Dead Alert by D' Arc Bianca

Author:D' Arc, Bianca [Bianca, D' Arc,]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2011-07-31T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“It looked like a zombie.” Her gaze flew to his, the ghost of a self-conscious smile hiding at the corner of her mouth.

Sam nodded. “That’s what we’ve been calling them.” He buttoned his camo pants and pulled out a pair of combat boots from the bottom of his bag. “What they are is a science experiment gone wrong. A team of scientists, selected and hired by the military, were working on ways to make soldiers heal faster. What they ended up creating was a contagion that kills people and reanimates them into what you just saw.”

“Dear Lord,” she breathed.

Sam propped one foot on the lower edge of the car door and bent down to lace up his boot. All the while, he kept a careful watch on their surroundings.

“Keep a sharp eye out, Emily. There could be more of them. For some reason, the creatures seem intent on spreading the contagion and making more of themselves by scratching or biting people. After death, the contagion does something to their nails. The formerly dead cells regenerate into longer, sharper versions that are ten times as strong. They can scratch you bad and infect you with the contagion at the same time. That happens, you die and rise again to become one of them.”

“It’s like something out of a horror movie,” she exclaimed, clearly appalled by the situation.

“Welcome to my world. I’ve been fighting these things the past few months. That’s why I went undercover at Praxis Air. A couple of the scientists who developed this technology want to sell it to the highest bidder.”

“Are you kidding me?” Oh, she looked angry now. “Spread this like a weapon and have us all kill each other? Unchecked, this could wipe out everyone, couldn’t it?” Emily grasped the implications quickly, he’d give her that.

“That’s the fear.” He couldn’t tell her about the special few who were immune to the contagion. That information was more top secret than the rest. Immunity was something that would make the technology even more expensive to the right buyer. If the user could pick and choose who would be immune and who would not, the contagion could be used as a weapon without fear of the consequences.

Sam finished tying his other boot and took one last look around before climbing into the car. He shut the door and turned to Emily. She still looked shaken but she hadn’t become a pilot without learning how to handle unpredictable situations. She was holding up well.

“I’ve still got to find out where that van went,” he said softly.

“What’s the plan?” She visibly held her fear in check, which he appreciated. She was turning out to be a good partner in this totally screwed up situation.

“I want you to drive me back down the road to the curve just beyond the driveway where the van disappeared. I’m going to bail out of the car—”

“Bail out?” she interrupted him, looking appalled.

“It’s easy. You slow down to about thirty miles per hour and I’ll jump out.

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