Carolina Front by Derek Slaton

Author:Derek Slaton [Slaton, Derek]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2018-10-26T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

“Looks like word is getting out that trouble is on the horizon,” Sergeant Long said, inclining his head at a few people hastily throwing bags into a hatchback across the street.

Terrell sighed. “I feel kind of bad for them, because there’s not really a place they can go that would be safe.”

“Well, if you think about it, you could say the same thing about us.” Long took a deep breath. “Well, you, at any rate. Not really going to be my problem soon.”

“Keep your head up Sarge,” Terrell replied and clapped his companion on the back. “Those science geeks have been known to be wrong before.”

Gunfire spattered in the distance.

Terrell’s radio crackled.

“Sarge, was that you?” Coleman asked through the radio, from inside the grocery store.

The Sergeant lifted the mouthpiece. “Negative, Coleman. Civilians down the street.” They walked to the edge of the grocery store parking lot as more shots rang out. “Y’all may wanna wrap this load up, because we might have incoming.”

“We’ll be reading to move in five, Sarge,” Coleman replied, and there was a slick.

Long raised an eyebrow. “Five minutes is a long time, Graham.”

“Be ready to move,” Terrell replied in agreement. “We may have to cause a diversion to buy time.”

A young couple tore around a corner a few blocks down, followed by a man with an AK-47 shooting wildly behind them. He emptied the clip and then swung at a pursuing zombie, but the horde that appeared around the corner overwhelmed him, swallowing up his screaming form.

The two soldiers stood next to each other, popping off assault rifle shots to attempt to take down the zombies chasing the still running couple.

“We can’t take them all out!” Long cried.

Terrell grabbed his radio. “Coleman, keep the men hidden, we’re gonna divert them away from you.”

There was a crackly affirmative, just as a second zombie horde burst out of a side alleyway and leapt onto the escaping couple.

“Light ‘em up!” Terrell cried as the screaming people fell to the pavement, and the soldiers switched to full automatic, unloading full clips into the horde. It didn’t drop all of the zombies, but enough to slow them down as the duo fled.

They rushed down a side street, stopping every so often to fire another full mag into their pursuers. Once a few blocks from the grocery store, Terrell lowered his shoulder to break through the front doors of a sporting goods store, smashing the lock in the process.

Long quickly secured the door with a set of zip ties from his pocket, and then moved through the store to find something sturdier. Terrell swept the dark store, handgun drawn. As he rounded the second aisle, there was a shuffling in the dark and a screech. He opened fire, having to shoot a few extra times due to lack of light. He managed to shoot his attacker in the throat, but it wasn’t enough and the zombie barreled into him, sending them both to the floor.

He managed to grab the zombie around the neck, and force it up, giving himself some wiggle room.

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