Revenge & the Zombie Apocalypse by Chelsea Luna

Author:Chelsea Luna [Luna, Chelsea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-13T23:00:00+00:00

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Back on the highway they passed North Platte, Nebraska, and signs for the Buffalo Bill Museum. Despite pleadings from Nicky to stop, they continued on and merged onto Highway 76 toward Denver.

They drove all day until they found the perfect place to stop.

Wild Ridge, Colorado, was an old mining town in the middle of nowhere a hundred and fifty miles north of Denver. Nicky pressed his face against the van’s window and had to swallow down the urge to jump out and explore. Wild Ridge was the perfect replica of an old Wild West town.

A two-lane dirt road ran through the extremely small town—there were only six buildings total—with none of the commercial staples like McDonald’s or Starbucks. By the looks of it, Wild Ridge, Colorado had a saloon, a post office, a courthouse/jail, a grocery store, an antique store and a taxidermist. Nicky’s knee bobbed in anticipation.

Rachel drove down the town’s main strip. “Where are all the other cars?”

“There aren’t any.” Adam pointed. “Park at the end there by that saloon.”

“Where are all the people?” Cage asked.

“I’m confused.” Lindsay looked at Nicky. “Why does this look like the Wild West town from Back to the Future III?”

Nicky’s eyes lit up. “I could kiss you!”

“What?”

“It’s a tourist town, Lindsay,” Cage said. “People vacation here to get a sense of what it was like to live back in the 1800s.”

Lindsay made a face. “People vacation here? Why?”

Rachel parked the van and waited for Dean to pull the Mustang beside them. The mountain range to the west blocked the sun, but it wasn’t officially night yet. Nicky couldn’t wait any longer. He yanked open the van’s sliding door.

“Are we staying here tonight?” Finn asked.

“I hope so,” Nicky replied.

Everyone turned to Adam. Nicky was glad Adam was the leader—he didn’t want to make the hard decisions. Responsibility wasn’t one of Nicky’s strong suits. Adam walked down the middle of the narrow street searching for signs of life. It was literally a ghost town.

“What do you think?” Rachel asked.

“We should stay the night in one of these buildings,” Adam said. “And then see if we can find more supplies before we head out in the morning.” He grinned. “We may break a record.”

“What record is that?” Nicky asked.

“Two peaceful nights of sleep in a row.”

“Sign me up,” Nicky said.

“Which building do you want to stay in?” Dean asked.

There was a chorus of “saloon” but Nicky shouted out “taxidermist” to get a reaction. Lindsay slapped his arm.

“I was joking.”

“You’re hilarious,” she said.

“It feels like I’ve stepped back in time,” Monica said.

“Let’s do a sweep of the saloon and then bring in our supplies,” Adam said. “We’ll need to board up that swing door.”

“Swing door?” Rachel turned to the look at the saloon. “Oh.”

The bar had one of those half doors that swung in both directions—just like the Wild West. Nicky slung his backpack on his shoulder and followed the others up the rotted wooden platform and into the darkened saloon.

“There’s one stuck behind the bar,” Cage said.

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