Zed Days (Book 2): Zed Days by Harland Nick

Author:Harland, Nick [Harland, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2018-06-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen – Killing Time

Even as we ran towards the front gates we could hear the groaning and screaming of the horde. They were at the gates and more groups had split off to the sides again. It was hard to gauge, but there were definitely less of them. I ran past the line of ready vehicles and looked at the swarm of Zeds. We had barely survived fighting them on three fronts last time and we’d lost people and used the petrol we had. I didn’t want to risk it again. I yelled, ‘Everyone into the vehicles, we need to fight them outside.’

Everyone reacted quickly as the Zeds started to breach the side fences, already having a pile of bodies to climb over. I looked at everyone trying to get into their assigned spaces and knew not everyone would make it before the Zeds were on us. Esme, Eve, Bill and Mark had worked it out too. It was only the ones from the open side of the compound that would make it in time and Mark reacted first. He screamed and raced towards the fence, waving a hand behind him to tell us to stay where we were.

Esme went to follow him but Eve grabbed her, ‘You can’t help him, you’d only die too. Get into the car and get your rifle ready, it’s too far for me to be accurate.’

Esme started struggling and crying and I grabbed her and pushed her towards the car, ‘You dying too would only lessen his sacrifice, you’re the only one who can make it easier for him, now get into the car.’

We all got into the car and watched as Mark hit the first few Zeds, crashing against them with all his strength and anger, knocking them flying. His aim wasn’t to kill, he knew dealing with one at a time wouldn’t help us, he wanted to reach the centre of them and draw them to him. Esme started taking careful shots and Eve joined her, downing the ones that got behind him. Ben’s Semi was full and I hear him rev the engine and accelerate towards the gates, a great gout of black and grey smoke coming from the two exhaust pipes that snaked up the back of the cab and reached for the sky.

The convoy followed Ben who hit the gates hard, sending a wave of Zeds flying either side of him. I looked back to see the Zeds swarm around Mark, too many for Esme and Eve to keep off him. Even in the noise I heard Eve’s whisper, ‘Now Esme, he’s relying on you.’

The shot rang out and Esme dropped the rifle and started sobbing. Eve leaned across her, shut the window and said, ‘Drive.’

We were the last of the convoy and the Zeds from the other side reached us as we started to move, jumping for the car. We didn’t have mesh over the windows and we were still in danger. I floored it, shaking off

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