Days of Perdition by Dirk Patton

Author:Dirk Patton [Patton, Dirk]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sci-Fi, Horror
ISBN: 9781507585887
Amazon: 1507585888
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2015-02-08T11:00:00+00:00

24

Infected from up and down the fence line started closing on us as soon as we came through the gate. All three of us were firing almost continuously, but we were keeping them at bay. For the moment.

On the outside of the fence there had been a five-yard wide strip of gravel at the edge of a multilane road that carried much of the traffic in this part of the city. The power was still on in the area, in pockets, and after firing three more shots I had a moment to scan across the businesses that lined the far side of the road.

The civilian areas immediately adjacent to military bases seem to never be good areas. I guess it makes sense that if you could live elsewhere why would you want to be next to the noise and traffic of a base? I wasn’t surprised to see a couple of cheap apartment complexes, low rent hotels, payday loan stores, liquor stores, fast food of every description and a small used car dealer.

Changing directions I led us across eight empty lanes and into the dealership’s parking lot. We were still having to engage fast moving females but for the moment there weren’t as many of them coming at us. Reaching the edge of the lot, Dog leapt and took down a female that had apparently been waiting for us behind a rusting minivan. He finished her off quickly and came back to stay close to my side.

The car dealer was a small, local business. The lot was paved with crumbling asphalt and a couple of dozen cars, trucks, vans and SUVs were scattered haphazardly across it. The sales office was a singlewide mobile home with a sliding glass door for an entrance. I moved us to the base of the metal stairs that led up to the door and turned to face out into the lot. Only a couple of females were approaching and I dropped both of them as Martinez and Rachel engaged the slower males.

“Rachel, take Dog with you and go check inside. There should be keys in there. Get us a truck.” I said without letting up my rate of fire.

A couple of moments later I heard glass break as Rachel battered her way through the locked sliding door. Eight shots and eight dead infected later she was back at my side with a key in hand.

“Chevy truck is what it’s labeled.” She said. “It was the only one that said truck, but I see five Chevy trucks in the lot.”

“Did you get the other Chevy keys?” I asked, shooting a male that was completely nude. Not a dignified state of dress to be in when you turn, but I suppose you won’t care in the end.

“Yep. Where do you want to start?” Rachel asked.

“That one,” I gestured at a rusting four-wheel drive truck sitting on mostly bald tires. It was closest, and at the moment I just wanted to get us out of there.

The volume of infected was increasing.

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