The Fall: Omnibus One by Guess Joshua

Author:Guess, Joshua [Guess, Joshua]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2015-07-21T04:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

It was an exhausted group that collapsed in an abandoned service station two hours later. It was the first place they came to along the highway with an obvious entry. The zombies from the hotel still followed behind, kept at a distance by their dwindling supply of ammonia.

The four of them barely made it through the garage door and rolled it shut before the swarm caught up to them. Harried by the undead, they hadn't been able to stop long enough to refill the bottle Andrea used to spray their clothes. None of them trusted the chemical to keep the mass of hungry dead away forever, and tired as they were, stopping once could have been the mistake that killed them all.

Andrea, Michelle, and Evan lay in pile on the icy concrete floor. Kell was a few paces away, slouched against the bay door. “I'm going to look around,” he said, conscious of the press of flesh against the windows. “We can't stay here long. They'll break that glass eventually.”

With a groan, Andrea sat up. “I'll help.”

Kell waved her back down. “Stay here,” he said. “I'll only be a second. This place isn't very big.”

It was true, of course, but mostly he wanted a few minutes to himself. Still reeling from the conversation with Andrea the night before, he wanted time alone to process the situation. It was another habit he'd carried since childhood, one Laura and Kate hadn't tried to fight. Back at their house he vanished for hours at a time to be alone with his thoughts. In the few days he'd been with Andrea and the kids, the only personal time he had was sleep.

The station was larger than it looked, the back half housing a much larger service bay than the front, four lifts sitting in the floor in front of four more bay doors. The windows were small and nearly opaque with dirt and wear. Kell scrubbed the cuff of his sleeve across one to see a rear lot filled with old tires, wrecked cars, and a clear shot to the highway.

The rest of the building was worthless as far as supplies went, not surprising. Even the vending machines were picked clean, the front of the food machine shattered. Not that he had any great desire to eat a years-old Hershey bar, but after the long run his stomach was arguing loudly for the company of food.

“We should go to the back,” he said as he returned to the group. “The back bay has a steel door on the inside and no windows larger than my head. Much safer there.”

After locking themselves in, Kell noted with chagrin the lack of bathroom facilities. There were buckets full of old rags shoved into a corner, but no way to gain even a little privacy. Which was a bad thing; he had to piss in the worst way.

“Guys, I have to...uh, go to the restroom,” he said.

Laying on the floor with an arm over her face, Andrea waved a hand.

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