Zombie Attack! Rise of the Horde by Devan Sagliani

Author:Devan Sagliani
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Permuted Press
Published: 2012-06-26T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

I ran a cool bath and used a hand towel to sponge away the chlorine from the pool. It wasn't nearly as good as the hot shower I'd taken in New Lompoc, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it might be either. For the moment we seemed to be safe. I knew that it could change at any minute, but I pushed the thought out of my mind. The recent madness and chaos and insanity taught me that it was more important than ever to hold on to the good times. You never knew how long they were going to last.

When I got back out to the kitchen, everyone was sitting around the kitchen table eating by candle light. They'd covered the windows with black sheets to cut down on the amount of light they put off.

That may be the only reason they haven't been attacked up here yet, I thought.

Benji had opened up a can of Chef Boyardee beef ravioli and was eating right out of it with a fork. He looked more content than I had ever seen him. Jackson was picking at a bag of freeze dried ice cream, the kind we were told astronauts ate when we were little kids. I knew now why Jax wouldn't be eating. The drugs were all he cared about. That's how he stayed so skinny. Felicity had what looked like a plate of steaming beef fajitas with rice and beans.

“I thought you said you didn't have gas or electricity.” I said. “How did you cook that meal?”

Felicity looked up at me and smiled.

“It's from the food rations kit,” she explained. “Cooks in the bag, ready in under five minutes.”

“You're kidding?” I said. “That's amazing. It looks like real food.”

“Survival in style,” she said. “Plus all I have to do is throw out the bag when I'm done.”

“Too bad it tastes like low end fast food,” Jackson said, still picking at the chalky pink block in front of him. The fire he'd had in him earlier was steadily going out. Now he looked pale and sickly. He'd used up all his energy trying to impress us.

“Really?” I said, a grumble rolling through my stomach as if on cue. “I'd kill for some Carl's Jr right about now.” Felicity made a face I couldn't decipher.

“Felicity, would you please be so kind as to make our guest one of our finest meals-in-a-bag, my love?”

“I can make it,” I said. “You enjoy your food. I'm sure I can figure it out.” Jackson dismissed me casually with a wave of his hand. I found the bags of ready-to-eat meals on the counter. They had every kind of meal I could imagine, from sweet and sour pork to beef stroganoff to lasagna. I grabbed a bag that read Jamaican Chicken and flipped it over to read the directions. It said to pour water into the top portion, seal, then pull a cord on the side and it cooked right in the bag. I took some bottled Voss off the counter and got to work.

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