Plagued: The Ironville Zombie Quarantine Retraction Experiment (Plagued States of America Book 3) by Better Hero Army

Author:Better Hero Army [Army, Better Hero]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Better Hero Army
Published: 2014-10-10T07:00:00+00:00

Nineteen

The half-breeds, once they realized what happened to one of their own, sunk to the edge of sight and let the group pass unmolested. At one point, Brooks even asked if they were giving up. Penelope shook her head when Tom looked to her for an answer. Things were far from over.

When the group reached the terminal building, Brooks stuffed the gag-ball back into Larissa’s mouth so they could handle her and lift her into the concourse jet-way without the fear of being bitten. Hank and the other handler were waiting to help them all climb in, reaching down to pull them up one by one.

When Penelope finally got inside the concourse, she crouched down next to Larissa, beneath ancient orange numbers spray-painted onto the wall that Peske once told her were the keys to the place. The combination to the door. All the years of living here and she never put the two together. It was probably why this building, unlike the others, stood like a fortress against the horde for so long.

Penelope pitied Larissa. The girl chewed at the gag-ball, groaning in frustration, trying to break it or push it out while struggling against Brooks’ hold on her wrists. She couldn’t reach up to pull it out. Penelope reached toward the gag-ball for her.

“Leave it in,” Brooks told her coldly. “Out there was one thing. In here, we need to follow quarantine rules.”

Tom agreed.

Penelope wanted to take charge of Larissa again, but the Senator made Brooks and the other handler named Hamilton do it, and with Carl in the lead, they hurried up the concourse without Tom and the others.

“What now?” Hank asked when the two groups separated.

“Do you know how to hotwire a snowmobile?” Tom asked, looking to everyone in turn. Everyone knew the keys were missing now. They’d had their frustrated arguments marching through the snow back to the terminal.

O’Farrell spoke up. “On the older models, you just unplugged one of the wires behind the ignition switch and tug-started it, but these are electronic ignition. None of the keys were the same, either. If you want to hotwire them, you’ll need to get the starter to crank somehow.”

“I thought you were a doctor,” Jones said in mock disbelief.

“Oh, I was a holy terror once.”

“I can give it a try,” Hank replied. “Hey, kid, how old is your sister supposed to be again?”

“You noticed, too? We lost her when she was eight. She looks twelve or thirteen, doesn’t she? I thought the children didn’t age.”

Everyone looked at O’Farrell for an answer.

“Well,” O’Farrell said, her tone sounding as though she wasn’t certain. “We’ve never been allowed to test on children, but the age retardation effect should be the same regardless of race, gender, sex, or age. I mean, it’s not like the virus discriminates. The critical aspect to keep in mind—”

“Walk and talk,” Jones said to everyone. “Let’s keep up with them before they lock us out.”

“Mason,” O’Farrell groused, falling in behind him as he marched up the concourse tube.

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