Event Horizon: Z Is For Zombie Book 2 by catt dahman

Author:catt dahman [dahman, catt]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2013-04-08T04:00:00+00:00

12

Gathering

It took hours, once back at the hospital, for everyone to trade shortened stories and catch up, but despite some of the horrors they heard, having survivors join together made everyone feel a little more hopeful. Len used more erasers off of pencils as he arranged his lists, but managed to add more to the teams.

The newcomers were amazed and pleased when it was time to eat since the cooks had gone all out on this meal.Savory, thick chicken with dumplings, along with tuna and salmon cakes; several kinds of beans and peas; several different types of vegetables, and an abundance of salads all sat on a serving table.For sweets, they had the choice of chocolate pudding dancing with an assortment of nuts; pistachio pudding mixed with pineapple and marshmallows; plates of shimmering pears in a glaze; and large bowls of a tapioca dessert, surrounded by syrupy cherries and plums.

Len warned the others, “We don’t always eat this well, but we do eat.”

Rev took seconds of every dessert, his stomach already straining, but unwilling to stop filling himself with the delicious food. “I’m stuffed,” he said as he put another bite in his mouth.

They were still sharing stories as they ate, George and Pan in deep conversation about their theories. Aware of the children, they didn’t go into the more worrisome aspects.

After they ate, Len okayed all of them having a few drinks, reminding them to stay sober and vigilant as rum, whiskey, and vodka were poured. Johnny supervised, saying nothing when the few bottles were emptied.

Len had noticed Maryanne fidgeting all evening, but waited until all the children were tucked away, except for Hannah, who was rarely seen as a child.

Word was, she had spent the day inventorying at ten times the speed of everyone else, helping to lay the plans for transport of supplies and mapping possible routes. Len suppressed a grin, just thinking about how bossy she must have been.

“What’s on your mind, Maryanne?” he asked.

“The dreams…”

Maryanne was young, and although blind since birth, she had a special gift for reading the hearts of people and some precognition that had saved lives more than once. George explained it quickly to the new people, despite a few glances of disbelief, noticing that Pan leaned closer to hear her.

“Do you dream?” Pan asked.

She blushed furiously as she nodded, “I promise, I’m not a crank.”

“Me either, and I dream, so did Rev and others.”

Many said they dreamed of the wolf. Some had been afraid, but some had just been troubled with the other parts of the dreams.

“I just have feelings about it:in any condition or situation that goes badly, some bad people get together and do more terrible things. We saw that right here with some people and the raiders. We’ve seen it before: the Katrina hurricane in Louisiana. Some people did bad things then, and some were heroes,” she said.

“Like the nuts in the September 11 tragedy and the heroes who helped that day,” Rae said in her thick Middle-Eastern accent, getting quiet appreciation that she didn’t even notice.

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