Z-Risen (Book 3): Poisoned Earth by Long Timothy W

Author:Long, Timothy W. [Long, Timothy W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2015-05-30T04:00:00+00:00

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03:35 hours Approximate

Location: Just outside of Oceanside

“Creed,” a shuffler whispered in my ear.

I shot up and reached for my wrench with one hand; my other reached out to grab anything else I could get ahold of. I’d been dreaming of mountains of chocolate and ice cream, in that order. Then a Z rose out of the mess and I was stumbling back, and that was how I came awake.

Joel grabbed my wrist before I could swing my fist into his face. He was wiry but strong, I’ll give him that. My heart pounded in my chest as I fought back panic.

“The fuck, man?” I said.

“Keep it down. We got company,” Joel said, sounding like he was in an action movie.

“Like dinner company, or fucking Zs?”

“Dinner. They want to eat us.”

I shook my head to clear away the fog, and wished I had about a gallon of coffee to slug back.

“Shit. Where?”

“Movement all around out there. It’s goddamn eerie, man,” Joel whispered.

Anna was on her feet and checking her weapons. Christy held onto Frosty and alternated between stroking her head and holding her mouth to show her that we needed silence. Roz sat next to a window and peered into the darkness. She’d moved the corner of our improvised carpet-curtain up so she had a viewport.

“Zs are eerie.”

“They are, but these guys are being quiet. It’s like they know we’re here. I haven’t seen anything like it before,” Joel said.

Anna moved next to us and dropped to a crouch. “I count five or six near the back and another dozen at the front. They’re standing around staring at the house.”

“We’re trapped,” Joel said.

“Hold the fuck up,” I said, finally shaking sleepiness from my head. “Are you saying they’re out there waiting for us? Like they planned this?”

“Pretty much,” Roz said as she joined us.

“We need to get the fuck out of this place and fast. Frontal assault. We go out shooting, get in the truck, and haul ass.”

“There’s more in the back. I saw them hanging around the outskirts of the yard,” Roz said. “It’s murky, so I couldn’t see them very well.”

Joel dug around in his backpack and came up with his old NVGs. He unwrapped them and pushed buttons, and slid them over his head.

“Batteries low. I’ll do a fast sweep from inside. Stay here,” he said and slipped the goggles over his head.

Joel left the kitchen and moved out. He stopped at a window facing into the backyard and stared.

We’d left most of our weapons out, having done an ammo check earlier. We'd depleted the majority of our rounds escaping the last few encounters. The few boxes I’d picked up from the old woman in town helped, but mainly Joel, since they were for his assault rifle.

Anna dug out a small stash of .357 rounds and she dumped a handful into her pocket. With an 8-round cylinder, she would be able to reload at least one more time.

Roz went over her weapons while I tucked the Springfield XDM into my belt.

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