Apocalypse Paused Boxed Set One (Books 1-4): (Fight For Life And Death, Get Rich Or Die Trying, Big Assed Global Kegger, Ambassadors and Scorpions) (Apocalypse Paused Boxed Sets ) by Michael Todd & Michael Anderle

Author:Michael Todd & Michael Anderle [Todd, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2019-01-19T22:00:00+00:00

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“Hey!” someone on the wall shouted as they approached.

“Distress call!” Chris yelled back.

Peppy was pushing the gas pedal steadily toward the floor of the vehicle. “Open the fucking gate!” she bellowed. Chris had never heard her raise her voice that much, either; between that and actually laughing, today was a milestone in more ways than one.

The gate was already half-open, and someone must have gotten the message since the other half retracted just in time. Chris frantically tried to strap himself into his seat as Peppy gunned it. Behind him on the turret, Gunnar had strapped himself around the waist to his machine gun and was braced against it, teeth gritted. The wall zipped past, and they were right on the edge of the Zoo.

“He said a klick or less!” Chris helpfully reminded the driver. As she veered to the side, making for the semi-accessible gap in the jungle foliage that teams typically used to enter the Zoo, Chris checked the radio locator. “Yup, right ahead,” he added.

“Ain’t this some fun,” Gunnar forced himself to say. His voice was tense and warbling. He sounded scared. Chris had driven with Peppy before, so this wasn’t anything particularly new to him. It simply meant that colliding with a tree would likely result in multiple fatalities. That was all.

The bright, hot sunlight ended as the dark green leaves and vines and branches closed around them. It was as though a screen had been pulled over the sky above their heads. The jungle drew in its breath as they entered it.

“Keep an eye out for logs,” Chris said to Peppy, although the team should have removed any of those on their way in. It was growing more and more common to take vehicles into the Zoo, and obstacles of that sort were regarded as major hazards.

“Yeah, yeah,” Peppy replied. “We wouldn’t want to encounter a dead piece of wood on our way to dealing with whatever demons from hell are attacking those guys.”

She had a point there. As they zipped into the jungle and the sounds of gunfire and commotion grew louder and clearer, Chris grabbed the herbicide bomb he’d brought. He had not invented it, sadly. Rather, his reports and suggestions had led to the guys in R&D coming up with it after talking to some of the troops. Its core was an M-80—a glorified firecracker, really—surrounded by the most powerful herbicide they could get their hands on. Chris had observed that all the organisms in the Zoo seemed interconnected to some degree; the ecosystem operated as a unified whole. Therefore, he hypothesized that something designed to kill the plants might also work against the animals. Based on the test reports, this was indeed the case.

“There they are!” Gunnar shouted from his perch. It was easy to see what he was referring to.

Up ahead, an entire column of bluish shapes about the size of large dogs or deer was swooping onto the path. Chimeras—baby ones. Ever since the mother Chimera had secured her nest two months or so ago, more of the creatures had been sighted.

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