Sacrifice by Richard Murray

Author:Richard Murray [Murray, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2019-04-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

The new group of survivors were more than a little cagey with us. It didn’t help that they seemed to be a little put out by the wound Isaac bore. There was much muttering and sideways glances at him as they couldn’t seem to shake the suspicion that he was infected or about to die.

Understandable, of course. If he died, he would turn and then go after each of them. They would be foolish indeed not to be wary. But it wasn’t just that. There was something else at play and I wasn’t quite capable of figuring out what that would be.

Lily would have been able to. I had no doubt about that. She’d have everyone pegged within a few minutes of meeting them. She would understand the subtle interplay between each of the people in a way that I never could.

It was one of her many talents and one that I truly missed in such situations. As it was, I was forced to sit there beside a still somewhat fishy-smelling tank as I tried to figure it out for myself.

Steven was a problem, I knew that straight away. The others seemed content to allow Briony her privacy with little more than raised glances, but he kept trying to see her face. When he asked questions, they were directed at her.

I felt no particular urge to be protective towards her, but I couldn’t have him screwing things up by discovering her state. This meant that I had to spend an inordinate amount of time monitoring their interactions.

Briony, in turn, seemed to understand the potential for problems and remained close to me. This gave the impression that we were together, which allowed the new people to assume that was why she was being so shy.

“This helicopter,” Terry pressed for perhaps the seventh time in as many minutes. “What do you know about it?”

“They aren’t bloody friendly,” Gregg replied.

He’d finally satisfied himself with the patch job he’d done on Isaac’s leg and had settled close to the former mercenary so that he would be available should he be needed.

“Dropped that zombie on us,” he added with a dark look. He trailed off as I glared at him but the damage was done.

“Why would they drop a zombie?” Alan asked, interest piqued.

“They are the ones that created the zombies,” I admitted, scowling at Gregg. “The new ones they are dropping seem to be a test of sorts.”

“What do you mean a test?” Sally asked, in that timid manner of hers. It was almost like she was afraid to speak up too much as it could attract attention to her.

That was telling and along with her apparent need to wear more layers of clothing than even the cold weather demanded, hiding every inch of her bare flesh, I suspected that five men and two women was not too pleasant for the women.

“These new zombies are faster than even Reapers,” I said and noted their blank looks. “We’ve previously seen three types of zombie. Slow and stupid, Shamblers.

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