The Secret Apocalypse by James Harden

Author:James Harden [Harden, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harben Publishing
Published: 2011-01-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Now we knew why the military was trying to evacuate North Sydney. I knew why Doctor Hunter had such a worried look on his face, why he kept checking his watch every thirty seconds.

According to the voice on the other end of Kenji’s radio, there was an entire horde coming this way. An endless stream of people who were infected with the Oz Virus. The horde stretched as far as the road stretched, as far as they could see. I couldn't even comprehend what I was hearing. I tried to imagine all those infected people, each as violent and aggressive as the next, biting and eating their way through everyone crammed on to the highway. But I couldn’t. The thought was too gruesome.

"What was that order?" Kim asked

"They’re going to blow up the bridge," Kenji said in disbelief.

"What?" Maria shrieked. "While we’re still on it?"

"Are they going to use nukes?" Kim asked.

"I don’t know," Kenji said as he looked around for a way off the bridge.

The crowd started shouting and the gunfire in the distance intensified. We could see the jets now. They flew in low and fast. They were so low you could see each individual missile on the underside of their wings and see every little scuff mark. The noise of their engines made you feel like the world was coming to an end.

Seemingly from nowhere a whole swarm of helicopters descended and hovered over the bridge dropping rope ladders to extract the soldiers. A few people tried to climb up but they were quickly beaten back. The soldiers left the majority of their equipment behind. They took with them only what they could carry.

Once the helicopters cleared out we could see the jets way off on the horizon begin to slowly turn back around.

"Run!" Kenji shouted over all the noise. "Go! Run as fast as you can."

We started running as did everyone else. No one really knew where they were running to. We could only move in one direction. We could worry about what was on the other side when we got there. The only thing we knew for certain was that we needed to get off the bridge. It was a no man's land. At that moment we were completely stranded above water and completely vulnerable.

We got about half way when we heard the first explosion. It wasn’t as loud as I thought it would be. The bridge shook and groaned. Everyone ducked instinctively. But nothing seemed to happen. The collective panic that had seemed to grip everyone disappeared momentarily and was replaced by confusion. The screaming and shouting was reduced to a murmur.

On Kenji’s radio we could hear loud and clear the result of what had just happened. "Positive ignition for southern end of tunnel. Repeat, positive ignition."

This voice was different to the other one. It was calm, almost emotionless.

Kenji yelled at us to keep running. So we did. People all around us started to catch on. The panic returned and so did the screams.

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