Zompocalypse Part Four by Toby Neighbors

Author:Toby Neighbors [Neighbors, Toby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mysteries & Thrillers
Publisher: Mythic Adventure Publishing
Published: 2015-03-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Todd saw a mass of zombies converging on the small house. The gunshots were like a homing beacon to the living dead. He had taken too long to get Payton to the van, and they had made entirely too much noise. He cursed himself for being careless.

“Payton!” Todd shouted. “Get in the back!”

The older man had been about to get into the driver’s seat. Todd had no doubts that the panicked man would have driven away and left Todd behind, not that Payton’s actions were intentional. Todd knew the older man wasn’t thinking clearly, but if he had been left behind he would have been dead. Once he jumped into the van, he had to keep himself from screaming when he saw Clay sitting calmly in the passenger seat.

“Shit, you scared the hell out of me,” Todd said.

“Me? I was just sittin’ here,” Clay said with a smile.

“I’m sorry, Clay. I didn’t mean to leave you.” Todd was backing the van out of the driveway. “The garage was filling up with exhaust and I—”

“Don’t worry about it,” Clay said. “I saw your exit. It was obvious that you were out of options.”

“I looked for you,” Todd said as he shifted the van into drive and raced down the street.

“I was in the shadows, trying to avoid the goddamn bastards, who were coming out of the woodwork like termites. It was a shit storm if ever I saw one.”

Todd looked into the rearview mirror, and saw the zombies fading away in the darkness. He breathed a sigh of relief and then noticed that Clay had his own pistol out and pointed at Todd. Payton was mumbling from the middle seat of the van, and Todd realized that Clay could kill him at any moment.

“Why have you got your gun out?” Todd asked quietly.

“You’re bleedin’,” Clay said. “It ain’t personal, but a bite turns a person in less than six hours, dependin’ on how deep the bite was.”

“That’s not a zombie bite,” Todd said, feeling a sense of relief. “Payton shot me.”

“How’d he get a gun?” Clay asked, still pointing his own at Todd.

“He stole it from me,” Todd said. “Look, I rescued him and his family, but his wife is paranoid. She tried to steal my boat, so I made them stay on a sailboat that was tied to our ship. They fled in the night and when I went to find them the next day, she jumped me from behind. I had a pistol and Payton stole it from me while I was unconscious.”

“That’s a hell of a story,” Clay said. “Wish I could believe you.”

“Listen, just don’t do anything rash,” Todd said, his relief ebbing quickly away. “Let me get Payton back to Laura. You can search every inch of my body in the daylight, and you’ll see that I’m telling the truth.”

“I’ll get Payton back to his people,” Clay said. “Why don’t you just pull over and get out. We’ll call it even, and I’ll tell Laura you died a hero.

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