Undead Ultra (Book 4): Fort Dead by Picott Camille

Author:Picott, Camille [Picott, Camille]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: Camille Picott
Published: 2020-04-20T04:00:00+00:00

20

Sprint

ERIC

If Reed or one of the other guys had asked me five minutes ago if I had another sprint in my body, I would have flipped him off. Our frantic tear through Braggs had left me ready to collapse with exhaustion.

But there’s something about a wall of flames and a horde of zombies that inspires a person to action.

We tear off in a frantic pack, Kate in the lead as we sprint south on Highway 1.

I once ran fast when I stole my brother’s car keys on the night of his prom. I was pissed that he had a date with a senior girl I’d been crushing on for months. The girl, of course, had never noticed me. I’d been three years younger than her, and nerdy at that.

Tom, of course, had dazzled her, even though he was only a junior.

I got my vengeance. I stole his car and went out to get ice cream. He’d been forced to drive our mom’s beat-up Volvo station wagon to prom.

I’d been grounded for a month. The worst part was that I’d felt like shit the whole time, knowing I was being a dickhead to my brother.

Until I met Kate, that was the fastest I’d ever run in my life. It had been a twenty-yard sprint from his upstairs bedroom to the bright red Honda Civic parked on the curb in front of our house.

Then the apocalypse had arrived, and with it, Kate. She made us do sprints around the track. She even made us run up and down the stairwell in Creekside.

It all feels worth it when we’d been forced to tear through those last few miles of Braggs. The training had paid off and saved our lives.

That near-death experience had been kitten’s play.

As we streak down Highway 1 with zombies and fire hard on our heels, I finally understand what it means to sprint.

Spit flies from my open mouth as I suck in gulps of air. My lungs feel like they’re going to explode out the front of my chest. My arms and back ache from the effort of swinging my torso back and forth in a desperate bid to outrun nature.

My feet, already covered with blisters, are blocks of pain. I can barely feel them as they tear over the pavement. They churn, propelling me forward as fast as they can.

Don’t be a loser, Eric.

Quit playing small, little brother.

I dig deep and make a silent promise to my brother and my dead girlfriend. I won’t give up. I’ll run as hard and as fast as I can until my body gives out or the fire catches up with us. I open myself up to the physical pain and embrace it.

The fire gains on us, leaping over the open grassland like demonic gazelles. It smashes through scattered buildings and swallows trees in whole gulps.

The zombies keen and moan. Many are devoured by the flames, but huge swaths of them continue to stagger forward and stay just ahead of the fire.

I do

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