Serial Killer Z [Book 1] by Philip Harris

Author:Philip Harris [Harris, Philip]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2017-10-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

An Interrogation

When I broke out of the forest, Lucy was standing on the lodge’s walkway, her eyes on the tree line. I was panting, and I had a scratch on my cheek where a branch had caught me in the face. I slowed but not quickly enough to avoid her noticing me running.

Her eyes widened. “What’s the matter? Did you see someone?” The words came quickly, and there was real fear in her voice.

I raised a hand and took a few deep breaths, trying to ease the stitch that was developing in my side.

“No, nothing’s the matter.”

Her frown deepened. “So, what’s the hurry?”

I tried a smile. “Just trying to get some exercise.”

Lucy nodded, but she was frowning. “Any luck?”

My mind went blank. “Luck?”

“With the traps? You were checking them.”

I was an idiot. “Ah right. No. No luck today. To be honest, I haven’t caught anything with them for a while.”

Lucy looked over my shoulder. “In that case, it’s a good thing Alex has brought us something to eat.”

Alex walked across the camp, two large fish in his hands and a huge grin on his face. “Sushi, anyone?”

Lucy smiled as he walked past her into the lodge. “I’m impressed. Maybe you aren’t such a dead weight after all.”

Alex laughed. “Come on, all this manly hunter stuff has made me hungry.”

Lucy followed him inside. I paused. She’d asked me whether I’d seen someone, not something. She was more afraid of the living than the dead. Puzzled, I went inside.

Mike had moved from the couch into one of the armchairs. He’d changed his clothes as well, into jeans and a T-shirt. I recognized them from the psychedelic cabin and felt a twinge of anger. The change had done him some good. He looked healthier and more alert than he had less than an hour earlier.

Alex and Lucy took the fish into the kitchen, leaving me standing just inside the door. I was trying to think of a reason to skip food and go upstairs to my room, but before I could make my excuses, Mike said, “Can we have a chat? I’d like to know more about the situation here.”

I smiled a little then sat down in the chair opposite him.

“Any trouble out there?” he said.

“No, no sign of anyone.”

If he picked up on my use of anyone, it didn’t register on his face.

“Good. Luce tells me you ran into a gang?”

Damn. “Yes.”

“And they have a chopper?” His eyebrows were raised, and I could feel the skepticism hanging in the air around us.

“Yeah, they must have found it somewhere.”

“Military?”

I shrugged. “Maybe, but I didn’t get a close look at it. I was too busy running for my life.”

“That bad, huh?”

I nodded but said nothing, hoping to starve the conversation of oxygen.

He opened his mouth to speak, but a coughing fit cut him off.

“I should let you rest.”

He pressed one hand against his mouth and raised the other. “No, please.”

I waited until he’d gotten the cough under control.

“I’m sorry,” he said. “I was starting to give you the third degree there.

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