Darkness and The Grave: A Zombie Novel by John Tolliver

Author:John Tolliver [Tolliver, John]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2017-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Adam Doss

Day 7

"Adam, wake up buddy, it's your turn at watch."

Adam sat up and saw Casey silhouetted in the dark.

"Quiet night?" he asked.

"Here, yes. There's been a lot of gunfire in the distance. There have also been more helicopters flying nearby. I guess the soldiers are dropping the hammer on the rebels."

Adam nodded. "Thanks." He stood up. "Get some sleep Casey."

"Thanks man, good night."

Adam walked downstairs and sat down at the foot of the stairs, pistol in hand. He heard the distant gunfire Casey had mentioned. He closed his eyes for a moment and sighed. He hoped it would be a quiet night.

He sat there for a while and then stood up to stretch. He walked around the darkened house and returned to the stairs and sat back down.

He thought about his parents. He wondered if they were still alive. He had honestly been optimistic, but Penny's description of what things were like now sort of shot down his hopes. Still, he was determined to return to Valparaiso and see for himself if his parents were still alive.

He thought about the little ranch style house he had grown up in; 250 Michigan Avenue. He thought about his dad. He had been a tax lawyer who had encouraged him to be an accountant. Adam had looked up to him so much.

Adam shook his head and realized he was crying.

He thought back to the last time he had seen his parents, during Labor Day weekend.

"So Adam, when are you going to pop the question to Jill?" his dad had asked him as they stood in the kitchen. Jill and his mom were outside on the back patio.

"I don't know dad. Probably in the spring."

"Good. You know son, I'm proud of you. You keep doing everything like you have been and I can see you ascending to the top by the time you're forty."

"Thanks dad."

"Have you and Jill talked about kids yet?"

"Yeah, we're thinking after we get married."

"Good, good. How's Mass been?"

"Honestly dad, I haven't been in a few months."

"It's okay son," he said, patting Adam on the back. "I just figured I'd ask. You know how your mother is, she's always asking about you and praying for you."

"Yeah."

Adam awoke with a start. What had woken him up?

He heard something on the front porch get knocked over. He peered around the corner and saw a shadowy figure standing on the front porch scratching at the window. He realized it was a zombie. He felt around for his pistol and found it on the step above where he was sitting. He picked it up and watched the zombie shuffle around on the porch. It looked like it was sniffing the air.

After a few tense moments it turned and ambled off the porch. Adam walked into the living room and watched it stagger out to the street and continue walking away. He looked down at his watch. It was 5:20am. Everyone would be getting up soon.

He yawned and stretched his arms as an explosion rumbled in the distance.

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