Cage The Dead by Gary F. Vanucci

Author:Gary F. Vanucci [Vanucci, Gary F.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Ashenclaw Studios
Published: 2014-07-03T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Suddenly, all the training that Adam had taught Gaia about guns came rushing back to her. She inspected the gun, switched off the safety and pointed it toward the stairwell.

A loud crash ensued as the zombie, her former friend, Nick, tumbled down the steps. When he hit the bottom, his right arm below the elbow was hanging at a very peculiar angle, clearly snapped at the joint, as the undead creature clumsily regained its footing.

“Get behind me,” she said to Justin, keeping her eyes on the zombie, as the boy did just that, hiding behind Gaia.

She pointed the gun, held her arm steady, and waited.

The Nick-zombie began to run toward her and she fired.

A loud sound rang out in the area, echoing throughout the basement. And then, the distinct sound of a body slumping to the cement floor followed.

Gaia covered her mouth in disbelief. It had all happened too fast. She could not believe that this undead creature slumped on the floor before her was only a few moments ago, chatting with her about their respective lives, as well as someone she’d recently considered both a friend and colleague.

“What should we do with him, Miss Gaia?” asked Justin, startling Gaia from her reveries.

“Well, I’d like to bury him,” she said, thinking about how difficult a task that would be, considering that the grounds outside were complete with both animal and the living dead wandering about. One of the two scenarios would make the task difficult, let alone both. “But I am not sure what we can do right now.”

“We should definitely bury him. He was really nice to me,” Justin said, trying to stem the flow of tears. Gaia actually admired his mask of bravery and courage, perhaps not wanting to cry in front of Gaia for fear of her getting upset. Whatever it was, the boy was showing valor well beyond his years for sure.

“Well, for now we’ll wrap his body in something and put him out back,” Gaia reasoned, more for her own sake than the boy’s. She surveyed the basement, spotting excess chicken feed, crates of supplies, including some fruits, lending credence to Nick’s earlier assertions. And that perhaps this excess food had been dumped in here because it didn’t fit in their appointed spaces in the storage shed and freezers outside. She was pretty sure she’d overheard some of the staff mentioning that in the recent past, though until now, it was nothing on her radar.

“What about this, Miss Gaia?” Justin asked, holding up an opaque cover of some kind that when she inspected, was a plastic sheet for protection against rain. She quickly removed a few items and personal effects from Nick’s body, including his wallet, keys, jewelry and binoculars that hung around his neck. Then she and Justin went about wrapping Nick’s body in the plastic cover and the two of them went about taking the body upstairs. Several minutes later, Gaia and Justin had the body upstairs and the pair took a moment to catch their breath.

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