances were better."
"You're putting a lot of stock in rumors there, kid. Secret research facilities? There's a lot of risky ground to cover between here and Fort Knox."
"Tell me about it. But at the moment, it seems like our best option. I'm hoping there are some kind of R&D facilities at Fort Knox, and people smart enough to make use of what's in this case. I'm also hoping they'll let us stay. There's a shortage of nice neighborhoods these days."
"It was the CDC that developed that gas I used. Maybe that's what's in your
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