Apocalypse Journeys (Book 2): Finding AJ by Melrose Russ

Author:Melrose, Russ [Melrose, Russ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Zombies
Publisher: Roether Publishing
Published: 2018-05-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

The Last Supply Run

As Cole drove his Tundra down South Main in Cedar City, Jules glanced up to where the four snipers were setting up their positions on the overpass.

It was six-thirty. The morning was still as could be.

The snipers were hunters armed with rifles. As had been suggested at the town meeting, the supply run was being handled like a military operation. Two teams of four snipers were deployed on each side of the freeway. If cars came from any direction, the snipers would be in position to give support.

A half-dozen cars from Gideon had been used to block the intersection at the underpass to keep cars from the main area of Cedar City from getting through. Those who drove the cars were already being shuttled back to Gideon. Two pickup trucks with armed men were stationed at the South Main intersection this side of the underpass. They'd make it difficult for anyone to use the main road on this side of the freeway. With all the added security, the decision had been made to extend the supply run to half an hour. They wanted to get as many supplies as possible. Over thirty people from Gideon had volunteered for the supply run.

Jules and Cole were assigned to keep any infected past the Macey's area occupied and away from the store and to keep South Main free of the infected for a fast getaway for the teams stationed at the intersection.

Cole had been quiet most of the way. The only thing he would talk about was the supply run, and when he talked about it, he spoke as if he were the expert on everything related to the supply run and Jules was little more than a novice. He warned her on what she should and shouldn't do. He told her things she already knew, things that Cole knew she knew. Jules considered it nervous talk.

Jules noticed throughout the trip that Cole kept stealing glances at her. He hadn't shaved since Sophie's death, and he looked more bedraggled than ever.

Down the second side street, a group of fifty or so infected, looking like ghosts in their dusty-gray clothes, were headed toward South Main.

"Dammit to hell, they must have seen the cars," Cole said. "We need to redirect their zed asses."

Cole turned down the street.

"Might be better if we went down the next street and came up from behind them. Draw them to us from behind. Might be safer," Jules suggested.

"I know what the hell I'm doing," Cole said defensively. "I've actually done this shit before. This ain't no FBI operation, Jules. And you sure as hell ain't the one in charge here."

Cole was acting strange, even for Cole. While he was being his usual abrasive self, he'd also called her Jules for the first time.

"No one said this was an FBI operation, Cole," Jules said calmly. "I thought it might be best if we considered what the best strategy might be."

"I'm driving," he said. "That there's the best strategy.

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