Zombie Night in Canada (Book 1): First Period by Friesen Jamie

Author:Friesen, Jamie [Friesen, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2014-01-27T05:00:00+00:00

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Dan and Ed had just barely drifted off for a nap when another officer came into the ready room where they were and shook them awake.

“There’s an emergency in the west end. We need you to lead a rescue team.”

“Huh?” Ed and Dan both said groggily.

“There’s a problem at one of the infected holding facilities. We need you to move out ASAP!”

Dan shook the cobwebs out of his head and stood up. “Come on, Ed.”

“Yeah, yeah,” Ed said, rubbing his eyes.

They headed out to the loading dock, grabbing their weapons leaning against the wall. On their way to the dock, they stopped by the armoury and picked up some more ammo. When they got to the dock, almost two dozen officers were waiting for them. All were wearing body armour and carrying rifles or shotguns. Several of them included the desk sergeants and other out of shape administrative types.

“What are you doing here, Savard? I thought you only rode a desk these days?” Ed said to the older, portly police officer.

In a thick Quebecois accent came the retort, “Not a lot of need for pencil pushers lately, Ed.”

“Too true,” Ed admitted. “Good to have you along, Denis.”

At the end of the dock were both remaining Tactical Team Suburban SUVs.

“Load ’em up!” Dan shouted.

Eight officers got into the SUVs, while the rest moved to the door. As soon as it was high enough, officers spilled out into the brisk fall air and ran for their cars.

Dan and Ed led the way and their cruiser was the first one out of the lot. A string of almost a dozen police cruisers and SUVs followed close behind. The convoy raced west on 137th Avenue, lights flashing and sirens blaring. It changed lanes frequently, dodging the dozens of abandoned and wrecked cars strewn along its length.

Occasionally, Dan would see terrified residents peeking out from behind living room curtains or bedroom windows. Many houses had hastily boarded up windows, in some cases four by eight foot plywood sheets or two by fours, but in most cases bits of wood scavenged from around their home, usually tables and doors. He felt sorry for them, as he realized too late – like many city officials – that instead of staying in the city, they all should have fled to the relative safety of rural Alberta and stayed there for a few weeks. Had that happened, the number of infected would be far smaller and the infection would have spread slower.

The rationale for having them stay in their homes instead had been fears that such a rapid evacuation would have spread the pandemic even faster. The city also had more medical facilities and far more ability to deal with the pandemic than smaller cities and towns did. However, given how few cases were being reported in rural counties nearby, the policy had shown exactly the opposite. A small percentage of Edmontonians, perhaps ten or maybe even fifteen percent had fled the city in the past week, heading for the ‘safety’ of their summer cottage, acreage, or lake lot.

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