Zombies vs Polar Bears: Sirens of the Zombie Apocalypse, Book 5 by E.E. Isherwood

Author:E.E. Isherwood [Isherwood, E.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Isherwood Media
Published: 2016-06-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10: Colorado

“I never in my wildest fantasies thought you and I would be doing this,” Victoria said as she smiled widely at Liam.

“Me either. So what do we do? Do it at the same time, or do you want me to go first?”

“Heck no, I'll show you how this is done.”

Liam stepped back, content to give her the floor. She was better at this sort of thing…

He covered his ears.

The explosive force of the AK-47 filled the small hallway and Liam felt as much as heard the gunshot. It only took two shots to ruin the lock of the dorm door. Victoria explained that her key card and hospital ID badge had been on a lanyard she wore all the time on campus—except she took it off the night of the disaster so she could go out with her friends. She had the card in a small hidden pocket inside the evening dress she'd worn for so long those first days. It never occurred to her to take it out and keep it with her. The melted remains of the plastic card were in the ruins of Liam's neighborhood.

He shut the door and locked it with the deadbolt. It was above the main door handle, and hadn't been locked because it had to be turned manually from the inside. A piece of luck.

They'd left Hans and his mom so he could take Victoria to her old dorm room.

When they walked into her room it was like walking into the ancient past. A pair of tidy beds lined opposite walls and a long desk linked the two beds at the front of the room. The light of the evening filtered through the partially-opened blinds protecting the large window.

Victoria walked directly to her desk. It was bare, save for a few large books. A box sat on the floor with some personal effects from one of the two occupants of the room—Liam couldn't say.

“I'm here. I can't...believe it.” Victoria looked at her desk, then out the window to the treetops in the big courtyard. Another dorm building was on the far side. Liam could hear the wobble in her voice as she spoke. “It never should have ended like this.” Watching her from the back, her shoulders slumped and he heard soft crying. He stepped up to her and put his arms around her, and for once didn't say anything.

That isn't to say he didn't want to tell her everything was going to be OK, or that they'd make the best of things. Lots of things came to his head, but something told him now was the time to shut up and just hold on.

It took five minutes before she turned to face him. She'd been crying the whole time.

“I want this life back. The one where my worst stresses are my tests, or getting to class on time. The one where my biggest fear is getting a B. The one where I live happily ever after as a doctor...” The tears ratcheted back up and she leaned into him for a tight hug.

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