The Demented Z (Book 2): Desolation by Thomas Derek J

Author:Thomas, Derek J. [Thomas, Derek J.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2014-05-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9: Unexpected

When Tom woke up he was still curled up behind the patient chair, clutching his rifle to his chest. His whole body ached. He had no idea how long he had been asleep, but surprisingly the room sounded like it had emptied out a bit. There was still the sound of shuffling feet and occasional groans, but it sounded like only a few infected. Tom was both shocked and thankful that none of them had found him tucked away by the wall.

Looking out from around the chair, Tom was surprised to see a bit of light spilling in from somewhere. It was faint and only caught edges of chairs and counters, outlining their vague forms in a dull gray. Tom saw the light was coming from both the broken door and the door that supposedly led to an office area. One of the infected had managed to open the door and now it remained partway open, letting in a sliver of light.

There was movement in the far corner, past the open door. The shape was nearly formless, but Tom knew it was an infected. His ears told him there was at least one more in the room somewhere closer to the destroyed door.

Tom slowly untangled himself from the scrunched knot he had placed himself in, and then slowly rose to a half crouch. He held his rifle to his shoulder, ready for an assault. It came sooner than he would have thought. The demented instantly noticed the movement and screamed out in rage. From directly across the room, the nearest one charged directly toward Tom. Two quick pulls of the trigger dropped it to the floor. The recoil was a bit shocking to Tom’s aching body, stinging his shoulder and sending sharp pains down his arm.

There were two more demented in the room with him and both of them were racing his way. Their dark forms were silhouetted by the dim light spilling in through the broken door. In a hurry to get to Tom, both of them slammed into one of the patient chairs halfway across the room. The base of the chair was mounted to the floor. Both demented went flying head first over the stout chair.

Tom fired off a couple quick shots, just missing high as they both fell to the floor. Quickly sidestepping across the room to get a better angle, Tom continued firing at the dark forms that struggled to rise to their feet.

Rather than wait to see if they were dead or not Tom ran for the partially open door. The door burst all the way open in front of Tom, slamming up against the wall. Several demented raced into the room. There was a brief burst of light before the door slowly swung back to a nearly closed position. The demented sprinted right past Tom, continuing all the way to the center of the room.

Using their haste to his advantage, Tom darted across the last few feet, flung open the door, and raced through the opening.

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