The Left Series (Book 3): Left On The Brink by Fletcher Christian

Author:Fletcher, Christian [Fletcher, Christian]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: zombies
Published: 2013-05-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Two

I screamed and twisted the M-16 barrel towards the bald zombie. When the muzzle was lined up under his chin, I pulled the trigger to let off another three shot firing burst. The rounds exited through the top of his skull, sending a splattering of blood and brains out through the broken window. Another zombie had hold of my foot and gnawed at the leather toe cap of my boot. I shoved the remains of the bald zombie off me and his heavy torso sent a couple more undead, who were trying to climb into the cab, back outside, falling on top of those who were busy devouring Clements.

A swift kick to the face put paid to the zombie who was trying to eat my boot then I quickly slung the M-16 over my shoulder. I scrambled up the interior, leaning my back against the glass and reached for the square shaped roof frame, where the shattered smoked glass previously sat. I hauled myself skyward and felt hands grabbing at my dangling legs. Kicking the grasping hands away, I dragged myself out through the gap and onto the forklift roof.

I hung on to the frame sides as the truck rocked violently. The surrounding zombies reached up and tried to pull me off the roof.

“Wilde!” I heard a shout from the staircase.

I swiftly turned my head and saw Smith hanging on to the sides of the cage, staring at me intensely. Cordoba, Milner and the rest of his crew had got back out of the cage and stood on the staircase taking shots at the zombies below.

“Get your ass over here, now,” Smith bellowed.

I held onto the forklift frame with my hands and clambered across the roof then onto the top of the fork casing. Smith held his arms out towards me and I leapt up towards the cage. Smith caught hold of my wrists and hauled me over the side of the cage. We steadied ourselves from the rocking motion then climbed out of the opposite side, onto the staircase to join Milner and Cordoba.

“I thought you were a goner for a while there, Wilde,” Smith shouted in my ear then slapping me on the back.

My legs felt like jelly and I could hardly stand upright as I turned to survey the scene of carnage below. The whole horde of zombies surrounded the forklift and some still feasted frenziedly on Clements’s corpse. Our escape route was cut off but at least the cage prevented the zombies from gaining access up the staircase, although it wouldn’t hold out forever. The undead still furiously rocked the forklift and crawled underneath the cage, spurred on by the taste and smell of fresh blood.

“Shit, what are we going to do now?” I panted.

“We’ll have to think of something,” Smith said, shaking his head. “It was a decent idea to use that forklift, kid, but it only got us one way. Now, we’re stuck here.”

Milner told the rest of his crew to cease firing and conserve the ammunition.

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