DEAD: Snapshot (Book 4): Las Vegas NV by Brown TW

Author:Brown, TW [Brown, TW]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: May December Publications LLC
Published: 2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

8

The First Outpost

Joel pointed to the left and waved the five-person team ahead. The block-by-block assault on Boulder City had seemed simple on the map. The little town wasn’t some thriving metropolis. When they’d passed through on the way to Las Vegas, the zombie activity hadn’t been anything overwhelming.

What they hadn’t counted on was how many people had gotten trapped inside their homes. And they were staying clear of the schools since it was apparent they were hives of activity. The schools had been designated rescue centers and were almost as bad as the hospitals.

After a sweep through to get an idea on the ground of how they would assault the area, it had been Will Barnes who came up with the clever idea of parking a few fire engines at the western edge of their first neighborhood. Also, while there was some good, open land on the other side of Buchanan Boulevard, it was agreed that they would use that road as a pre-made boundary along with Highway 93 to the north. They would begin with clearing the community where they’d had that showdown with the biker gang that once laid claim to the area.

As a fairly secluded community, it was decided that it would be the perfect place to begin. Once that neighborhood was clear, they could push outward. It was this neighborhood that Joel and his team currently worked to clear of all undead. Two days prior, the team responsible for building the barricade that circled the entire community had announced that they were finished. Now it was time for the cleaning teams to move in and do their part.

Continuing with his belief that a true leader should be willing to do anything that he asked of others, Joel chose to be on the first team out for clean-up detail. Once he’d made a few of these excursions, he felt it would be acceptable to turn it over to others, but for now, he needed to share in the risks.

A lone zombie stumbled out from the bushes of the house that his team were about to enter. Without a word, one of the team members walked over and dispatched it with a spike club to the side of its head. The elderly woman crumbled from the hit and the person wielding the bat jogged back to the door of the house his three-person team would clear while Joel and the other two members of the team stayed outside and kept their eyes peeled. The teams would alternate at every house.

The job was not to gather any sort of supplies, but rather to simply ensure that the house was clear of zombies. As sections were cleared, teams would eventually be sent in to start gathering the supplies. That edict had brought questions.

“Why would we empty out the houses that we are going to be moving in to? One of the people in the crowd had asked during the community meeting.

“Not every house is going to have the same amount of supplies.

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