After Everything Else (Book 1): Creeper Rise by Houser Brett D

Author:Houser, Brett D. [Houser, Brett D.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2013-05-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18 – Sonya

Sonya took the backseat, allowing Marilyn to take the passenger seat with the rifle. Somehow, it didn’t seem fair to Sonya that she had her pistol, Marilyn was carrying the rifle, and all Chase had was most of the responsibility. He drove when things got sketchy, he came up with plans, and he made sure they carried through with them. Sonya was beginning to realize how much she was depending on him and she wasn’t sure she liked it.

She also wasn’t sure about Marilyn. When Chase had pulled her out of the woods, she had been dirty and almost catatonic. Now that she had cleaned up and was in her right mind, she looked like she could be some real help. Sonya noticed that Chase was looking at Marilyn with a new respect. Sonya had hoped that Marilyn would recover enough to not be a drag on them, but now Marilyn had maybe gone too far the other way. She was ready to take down creepers left and right. Sonya supposed she should be glad. This could be very helpful, especially if the creepers were going to be out and about in the daytime. But there was something wrong there. Sonya had gone through a stage after her mother had died. She had decided she needed to face up to her responsibilities and do everything just right and continue taking care of things in her mother’s absence. And that had worked for a while, but then one night she had melted down and stayed depressed weeks after. Her father had even gotten her counseling. Sonya was afraid what this might mean for Marilyn when the reality of loss came crashing back in.

Sonya was jolted in her seat when the front driver’s side tire dropped off the pavement and onto the narrow shoulder as Chase tried to inch around a blockade made up of two police cars nose to nose across the highway. The Suburban slid sideways and tilted dangerously as Chase pushed forward, out over the drop-off. They were atop a levee, and the drop-off was sloping, but the chances of rolling down that slope seemed pretty good if things got out of control. The back wheel dropped off the pavement. The Suburban continued to tilt, and then Sonya heard the motor rev. The rear end swung around as the tires spun dirt and gravel until the rear was directly downhill and only the sky was visible in the front windshield. Sonya watched as Chase let off the gas, reached down, and calmly put the vehicle into four-wheel drive. They began moving up and leveling off. There was a metallic grinding and crumpling as their bumper brushed the nearest police car but then they were back up on the pavement and past the blockade. Chase stopped the Suburban and switched it off. Only then did Sonya notice the huge beads of sweat on his forehead.

Chase rolled his head on his neck. “That was fun,” he said. “Now. Let’s check out those police cars.

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