The Tide: Deadrise by Melchiorri Anthony J

Author:Melchiorri, Anthony J
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: apocalypse
Publisher: Thunderbird Media
Published: 2016-08-05T04:00:00+00:00

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Meredith spotted the man in the ghillie suit just as he sucked in a breath and started squeezing the trigger. She sprinted at him, leaves crunching under her boots, and kicked up the barrel. The gun fired, and the bullet tore through the canopy of leaves and branches overhead.

“Asshole,” she yelled, planting a boot into his spine, then pressed a suppressed pistol against his forehead. One shot, and his body went limp. Meredith kicked the sniper’s body over and relieved him of his weapons. She stowed them in her pack with the two rifles she’d taken from the cronies that had been trying to guard him. They’d both been staring listlessly into the woods as if they were already two sheets to the wind. It had been far too easy for Spencer and her to bring them down before she ambushed the sniper. She bet they didn’t have a lick of actual military experience in them, judging by their completely ineffectual attempt to watch the back of the sniper she’d taken out.

“Nicely done,” Spencer said, lowering his rifle.

“Thanks,” Meredith said. Never had she imagined her CIA training would come in handy against marauding bands of post-apocalyptic raiders on US soil, but she found herself appreciating the practiced skills in stealth and combat she’d picked up.

Meredith grabbed the sniper’s rifle and lay prone where he had. The man must’ve been an experienced sharpshooter; it was a prime location with sweeping views of the estate and a perfect vantage point over the parking lot. But she wasted little time in appreciating the former sniper’s skills and quickly aimed at a goon wearing body armor made of a Skull’s ribs.

“Thanks for the cover, Mere,” Dom said over the comm link. Then she watched him duck as Rick opened fire. The ringleader took advantage of Dom’s momentary dive for cover and ran past his men toward the gift shop.

Coward, she thought.

Gunfire rang out from somewhere else, and the men below started to scatter. Meredith rocked the trigger back. The rifle kicked against her shoulder, and the man in the ridiculous body armor fell. Two, three, four more of them fell to her well-aimed shots. More rifles barked in the distance where the other Hunters were posted, raining hell down on the retreating raiders.

Their Skull-inspired fashion statements looked far less intimidating as gunfire riddled their ranks and they ran, screaming, for cover. Meredith scanned the parking lot looking for new targets. Dom was unloading his magazine into a couple of stubborn raiders. Renee was engaged in hand-to-hand combat with another. Miguel had used the blade in his prosthetic to catch one by surprise and was now holding the man like a human shield to protect them against the raiders that had tried to take potshots from the nearby woods. Meredith caught one in her scope and fired.

“Nice shot.” Andris’s voice sounded over the comm link. “I got the north side, you take south.”

Their concerted efforts brought down the other marauders with ease. More rifle fire cracked along the estate.

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