Riders of the Apocalypse (Book 1): Ride For Tomorrow by Westmore Alex

Author:Westmore, Alex [Westmore, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: Broad Winged Books
Published: 2016-02-06T05:00:00+00:00

As they walked along the ridge-line, Roper pointed to a truck rumbling down the road. It was a military transport vehicle obviously carrying a load by the way it maneuvered slowly around the curves. “What’s that?” she asked Luke.

“You don’t want to know,” he muttered.

Roper looked through the binoculars before handing them to Dallas.

When the truck was past them, she saw stacks of bodies crammed into it. It looked like something from the Holocaust.

“Oh...my. That’s...were those?”

“Corpses, yeah. They’re taking them to a burn site.”

Dallas slowly turned to him. “Burn site?”

“Yeah.”

“Like...during the many plagues and genocides in days gone by?”

He nodded solemnly. “Yeah. Human guinea pig corpses are what they are. Those are the folks who have been tested.”

Roper asked, “Wait. Guinea pigs? Are you saying they’re injecting humans with the vaccine in order to—”

Everyone waited for Luke to finish her sentence for her.

“No. Not the vaccine. They—” He shook his head and inhaled deeply. “What I’ve heard is…they’re...bitten.” His voice was barely above a whisper.

“You have got to be kidding. You’re letting those things bite people?”

“Not me. The med crew. They say it’s the only way to test if the vaccine works. First they inject them with the vaccine. Then they let someone get bitten. If the person transforms, then they administer the vaccine at various stages to see if they can catch it. Or stop it. ”

No one said a word for a very long time as they digested this new and equally gruesome information.

Finally, Dallas said softly, “By the looks of it, it doesn’t.” She shook her head in disgust. “I can’t believe this shit.”

“Desperate times, desperate measures. I have no excuses, Dallas. The med team is working overtime trying to save the rest of the living.”

“That would be easier to do if you guys weren’t out here killing us!”

“I know. I know how it looks, but if we don’t catch this thing soon…” Luke’s voice trailed off. “There are rumors of people who have been bitten and never transformed. Those poor folks are living in a human petri dish.”

“Where is this med unit?”

“Honestly? I can’t tell from these hills. Somewhere in that direction.” He waved his bound hands to the southeast, the same direction they were headed.

“So there are two facilities nearby? A med unit and a burning site?”

He nodded. “Somewhere in that direction. You’ll want to stay far away from there.”

“So that’s why there are so many Hummers and choppers in this area and why some of these towns have no one in them. They were collected, weren’t they?”

He nodded again. “We’ve done some huge sweeps out in the valley. Stay in the hills and you’ll be fine. We don’t go off roads in the Hummers. Only the chopper can spot you, so be careful there.”

Roper made eye contact with Dallas and raised her eyebrows.

“So tell me, Luke, if you were us, what would you do with you?”

He let out a loud, deep breath. “Well, if I suspected you would send troops after me, I’d kill you and be done with it.

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