The Zombie Chronicles - Book 3 - Deadly City (Apocalypse Infection Unleashed Series) by Peebles Chrissy

Author:Peebles, Chrissy [Peebles, Chrissy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, undead, Horror, arena, zombie, Fantasy, gladiator, zombies, Thriller, urban fantasy
Publisher: Dark Shadows Publishing
Published: 2012-11-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The prosecutor was tall and thin, with bulging eyes and a nervous tic that caused him to constantly twitch, freaking me out all the more. His head twisted and turned at random times, making him look like a bobble-head. I worried that it might actually spin around; considering how possessed they all acted, it wouldn’t have surprised me one bit.

Maybe they’ll believe us over this weirdo, I hoped, but I knew they wouldn’t. After all, he was one of their own kind, and we were the nosy outsiders.

“The prosecution calls Jake Janepson to the witness stand,” he said.

One of the punks strolled up to the witness stand and was sworn in. I heard noises coming from behind me, and at first I could have sworn I’d jumped into a séance. I chanced turning around to take a look and saw women in the far back row, lighting dozens of candles along the shelf edge and chanting weird syllables that made absolutely no sense to me.

“What did you see today?” The prosecutor’s voice jolted me back to attention. Crazy or not, I couldn’t understand why the scene in the back didn’t distract anyone else.

“We were patrolling the area and saw intruders breaking curfew, so we followed protocol.”

“Indeed.”

Jake’s voice wavered, as if he was horrified to have to relive the moment. “Two members of their group had broken into the home of Sam Maloney.”

Also known as Tahoe the creep, I thought to myself.

“They had terrorized the poor family, so we took off after them.”

Unable to take it anymore, I stood. “Why don’t you tell them you killed an innocent girl, you hot-headed prick?”

Nick grabbed my wrist. “Sit down! Outbursts aren’t going to help.”

I couldn’t understand how my brother managed to say so calm, cool, and collected under the circumstances. I knew how bad the situation was, but all I wanted to do was scream out and tell them what a bunch of lunatics they were.

The judge banged his gavel on the sound block. “Order in the court! Another disruption like that, Mr…” He looked at the bailiff. “What are their names?”

“You don’t even know our names?” I shouted. “How is this justice? My name is Dean. Dean Walters!” I pointed to Lucas. “This is Lucas Meadows.” I then pointed to Nick. “This is Nick Walters, my brother. Your gang shot Claire O’Hara and knifed Jackie Shadows. Someone came at me, and I defended myself.”

“Another outburst, Mr. Walters, and you’ll be taken back to your cell. I won’t have any distractions in my courtroom!” He looked at the lying witness and politely urged, “Please continue.”

No distractions? Right! There’s a trio of women in the back doing their best impression of a satanic ritual, and I can’t make a statement in my own defense? I was about to say so, but Nick tugged me down. This time I sat.

“Let Jason tell his side of the story!” a woman cried out.

“But Jason’s dead,” I whispered.

“Don’t worry. He’ll get his turn.” The judge motioned to Jake.

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