The Nightmare Man: A Russian Zombie Novel by Franklin Mick

Author:Franklin, Mick [Franklin, Mick]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Zombies
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2017-04-09T04:00:00+00:00

29.

In a small shop, the front door creaked open. A zombie turned around to face the sound, moving slowly towards it. There was food supplies scattered on the floor, dried fish, chocolate bars. There were stacks of bottled water that hadn’t been looted yet.

Without hesitation, Kirill leapt up to the zombie and smashed it in the jaw with his baseball bat. It fell and was motionless. Semyon followed him in a silent crouch, scanning for danger.

Three more zombies stood up from behind the counter. Kirill was on them almost instantly, kicking the first one in the chest so it was sent flying backwards into the other two zombies. They struggled on the floor to rise again, but Kirill was already attacking them with the bat; it sounded like they were made of wood as they were struck.

In moments, the store was still again. Semyon gathered supplies, filling his backpack with much-needed food items. He separated some of the water bottles from their plastic container and slid them into the backpack.

Kirill held the bat high, ready to strike again, always expecting danger.

Ten minutes later, they were in one of the cinemas back at Megapolis. It was full of people. They were refugees from the city outside, now huddled together in the huge dark building.

Sasha approached them, limping on his bad leg, offering them black coffee.

“How’d you guys go?”

“Hey, we made it back in one piece,” said Semyon, taking a cup. Kirill held the steel bat leaning comfortably on his shoulder and took the second coffee. He was very aware of his surroundings, studying the rows of people who were trying to sleep or else get some food, which was always in short supply here, no matter how many runs Semyon made. It was dangerous to go outside, and not only because of the zombies; the New Mafia were an ever-present threat.

Kirill looked about the cinema again. There was a young priest who was preparing for the next sermon. Many people had already gathered around to hear him speak. The water supplies they had were all blessed by him. The front row was full of children and some parents of those children still lucky enough to have parents. More people filled the rows behind them. Lastly, they were joined by the older crowd.

“Do you go to church?” Sasha asked Kirill.

Kirill studied him for a moment. “I don’t have much time for it. Don’t take me the wrong way, I think Christianity helps a lot. I know many guys who carry a Bible with them when we go on a mission. And I do own a crucifix.”

Sasha laughed. “Yeah, okay, but I mean do you ever set foot inside a church?”

“Like this one, you mean?”

“Okay, so church is not for you.”

Kirill thought for a moment. “I get that Christianity is good for holding the community together. It gives our people a common identity. But it’s not for me.”

“Yes, it does help a lot. It helps to know there’s a higher meaning to all this, that in the end we’re all going somewhere better.

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