2 Days to Live: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller by Phil Maxey
Author:Phil Maxey [Maxey, Phil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Philip Maxey
Published: 2021-05-26T22:00:00+00:00
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2: 53 p.m. Biochron.
Am I dead?
Sam didnât know for she felt nothing from her body. No sensation from her limbs, which were now mostly bone at their extremities.
Iâm worse than dead. Iâm undead. Zombieâ¦
A manic laugh bellowed out. Not from her lips which were torn and decayed but within her mind. She knew insanity had taken her, she had allowed it. A refuge from what had happened to her physically. But the liquid she floated within had not taken her thoughts. Not yet anyway. Nor most of her senses.
She wondered of the world outside her specimen jar, for thatâs what she called her watery prison. Had it been six days? Had the world beyond the weird subterranean hell she was in, returned to normal?
She almost laughed again.
No more normal for the world.
But she did think about those still out there. Those that unlike her, had survived the end of everything.
Her mind turned to her mother then father and finally her little brother. Were they still breathing? Had they, made it?
Something told her they had. She hoped her passing would not hold them back from starting anew.
Outside, voices raised. She had heard the mad scientist muttering to himself as he went about whatever work he did, but now the cadence of his talk had changed to one of anger⦠or was it fear? What would he be afraid of? He was the master of this domain and the creatures. What would stir such emotions inside the monster?
She made some effort to move forward, to the edge of the curved glass to see beyond. To get a glimpse of what was causing him grief, but her limbs lacked the strength to do anything other than cause gentle waves within the viscous substance.
Quietening her mind she listened the best she could. Muffled shouts became louder as he moved closer to the back of the room, where Samâs capsule was located.
âThey wonât make it in here. There are too many.â This was a new voice. Perhaps the thing that the scientist had created. The thing that lived in the other capsule before her arrival.
âShe has proven particularly effective at surviving. I wouldnât put it past her. And she has help. Some military from what my children tell me.â
âThere must be a thousand of them around this building. They wonât make it to the entrance above, let alone down here. And if they do. Iâll take care of them⦠What?â
âFrom what I have taken from her spawn, I have almost enough serum to stop the degeneration⦠but she may expire before the procedure is complete and as you know it is taking time to administrate. The process is slow.â
âSo what do we do?â
âThere is another possibility. The extraction will be less effective because of the patriarchal link but it should be enough toâ¦â
The voices dimmed as they moved further away but fire burned within Samâs mind.
No! No! I wonât allow it!
Blood or some other form of sustenance flowed within what was left of her muscles
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