Extinction Shadow by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, thriller
Amazon: B07VDGJNTL
Goodreads: 49695616
Publisher: Great Wave Ink Publishing
Published: 2019-08-08T07:00:00+00:00

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Dohi knelt in the knee-high grass. The blades were already golden, dried by the onslaught of cooler weather striking Outpost Duluth in Minnesota. Between the crushed stalks of grass were the unmistakable taloned footprints of the Variants.

Just like General Souza had feared, the Variants had continued their assaults, reaching all the way into northern Minnesota. This was just the latest attack, occurring only hours after their briefing on the USS George Johnson.

Team Ghost stood in the overgrown practice baseball and softball fields at the University of Minnesota Duluth. The campus had been retrofitted over the years into a fortified outpost, complete with chain-link fences, razor wire, and all the electronic surveillance equipment the military had given them.

Unlike Outpost Turkey River and Outpost Rapid City, the defenses had held, and only a handful of monsters had managed to get inside before they were repelled and forced to retreat.

The emergency alert system the Ringgold administration had provided to all of the outposts had helped, too, and this one knew trouble was coming from the quick acting alert.

But Dohi had a feeling it was really the two platoons of Army Rangers working with the militia that had saved this place from falling.

A group of Rangers were helping treat civilians across the field, some of which had lost loved ones in the fighting. The sobs and cries of pain drifted in the blustering winds.

White sheets covered the bodies of the deceased in neat rows.

Dohi and Team Ghost made their way across the field.

“Who’s in charge here?” Fitz called out.

An Asian man with broad shoulders looked over his shoulder and then walked over to Fitz.

“That would be me,” he held out a hand to Fitz. “Sergeant Randall Chung with the 3rd Battalion.”

“Master Sergeant Fitzpatrick with Team Ghost.” Fitz gestured at the other men and Dohi nodded.

“Glad to have you with us, Master Sergeant,” Chung said. He sighed and gestured to the bodies. “We did what we could, but we couldn’t stop all of the Variants once they tunneled in.”

“Wish we’d gotten here sooner,” Mendez said.

Chung adjusted his chin strap. “You guys have any idea on where all these beasts are coming from?”

“That’s what we’re here to find out,” Fitz said.

Dohi walked over to a hole near home plate while Fitz and Chung spoke. He flicked on his tactical light and shone it down into a passage covered in the glistening red webbing.

The nightmares of what he had seen in those tunnels at Turkey River flashed through his mind. He felt a pang of nausea as images of the half-buried people with tendrils growing from their mouths and out of their orbital cavities passed through his mind.

“You, okay, bro?”

Dohi looked back at Mendez who stood with his rifle cradled. They rejoined the rest of the team at the tail end of the conversation.

“Did the Variants escape with any people?” Fitz asked.

“None that we know of, but we haven’t accounted for all civilians yet,” Chung said.

“Did you see any Alphas?” Fitz asked.

“Caught one.” Chung pointed toward the opposite side of the field where the Rangers had dumped the remains of the beasts.

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