Rotting Rage (Jane Zombie Chronicles Book 2) by Gayle Katz

Author:Gayle Katz [Katz, Gayle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: In Your Face Publishers
Published: 2018-03-15T22:00:00+00:00

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After a few more minutes of brisk walking, we make it to the corner of Main Street and Second Street Pike. I’m sweating, exhausted, and ready to collapse, and I’m not even weighed down with gear. I have to stop. I can’t imagine how the rest of my foursome feels right now.

“OK people, let’s take a little break,” Jack instructs.

I sit down and put my head in my hands. Looking at the ground, I’m frazzled and my energy and pep are draining from my bones. I jump when I feel someone touch me. I look up. It’s Jack. He sits down next to me.

“You’re jumpy tonight. How are you doing? Are you OK?”

“I don’t mean to be rude, but how do you think I’m doing? I’m infected. I have lord knows what floating around in my body. Sometimes I want to throw up. Other times I’m fine. And sometimes I feel like I’m losing my mind.”

“Everything is going to be OK. We just need to make it back home. We can safely reach out for help there.”

“The way I feel, I might not make it. And if I turn before then, I don’t want to hurt anyone.”

“You’re going to be fine and I promise I won’t let you hurt anyone, OK?”

“Promise?”

“I promise.”

I lean my head on his shoulder for a couple minutes. He turns to look at my face. I move my head and he kisses me on the lips. He can be quite reassuring sometimes.

My bubble of momentary comfort bursts when I hear the loud sound of someone’s doorbell ringing in my ears.

DING. DONG. DING. DONG.

Jack and I look up. John is knocking on another door.

“Holy crap, dude. Why would you ever ring someone’s doorbell? You wanna literally wake up the dead?”

“I didn’t know it would be that loud,” he replies.

“It’s a doorbell. What did you think it would sound like?”

We start to hear noise in the distance. It’s faint, but getting louder and closer. No one is answering the door. We get to our feet.

“We gotta get moving again and fast,” Jack seems frantic. He picks up our two bags of supplies and pops them onto his back. He holds his metal baseball bat in one hand and grabs me with his other one. We start down Second Street Pike. “We have a long way to go. Pick up the pace.”

Mallory and John are behind us. As we’re walking faster, we notice activity in front of us. People stumbling. Zombies ambling toward us, blocking our path. We must be downwind from them. The smell is strangely familiar, but so offensive. I can barely breathe.

“That’s just great. Just what we need, more zombies.” I hear the frustration in Jack’s voice. “When are we going to catch a break?”

“What should we do?” I whisper in his ear.

“Change of plan. We gotta go back. This way is blocked.” Jack turns around and pulls me with him.

We retrace our steps and walk passed Mallory and John. For some reason, they just stand there.

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