As The World Dies Untold Tales Volume 3 by Frater Rhiannon

Author:Frater, Rhiannon [Frater, Rhiannon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-06-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The Boyds, like cockroaches, had a thing for dumps apparently. Rune straddled his bike, gazing through his binoculars at the camp made out of a small salvage yard. It spread out on a barren bit of land surrounded by scrub brush and flat land. Only the occasional cluster of trees and brush broke up the landscape. Old cars were piled up along the interior of a hurricane fence. Metal sheets were welded to the fence, adding extra protection. An RV, two campers, and the main office made up the living quarters. To his surprise, three military vehicles were parked near the front gate. Despite the heat, a fire was steadily burning in the center of the camp, two figures bent over the pots hanging over the flames.

Becky leaned against the mesquite tree they were parked under. Her fingers plucked at the tree bark, her mouth working into odd shapes. She wasn’t doing too well. Sleep had claimed her more than once on the road and she had woken up screaming. Rune had been annoyed, but he needed her. The West Texas roads were surprisingly clear of zombies, but somehow that didn’t sit quite right with Rune. There were plenty of discarded cars, empty towns, and corpses strewn along the roads, yet, the zombies were not to be seen.

“I see five men,” Rune said finally.

“Brant and Teddy are probably cooking,” she answered in a monotone.

So there were seven men.

“Where’s the women and children?” Rune asked.

“Dead. Gone. Eaten.” Becky shrugged.

“You were the only woman in camp?”

Becky finally looked at him. “They’re kin. They weren’t touching me. They find other women. Joe wasn’t family, but was solid with the gang. He took care of me and made sure they didn’t make me do all the damn work around the place, okay?”

Rune sensed that she was finally telling him the whole truth. “I was just wondering.”

Snorting, she shook her head. “Can we go down now? I’m...I need...”

Don’t trust her.

Tilting his head to one side, Rune saw the ghostly outline of the woman Becky had murdered.

She’ll have them kill you.

“I just wonder where all the damn zombies are,” Rune said aloud, his eyes set straight onto the ghost.

“Around,” Becky answered, shrugging.

The National Guard camp was overrun. A horde swept through it and killed most of the people. I escaped from there with my husband.

“There any military camps around here?” Rune pulled out a map. “I don’t want to run into any trouble with them.”

Becky appeared to be half-asleep, her head resting against the trunk.

Withdrawal, Rune thought, is a bitch.

It’s five miles north of here.

Rune flinched as a drop of blood fell onto the map, making a spot. The phantom droplet then faded away. At least the ghost was being more helpful than some of them were in the past.

Glancing over at the snoozing woman, Rune considered leaving her asleep, but then changed his mind.

“Becky,” he said sharply.

She instantly roused.

“Get on. We’re going for a ride.”

“I want to go home,” she complained.

“Get on or I’m leaving you,” he said in a dark, menacing voice.

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