Swarm Box Set 1-4 by Alex South

Author:Alex South [South, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-07T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 41

Rob took the key out his pocket, opened the door and stepped inside. He turned on the lights, revealing the hallway. He moved to a door on his left and entered the large living room, which stretched from the front of the house to the back. He turned on more lights, and moved along the wooden floor. His eyes stayed on the zombie in the wheelchair for a few seconds, then moved to the syringe on the small glass table.

He took off his backpack, opened it and pulled out a large glass jar of nuts and raisins. He placed it down on the table, before picking up the syringe and heading over to the zombie.

All he needed was for them to believe him. That was all. And if they did, he would know, finally, if zombie blood, and by extension, meat, really was safe to eat – as he pretended it was.

He knew it would go two ways. If they got infected, there was rope in his room, and he could use it to climb down the outside of the house and run. But what he truly yearned for was a total non-reaction. They wouldn’t notice. They wouldn’t change. If the blood was safe, he could eat zombies, and survive forever. And they could too. He believed it would work. He was going to boil the blood. Boiling things killed all life. It had to work.

…

John softly opened the door. Laura turned her head to look at him.

“You’re still awake,” said John.

“Yeah.”

“Guess what I found,” said John

“What?”

John held up the box.

“Oh … fuck … thank God. Where?”

“I found it in Rob’s room. He’s out, so … but do you think it’s okay? It won’t mess with the healing.”

“Oh, God, no. They, like, give people pain killers all the time in hospital.”

“Well, they’re not pain killers.”

“You know what I mean. I need the sleep. If anything screws me over, it’ll be lack of sleep, you know? What do you mean Rob’s out?”

“He’s out … he’s gone to look for food.”

“Shit.”

“Yeah.”

“Does he think the zombies are gone?”

“I don’t know. He didn’t mention it. He never seemed to believe that stuff, though”

“Yeah.”

“I don’t think they’re gone.”

“We’ll find out … thanks, John,” she said, taking the Valium from him. “Don’t let anyone wake me up, okay? Unless it’s, like, really … really important.”

“Okay.”

“Are there pain killers?”

John rooted around inside the box, finally finding some amongst what was mostly a stash of illegal drugs – some of which he recognised, some of which he didn’t.

“Yeah,” he said.

“Give me them.”

…

John sat outside Laura’s door. He wanted to make sure no one disturbed her. A few hours later, a little while after the sun had risen, he checked in on her. She was fast asleep.

He heard a knock at the door. He stayed where he was and listened.

“Hello!” he heard Duke shout.

He heard Rob shout something back, and then the sound of a door opening. He listened to them talk as they headed to the kitchen together.

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