Killer Z by Miller Greg L

Author:Miller, Greg L. [Miller, Greg L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2013-10-14T04:00:00+00:00

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Relief pours into Juliet as Larry and Karen rush ahead. The cop’s belligerent comments and constant cheap come-on lines have worn her thin. They used Larry’s badge to bypass the tents of injured in the parking lot and gained entrance to the lobby of the hospital. The noise from outside grows louder as the natural light grows faint.

“The tsunami’s coming!” someone shouts.

The crowd rushes to the stairs. Shrills and screams echo in her ears and elbows smack into her sides.

“Get to the stairs!” Harry shouts.

Juliet barely makes out what he’s saying. Pixel, preferring their company over Larry’s, furiously barks and parts the crowd. She follows Pixel’s lead and leaps over the fallen and weak. Soft bodies become launching pads and she lands on the steps. A solid wall of water smashes into the lobby’s windows with a boom and floods the first level.

In the stairwell Juliet can’t see Harry but hears Pixel bark. The sea pounds into the building with relentless booms. People lose their footing and tumble down the stairs. She clutches the banister and struggles with each step.

“Are you alright?” Harry asks on the second floor landing.

“I’m ok.”

On the third floor she peeks out a window. A fire engulfs the Veteran’s building and the parking lot is under water. The tents have been swept away. On the roof soldiers direct the masses as medical personnel try enforcing the triage system. To her right are two marine helicopters. The soldiers keep the panicked crowd away from the helicopters with menacing assault rifles. The periodic rattle of their guns overrides the ocean’s barrage. To her left is a frazzled looking nurse shouts orders.

“Where’s my dad? He works here,” Juliet demands.

The nurse asks, “Who’s your father?”

“Riley Johnson.”

She whispers to another nurse and shakes her head no.

“Does Riley play chess at DuPont Circle?” Harry interrupts.

Juliet pierces Harry with a sharp look and says, “Yeah, why?”

“I play chess with him and can’t believe you’re that Juliet.”

“Juliet!” Matt’s screams and grabs her attention.

The obese young man emerges from the crowd cradling an injured left arm.

“Matt!”

“I trieddd goin’ ta church, to the ssshelter there, yaaa know, but da church collapsed and damnnn, my left arm really hurts. Someone bit meee. Ain’t that crazyyy?”

“You’re infected!” the head nurse yells. “Get a soldier over here ASAP!”

“Whaddya mean? I ain’t infected.”

A burly soldier with an assault weapon seizes Matt by the hair. A second soldier shoots his gun into the air making Juliet jump.

“Stand back, he’s infected,” the soldier says and drags Matt to the edge of the roof.

“You’re hurting me!”

“What are you doing?” Juliet shouts.

“I’m sorry but he’s infected,” Harry says and holds her back.

Without pause the soldier shoots Matt in the back of the head with a bang and then kicks the body off the roof. Juliet sinks to her knees, stunned.

“Harry, why did they do that? Matt wasn’t a zombie.”

“Sorry, Juliet, but he was infected.”

Juliet cries, “No, no, no. This isn’t seriously happening.”

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