American Revenant (Book 3): The Monster In Man by Davis IV John L

Author:Davis IV, John L.
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: John L. Davis IV
Published: 2015-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Rick moved slowly, placing his feet with care so his boots would not squeak on the tiled floor. He reached the maintenance stairwell within minutes, Dean and Alex staying close, Alex occasionally glancing over his shoulder to be sure nothing came up behind them.

The door stood ajar, opening onto a dark stairway leading down to the basement level, it could have been a portal directly to Hell for the nervous fear the sight caused in the men.

“Wish we could use that, instead,” Dean said quietly, nodding at the nearby service elevator. Alex and Rick only nodded in agreement before moving into the blackness leading down, narrow beams from their flashlights picking out the steps as they descended.

Coming off the stair they found themselves in a short hallway leading left and right. A small placard on the wall pointed them in the direction of maintenance.

Standing in front of the door to maintenance, Rick with his hand on the doorknob, Dean and Alex with weapons up and ready, each took a deep breath before Rick opened the door.

They moved into the room quickly, Dean went left, Alex right, and Rick went in center, sweeping the room with weapons and flashlights.

Several workstations were spread about, as well as various machines, older hospital beds, other items that needed repairing. The far right wall featured a fifteen by twenty foot chain link cage, inside which was a large workstation as well as all the tools and supplies a maintenance crew would need. The caged work area was used to prevent theft or accidents by unqualified personnel.

Passing their flashlights over the cage caused the three zombies trapped inside to moan loudly and rattle the chain link as they walked into it repeatedly, trying to reach the feast outside the wire.

“Son of a bitch!” Dean exclaimed. “Let me guess, what we need is going to be in there.”

Rick laughed at Dean’s remark. “Yep, I’d say so. Let’s take them out quickly, just in case there are others close by. Don’t want that moaning and rattling to draw in more of them.”

Dean nodded, stepping forward as he drew his large fixed blade from the scabbard on his left hip. He was close to the cage when he put his foot down on a slick spot on the tile floor and slipped, his right foot going out from underneath him. He reached out, catching himself on the chain link, his gloved fingers hooked through the mesh.

In the second it took for him to realize where his hand was he felt something clamp down on his middle finger. His glove stayed behind as he jerked his hand back, falling backward to land on his ass in front of Alex. He held up his middle digit, as if giving the caged gut-suckers the finger, examining it closely with his flashlight. He could see faint dents in his finger from the zombie’s teeth, but the skin was not broken.

He looked up to see his glove being pulled through the links, the pasty faced creature tossing its head like a dog with a chew toy, the glove slapping its face.

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