Battlefield Z (Book 2): Children's Brigade by Lowry Chris

Author:Lowry, Chris [Lowry, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: Lowry Publishing
Published: 2016-11-20T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

“You did what!”

Harriet slugged me. I didn't see it coming and it caught me high on the cheekbone. I fumbled back and plopped on my ass in front of Brian, Jamal, Anna and Peg. We were back in the clearing in the woods after I collected them from the front gate with a whistle in the woods.

It let the kids at the gate know there was at least one more person in our group, and I hated to give them that info, but it was our prearranged signal.

I could see Harriet wanted to ask about Hannah as soon as they stepped into the shadows of the trees, but I motioned her to silence as we trekked back to camp.

I put the back of my hand to my face and winced.

“Why?” she screamed.

“I did what she asked me to do,” I pushed myself up off the ground and dusted off my hands.

She took another swing, and I blocked this one with the flat of my arm while Brian and Peg wrestled her away.

“You just left her there? Do you know what they could be doing to her? She's just a little girl! That's the only reason we brought you back, to save her and you can't even do that.”

“Harriet,” Brian said and she burst into tears.

“You were supposed to save her,” she sobbed.

Peg steered her to the far side of the camp and hugged her as they whispered things into each others ears. Consoling things I hoped. It's going to be okay things. Not the we'll shoot him when he turns his back sort of things.

She looked that mad.

Anna reached up and ran a gentle finger down my cheek.

“That's going to leave a mark.”

“She knocked you on your ass,” Jamal grinned.

“Happens to the best of us,” I shrugged. I could feel the skin starting to swell around my cheek and eye.

“Wish we had some frozen peas,” Brian studied the wound with Anna.

“Wish we had some beer,” I sighed, thinking of the pastor and his row after row of beer. It'd be warm, but I could pretend I was in Britain at least.

“Let's move back to the bank,” I said and grabbed the pack and rifle.

“This is a good place to camp,” said Brian.

“Yeah, but if they come at us, I want solid walls between us and them, not strings.”

“Wire,” he scoffed.

“Might as well be strings to bullets. Walls stop bullets.”

I didn't want to tell them I preferred a counter between me and Harriet, at least for the night, and maybe even the vault. I knew how angry I get as a Dad, and Mom's have the whole bear cub maternity thing I didn't want to come close to crossing.

The others gathered their meager belongings and we made the short hike back to the bank. I had Anna and Jamal do a quick walk around to check that we were alone and no Z had set up shop in the lengthening shadows since we were there earlier.

It was clear.

I let Brian

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