The Beginning by Mark Lansing

Author:Mark Lansing
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-12-26T05:00:00+00:00

Lee chimed in. “We hate to leave you like this, Marty. Come with us. They could do with a guy like you.”

Martin couldn’t believe guys who were once his best friends would do this to him. He dropped the shotgun at his feet and turned walking towards his house. He heard running footsteps behind him but carried on walking anyway. The hand on his shoulder was rough and span him round. He was surprised to see Lee’s face there, they’d never got on as well as him and John.

“Marty, don’t go out at night. They go crazy at night. As soon as you get to the house, start boarding it up.” Martin felt Lee press something cold and hard into his hand. “I know what it’s like to lose a parent to this. It’s heart-breaking, man. Look after them.” And with that Lee turned and jogged back to the quads.

Martin looked down to find a small revolver in the palm of his hand. Checking the chamber he found no bullets. Great, thought Martin, exchanging one useless gun for another.

He tried to jog the remaining distance to the house, but his ankle was still injured so instead settled for a quick walk. As the engines of the departing quads got fainter, the only sound left were the heavy footsteps of Martin’s slippers. They hadn’t even asked about his blood covered pyjamas. Maybe the sight of blood was that common now.

He felt naked crossing the field without the big shotgun. Even though it didn’t have any firepower it was still a heavy weapon. As he got closer to the house this feeling increased. Those bastards, why did they have to take it!

Approaching the porch, Martin noticed the windows in the front had been smashed and the front door was covered in scratch marks. But the most worrying sign was the silence. He was unsure where the three infected had gone, whether they were in or around the house. The silence was quickly broken by the creak of Martin’s footsteps on the wooden porch steps.

Martin advanced towards the door and took a closer look at the claw marks. He noticed the door was ajar.

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