British Zombie Breakout: Part Four by Peter Salisbury

Author:Peter Salisbury
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: horror, scifi, adventure, zombies, zombie, sf, postapocalyptic, zombie virus
Publisher: Peter Salisbury

Chapter 9: More Screaming

Alex and Steve followed Commander Hodgeson out through the complex of buildings at the centre of the army base, past the accommodation blocks to the foot of a tall tower, looking not unlike the control tower at an airport.

'There was a runway here years ago but it's disused now and we use the old con tower for coordinating the training exercises they specialise in here.'

All the old radar and communications equipment had been removed from the control centre to make a three-sixty degree observation lounge. There were map tables, office chairs and sofas, radio equipment for keeping in touch with the groups of soldiers on manoeuvres, and a coffee machine. Windows were open on the side overlooking an area of open terrain bordered by woodland. There was an area covered in obstacles of every description, from concrete piping to derelict buildings. The woods contained a maze of tracks and clearings between the trees and dense patches of undergrowth. From the observation lounge, it was easy to hear the occasional blasts of the trainers' whistles.

Alex quickly lost interest in the explanation of the training programme Commander Hodgeson and one of the coordinators gave Steve. She wandered around the circumference of the observation lounge and came to rest at a window facing over the residential part of the camp. Looking back to where the Steve and the two officers were studying a map, Alex was about to ask permission to open one of the windows. They were so engrossed she didn't like to interrupt, so went ahead anyway. It was high enough to get that wobbly feeling in your legs if you looked down, so Alex didn't, she enjoyed a warm breeze on her face as she watched the orderly activity around the base, vehicles moving supplies, equipment being stowed, even it appeared, someone being arrested.

Two military police personnel escorted a woman in a white lab coat to a personnel carrier. Alex watched with fascination, wondering what crime had required the person to be restrained in handcuffs. As she followed the progress towards the carrier, the captive's face turned and appeared to look directly at Alex. Alex froze as she recognised the woman from the interrogation room. The woman's face contorted and she let out the most horribly piercing scream. The zombie scream.

Alex turned to the group behind her, to find they were already striding towards her window.

'I heard it,' Commander Hodgeson said. The coordinator beside him was already speaking rapidly into a walkie-talkie. Steve ran forward and embraced Alex as all four of them looked down on the unfortunate prisoner.

In response to orders relayed from the coordinator to the personnel carrier, someone leapt out from it, spoke to the military police officers and escorted the woman back to the guard house. A moment later, a jeep roared up to the guard house. From the back seats, a doctor and nurse jumped out and ran after the MPs.

Hodgeson spoke confidentially with the coordinator, then turned to Steve and Alex, who'd taken refuge in a nearby sofa, where they could still see out of the window.

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