The Village of Dead Souls: A Zombie Novel

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Spartans attacked Athens . Only these weren't powerless civilians this time. He watched Greg use his skills as a samurai to maim and kill the attacking force, wielding the rebar as a sword.
    Hod jumped from cars and trees onto the living men, demonstrating this was not his first battle. He bit the ears off each victim. Drew and Jennifer stood further back , throwing rocks. Accustomed to her royal position, Rachel stood on a plastic crate and ordered those around her to attack , as though she sent her army into battle.
    The police slowed the assault, took cover behind vehicles and trees , and they called out in their strange language. Gunnar waved his arm forward and yelled in his Norse accent, "Come on men! Let's teach these scoundrels what happens when they start a fight with our clan."
    * * *
    Dressed in riot gear, John Colton quietly addressed his men , who were all huddled close together. "There's a group of re-ans on the other side of the quarantine barrier around the corner. We're going to do this by the book, just like we practiced on the range. The flash - bangs will confuse them and the gas will corral them together. We should have them in the truck in no time."
    As he glanced around the corner, one of his rookie officers said, "This is so surreal."
    He turned back toward the skinny man with thick glasses and a slight overbite and asked, "What's your name, officer?"
    "Schimmple, Morton Schimmple."
    " Well, Schimmple, why is this surreal?"
    " Just a week ago, I thought this re-animated outbreak was only a myth, some kind of Internet hoax. I thought the news blew the whole thing out of proportion and we'd forget about it once the playoffs started. But here I am about to go on my first goose roundup."
    Checking around the corner again, Colton waved his hand forward and said, "Now!"
    Three officers stood and threw the flash - bangs into the street. Two more officers threw several teargas canisters into the quarantined block. Pulling their gasmasks over their faces, the policemen scrambled over the concrete barrier. Colton remained behind the lines to coordinate the assault. He watched as the closest zombies ran from his men. Two of his men tackled a living dead as he came out of a store. He struggled and tried to bite them. As one officer held the zombie down, the other pulled out his baton and beat the undead over the head. "Oh holy crap!" The officer screamed out. "His brains are pouring out of his skull."
    Colton called out to his men. "Watch out! That one has a big rock."
    A zombie with long hair, chain necklaces and leather wrist cuffs , charged the officers while holding a piece of broken sidewalk in his hand. He had gray rotted skin and patches where dried muscle showed through. The police drew their guns and fired. With bullets hitting their target, the crazed heavy metal band re-animated body continued running at them. When he reached the front line, he tried to smash the rock into the helmets of the men. One officer grabbed the deceased's arm and tried to shake the rock loose . The zombie turned and bit the man's hand. As he pulled a large piece of flesh back, blood splattered over the zombie's face.
    More officers opened fire and more of the undead retracted their retreat, turned and attacked. A black zombie in a business suite and tie, swung a piece of rebar like a sword. He showed the dexterity and skill of a martial arts master. Firing bullets had no effect as the well-dressed dead man dropped each officer he approached.
    Colton stepped over the concrete barrier, lifted his gas mask and called out to his men. "Bring the line together. You're too spread out. They're breaking through the openings and flanking us." He watched , as his men hid behind cars and trees , firing wildly down the street. "No, come back to the center of the street and form your tight line."
    Through the cloud of smoke covering the street , just beyond the barrier, more zombies appeared. They grabbed his men and began biting any exposed

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