Relay for Life by Downs Jana

Author:Downs Jana [SBS]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Matthew trusted his gut, and his gut said something about this place was fucked up beyond all reason. His gut told him that they should’ve left Derek where he’d found them and gotten the hell out of Dodge. Unfortunately, his gut and his sense of duty conflicted. He couldn’t leave a civilian behind. It went against all the training he’d ever had. Besides that, it went against his own moral code. Damn nobility to hell. It didn’t pay to be the good guy in a zombie crisis.

The pickup spot wasn’t far off, and Daniel had said that it would be there in the next fifteen minutes. He just hoped that the air transport made it there before the infected did.

They broke the clearing where the air transport would pick them up, and Matthew lowered his com after a quick glance revealed there were a few heat signatures past the clearing but none of them looked like they were actively heading in their direction. The ones to their flanks would reach them first at the speed they were moving, but hopefully they’d be gone before they caught up with them.

“Keep your weapons at the ready,” he commanded. Assuming the position of lead agent came easy to him. It always had. “Derek, do you need a gun?”

“Um, sure.”

“What kind of answer is that? Do you not want a weapon?” Matthew asked, his eyes narrowing in suspicion.

Derek looked panicked for a second. “No. No. Definitely want a

weapon. Weapons are useful.”

“Uh-huh.” Christ. Now I don’t even want to give him a weapon.

Still, against his better judgment, he took the .357 sig out of his belt holster and handed it over. Even if the guy had shitty aim, if he got close enough, it would definitely blow a hole in something. He just hoped he wouldn’t drop the damn thing on the recoil. If he was so jumpy around guns, how the hell had he made it through basic gun training? Classes and mandatory gun range time was required in all the sectors until the age of eighteen, as far as he knew. Something

about this guy just didn’t add up.

A shrill whistle filled the air, making the fine hairs on his arms

stand on end. “What the hell?” He glanced up in time to see infected

dropping by the dozens out of trees. “Fuck! Since when do infected

climb fucking trees?” He took aim, fired. One dropped. Did it again.

And again. But it was pretty useless. There were too many of them.

His heart was heavy as he kept firing rounds into the circle of infected

that were just pressing closer. They were completely surrounded. They all backed into a tight circle so none of their backs were

exposed as they fired into the crowd. His stomach twisted at the sight,

his com screaming a high alert beacon as they pressed forward. He

spared a glance at his two lovers. At least I felt what it was like to be

loved once. It was a sad thought. The potential and possibility of a

future that included all three of them faded from his mind as he

prepared to die.

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