The Slaughter - A Post Apocalyptic Thriller by Damon Hunter

Author:Damon Hunter [Hunter, Damon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

The Infirmary - TMRT Checkpoint - Phoenix, Arizona

“Do you two realize that what you’re suggesting is quite literally insane?” Barrington asked after Talbot and Vance laid out their plan for escape.

“Of course we do, but do you have a better idea?” Vance said.

Barrington didn’t answer.

“If we can prove my cure works, it will change everything,” Dr. Talbot added.

“Will it? If, as Torrance claims, they are planning to kill all of you because of things you know, then what will it change? You will still have first-hand knowledge of a plot to set off a nuclear bomb on American soil.”

“Two bombs, actually.”

“Even worse. The point is, cure or no cure, you will still have the knowledge and someone, presumably someone very powerful, will want you dead.”

“That will change if I cure the rot.”

“You don’t even know if it will work,” Barrington told him.

“And if you don’t help us, I never will.”

“You set up a way for me to get out through the Oregon border before,” Vance said. “Is that still intact?”

“Yes, I wasn’t going to dismantle it before you got out of the QZ. You haven’t been back long, so I haven’t got around to calling it off.”

“Good, don’t,” Vance told him. “If the cure flops we will make a run for the northern border. If we can secure a transport, we can make it.”

“You’re asking a lot,” Barrington said. “When they find out I helped you, and I don’t see how they can’t, my head will be on the chopping block.”

“Then come with us,” Vance said.

“Seriously?”

“Yes, seriously,” Torrance said as he came into Vance’s room, carrying Ana. He looked at Talbot and said, “Give her a field dressing and get ready to go. The timetable has moved up and my guess is they will know I’ve helped you, which will lead them to believe you helped them as well, General Doctor Barrington. Meaning your head is already on the chopping block.”

Vance sat up as Katelin came in carrying two guns, followed by Bo sporting a nasty wound on his shoulder.

“What happened?!” Vance asked as Barrington moved to give Bo a quick field dressing while Talbot patched up Ana.

“They already moved against them,” Torrance said.

While Barrington used a staple gun to seal Bo’s wound, he said, “I’m still a General Doctor. I can secure a transport.”

“Wouldn’t a car be better?” Torrance asked.

“No. When you said we need to go with them, you don’t know where we were going.”

“Where are you going?”

“Right into the heart of the quarantine.”

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