The Zombie Chronicles - Book 5 - Undead Nightmare (Apocalypse Infection Unleashed Series) by Peebles Chrissy

Author:Peebles, Chrissy [Peebles, Chrissy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: teen, Young Adult, Horror, zombie, Adventure, zombies
Publisher: Dark Shadows Publishing
Published: 2013-05-20T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

When Nick just stood there, more dumbfounded and silent than I’d ever seen him before, Asia grabbed the walkie-talkie from him and stepped aside. “Kate, this is Asia. Pull this truck over right now. I wanna get out.”

“What?” came a static reply. “This is Kate. What’s up?”

“Stop the truck, Kate…now!”

“Why?” she asked, her voice raising an octave as she began to panic. “Oh no! Did Jackie break free or—”

Jackie’s evil laugh echoed. “Not yet,” she hissed.

Goosebumps rose on my neck. That wasn’t the Jackie I knew, and the eerie, threatening tone in her voice made me rethink everything Asia and Nick had said. Deep down, I knew they were right, but I couldn’t let myself give up on her.

A static voice came over the walkie-talkie. “Hey, we’re here. We didn’t wanna worry you guys, but we took a risky route because it was a major shortcut.”

“What?” Asia said into the mouthpiece.

“I just talked to Jonathon. Can you believe he’s still alive? He told us to park down the street.”

“The scientist is alive,” I mumbled in disbelief. “That’s fantastic!”

“Good,” Nick said. “It’s nice to hear some good news for a change,” Nick said.

“Yeah, and it’s good to have a connection. Can you imagine if we had to explain all of this to a bunch of strangers?” Asia said. “Still, I don’t know if we should take her in. I mean, she might—”

“We’re already here,” I said, cutting her off. I rushed over to Jackie and pulled the pillowcase off her head so I could stare into her cold, dead eyes. “Jackie, you have to fight this. Turn it off.”

“Dean?” she said, almost pathetically.

“Jackie, can you fight it?”

“I’m trying, but I don’t know if…it’s so hard.”

“Babe, I’m trying to save your life here. If you can’t turn it off, can’t take control, they’re going to kill you.”

“Knock me out, Dean.”

“What? I can’t hit you. I just can’t—”

“No…with chloroform, like…like Val,” she whispered. “The lab is bound to have some.”

“It would buy us some time,” Nick said, nodding. “Best idea I’ve heard all day.”

I bit my lip and thought about it for a moment. I didn’t want to do anything that would bring harm to Jackie, but we had knocked Val out with chloroform we took from a clinic when she first changed, and it hadn’t caused her any harm. I was certain it would work for Jackie too.

“You’re gonna keep her drugged up for days?” Asia asked. “That’s really your plan.”

“If that’s what it takes,” Nick said. “It’s her only chance, Asia. You were right about her being dangerous because she can summon zombies, but if she’s unconscious, she can’t communicate with them, and that will give the scientists the opportunity to at least look at her, to see if they can help.” Nick took a breath and then let it out slowly. “But we’re still a team, and we all have to be in agreement,” he said, arching a brow at Asia.

Asia thought about it for a moment, then looked from me to Nick to Jackie and back to Nick again.

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