The Angel Rise Zombie Retribution Experiment by Better Hero Army

Author:Better Hero Army [Army, Better Hero]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: Storyteller Press
Published: 2018-04-20T04:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Five

Hank’s cell phone rang, scaring both him and Penelope. The volume was way up, and he’d never heard the ringer before. As his heart thumped wildly and he rushed to the nightstand to grab the thing, he realized that he was living through an entirely new experience exactly as Penelope was. She glared at it suspiciously, at first, and as Hank picked it up, she recognized it for what it was, too.

Hank tapped at the green circle on the phone’s screen, but it rang again. “Come on, how do you answer—?” He pressed hard with his thumb. “Piece of—”

Penelope crawled over the bed and swiped her finger across the screen, dragging the green circle toward the center. The phone stopped ringing and the screen displayed a call was in progress.

“Huh,” Hank said, taking a second to realize that a zombie girl had just schooled him on the use of a telephone. “Hello,” he said, holding the thing to his ear.

“Hank,” came the caller’s voice. It wasn’t posed as a question.

Hank recognized Tom’s voice. “What’s up?”

“Is Penny alright?”

“We’re fine,” Hank said as he walked toward the television. He walked past it as he turned it off. “She’s showing me how to use my phone. How’d your meeting with your brother go? Did you call your dad?”

“Yeah. First thing he wanted to know was where Penelope was.”

“Did you tell him?”

“No,” Tom replied tersely. “I changed the subject. Look, I’m thinking we should meet up tomorrow night. My dad’s here. In town. Big press conference in the morning. The usual shit. He’s unveiling Larissa, I think.”

Hank began pacing. “What about Wendy?”

“I didn’t get any answers about what happened to her. My dad changed the subject.”

“Well, crap. I’d sure like to know what they’re planning to do with her. I mean, she’s a good woman. The only reason she’s involved in any of that shit is because she didn’t die at Rock Island with everyone else. That’s not fair.”

“I agree. Hey, I did manage to get my brother talking about that Reese guy. He’s not military.”

“Yeah, I know,” Hank admitted. “Look, I didn’t get to tell you earlier. I wanted your opinion on things, and then you shot out of here like a cannon, so we didn’t get to finish talking about him. I actually know the guy. Knew him, I mean.”

There was silence on the other end of the line. Hank stopped pacing in front of the window. He leaned against the wall and pulled the curtain back a little to look out at the parking lot. He didn’t know what he expected to see. It was just an ordinary hotel parking lot, except the Jeep wasn’t there anymore.

“That guy Frankie?” Hank said. “He hired Reese for a job once. I’m thinking they’ve done work together a few times since.”

“Did Frankie mention him when you ran into him?”

Hank let the curtain go and began pacing again. “It didn’t come up. I was trying to stay off his radar, not attract more attention. I just let Frankie do most of the talking.

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