British Zombie Breakout (Book 2) by Salisbury Peter

Author:Salisbury, Peter [Salisbury, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: horror, zombie attack, uk, Zombies, sf
Publisher: Peter Salisbury
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12: Delivery

A surprised soldier jumped out of the way of the van as it turned into the coast road heading north. In the side glow of her headlights, Sarah saw that it was completely surrounded by tents. A few lights had been set up on poles along the first section of road but the tents themselves were all unlit, giving the impression that the whole camp was asleep. A moment later, another soldier stepped out of the darkness and used his gun to wave her to stop.

'Where d'you think you're going, young lady,' a middle aged soldier said, pointing a torch into the cab.

Sarah gave him her widest smile and, using the name Graham had overheard on the scanner said, 'Commander Douglas Hodgeson has sent me to deliver these surplus grocery supplies.'

'Funny time of night for a delivery, love.'

'He wanted me to follow the convoy going to Breathdeep as far as the camp here, so you'd know it was legit.'

'Got any orders?'

'Can't give a civilian orders, can you?' Sarah said, turning on her best smile again.

'Yes, I can see you're not in uniform, love. Civilian, eh? How come you've not been shipped off to Breathdeep?'

'I run the sandwich shop in the village. The zombies never got anywhere near it with you lads doing such a fine job. I spent the rest of the day making sandwiches for them. Then I got a few hours' sleep before your boss sent me up here with the convoy.'

The soldier walked round to the other side of the cab, opened the passenger door and peered around with his torch, looking under the seat, as if it was possible for a zombie to be crouching there. He shut the door again and went back round to Sarah's side.

'Hmm,' he said, rubbing his chin. I'd p'raps better call this in. Commander Hodgeson you say?'

Sarah nodded. 'He's in charge around here, isn't he?'

The soldier hesitated, then began to lift his radio towards his ear. Sarah slipped down from the cab and said quickly, 'You can take a look in the back if you like. It's all good stuff and if it's not eaten by the end of tomorrow, it'll have to be thrown away.'

'What you got in there, then, love?'

'Pies, pasties, sausages, bacon.' Sarah could see that the soldier's tongue was almost hanging out at the thought.

'What sort of pies?'

'Beef, chicken, Cornish pasties. Good quality. School kids should have had them.'

'They took all the poor things away.'

Sarah took a deep breath and fought to keep her voice level. 'So I heard.'

'You got kids?' he said.

'Only grown up and gone away.'

'Give over, love, you're not old enough to have grown up kids, are you?'

Sarah giggled. 'Flatterer! You just can't see the lines in the dark that's all. If my husband could hear what you're saying…'

'Yeah, course.' The soldier stared at the ground for a moment. 'Sorry love.'

'Never mind. You want to see the pies or not?'

'Go on then, let's take a look.'

Sarah turned the handle on the rear doors and opened them wide.

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