Die Trying: A Zombie Apocalypse by Ryan Nicholas

Author:Ryan, Nicholas [Ryan, Nicholas]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2014-01-06T05:00:00+00:00

“And this shall be the plague wherewithin the Lord will smite all the people

That have fought against Jerusalem;

Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,

And their eyes shall consume away in their holes,

And their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.”

He closed the book, and tucked it back into his pocket. “That was Zechariah 14:12,” Harrigan explained.

I didn’t know what to say. None of us did. We all stared at Harrigan for half a minute, and he stared right back at us, his gaze level and steady. Even Jed seemed stunned to silence.

I frowned. “Then why vote for trying to reach Pentelle, Clinton?” I asked gently. “Why didn’t you vote to stay here – to hide and wait it out? If you think the Bible has predicted doomsday, then why are you in favor of trying to travel forty miles through hordes of infected ghouls?”

Harrigan smiled – but it was a listless, tired gesture, like he had already considered the question himself, and already knew the answer. “Because,” he said softly, “it’s better to die on your feet than live on your knees. And if we’re going to die – if the good Lord has turned His back on a world filled with sinners – then I want to die trying.”

Harrigan sounded like a wise old prophet who had just come down from the mountaintop. It surprised me, but it shouldn’t have. He was a thoughtful, intelligent man. He never said much, but I had learned during the last week that when he spoke, he was a man worth listening to.

I turned back to Jed. “Do you still vote in favor of heading to Richmond, or West Virginia?”

He glared at me and screwed up his face. “Is there any point?”

“No,” I shook my head. “Not really. Not unless you want to go alone, because it seems that the rest of us are heading south – to Pentelle.”

I looked back to Walker. “When?”

He looked a little bemused. “Why are you handing all these decisions to me?” he asked slowly. “Have you finally decided that I’m trustworthy?”

I smiled coldly. “No,” I said. “But I’m trusting you to make the best decisions for your daughter’s safety. You’re the military guy, and you’re the one who knows about the Jaws virus. You’re the most likely one amongst us to make good choices.”

He sat back down and thought for a moment. “If we go tonight, we would be travelling in the dark,” he said. “We’d need to find a car and navigate our way through the suburbs until we could get onto the highway.” He made a sound like he was sucking air through his teeth. “On the one hand, we have the cover of darkness, but on the other hand, we’ll never see what’s coming. We won’t have time for alternative options.”

“But surely the cover of dark is a big advantage,” I said. “Especially if we can stay quiet.”

“In a car?” Walker shook his head. “Any undead within a mile will be drawn by the sound of the engine.

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