How to Start Living (in the Zombie Apocalypse) by Walker T.L

Author:Walker, T.L. [Walker, T.L.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2017-02-09T05:00:00+00:00

Complacency is no longer possible.

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The zeds were moving toward us now, and these ones were fast."Joey,"I snarled."There’s no more coming."

"Just wait,"he replied."Wait..."

"No!"I argued."Now!" They were practically on top of us when I stepped forward and swung my weapon at the closest one. There was a sickening thud as the nails bit into the zed’s cheek, and it took all of my strength to rip them free. The zombie reeled, slamming into one of the others and taking it to the ground. Before they could get up I moved in and smashed my mace down on their heads, again and again and again, until I was certain they wouldn’t be getting back up. I spun around to look for my brother, but the rain blinded me for a moment...and then suddenly another zed was there, too close for me to swing at. I braced the length of wood in both hands and drove it at the zed’s chest, but it had already started reaching for me, the ground was a mess of slick mud, and I lost my footing.

We went down in a tangle of limbs.

Looking back, I’ve wondered if I really did press the attack too soon, or if everything that happened next was simply inevitable. I heard Joey call out and felt his hand close around my forearm. He pulled me off the zed, yanking so hard that even as he let go to raise his axe the force he’d used propelled me across the muddy ground.

From that moment on, my memories of that night are nothing more than flashes of horror. A lightning bolt splitting the sky, highlighting the edge of Joey’s blade as he drove it down to take out the fallen zed once and for all. The return to black and the rumble of thunder that didn’t quite cover his cry of surprise. Me, screaming his name, feeling like I wasn’t even in my own body as I struggled to regain my footing.

A thud as Joey fell to the ground not a foot away, another flash of lightning showing him reaching out to me, his mouth open as he tried to call out to me, the gaping hole in his neck rendering him incapable of speech.

The moan of the zed that fell on my brother as I reached for the axe that had slipped from his grasp.

The feel of that axe as I took hold of it, the handle still warm.

The madness that came over me as I tackled the zed, forgetting my own safety in my need to kill it, kill it, kill it...

I woke with a start, the sunlight from a nearby window warm on my skin, and my first thought was, Just a nightmare. Thank God.

Until I realized that I was lying on Richard’s desk. The vet himself was standing over me, eyes wide, face white. I sat up so fast that we nearly knocked heads; he took a step back and raised his hands as if to ward me off."Careful now," he said, but the way he was looking at me belied the calm tone of his voice.

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