Antidote (Red Plague #2) (Red Plague Trilogy) by Anna Abner

Author:Anna Abner [Abner, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sexy, Zombie, Horror, Apocalypse, Plague, Paranormal, teen, North Carolina, romance
Publisher: Mild Red Books
Published: 2014-02-26T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“I want to explore,” I said. I needed to see with my own eyes the kind of operation Malcolm, Smart, and the rest were running. “Will you come with me?”

“I’ll come.” Pollard abandoned his pack on the single bed.

“I’m going to chill here,” Simone said.

Pollard followed me onto the walkway outside. “I don’t want you going anywhere alone.”

“That sounds like what Ben said.”

“What did he say?” Pollard asked.

“Not to get separated from you.” I started downstairs. “Why? What did he say to you in the jeep?”

He hesitated. “He said not to let you out of my sight.” We hit the pavement and turned left. “He said if things get bad, it’s okay to leave him behind in order to get you and Hunny out.”

Grimacing, I hugged my middle. “That’s not going to happen.” It couldn’t.

“I sure hope not.”

We walked the perimeter of the fence, the one keeping us in and packs of Reds out. It encircled the two barracks buildings, parking lot, picnic area, a patch of dirt that had been dug up for farming, and several Humvees arranged in neat rows. In fact, everything was neat and tidy. The few people I saw on our walk were busy, but clean and dressed in camo pants or military issue green shirts.

And security was a top priority. One guard stood on the roof of each building. Plus the one guarding the road leading onto the base. And they were all armed.

The path we followed around the perimeter was a well-used groove in the sandy ground marked with countless boot prints. They must have walked the circuit a lot. As we rounded the east barracks I counted the doors. Ben’s was closed, and the curtains were drawn. No light, no movement, no clue that he was safe. Or still there.

But he was probably going through an intake exam or something. A vitals check maybe. A medical history questionnaire? I’d ask Malcolm or Smart first chance I got.

Behind the building was a sanitation set-up, and my eyes widened in appreciation. “Cool,” I said. “They’re hygienic. That’s really important.”

“This is impressive.” Pollard examined two plywood shower stalls beneath a mini water tower. Beside it was a spigot over a bathtub for washing hands or clothes or dishes. Plastic piping linked everything together with cold water.

“This could work,” I said, staring across the black asphalt at the piecemeal fence. “We could be okay here.”

Before Pollard answered me an old-fashioned triangle bell straight out of a spaghetti western, clanged. Dinner. Six P.M. on the dot.

“Dinnertime,” he said, reaching for my hand. I took it, pushing my fingers between his larger ones, grateful for his presence.

We followed the men toward four long picnic tables that had been arranged under the only trees within the fencing, two ancient oaks. We got a lot of curious stares, but nobody stepped forward to say hello or welcome either of us into the camp.

That was fine. I didn’t feel like talking anyway.

Simone met us in the common area. “Make any new friends?” she asked, slipping an arm through Pollard’s.

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