Cavern of the Blood Zombies (The Grave Robbers' Chronicles) by Lei Xu

Author:Lei Xu [Xu, Lei]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-07-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

POKER-FACE

The fat guy coughed and said, “Comrades, I’ve put you into this mess and now it looks as though we’re all done for. I’ve never been afraid of anything but I never expected to die like this.”

He was wearing a hooded black jacket like a ninja so it was hard to tell what he looked like, but as I peered into the dark I saw this was a very corpulent man. I had never thought a man this fat could be a grave robber.

Panzi cursed, “Hey fat ass. Where the hell did you come from? God damn it, just let me beat the crap out of you before I die!”

I watched as the matches died rapidly. Close to tears, I begged, “You guys better find a way out fast. Or else it doesn’t matter who is beating up who—the insects will be the ones who win.”

Panzi looked around and gave the pistol to Fats. Then he handed me the matches and said, “If we’d burned our clothes we could have bought some more time, but any fire made with these matches will be too small to make any difference now. We’d probably be dead before we even get them lit. On the count of three, I’ll cover you and distract the bugs while you guys run for your lives to the other side of the wall. One of you climb on top of the other and then pull your helper up—there ought to be enough time. I’ll move fast, and when you guys are safely up there, I’ll run over and you can yank me up. Let’s not waste any more time here!”

Before I could refuse, Panzi jumped into the crowd of corpse-eaters. The insects all rushed toward him like a tsunami, and a clear path appeared before us. I screamed and tried to rescue Panzi, but Fats pulled me back and said, “Up!”

He dragged me along as he ran and with the support of his fat body, I climbed to safety. Then I reached out my hand and pulled him up.

I looked down. Panzi’s body was covered with corpse-eaters and he was rolling on the ground screaming in pain. I nearly cried when I saw him like this. Fats yelled down to him, “Quick—climb up here. There are only a few steps to go—hurry up!” But it was impossible for Panzi to climb. Corpse-eaters were crawling into his mouth and each time he tried to stand, he was pushed back onto the ground by the attack power of these insects. He curled his body into a ball, saw us screaming, and shook his head.

His face was completely covered with corpse-eaters, and I saw him stretch out his hand and make the sign of a gun. His arm was torn to shreds and I knew he was telling us to shoot him and make sure we killed him when we did it.

The fat guy couldn’t bear to look; he clenched his teeth and yelled, “Brother, forgive me.”

The trap suddenly reopened and another person leaped down from above to the spot where Panzi lay in agony.

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