Zombie Team Alpha: Lost City Of Z by Steve R. Yeager

Author:Steve R. Yeager [Yeager, Steve R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00

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KA-BOOM

Cutter signaled to Gauge with three raised fingers and a quick wave of his hand. The big man understood the meaning straight away and headed back to the parked vehicles. A few brief moments later, he returned carrying most of their gear—packs, vests, and a pair of fully loaded MP-5Ks, one slung over each shoulder.

After receiving his weapon, Cutter jerked back the bolt to check the chamber and saw the gleaming comfort of new brass. He looked sideways at Gauge for a moment, wondering why Gauge hadn’t chosen something bigger than the 9mm machine guns, but there was no time for that. There was only time enough to get into position and prepare for the worst.

But the forest around Cutter only resumed its ambient din, punctuated by the occasional howl of a monkey or cry of a bird.

Hunched over and prepared to return fire at any targets presenting themselves, Cutter broke free from temporary cover and pulled Moray and Ajay along with him, shepherding them toward the hut where he had already stashed Morgan and Reyna. Karo, their native guide, at first followed, then sprinted ahead and ducked inside the hut first.

Cutter saw Gauge from the corner of his eye right before a new blurry shape flittered across his field of vision. He ducked left. An arrow whistled past just in front of him and slammed into the side of a wooden pole and stuck there, quivering. Cutter, now fully alert, calculated the approximate location where the arrow had come from and fired a three-round burst of covering fire back into the forest. The rounds snapped through the heavy leaves and sounded as if they had all smashed into the trunk of a tree—but not flesh.

Gauge laid down his own rapid burst before he came running across the open space. He met up with Cutter by the side of the hut, ducking low, gaze roaming the forest for targets. Another arrow whizzed past Cutter’s head and stuck into the same post right beside him.

“Two misses,” he whispered. “Third one won’t. Move! Get inside.”

Human figures rapidly materialized from the dense forest.

Painted warriors. Running silently.

Behind them, more warriors appeared to Cutter’s right. Then a third group appeared and started attempting to flank the hut. More still came across the open space in front of Cutter and spread out as they approached.

Cutter ducked behind the temporary shelter of a series of poles leaning against the hut. He swiveled back and forth, gun raised to his eye, putting the red dot on each of the splintering groups. The approaching warriors were being cautious, running in zig-zagging patterns, approaching from all three directions at once. He fired a burst of rounds at the feet of the nearest of the three groups, throwing up dust wherever the rounds impacted. That group jumped as if they’d stepped on hot coals, stopping short.

But the others kept coming.

Gauge kept his gun up, ready to unload. Surprisingly, he hadn’t yet pulled the trigger. Cutter was thankful for that. He wasn’t ready to kill them yet.

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