Jackson Kidd (Book 1): Surviving by West Mark

Author:West, Mark [West, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Infected
Publisher: West, Mark
Published: 2020-04-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

HELP

The girls begin running towards the house, the rifle bouncing frantically on Victoria’s right shoulder. They come to a sudden stop just before the rock wall when they spot three Infected staggering down the side of the house: a man and two women. Amy points to the fence, indicating it’s fallen. Victoria quickly bends to one knee and positions the rifle.

‘I’m taking a shot!’

She desperately tries to steady the gun, but she’s shaking too much from the sudden rush of adrenaline. She focuses her eye on the moving scope and peers through. ‘Hold steady, Victoria,’ she tells herself. But she is still shaking, and only just manages to place the man in her crosshairs for a mere second before pulling the trigger.

The bullet hits the man in the shoulder, spinning him to his left. He regains his balance and disappears behind the back of the house. The two women follow. Moments later there is another scream.

‘Help!’

Victoria jumps to her feet, re-joining Amy who is opening the makeshift gate that’s across the gap in the rock wall. Both girls run through, closing it behind them, and sprint towards the back of the house.

‘Victoria! Amy!’ Piper screams when she spots the two girls coming around the corner. ‘Help!’

Piper is trapped in the corner of the deck by five Infected. Her only protection a few chairs and a table that block the path of the hungry former humans. They push and pull at the furniture in fury, growling, with jaws snapping like crocodiles, as they attempt to reach her.

‘Coming! Hold on!’ Victoria screams, lowering to one knee again and lifting the rifle.

Two of the Infected turn when they hear Victoria’s voice. They snarl and begin walking towards the girls: a small child and the man who Victoria had shot. The child is about eight or nine years old, with strawberry blonde hair and wearing a white summer dress with sunflowers across the front. She reminds Victoria of her nephew who is around the same age, except one side of the girl’s face is half torn off.

Under immense pressure, Victoria takes her first shot too quickly, hitting the little girl in the left knee. The child’s kneecap shatters, and her lower leg twists so that her foot faces backwards. Her leg gives way and she falls to the ground. She snarls and begins to crawl across the ground, unconcerned at what is being done to her soft skin by the sharp rocks.

Victoria winces at the damage. She has to tell herself it isn’t a small girl anymore. She reloads the gun, sending the empty shell flying sideways, and squeezes the trigger. The bullet hits the man in the side of his neck, leaving a cherry tomato size hole and causing him to fall to the ground.

Amy, who is standing next to Victoria, grabs the nearest rock she can find and runs towards the child, lifting the rock high in the air and slamming it down on the little girl’s head. The rock is hard and sharp and splits the girl’s skull open like a coconut.

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