Dead Man's Land: Books of the Dead 3 by Spears R. J

Author:Spears, R. J. [Spears, R. J.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: J. Ellington Ashton Press
Published: 2014-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

Dead Man’s Land

“Joel, what are we going to do?” Jo asked, looking past me, out to the driveway, which was filled with armored zombies streaming our way.

Several others were down in the lobby, and all eyes were on me. The problem was that I had no answers. There were a couple hundred zombies out there, and I could see no way to stop them. We could take down a few, but the majority of these undead bastards were going to get inside. If their human confederates decided to open up with whatever weapons they had, we were done for.

I could feel the tendrils of panic slipping into my body, and my mind started to spiral down into a vortex of doubts and questions. I wondered what the hell I was doing and how I got put in this position, but it didn’t matter because I just was. Greg had trusted me to do this. I had to find a way to live up to that trust.

I held up a hand in the air, asking for one moment of quiet, as I closed my eyes and said a quick, silent prayer. When I stopped, a sense of calm washed over me, and I was as ready as I ever would be for what was about to happen. Most likely, I would be meeting the God I just prayed to firsthand in a few minutes.

“Joel, should we fight or run?” Russell asked, his expression a question mark masked in fear.

That was the question. I turned, looked over my shoulder and saw the armored zombies spreading out to surround the complex and knew our window to escape was quickly closing. We could probably hold off the zombies, but only for a while. Their human allies had turned the tide in their favor. A few more hits from their weapons, and there would be too many openings in the building for us to guard.

I turned back to him and said, “Both. We need to get ready to make a break out the back. Gather as many people as you can and get weapons, too. I’m going to stay here and keep them distracted.”

“No!” Jo said, “you can’t hold them off alone.”

“They’re going to need you to lead them out,” I said.

“Others can do that. I’m staying with you, and that’s final.”

“I’m staying, too,” Brother Ed said, and I could see that he was just as determined as Jo.

I shook my head and conceded that there was no talking her out of it. “Okay, I need someone on the second floor to toss down grenades when the zombies get close to the building. Can you do that, Brother Ed?”

He nodded.

“Jo, stay with me. Russell, let me have your walkie-talkie,” I said, and he handed it over. Before I spoke into it, I said to him, “You’ve got to lead our people out the back. I also need you to make sure Jason gets out. You up for that?”

He looked at his feet for a moment and then looked back up.

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