Sudden Death: A Zombie Novel by Carlson James

Author:Carlson, James [Carlson, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2014-07-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Jay

Walking along one of Edgware tube station’s platforms, Chuck eyed the black and tan beast that looked more akin to a bear than a dog, as it strode along beside the paramedic girl.

“Did that thing bite anyone?” he asked Amy, looking over at her intently to try to read the slightest sign of a lie on her face.

“Just a shoe,” Amy answered. Feeling the need to protect the dog, she stepped between him and Chuck.

“You’d better be sure about that,” Chuck warned her gravely. “’cos if it did bite one of those crazy fucks, it could go the same way and turn on us at any moment.”

“He’s fine,” Amy said defiantly, jutting her jaw.

The fat African man continued to glower at Digby who simply plodded along, oblivious to the nature of their conversation.

“I’ll keep an eye on him,” Amy added.

Chuck grunted at her and strode to the front of the group.

Reaching the bottom of the stairs that led up to the bridge over the tracks, the group stopped and stood in silence. When they were sure there were no sounds to be heard from above, they headed upwards. They hadn’t seen a single corpse on the platform below and the same was true for both the bridge and the station foyer beyond. Just as Burnt Oak station had been, the station had been locked up at the time of the outbreak and still remained secure. Unlike Burnt Oak however, the tall exterior glass doors here were protected by sliding metal concertina gates, held in place by huge padlocks. Breaking out was not going to be as easy as they had assumed.

It was a stroke of luck that the door to the station staff’s office was unlocked. With the rest of the station locked up, it didn’t need to be. The group gathered tightly within the constricted confines of the small office and looked up at the windows. They were locked and the security glass with its criss-crossing metal wires meant they couldn’t smash their way out.

“Search the drawers,” Muz told the others. “There’s got to be a key for those locks somewhere.”

They ransacked the contents of the desks and the cabinets and though they found numerous bunches of keys, none held that needed to open the windows.

“Why is nothing ever easy?” Muz asked despondently.

“What’s that?” Carl asked, pointing to the wall directly by one of the windows and right next to where Muz was stood.

Muz turned to regard where the man was referring to. A little nail had been hammered into the plaster and from it hung a stubby key. A laminated piece of paper blu-tacked to the wall beside it read in large bold print ‘windows key.’

“Don’t say a word,” Muz growled.

“Hey, we all missed it,” Amy consoled him, unable to stifle a little smirk.

Muz stood on a chair and opened one of the windows set high in the wall. He leaned his whole upper torso out, so as to get as good a view of the outside

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