THEM (Book 0): Invasion by M.D. Massey

Author:M.D. Massey [Massey, M.D.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Zombies | Vampires
Publisher: Modern Digital Publishing
Published: 2016-03-30T04:00:00+00:00

As I pulled back onto the highway, I reflected on the fact that I was feeling copacetic as hell. I kept waiting for another panic attack to hit, but they never came. I honestly didn’t know if that meant I was broken, or fixed. Regardless, the fact that it took the onset of a zombie apocalypse to get my head right certainly said something about the nature of my psychological make-up, that was for sure. If things ever got back to normal, I’d have to get a t-shirt made that said, “Killing Zombies Saved My Brain” or something like that. Then again, if things ever got back to normal I’d probably start losing my shit again, too.

About ten miles down the road we came across a sight for sore eyes. It was a gasoline tanker, left right there in the middle of the road, without a soul around in sight. I stopped the truck a ways down the road and pulled out my binos, scoping the area out for a good ten minutes before we drove up on it slow and easy.

There was zero movement in the cab or around the vehicle, nor could I see anything moving in the juniper trees and live oaks off to either side of the road. Vegetation was sparse along this stretch of highway, but it didn’t mean there couldn’t be someone out there waiting in ambush, so I asked Rayden if he knew how to shoot a rifle.

“Does a bear shit in the woods? I mean, I never shot one like yours, but yeah, I can shoot.”

“Well, that’s good, because we’re almost out of gas and I’m going to need to find a way to get some fuel out of this tanker so we don’t end up stranded like every other dumbass on this road. That means I’m going to need you to pull overwatch while I’m gassing up the truck.”

He grinned. “Just like Call of Duty. Hell yes!”

“Hang on there, Jack Mitchell. This ain’t like a videogame, not at all. There’s no save game to go back to, no extra lives, and no setting the game to easy mode to make the baddies easier to frag. I need you to be serious about this, because I’m going to be counting on you to keep my ass alive if something goes wrong.”

He sized me up and laughed. “Look around, man. There’s no one out here for miles! What could go wrong?”

“Everything. So I want you on the roof of this truck with that rifle and the binos, scanning the area and shooting anything that moves and looks hostile. If it’s a deader, headshots only. If it looks human, fire a warning shot at its feet first. I’ll come running if I hear you fire, anyway.” I showed him how to operate the rifle and chambered a round. “Got it?”

“Got it!” He grabbed the rifle and jumped out of the cab. I sighed and prayed that I wasn’t making a mistake, and grabbed the gas cans out of the back along with the siphon hose.

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