The Undead World (Book 12): The Body [An Undead World Expansion] by Meredith Peter

Author:Meredith, Peter [Meredith, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2020-05-25T04:00:00+00:00

11

She pushed out into the water and found the paddling easier than she had expected. A strong wind was sweeping up the Sound and, combined with the current, was pushing her out.

Resting the paddle, she looked for the Corsairs. Without the scope, they were invisible. Not a single candle burned on any of them, they were black on black. When she put the scope up to her eyes she saw that they were close to the island, keeping just out of range of the spotlights.

“Close enough for us to hear the torture,” she said, hissing angrily and smashing her dainty hand down on a plank. A second later, she heard a soft groan. She spun and watched as a water-logged zombie surfaced only a few feet away. Frantically, she grabbed the paddle and began tearing at the water. She was no expert but she managed to get away from it, only to run directly into another.

She was turned around, staring back when the skiff stopped dead and a long slimy arm reached over the edge. With one of the guard towers looming not far off, she didn’t dare use the .25 strapped to her ankle. Instead, she gave the zombie a whack with the paddle, which did nothing at all. The creature didn’t even seem to notice and another arm followed the first. Then came its foul head.

The pruney water-wrinkles covering its face were so deep it looked like a sloughing, grey basset hound with dead eyes. It was so frightening to the child that for a moment she wavered and reconsidered the gun—but what would the men in the watchtower do if they heard a shot out on the water almost right below them? Would they open fire?

With fear and anger running heavy across the island, she guessed they would. She had seen frightened men and women in battle firing indiscriminately, blazing through ammo, spraying it everywhere. Jillybean feared that even if she didn’t get shot, all the shooting would attract so many people, she would never make it back onto the island.

Grunting, she gave the beast as fearsome a blow as she could, square on the top of its head. Instead of hurting the monster, the paddle broke, leaving her holding a useless hunk of wood.

Her mouth fell open as she stared at it in shock. Now she would have to use the gun. But just as he was reaching for it, the creature tipped the skiff and she fell forward, almost square into its gaping maw. Hungrily, it moaned and tried to grab her and in the process, let go of the boat which dropped back with a splash.

For a fleeting moment, she thought that she would drift away out of its reach, only its arms were long, and it hooked the boat by its torn nails. Uselessly, Jillybean smashed the paddle down on its finger as it hauled the skiff towards its gaping mouth, as again the skiff tipped precariously, its back end five feet out of the water.

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