MZS: New York: A Metropolitan Zombie Survivors Novella by McAdams K. D

Author:McAdams, K. D. [McAdams, K. D.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Caveman Worldwide
Published: 2014-09-19T07:00:00+00:00

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Chapter 7

Whatever happened in the hall was not good. I shouldn’t act like I don’t know what it was. There was a zombie out there. Sooner or later I’m going to have to experience zombies, and the death and gore they bring with them, up close. I would just prefer to wait and make it later.

Cupcake is just sitting, staring off into space. There’s no way he didn’t hear what was going on out there. This must be his approach to coping.

There were no knocks on my door and now there is silence. Either Patrick made it to Terri’s or he’s dead. If he’s dead, does that mean he’ll turn?

“Cupcake, have you seen it happen?” I ask.

He looks at me with blank eyes.

“Have you seen anyone… turn?”

Slowly his eyes come back to life. He’s thinking. I hope I don’t make him replay any particularly horrible memories.

“No. Actually, now that you mention it, we haven’t experienced a living person becoming a zombie,” he says. “Thanks for giving me a fresh hell to look forward to.”

“It’s just… The guys in the hall… If Patrick is lying in the hallway, bitten, when will we know that he’s turned?”

Patrick is my concrete example and my concern right now. Big-picture, though, this might be important. Like if we’re on a bridge in the car and someone gets bitten through a window, do we have a few minutes to get all the way across or will there be a new zombie in seconds?

“Well, we heard a report that the disease or whatever is spread through bodily fluids. If you get their blood or spit in your mouth, you’re done for. Certainly if they bite you and pass saliva directly into your bloodstream, it’s the end,” Cupcake says, exhausted.

I nod. “So someone must have studied this or at least observed it closely.”

“I guess it would be good to know, but what are we supposed to do, infect someone on purpose?”

Cupcake is definitely not a leader. He’s not thinking about problems and solutions; he’s thinking about actions. Action is the smallest element of any plan. A leader needs to think about cause and effect, understand the “why” of a situation and the ramifications of changing the variables.

“You’re sort of leading this crew; were you in the military?” I ask.

“Hah! I’m kind of anti-authority,” Cupcake says casually.

He’s not. He probably thinks he is or wants to be, but he most definitely is not against authority. I bet he secretly loves authority. Having someone tell you what to do can be comforting, like a warm blanket.

Cupcake gets up out of his chair and walks over to the window. He picks up the binoculars and starts scanning the buildings across the street.

“Your rig, your rules. Seems like these guys consider you the authority,” I say.

“I like my friends and I wanted to help them,” Cupcake replies. He brings the binoculars down from his eyes but doesn’t turn away from the window. “A few weeks ago, we were out boozing and the topic of hotwiring a car came up.

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