Deadfall: A Zombie Apocalypse Thriller by Phil Maxey

Author:Phil Maxey [Maxey, Phil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Philip Maxey
Published: 2023-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

TIA

There was a shunt and jolt and the train finally came to a stop, with the kind of applause Tia had only heard on a plane before, on landing. She wondered why people were relieved. A train goes on tracks. It can’t get lost, and she couldn’t remember ever hearing about one crashing. How would it even do that?

The carriage was packed. The seats and aisles stuffed full of sweaty, smelly people. Some were crying. Some had bandages covering them.

The journey had been around two hours since they left London, and she had no idea where they were. Grandmother had said they were going somewhere safe, and not to worry because mum and dad would soon follow. Ella had also said she spoke to Tia’s father on the phone, when they were running away from the shop, being chased by the weird people and the even stranger animals. But she didn’t want to think about that time. Not think about the things she saw. The horrible biting and clawing. The cars that smashed into—

The train door opened and a soldier pushed on, between people. “Listen up. My name is Corporal Hatchet, and I’m in charge of your group. This station is secure. But we are stretched thin. When you get off the train, move quickly along the platform then into the car park and onto the coaches waiting. Under escort they will take you to the camp. If you need a pee or anything else, you’re going to have to hold it in until we get there. If all goes well, we should be at the destination within thirty minutes. The shutters will be pulled down on the coach’s windows. For your own sake and that of children onboard, do not lift them back up. Hope that’s all clear.”

A woman started asking a question but the soldier had already moved back outside.

Tia looked up at her grandmother, whose hand hadn’t left her own since they boarded. “Can you try and call them again?”

“Once we get to the camp. There’s no cell reception here. I’ve been keeping an eye on it.” They both stood, as did the people on the seat near the window.

Angry shouts came from somewhere up ahead.

“Stay close,” Ella said to her granddaughter.

When the tiniest of gaps opened up in the wall of people, moving along the aisle, Ella and Tia moved into it, and were swept along until they got to the open doors and stepped out onto the platform, which barely had any space left.

Tia stood on tiptoes, trying to see past the arms and torsos which loomed like a forest around her, but couldn’t see anymore than the top of a wall and a wooden ceiling of a building above. They started walking in step with everyone around them.

“Stay close,” repeated Ella, her voice trembling a little.

Her grandmother kept looking at the sky, although Tia wasn’t sure why that was.

They kept on walking, the crowd spilling out through a small opening in a fence, to where the ground became concrete.

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