Deadly Night: Jenni and Katie's Untold Tale: A Short Story From the As The World Dies Universe (As The World Dies Untold Tales Book 4) by Rhiannon Frater

Author:Rhiannon Frater [Frater, Rhiannon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-10-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

-Minutes Earlier-

Katie braced herself as Travis obeyed her order to “go” and swung the truck around. The slap of the runner’s hand against the passenger window startled her. Out of the corner of her eye was the rabid, snarling face of a zombie. The wounds on his face were fresh and still bleeding. Katie glanced at Julie, worried that the man was one of her friends, but the traumatized woman remained mute as she stared at the zombies swarming around the vehicle.

The pickup accelerated, leaving the undead man and the other runners behind.

“They’re keeping pace,” Bill exclaimed.

Katie glanced into the side mirror to see the runners in unwavering pursuit. The interior of the truck stank of rotting flesh, blood, refuse, and vomit, and it took all her willpower not to roll the windows down.

This was the reality of the new world.

It was ugly and rank.

The pack of runners managed to keep pace with the truck for about a half block, then started to drop behind. The illuminated fort ahead was a comforting sight, but the runners were not that far behind.

“Go faster,” Julie yelled at Travis over the sobbing of the children.

“I can’t go too fast. We’re nearing the fort.” Travis gripped the steering wheel tightly and intently watched the road.

“Travis, we need more space between us and them. Once we stop, they’ll be on us in seconds,” Katie said calmly but urgently.

“I can’t risk a hard stop with Katarina and Felix in the back,” Travis reminded her.

“Shit,” Katie groused, realizing he was right.

“We’ll have to fight our way into the fort,” Bill decided. “Got no other choice.”

Katie acknowledged this truth with a nod of her head. “Okay, this is what we’ll do. Julie, the second we stop, get out. We’ll cover you. Get you and the kids to the ladder. Travis, you help her. Bill, you, me, Felix, and Katarina will have to cover them.”

“I can help cover,” Travis offered, but he didn’t sound very certain. He was still learning how to shoot a gun and didn’t have the best aim.

“No, just get them over the wall.” Katie understood his need to help, but he was a risk to the group. “She’ll need help with the little ones.”

Travis appeared about to protest, but one glance at her grave expression silenced him. “Fine.”

Bill tugged the small pane open in the rear window and shouted the plan to Katarina and Felix.

Watching the side mirror, Katie shivered. The pickup’s rear truck lights illuminated the pursuing dead, granting them an even more inhuman appearance in the red glow. Travis attempted to put a little more speed into their escape, but Katie wasn’t sure it was actually going to help. The dead didn’t feel pain or fear. The zombies would relentlessly pursue the living to their own destruction.

Reaching the final block, Travis was forced to gradually decelerate the vehicle. When he turned the corner instead of pulling up to the gate, the people on the wall scrambled to relocate the ladders they had already placed near the entrance to where Travis was parking the vehicle.

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