Zombie Squad by K.H. Graham

Author:K.H. Graham [Graham, K.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2014-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

16

The building was four stories tall and while it did not give them a fully unobstructed view of the Houston skyline, it gave a very good glimpse of what the city had become. There was no mass destruction to be seen, but the sense of desolation was absolute.

There were the remnants of looting and fires. In some cases, the only thing left behind were the charred corners of buildings and lumps of black shapes that could have been street side debris or human beings. The streets were empty in some places and packed with frozen chaos in others.

The only thing that remained were the ramblers. From four stories up, they could be seen easily. They wandered across empty streets in pairs, trios, or in groups of up to twenty or so. They looked like they were sleepwalking, being pushed to move by nothing more than instinct.

They were also milling around the sides of Katherine’s building. A few had climbed the steps and wandered inside. Others simply stood by the building, scratching at the bricks or moaning pointlessly. It almost seemed as if those around the building were starting to forget what had drawn them there in the first place.

Nick wandered back and forth along the western edge of the building, looking out onto the city. The sky was brightening as they morning trudged on. The eerie silence and stillness of everything almost made it beautiful. For the second time in the last handful of hours, he found himself thinking of the lake. The mornings on the water were always gorgeous, even when it was stormy or overcast.

But here, on the land, there was nothing the weather or the sun could do to erase the death that lingered everywhere.

“What the hell sort of connections does she have?” Griffith asked.

Nick snapped his gaze away from the cityscape and found Griffith looking beneath the old flowerbed that Katherine had mentioned on the computer. Nick joined him and was equally impressed with the stockpile she had.

There were two Uzis, three hunting rifles, a Mossberg carbine rifle, two .09 millimeters, and most impressively, a half a dozen hand grenades.

“She just has connections,” Nick said.

“I know,” Griffith said. “From what I understand, they’re all terrorist connections.”

“Are you shitting me?” James asked, coming over to have a look. “You really believe that crap they spoon-fed you boys about Katherine Laslo?”

“I wasn’t spoon-fed anything,” Griffith said. “I know what my superiors told me and they would have no reason to lie to me.”

“What the hell is your background anyway?” James asked.

“What’s yours?” Griffith yelled back.

The two men were in each other’s faces and Nick knew that James wouldn’t back down. He hadn’t yet figured out Griffith’s personality yet, but he didn’t want to test the man in a situation like this.

He stepped in between them, placing a hand on their chests and softly shoving them apart. “Not now, guys. You really want to start throwing punches while all those ramblers are down there waiting for us?”

James stepped away first, although Nick could tell it pained him to do so.

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