American Revenant (Short Story): Family by Davis IV John L

Author:Davis IV, John L.
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2017-01-28T05:00:00+00:00

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Amanda ran, pulling her daughter behind her. She ran blindly for a time, distancing herself from her home which had been so easily invaded by the walking dead. She felt a dark violation in her heart, as if all the pleasant memories of the years in their home had instantly been replaced with horror.

Stopping for a moment to catch her breath, Amanda realized she was nearing downtown Hannibal.

In the distance she saw the twin headlights of a car. “Come on, Ellie.”

Stopping in the middle of a dark intersection just over a block away, Amanda could see in the backwash of the headlights a man standing next to an old pickup truck. He held a backpack out in one hand, while gesturing defensively with the other.

Amanda just watched, keeping Ellie to her right and slightly behind her. The man took a step backward, shaking his head, waving his free hand. The light struck the man just right, and she recognized her husband.

Ellie looked up at Amanda when she heard her mother gasp and take a step forward. “Mommy, what’s wrong,” she whispered.

“Shhh, baby,” Amanda whispered back, her heart beating fearfully in her chest. Still watching she saw a man hop out of the back of the truck, stepping toward her husband. The man was huge, and even in the glare of the light she could see his thick beard and large belly.

Tony took another step back, nodding at the backpack in his outstretched hand. The man snatched it from his grasp, ignoring the zipper and tearing the bag open. Rifling through the bag, the big man threw everything he pulled out to the ground, then finding nothing of interest he tossed the bag itself.

Amanda prayed silently while watching this exchange. She didn’t realize that the tightening grip of her daughter’s hand was the moment that Ellie recognized her father.

The big man turned around to the cab of the truck, saying something to the man behind the wheel and shrugging his shoulders. Without turning back he drew a gun and fired two rounds into Tony’s chest.

Ellie’s scream rang out high and sharp, “Daddy!”

Amanda froze as the big bearded man turned his head slowly to look at them. She cannot see the evil smirk that tilts the man’s mouth sideways, but the jaunty set of his shoulders told her that he found the situation amusing. Taking several steps backward, she turned and ran as fast as she could without letting go of her daughter.

Behind her she heard Tony screaming his last breaths. She didn’t look back when she heard several more bullets fired, then the sound of tires screeching on pavement. She knew the men in the truck were coming for her and her daughter.

Amanda turned a corner, grabbing for the first door-handle she came to, pressing the thumb release several times. Screaming in frustration and desperation she moved on to the next door and the next. Finding each locked, the rapidly growing headlights behind them cast light in front, allowing her to see several undead appearing from around corners and behind cars, reacting to her screams.

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