Seasons of Z (Book 3): Dead Summer by Riva Aline & Jarvis Jay

Author:Riva, Aline & Jarvis, Jay [Riva, Aline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2020-01-22T05:00:00+00:00

Joy walked over to the woman who sat there on the floor, she was cuffed to the leg of a heavy table, her long blonde hair that fell past her shoulders was greasy with sweat, and she had shifted towards the wall, away from a patch of carpet that stank of piss.

“Sorry,” she said as she raised her head, “He doesn't let me move about much. Sometimes he bans bathroom breaks too. Are you here to torture me?”

Joy saw deep determination to survive set in the woman's gaze. She knelt down on the carpet in front of her, keeping her voice low.

“It's like this, I'm new in town, used to be a copper. He thinks I was a high ranking detective who can get the truth out of you. Work with me and there might be a way out.”

Carla looked at her in confusion.

“I don't know you, this could be a trap!”

“It's the only choice you have if you want to live,” Joy whispered, “Now tell me about Marshcast.”

Carla leaned hard against the wall as she looked back at Joy, she took a deep breath and started to speak.

“There never was a zombie virus! It was five years of combining agents slowly and carefully, it was dangerous, too – but it was never intended to harm anyone! That wasn't the aim of the work! The project was in its activation phase when the cadaver came back to life. And THEY knew that was the high risk time, and that's why those who wanted to sabotage the project let it out, to spread the virus! The virus was a side effect of the chrysalis phase!”

Joy looked at her intently.

“Chrysalis? Like some kind of cocoon? The zombies are cocoons? For what?”

Carla looked to the door, then back at Joy.

“I didn't work on every phase. My task was to deal with the observation of the cadaver during infusion stage, which initially took almost eighty percent of the duration of the project... But so many big businesses stood to lose out if we succeeded. That's where the raid on the lab came from, they wanted to let it loose when it was infectious and hostile and put a stop to the project. But it went further than that. The virus spread and it couldn't be contained.

Just believe me, please! I'm telling you the truth!”

“It was never intended as a zombie virus?”

“No!” her voice became tearful, “And I'm not in Wickstall to plant a disease from Marshcast, or to harm anyone - I'm here for my son, his name is Archie, he's staying with my Auntie Carol,” she gave a sob, “He has birth defects. He was exposed to chemicals I worked with on the project, I fell pregnant accidentally. I couldn't tell anyone because of the project, it was top secret - so I had the baby and sent him to Carol and carried on working almost five years on the project! When it was over I was going back for him... I came to visit him when I could.

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