No Easy Dead: A Post-Apocalyptic Military Sci-Fi Series by Jake Bible

Author:Jake Bible [Bible, Jake]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2023-08-07T16:00:00+00:00

“You hear that?” Horton asks as the Team steps out into the night. “Hey, TL?”

“Hold on,” Stanford says, holding a hand up as he takes a serious chewing out from Boyd.

“You fucking asshole!” Boyd shouts in his face. “Your job is to protect my RC! Now you’re leaving us on our own? What the fuck, Lee? Have you gone crazy?”

“You heard the explosions,” Stanford says. “You saw the eyeless nutjobs DTA brought. Crazy is what’s going down right now. Get your RC up the mountain. Schuemaker and Hawks will be with you every step until you hit the trolleys. There’ll be jocks at each switching station, so it’s not like you’re all alone, you big baby. Man up and deal.”

Stanford starts to turn away and Boyd reaches for him, then thinks better of it.

“TL!” Horton shouts. “We have company!”

“What the hell, Horton?” Stanford says. “Keep it down, will ya? You’ll bring every Z in a ten-block radius to us.”

“Too late, boss,” Shep says, his M-4 up as he slowly backs toward the hospital. “I think we need to get inside and lock down, sir. No one’s going anywhere.”

Stanford doesn’t even ask and raises his own carbine, his eyes scanning the darkness. All around him, the hustle and bustle of the RC getting ready to bug out stops dead. Every single person drops what they are doing and turns toward the sound. And as the sound gets closer, they realize Shep is right.

Scary right.

“Fuck,” Stanford snarls. “Inside! Everyone, inside now! Lock it down! Barricade every first-floor door and window! We’ve got a herd, people!”

A cacophony of moans, groans, and shuffling feet fills the air all around them. Wide, empty lots line the other side of West 84th Avenue across from the hospital, making it easy for everyone to see the massive size of the herd as the thousands of undead move into the dim light of the fire barrels set outside and around the front entrance of the hospital.

“DTA! You are inside with the RC and your captives! Go now!” Stanford orders. Hawks, Clank, and Junior don’t hesitate and help get everyone and their gear through the front entrance.

“You coming, Ford?” Hawks asks.

“Nope,” Stanford says. “Lock it down and don’t worry about us. We’ll get in after we slow this herd down.”

Hawks nods and is lost in the semi-panicked crowd of RC workers.

“What are you thinking, boss?” Shep asks.

“Tommy Bombs,” Stanford says. “What do you have for me?”

“What do you need?” Tommy Bombs asks, his nervous eyes on the approaching herd.

“Whatever will turn 84th into a crater,” Stanford says. “Can you blow me a moat?”

“Don’t we need water for that?” Horton asks.

“Nope, just need a big pit,” Stanford says.

“I can do that,” Tommy Bombs says. “But we better hurry.”

“I’ll watch his back,” Lang says. “You guys watch mine.”

“We got ya,” the twins say.

Tommy Bombs and Lang grab up the packs of explosive that were going to be used on the trolleys and run to the far side of 84th. As soon as Tommy Bombs unzips the first pack, all shaking and twitching cease.

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