The Afflicted: A Zombie Novel by Watts Russ

Author:Watts, Russ [Watts, Russ]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: zombies
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2013-11-28T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

George ran, petrified. He heard Nathaniel’s heavy footsteps behind him and ran as fast as he could. He pounded down the stairs two at a time. At the bottom, he jumped the last few steps onto the floor and slipped on a rug, sprawling out into the corridor. He looked back up and saw Nathaniel at the top taking aim. The shot rang out, whistling over George’s shoulder, splintering wood as it pierced the wall.

George jumped up and ran down the hallway, stopping at the door to the cellar. He descended the steps carefully, groping in the dark for the handrail. He couldn’t find the cord for the light and felt his way along the cool wall for the exit. His hands ran over cold, damp walls, through cobwebs, over dusty wine bottles, until finally he felt a smooth surface. He found the door handle and opened the door to the corridor back to the funeral home. As he did so, Nathaniel entered the cellar.

“Hey, boy, get back here! You little fucker.”

George did not stop. His eyes were growing accustomed to the dark gradually and he gingerly felt his way along the narrow corridor. Halfway down he heard the door behind him open and light flooded out from the cellar. George turned to see Nathaniel step out and steadily raise the gun.

“Last chance.” Nathaniel was staring, unblinking, both hands on the gun pointed directly at him.

George froze. There was nowhere to run to down here. He stepped back slowly, fingers brushing the walls, the chill air sending shivers down his spine. He thought of Lucy and how much he missed her. He thought of his father and wished he were here with him. His fingers brushed against cold metal and he paused. The door they had passed on their way in! He whirled round and reached up, pulling back the top bolt. A bullet fizzed past his head and winged off the door.

“Stop that, you fucking idiot! Don’t open that door!” Nathaniel strode toward him re-aiming the gun.

George bent down and pulled back the bolt at the base. Another bullet tore through his trouser leg, drawing blood, but only scraping the surface, and embedded itself in the ground. George cried out in pain but was more scared of not opening the door than facing Nathaniel or whatever might be behind it. Ignoring his bleeding leg, he dragged the heavy door handle with all the strength he could muster, disregarding the banging noises inside. The door slid open, disappearing into a crevice in the wall.

“No!”

Now it was Nathaniel’s turn to freeze. The gun in his hand hung limply by his side as he forgot all notion of capturing or killing the boy. George ran down the corridor and turned the corner out of sight. From the mortuary’s freezer stumbled the first zombie: Father Thomas’ sister. Nathaniel stared with a mixture of revulsion and fascination. Her body had been preserved perfectly and retained a lot of its strength. She moved jerkily

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