Tower of the Dead: A Zombie Novel by Roberts J.V

Author:Roberts, J.V. [Roberts, J.V.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Zombies
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2015-11-28T05:00:00+00:00

9

The stairway leading down to the second floor is clogged with sick ones. Living sick ones—living being a relative term. Me and Alisa are crouched down on the third-floor landing watching them as they clamber over one another and attempt to beat down the door to the second-floor hallway.

“There’s something they want on the other side of that door,” I whisper.

“People?” Alisa refuses to peak over the edge, she stays behind me, pistol aimed down, as instructed.

“Maybe.”

“That’s good.”

“Maybe. Maybe not.”

“Why is that bad?”

“Because not all people are good, especially now. You remember those men that tried to shoot us before?”

“Oh. Yeah.”

I try counting heads, but all of them are so cramped together and constantly shifting that it makes getting an accurate count next to impossible. I’m guessing two dozen, probably a little more.

“I’ll use the hatchet.” I set down my rifle and rid myself of the spare ammo. “Wait here.”

“What are you going to do?”

“Clear the way for us.”

“Your gun.” She starts to pick up the rifle.

“If there are bad people on the other side of that door then we need to save the ammo for them. I can handle these guys. You just stay here and keep your head down.”

She slides back against the wall, pistol pointed down between her knees.

My plan of attack is simple; keep them in front of me. The stairs are narrow; they’ll have to come at me one at a time. All I’ve got to do is keep them in front and keep on swinging.

I’ve got no interest in staying quiet; this needs to be quick and efficient. I descend the first set of stairs two at a time, hitting the first landing with both feet.

The first sick one greets me there. She swipes and I dodge while making an underhanded swing with the hatchet; the impact removes the left side of her head and she spins to the ground, spraying blood as she goes. I meet two more at the mouth of the second set of stairs. I act first, splitting the skull of one with an over-handed swing and elbowing the other in the face, staggering him backwards a few steps. When the second one comes at me again, I grab him around the throat with my left hand and whack him in the forehead with the hatchet twice before dumping his body over the railing.

I’m standing at the mouth of the second set of stairs looking down on my enemies. They’ve stopped beating at the door and now all of their attention is on me. Every last one of them wants a bite. They’re shoving and growling, fighting for the first taste. I kick the one at the front of the pack, a young girl with a veil of blood covering her face. She falls back against the swell of bodies, toppling the first few rows behind her.

I move forward.

Swinging and pulling back.

Swinging and pulling back.

Heads roll and skulls crack. Brains clump up around the blade of my weapon. Tainted blood splashes across my face on every back swing.

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