The Deadland Chronicles (Book 3): The Endless Dead by Spears R.J

Author:Spears, R.J. [Spears, R.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2019-12-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

All Hands on Deck

Donovan had been watching all the commotion out the window of the dining hall for the past half hour. Eli’s men were on the move, and he saw the tension in their expressions. Something was going on, and it had to be big.

He hated being caged inside the building with no information. It was the opposite of being on the outside, looking in. It was nowhere with nothing.

Mason walked up beside him at the window and said, “Any update?”

“Something is up,” Donovan said, still looking out the window. “It does not look good.”

“What do you think it is?” Mason asked.

Donovan turned to Mason and lowered his voice and said, “It could be the horde.”

“Oh shit,” Mason said. “These people are not ready for this. We aren’t ready.”

“I know, I know,” Donovan said, but as long as they were locked up inside the building, there was nothing he could do.

“Do you think that’s why they took Jo and Del?” Mason asked.

“Probably, but we are completely in the dark here. Dammit.”

The doors at the front of the room burst open, and a guard Donovan knew as Bonds came into the room with two other men.

“Hey, everyone,” Bonds shouted. “We need you to come outside.”

Donovan left the window and strode toward Bonds. “Everybody,” he said in a raised voice, “stay where you are.”

Mason followed closely behind. When they got to Bonds, Donovan said, “Before anyone goes outside, you need to level with us.”

“So, you’re in charge of these people?” Bonds asked.

Donovan looked around the room and took an inventory of the people. It seemed like almost all of them were his. “Most of them, yes.”

Bonds leaned in close to Donovan and said in a near whisper, “We really need you to come outside.”

“Not until you tell me what’s going on,” Donovan said, matching the volume of Bonds’ voice. “You could be ushering all of us outside into a firing squad for all I know.”

Bonds’ eyes widened, and he said, “That’s the furthest thing from the truth. We need your help.”

“Tell us what for first,” Donovan said.

“It’s zombies, isn’t it?” Mason said from over Donovan’s shoulders.

Bonds kept his voice low, “Yes.”

“The horde is here, isn’t it?” Mason said.

“We don’t know what it is, really,” Bonds replied. “Eli’s very skeptical of this giant horde idea, but it’s just a lot more than we have ever encountered at once.”

“You guys aren’t ready for this,” Mason said.

“That’s why we need you,” Bonds said, teetering on the edge of exasperation. “We have your weapons outside. You’re our back-up just in case.” He leveled a hard stare at Donovan and asked, “Are you willing to help?”

“If it’s what I think it is, it’s in our best interest to lend a hand,” Donovan said.

Bonds waved his arm in a gesture that seemed to invite Donovan and Mason to move towards the door. “Then let’s go.”

Good to his word, Bonds had a truck with an equipment cart outside the dining hall filled with the weapons. It was a literal cornucopia of guns.

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