Ragnarok Rising: The Awakening (Book One of The Ragnarok Rising Saga) by D.A. Roberts

Author:D.A. Roberts [Roberts, D.A.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-11-09T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Overdue at the Library

“Praise not the day until evening has come; a woman until she is burnt; a sword until it istried; a maiden until she is married; ice until it has been crossed; beer until it has beendrunk.”

- Viking Proverb

Fortunately, the road was clear enough that we made good time all the way the four-way stop. I think that it was Weaver Road. From there, we turned back to the east. This would take us out damned close to the library and well clear of the freeway. We would have to backtrack to get to the library, but we shouldn’t have any major population centers to clear this way.

This road was narrower than the last one, so navigation was a little bit trickier. There were plenty of abandoned cars, but they were spaced out enough to get around them. There was no shortage of zombies, either. But at least they weren’t in groups. We saw a lot of zombies in ones and twos. I made sure to run over any I thought might be a threat to the Bronco.

“How much time before they arrive?” asked Spec-4.

“About ten minutes, I think.”

“Do you think we’re far enough away?”

“We should be,” I said. “I doubt they can see us from that distance. But when it gets closer to time for them to arrive, I think I’ll find a place to park. Nothing shows up better than movement.”

“True,” she said. “If they’re looking for movement, they’ll definitely see the only two moving vehicles on the road.”

“I’m pretty confident that this thing can withstand zombies and small arms fire,” I said. “But I really don’t want to test it against a missile.”

“We’d be dead,” she said, matter-of-factly. “I’ve seen Up-armored Humvees taken out by an RPG[16]. Anti-vehicular missiles pack way more punch than that. If they send Apaches, they’re armed to take out tanks. We won’t even slow them down.”

“Good to know,” I said, more than a little worried.

As we made it closer to the intersection that I was looking for, I could see an apartment complex on the right-hand side. Based on previous encounters, I was pretty sure that it would be crawling with zombies. When we topped the last hill before the apartment complex, I could see the traffic jam of abandoned cars ahead of us. Unfortunately, I was right about the zombies. They were everywhere. There was no way we were getting through. I hit the brakes and started slowing down. Southard pulled up next to us and waved his hands in the air.

“What the fuck?” I could see him saying.

I just pointed ahead of us and then motioned for him to go back the way we came. He nodded understanding and I started backing up first. The area of road we were on was mercifully clear, so I had no problems backing up to the last side-road we’d passed. It went back north, which would bring us behind the library. I knew there weren’t any connecting roads, so if we were going to get through this way it would have to be over-land.

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