Zombies II: Inhuman by Eric S. Brown

Author:Eric S. Brown
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Horror, Short Stories, +AA
Publisher: Eric S. Brown
Published: 2011-12-18T09:33:29+00:00

Deadlier Country

Elijah laughed bitterly at the hand fate had dealt him. When the dead had begun to rise, he'd leapt into action. He had always been a loner. There were no loved ones or friends in his life to hold him back and prevent him from fleeing the city as quickly as possible. He was one of the first looters in the streets as the chaos erupted.

He'd systematically sought out the supplies he would need from a .22 rifle with several boxes of shells to a shotgun for stopping power and a sidearm, to a large hiking pack which he filled with canned foods, bottled water, and camping gear. Some of it, he bought from shops that were still open despite the hell around them and the rest he stole. He thanked God he hadn't had to kill anyone though he had had a brawl with a gun shop owner who was trying to close up and lock down as he'd entered.

Elijah had crammed all his stuff into a SUV he hotwired and sped out of the city without looking back. The interstate had been covered with abandoned and wrecked cars so he couldn't travel as fast as he'd hoped he could. There had even already been packs of the dead wandering the roadway but none that he hadn't been able to avoid. He'd thought his logic had been sound. Get away from the city to the far less populated countryside and he would stand a much better chance of surviving to carry on long after the cities had burned and been overrun by the legions of newly risen dead.

Elijah drove for hours straight into the middle of nowhere. Only when the road turned to gravel, the house he'd seen was a couple of miles behind him, and the trees surrounded him on all sides did he stop.

He ditched the SUV, carrying all he could on foot, and headed out even deeper into the woods. His plan had been so perfect, well thought out and executed without a snag. Weighted down by his supplies he'd hiked as far as he could before he'd made camp, still patting himself on the back for making it out here with so little trouble. It wasn't until the first of the creatures came bounding out of the trees at him with saliva and blood dripping from its hungry mouth that he realized just how huge of a mistake he'd made.

Elijah barely managed to get his loaded shotgun up and ready in time to defend himself. He squeezed the trigger with the creature so close that when the shotgun's blast blew its decaying form apart, its blood and intestines splattered over him. He lumbered over to its twitching body and smashed its skull in with the shotgun's butt. He fought down the urge to vomit as taking the time to do so could cost him his life. He heard movement in the brush and knew the thing hadn't been alone. Snatching up what he could from the gear he'd laid out, he took off sprinting away as fast as his legs would carry him.

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