Planet of the Dead (Book 2): War For The Planet of The Dead by Flowers Thomas S

Author:Flowers, Thomas S. [Flowers, Thomas S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: Shadow Work Publishing
Published: 2018-10-09T04:00:00+00:00

Tammy

Sidney,

Australia.

Night was falling and still people flooded through the streets. Where were they all going? A lot had an idea of getting to an island, any island, out in the Tasman sea. The Royal Australian Navy were taking hundreds away on cruisers--screened of the infection while the Air Force did flybys, giving sitreps as the city continued to deteriorate. Members from the Australian Defense Force shouted through bullhorns for citizens to evacuate, and still Tammy refused to go.

"Tammy, girl, leave me. You need to go while you still can," her mother wheezed through her oxygen mask.

Sitting at her bedside, Tammy glanced out the window at Devonshire Street below. Sirens were blowing by. Troops from the Defense Force marching with rifles. "We'll be safe," Tammy said, not wanting to make eye contact with her ailing mother. "See, the Army is keeping us safe."

Trembling, not from fear but weakness, Tammy's mother reached out for her daughter's hand. "They won't be here forever. I heard. On the telly, the city must be evacuated."

"Then they'll have to take us both."

"Oh, Tammy, you know they can't."

"They have to."

Her mother shook her head.

A jet suddenly flew by, rattling the windows in a deafening roar.

Glancing at the ceiling, Tammy said, "We can stay. I'll take care of you, mum, and we'll wait this out--whatever this is--we can wait it out until they can take us or its safe."

Almost crying now, "Tammy, please, dear. I know you're scared, but it's your only chance. You have to go."

Tammy stood, frustrated. "Why can't I stay? I can take care of you. We'll be okay, I promise."

"The city isn't safe--you know this. I don't think..." she paused, taking deep breaths.

"Easy, mum, you're getting too excited."

"If you stay you'll die--I'm already dying, please do not throw away your life while you still have a chance."

"What are you talking about, mum?"

"When the city is clear, or clear enough..."

"What?"

"They're going to bomb the city."

Tammy scoffed. "What are you getting on about? Who's going to bomb us?"

Tammy's mother gestured to the TV, breathing more rapidly now through her oxygen mask. Her wrinkled skin looking paler in the lamp lights from the posts outside.

Tammy looked at the TV in her mother's bedroom. "You heard about this on the telly?"

Her mother nodded. "The U.S. has already bombed some of their cities...everyone is so desperate to stop whatever this outbreak is, it's serious, dear. Sydney is no different from any other city around the world."

Tammy looked again at the TV. It was off, only her own reflection greeted her. "The United States has bombed their own cities?"

Tammy's mother nodded.

Tammy touched her mouth. She glanced at the door and out at the streets below their little two-bedroom apartment. Across the street, the Bourke Street Bakery was boarded up. People ran along the sidewalk, trying to keep up with the troops who were marching away. It wouldn't take much, she could catch up with them. She could make it out of the city, if she wanted. But then she looked to her mother and said, "No.

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