Dead End by R. J. Spears

Author:R. J. Spears [Spears, R. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-15T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 40

Man Down

“What the hell?” Donovan said again. Any of the cool composure he had had before was totally gone. Before he was ice. Now, he was as mushy as a marshmallow.

It took two more beats, and he put his hard face back on. He didn’t waste any time after that. “Let’s go.”

He ducked back under the canopy of leaves above and, while it took a moment for the rest of their small group to catch up, they got the message and fell in line behind him. The sound of gunfire echoed across the field and into the tree line that absorbed some of the sharper shots. Still, it sounded like a firefight was going on out there.

A firefight didn’t bode well for Lou, and they all knew it. That the shooting was still going on was a small miracle. It was one man versus an army.

They were quickly approaching the edge of the tree line that would carry them into the field, but that’s when Jo came to her senses. She could tell that Donovan was ready to break into a full run when she reached out and grabbed his arm, yanking him back. He whipped around on her, and she saw nothing but a fierce ball of rage. She held onto his arm, but she also pulled back, ready to get hit.

Instead, he sucked down a deep breath and said, “Let go of my arm.

“You go out there and you’re dead.”

His face shifted from anger to anguish. “Lou is out there.”

“You know he’s not going to make it.”

Mason said, “We have to get out there. He needs us.”

Jo released Donovan’s arm then said, “I know everything in you wants to go rescue him, but you know he’s not going to make it out of there. Not on his own.” She left out wanting to say how stupid it was to go alone. It hadn’t worked with Sergeant Jones, and it didn’t work now.

The firefight had calmed with spaced out shots being exchanged. A voice boomed from some sort of amplified system. “Put down your weapon. Do it now!”

All the people in their little group whipped their attention in that direction. A single shot was fired, and that shot was answered by a slew of shots.

“This is your last warning. Put down your weapon, or we will open up on you.”

The firefight had been completely out of view. The only way they knew it was going on was via audio, but that was enough to convince them it was happening.

Donovan asked, “Where can we get a better view of the field?”

“We’ll have to backtrack and go to the west, but there’s a rise in the hills,” Jo said. “It might give us a view.”

“Lead the way,” Donovan said. “Now.” He paused, rubbed his face with his hand, then said, “Please. I want to know what is happening.”

“I know,” Jo said. “Follow me.”

Jo was off and running. Before the zombie apocalypse, she wasn’t all that much in shape, but after it, she was almost in peak form.

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