A Thousand Miles to Nowhere by David Curfiss

Author:David Curfiss
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: zombies
Publisher: Gripping Press
Published: 2019-11-21T05:00:00+00:00

When they walked away to begin clearing rooms, Chris pulled a small rubber ball out of his pocket and bounced it off the parking lot blacktop. A gift from one of the drunks in Tiff’s convoy. The man had given it to him after he had finished telling jokes. The man had said it was his son’s, and that Chris reminded him of his son, so he wanted him to have it. JD had been the man’s name. Chris had liked JD most of all, not because of the gift, but because the man was nice to him, despite his drinking habit.

He bounced the ball off the asphalt. Slow and easy at first to test its rebound, then slightly harder before finally going all in and slamming the ball as hard as he could. It shot high into the air, higher than he had expected. When he tried to track it through the sky, the sun blinded him, causing him to lose sight of it.

The ball fell from the sky and hit him on his forehead, then bounced off the ground again. He chased it. A door opened. The ball bounced. He chased it. A door smashed open. The ball bounced. He chased it. Another door. He chased the ball again and again until they came back to him and told him it was safe. In his head, all he wanted to do was be like them. The ball was an idle distraction. If he were lucky, they would let him scavenge on his own later.

“Rooms are clear. Let’s drop kit and settle in for the night,” Matt said.

“I reckon we ought to find some food, son. We’re down to crumbs. A dry crick has more water than we do,” Greg said.

“I second that notion,” Jody announced. His stomach grumbled loud enough that everyone could hear it. “If I don’t get some food soon, I may go cannibal in the night.”

Jody looked at Chris when he said this. Chris shot him back a concerned look and frowned.

“Just kidding, little man. You know I wouldn’t eat you. Not first, anyway. I think Steve earned that honor.” He smiled smugly at Steve.

“Seriously!” Steve exclaimed. “Are we not over the bell yet?”

“Who said it had anything to do with the bell?”

“Okay, let’s get going,” Matt said. “Teams of two. Chris, you’re with me, little buddy.”

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