Gen Z by Baileigh Higgins

Author:Baileigh Higgins [Higgins, Baileigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2018-12-18T05:00:00+00:00

The third soldier on the lawn carried a weird contraption with a long nozzle in his arms with a pipe leading to a tank on his back, and Chas squinted at it. Flames licked from the end of the nozzle. “Is that a flamethrower?”

“Must be,” Emily said. “It fits with everything else we’ve seen.”

“So, that’s the National Guard, and they’re clearing the houses and streets of infection,” Chas mused.

“It’s what I said they’d do. The logical thing,” Emily said. “Kill any infected and burn the bodies. Evacuate all uninfected citizens to established safe zones.”

A quick glance around the block confirmed Emily’s suspicions. The sidewalks were lined with bodies, some sprawled in the road as if they’d tried to run away. All were burned to a crisp and still smoldering in the aftermath. A few dogs lay next to their masters, their corpses likewise blackened to charcoal.

An army truck was parked near the soldiers with floodlights attached to the roof. It lit the scene in a big pool of yellow, illuminating the soldiers and Andrew’s parents perfectly. At that same moment, a bus roared to life and drove up the street in the opposite direction, a few pale faces visible in the back windows.

Andrew’s mom and dad stood on the grass in their pajamas holding onto each other, their bodies trembling with either cold or fear. They were the last people remaining on the block, and the bus carrying the survivors had left them behind. That could mean only one thing. Andrew’s parents weren’t going to any safe zones.

With a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach, Chas watched as the scene unfolded before her eyes like a trainwreck in slow motion. Andrew, hovering with one hand on his door handle, a wordless cry on his lips. Dean, Vanessa, Emily, and herself, all staring with uniform horror as the soldier nearest to the couple pointed an accusing finger at Andrew’s mom.

“You’re infected,” he said, pointing at a bandage on her arm. It was spotted with blood in the shape of a ring.

The poor woman shook her head vehemently, her lips forming one sentence. “It’s not what you think.”

In the quiet of the night, voices carry, and every word was as clear as day, filtering in through the crack of Dean’s window. The soldier shouted at her once more before turning to her husband. He, too, had blood on his shirt, and a ragged wound peeked out above his collar. Andrew’s father waved a fist at the soldier, his face puffed up with rage, and his eyes bloodshot. Sweat poured down his skin, another indicator of the virus pumping through his veins.

Before anyone could breathe, the soldier shot Andrew’s father. The bullet hit him in the chest, and a red flower bloomed on the beige material. The man collapsed with a gurgling cry, and Andrew’s mom screamed as she threw herself at the soldier only to fall when two more rounds tore through her body.

“Mom, Dad!” Andrew cried with a look of sickened horror twisting his features.

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