Plague War: Outbreak by Alister Hodge

Author:Alister Hodge [Hodge, Alister]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2018-05-30T22:00:00+00:00

Steph chewed her bottom lip as she studied the roughly-drawn plan on the table. Harry had scribbled a diagram of the property, including lines of defence that could be created from materials at hand. She was finding it hard to poke holes in his logic so far, the only troubling factor she saw was the lack of manpower to make his vision a reality in a short timeframe.

Harry had proposed reinforcing the current paddock fences with barbed wire to catch hold of any lone wandering Carrier. If high numbers arrived, the paddock fences would likely fail under combined weight, requiring a closer line of fortification. The house itself was raised six feet off the ground on high footings, circled by a verandah. Removing the stairs at the front and back and replacing them with a ladder, would automatically create another simple barrier against the mindless dead.

He next proposed laying a defensive square of shipping containers around the perimeter of the house. Harry also suggested digging a series of deep holes inside the fence line. If speakers were rigged in the holes as bait, they could potentially attract many of an attacking swarm away from the house, reducing the overall numbers being fought. Reluctantly, she was impressed.

‘I like the idea of the shipping containers, but how are you going to move them up here?’ she asked.

‘There’s a truck in the machinery yard that has a crane system on its back for loading and unloading the containers. We just cart them up on the truck, then unload them around the house. I still need to work out how to use the crane system though – that bit I haven’t done before. Surely driving a truck shouldn’t be too different from a manual car?’ he said. ‘Either way, I think we should concentrate first on the simple stuff, like sorting out the existing fence line, and knocking out the steps to the house.’

‘Ok. Count me in. Anyway, my parents would disown me if I left you here to die on your own.’

Harry looked up at her to find Steph’s face was deadpan.

‘Glad to take advantage of your sense of family duty,’ he replied with a wry smile at his cousin’s dry humour.

A crackle of gunfire came over the speakers in the living room, replacing the monotone drawl of the news report Steph had left running on TV. Harry walked towards the other room to investigate.

‘Do you know what’s going on?’ he asked.

Steph got up and followed. ‘They were just covering the evacuation in Sydney. It was all fairly mundane, no more close-ups of people being eaten, thank Christ. Too many complaints I guess....’ Steph’s voice trailed off as she came to Harry’s shoulder and saw the screen.

Both Harry and Steph gazed at the television, dumbfounded. A news helicopter was relaying footage from the SCG evacuation, hovering at the height of the surrounding stands. A reporter provided a barely coherent overview, so distressed was she at the spectacle unfolding below. The camera swung away to film the grounds around the stadium, displaying a writhing sea of the undead.

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