Between Life and Death by Ann Christy
Author:Ann Christy [Ann Christy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: post-apocalyptic science fiction, women science fiction, literary horror, nanites, strong female leads, zombie series, hard scifi, undead, post-apocalyptic fiction, light horror, zombie horror, horror, action and adventure, coming of age, paranormal adventure, teen zombie books, science fiction, zombies, YA zombie, zombie
Published: 2015-05-29T07:00:00+00:00
Seven Weeks Ago – Fire and Garden Gnomes
They’re burning our city. They’re burning everything. And they’re killing everyone they find.
I’m terrified.
“We have to do something,” Gregory says, a note of pleading in his voice that is totally out of character for him. I think he’s just as frightened as I am. And it’s worse for him because he’s the one who stumbled on the latest batch of dead people while on patrol.
Tom extends a placating hand and says, “No, we have to figure out what to do, not just go do something. We’re no match for them with their weapons. They have missiles or rocket launchers or whatever they’re using. Your crossbow isn’t going to do much against that.”
Gregory seems to deflate at Tom’s words. Charlie and I are sitting on the far side of our little lopsided circle of people and keeping quiet. No one will notice with so many wanting to speak. Everyone is here. Well, at least everyone who is left. Rose, Darren, and Susan are dead. That’s one third of Tom’s group. They made it so far in this nightmare, surviving for more than four years when billions haven’t, only to die while on a patrol.
What’s even worse is that we’re lucky they died like they did, without being found by the military sweeping our city and burning sections of it for no apparent reason. It’s a terrible state of affairs to think like that, but that’s the situation we’re in. Gregory found the bodies on his patrol, along with the new in-betweeners that made an end to them. He saw at least twenty new in-betweeners—all showing those same tell-tale bullet wounds to the torso like the suburban enclave people. They somehow managed to get the drop on our patrol, or else our patrol accidentally walked right into their area. Not only did they get our people, Gregory says it’s very clear that they were made in-betweeners on purpose.
And at least half of them were kids. I don’t think he’s ever going to get over that.
We’re all pretty sure it’s that military group’s way of stacking the deck against us. If they can’t find us and kill us, they’re making plenty of hungry flesh-eaters to find us instead. And it’s working.
“They’ll run out of munitions eventually,” Savannah says. She grips Gregory’s hand, a worried expression on her face at how traumatized he looks, but she keeps talking. “They’ve got something like two trucks right? That’s all? How much ammo can they carry in those if they’re carrying supplies for their troops as well? Those hummers sure can’t carry a lot. And that truck with the launcher thingie on it doesn’t carry squat. Right?”
Tom responds, but the same circle of arguments starts one more round. Charlie tugs my hand, so I lean in close. He says, “This is never going to get solved. We just don’t know what they’ve got. For all we know they’ll get a re-supply at some point.”
I nod, because he’s right. Absolutely right.
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