Kaiju Inferno: Kaiju Winter Book Three by Jake Bible

Author:Jake Bible
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2015-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

Seven

“This is some heavy gear,” Lowell says, a large duffel bag strapped to his back. “Why am I the pack mule and you get to carry the guns? I can carry guns too. We could plop this pack on those gurneys and let the kid roll it all down the halls.”

“Because gurneys aren’t stable when stacked this way,” Lu says as she gets to the corner of the corridor and stops, ducking her head around and back quickly before stepping out and waving them on. In her hand she grips an M16 with a second one strapped to her back and two .45s pistols on her hips.

“Why do you keep doing that?” Kyle asks as he pushes the three stacked gurneys. All are collapsible, like EMTs use, and wobble precariously as Kyle turns them around the corner, following his mother. “Dr. Bennet is dead and the other scientists are in the control room with Dr. Probst.”

“We don’t know those are the only members of the staff,” Lu says, the M16 up at her shoulder, eyes sighting down the barrel.

“Didn’t that VanderVoort lady say they were?” Kyle asks.

“She did,” Lu nods. “But I don’t know her and frankly don’t trust anyone connected to this facility.”

“Good thinking,” Lowell says. “I’d go one step further and just not trust anyone at all. Works for me.”

“Yes and it has gotten you so far in life,” Kyle laughs.

“Cram it, kid,” Lowell says. “I’m still breathing, aren’t I? Better than I can say for a lot of people.”

“Quiet,” Lu orders.

They reach the end of the corridor and take one more turn before facing the doors to the control room. Lu holds up her hand and Kyle stops. Lowell takes off the duffel bag and lets it fall to the ground. He follows along and sits down, slumping against the huge pack.

“Get up,” Lu hisses. “This is not break time.”

“Give me a minute,” Lowell says. “I’m fucking exhausted. It’s not like we’ve gotten to sleep late and eat three meals a day. I was in better shape back in prison.”

“One minute,” Lu says, moving to the control room doors. “Then get up and get ready. We’ll need to be fast and thorough. VanderVoort said these scientists are no longer strictly human. We have to get them restrained more securely, up on the gurneys, and out of Dr. Probst’s hair fast.”

“Then they go to our old quarantine cell?” Kyle asks. “Why not take them to the infirmary and torch them like Dr. Bennet?”

“VanderVoort says they haven’t fully given in,” Lu says. “If they die then they get torched. If they still live then there’s hope.”

“Yeah, that makes all kinds of sense,” Lowell says. “But then so does everything else in this shitty world right now, so I guess we’ll roll with it.”

Lu pounds her fist on the doors and glares back at Lowell. “Your minute rest is done. Get your ass up.”

“Yes, ma’am, right away, ma’am,” Lowell says as he stands and salutes. Then he sighs and picks up the duffel bag.

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