Aftershock Zombie Series (Book 2): Breakdown (A Collection of Survivors Tales) by Lioudis Kristopher & Valerie

Author:Lioudis, Kristopher & Valerie [Lioudis, Kristopher & Valerie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Publisher: Insult to the Written Word Publishing
Published: 2018-10-06T04:00:00+00:00

15

Ken

One thing that never got talked about in all those zombie movies and books and TV shows that used to be on is the smell. The smell of dead, rotting flesh is everywhere. Between the bodies everywhere and the zombies themselves, the wind carries the stench of death with every puff of breeze. I guess after a while we got used to it, but it never went away. When we reached the CDC building, we broke through a hastily constructed barricade into the foyer of the CDC building. Ian swears this wasn’t here when he left, meaning someone took up residence after he had gone. From the looks of the entry way, there had been a hell of a fight here. Ian pointed out the rotted remains of zombies he himself had killed and estimated that the number of bullet casings on the floor had doubled since he last saw this place. There were fifteen more dead on the floor and several bodies in the stairwell. Ian said those were new too, well not new judging by the decay, but more recent.

Ian led us up the stairwell. “Weapons at the ready guys, it looks like somebody definitely tried to make a home here after I left. There’s no way of telling who, if anybody, is still here.”

We moved slowly to the second floor with me in the middle of the group. I had the pistol that Ian had shown me how to use, but I still felt kind of useless. I was impressed with the way these men handled themselves. Some of them had been soldiers before, but even the ones that weren’t still acted like they had been their entire lives. As we reached the second-floor landing, Ian signaled for everyone to stop. He and Ranger nodded at each other and took positions on either side of the door. Jacob eased the door open a crack and peered through. After he judged the coast to be clear, he pushed it the rest of the way open. The hallway was empty. Ian moved back into the lead position and we fell in behind him. He used hand signals to direct group of men to check each room. One by one, rooms were cleared and we moved to the back of the building to a row of executive offices.

The rooms had been ransacked. Desks overturned, files scattered, cabinets smashed. Judging from the content I found on the floor, these were administrative offices. I didn’t need payroll forms, I needed research. “We need to find the lab,” I told Ian.

“Fifth floor was where they were holding me. There’s also some rooms in the basement that might have what you want.”

Ranger piped in with a groan, “The dark, creepy basement… Great.” The rest of the group chuckled nervously.

“Let’s check upstairs first while we have the light,” Ian said.

We cleared the rest of the floor and moved back to the stairwell and up to the third floor. The men went through the same motion of checking each room and, again, all were empty.

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