The Ashleigh Rhodes Chronicles_Book 1_Dark Rhodes by Michael Canon

Author:Michael Canon [Canon, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2017-12-18T22:00:00+00:00

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I was shocked awake as the ship began shuddering again. I braced for it to move, but it stayed where it was. I stood slowly, assessing my body, but found no lingering injuries or pain.

I was in my cabin. Somehow I had made it back there even with the ship almost on its side, and tilting backwards - I mean aft. The smell of the ocean and fuel oil was close and strong, I knew I had to leave soon. I just had to do something to do first.

I picked up my 3-foot pry bar and made my way back to where I had left my friend. I grabbed an emergency flare gun and rounds off the wall/floor as I passed them. I heard hissing as I entered the cargo bay and came face to face with three Hunters.

Dropping the flare gun, I attacked them immediately. Just like on the Davron docks, I was fury incarnate. Rage, anger, and hate coursed through me. The first of the killer zombies took a hit from the bar that was so hard its head disintegrated into a mist of black blood and gore. I kicked out with my right foot, catching another square in the chest, slamming it into a container eight to ten feet from me.

The last one got a hand on my shoulder and neck and tried to draw me in to bite me. Dropping my pry bar, I lunged forward, head-butting the monster in the mouth and knocking most of its front teeth out. I ripped its hand from my shoulder and bent it back until I heard the bones snap. I quickly released its arm, grabbed its head and snapped its neck.

I dropped the disabled Hunter and picked up my bar, as the one I kicked away rejoined the fight. I ducked under its attack and slammed the pointed end of the bar into its mouth. Teeth shattered, and bone parted as the bar penetrated the creature’s brain. I kicked it again to dislodge it. I felt the white hot rage inside me cool off a lot quicker than it had in the Davron docks.

Continuing to wind down, I looked over to where Swede lay, tears falling in rivers, and said, “Thank you Swede. I love you.” I wanted to promise her that I would try to never willingly consume another human, but I had a feeling this was part of who I was now.

Climbing out of the side cargo door and onto the hull, I found the rope to the Zodiac where I tied it off and proceeded to haul the boat up to me. I sat down hard on the hull and sobbed uncontrollably when Mr. Crowley was not in his basket. Nikki, Martin, and the others were taken who knew where, and now Swede and Mr. Crowley were both gone. I was alone again.

I felt the loss of Martin and Swede more than the others. The only two people on the planet that knew everything about what I had become and remained my friends had been ripped away from me.

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