Plague of the Dead by Z. A. Recht

Author:Z. A. Recht [Recht, Z. A.]
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction, Horror, Adult, Thriller, Fantasy, Morningstar Strain
Published: 2012-02-21T00:36:49+00:00

Washington, D.C.

1830 hrs_

Agent Mason had not been lying. The safe house was a wonder of modern espionage. There were several at any given time in and around every major city in the world, Mason had explained. They had been built and stocked for one purpose: to equip an agent on the run. Naturally, they weren’t meant to be used by agents who’d gone rogue on the company, which was why each safe house had an operator stationed inside. The operator was meant to keep the gear secure and maintained, and also to keep up a semblance of normalcy to the neighbors and keep suspicion at a minimum. Luckily for the three escapees, the operator of the safe house in the suburbs was long gone to answer the call at headquarters. Once Agent Mason had picked the lock on the door that led into the house from the catacombs, they were home free.

The door opened into the basement of the house. Anna thought for a moment they had stumbled into an office building-the basement was fully finished, with sterile white walls and a carpeted floor. Heavy lockers lined the walls. An expansive computer terminal sat in one corner, screens scrolling information faster than the human eye could read. One wall had a number of hooks screwed into it from which dangled suits of riot gear that looked like they’d been collecting dust for a year or more. Another wall held maps of the area-topographical maps, street maps, utilities, every possible variant seemed arranged neatly next to one another for reference.

Mason made a beeline for the computer terminal, quickly punching keys and bringing up a set of windows that showed scenes of suburban normalcy: a deserted street outside, a frost-covered back yard, an empty front porch. The house had its own security system and Mason was arming it piece by piece.

“I’m locking us down,” Mason explained. “Don’t even touch any of the outside windows or doors. The knobs are electrified and we have a video-assisted targeting program running on a turret ‘bot in the foyer. Make a wrong move and this computer will think you’re an intruder. It’ll light you up.”

“Is there food here? Water? Medical supplies?” Anna asked, looking over Mason’s shoulder at the screens. Julie leaned heavily against the map-covered wall behind them, coughing into her arm.

“Right there,” Mason said, jerking a finger over his shoulder at the nearest locker.

Anna went over and pulled the bulky double doors open, revealing stacks upon stacks of neatly-packed MREs and pre-packaged first aid kits. There were heavier surgical kits strapped to the doors of the locker, boxes of latex gloves and sterile hypodermics, gauze pads, splints, suture silk, iodine and other necessities.

“Good God,” Anna said. “There’s enough here to run a MASH outfit for a month.”

“One stop shopping,” Mason replied, eyes still glued to the screens. “Everything you need right at your fingertips.”

“How about clothes?” Anna asked. She and Julie were still clad in the thin prison clothes they had been issued.

“Locker next to the riot gear should have shirts and pants.

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