I'm Tired of Zombies | Book 2 | Full Scale War by Murphy James W

Author:Murphy, James W. [Murphy, James W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2020-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8: Battle of the Snow Drones

I’m glad I filled the wood box the night before. Ruth and I had finished our coffee and she took the mugs inside while I went for a load of wood. We went to bed and woke to a Wyoming Winter Wonderland. The scene that met our eyes was magnificent. Big flakes still fell almost straight down. The quiet was practically overpowering. Even our whispered reflections to each other seemed terrifically muffled by the presence of the snow.

I went back inside, finished my coffee, and dressed for the work ahead. At the door, I put on my muck boots, heavy jacket, and thicker gloves, poured myself a travel mug of coffee and went back outside. I waded through the knee-deep snow, making a trail to the garage. Inside, I opened the front door and started the ATV with the plow. I went ahead and lay the chains out, as I knew I would need them this day.

Once everything was ready, I pulled out and began moving the heavy snowfall. I paid attention to what I was doing this time, as I wanted to make sure the lanes I’d chosen to keep when I built the bastions would work, giving me ample room to move snow out of the front. It was about seven in the morning when I began and cleared the lane to the gate by ten.

I shut the ATV off to open the gate and enjoy a moment of coffee and quiet, but, when the little ATV’s engine quit, I could hear another engine - drone – and it was low, and by the sound of the thing, flying from south to north up the valley. I quickly got behind a large tree and listened, wondering how long the thing had been flying around our neighborhood. I could tell by the sound it had passed my lane, so I got back in the ATV and raced back to the garage, closing the door at once. I didn’t bother to clean up the little rig, just ran for the house.

Once inside, Ruth asked, “What’s wrong?”

“Drone is buzzing the valley,” I told her. “I’m going to call Dave,” and raced for the radio. “Dave, this is Doug, you up?”

“I was wondering when you’d call,” Doug immediately answered. “You must have been plowing and didn’t hear the thing. It’s been in the valley for over an hour going back and forth.”

“Yeah, it just passed the lane heading north,” I told him. “What do you think we should do about it?”

“First, I’m wondering if they’re listening to us,” he replied.

I hadn’t thought of that and said as much. “Since its lower, you think we could shoot it down?”

“That would really bring them in then, don’t you think?”

“I don’t know, man, maybe they only have one of the things.”

Ruth came up behind me and placing her hand on my shoulder said, “I think you two should shoot it down. Tell him that’s my vote.” I did.

Doug responded

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