Zombie D.O.A. Series Five: The Complete Series Five by Zep JJ

Author:Zep, JJ [Zep, JJ]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2014-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

thirty seven

The thirty or so yards he had to cover to the Toyota felt like the longest walk of his life. For every step he retreated, the creature took one forward, tracking him, its dead eyes never leaving his, the half-smile never leaving its lips. On one or two occasions it clucked its tongue in that peculiar sound, backing the Z’s away from them. Charlie still hadn’t figured what manner of creature it was, or what its interest was in the girl. All he knew was that his plan seemed to be working. Were they really going to be allowed to drive out of here? He was about to find out. His butt bumped up against the tailgate of the Toyota.

“Wackjob,” he said, speaking over his shoulder, “See if this crate will start.”

“Hell yeah,” Wackjob said. He scurried around to the front of the truck. Charlie heard the key grind in the ignition, the engine turn and take, to the accompaniment of Wackjob’s rebel yell.

Charlie looked back across the twenty feet separating him from the creature, backlit by the flames from the warehouse, backdropped by his zombie army of thousands, waiting, watching. A cluck of the tongue would send them surging forward to tear him and Skye apart. If that happened, would he have the balls to pull the trigger? Would he be able to destroy this woman who he hardly knew, but thought he might love? He was about to find out. The next thirty seconds would decide their fate.

He cleared his throat of the saliva that had become backlogged there, sucked in a mouthful of smoke-polluted air. The creature looked back at him, a silhouette framed by flame, its features now hidden in shadow, only eyes that seemed to glow red in the dark, visible.

“Here’s what happens next,” Charlie said. “I’m getting into the truck, taking Skye with me. Me and my friend and Skye are going to drive out of here. You will tell your people to clear a path and let us pass. They will not obstruct us in any way. You got that? Any attempt to stop us, and the lady dies. I’m going to need you to clear that path now.”

The creature stood silent, unmoving.

“Do it,” Charlie persisted. “Do it or she dies.”

“You won’t kill her,” came the creature’s voice. “I sense that you won’t.”

“You willing to bet her life on that, friend? Because I wouldn’t. The first bullet pulps her brain, the second turns yours to jello. Your choice.”

The creature seemed to contemplate a moment. “You’ll never escape me. I will find you.”

“Yeah?” Charlie said. “Well how about we cross that particular bridge when the river’s in flood. Right now I need you to open a path behind us. Do it!”

He shifted Skye’s weight in his arms, made a big show of holding the pistol to her brow.

“The girl…Skye…belongs to me,” the creature said. “When, in time, I come to reclaim her, I expect to find her unmolested.” He clucked his lips and Charlie heard movement behind him, the shuffling of thousands of feet.

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