Clifton Falls by L A Taylor

Author:L A Taylor
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781479395484
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2012-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

The first bunch of monsters gradually closed in on the village. The occupiers of this area were going to be in for one hell of a shock.

One of the latest walking corpses used to be a fifteen-year-old boy by the name of Thomas Griffin. He’d passed away a few weeks ago from a rare disease. The other monsters were aged between twenty-five and ninety. The old one moved at a much slower pace than the younger versions and staggered from side to side. The reason was obvious. Walking had been a major problem before this person died, but it gave it a go, even though it obviously struggled.

The non-uniformed men became restless inside Mike’s office, especially Chris. He loved the thrill of an adventure and just wanted to get out there, do anything. Mike noticed the other man’s reaction, and for a split second imagined Chris as being Jason. Both men had the same likeness in their attitudes to life. Mike could so easily of told them all to back off and go home, but the town only had a handful of officers. Some were already dead, so the more help offered to him the better. A pleasant approach at persuading everyone he wanted them to stay for a reason was enough to convince the reporter to calm down again. Mike would rather gamble on letting these untrained people help than admit defeat, calling the commissioner for backup. Keeping this town contained from any outside interference was the only choice he had. It was too dangerous to allow more people from the city to risk being infected.

Another half an hour drifted by as Craig now talked to the chief again. “All right chief. I’ve not noticed anything different, over.”

Mike was getting a bit annoyed with the ‘over’ bit.

“Craig, you can leave out the ‘over’ bit, all I want from you is information.”

Doug was seen cracking a tiny laugh, so Craig threw a domino at his head. “Sorry boss, I was trying to be professional,” he replied. A bright red complexion was now stamped on his cheeks.

Mike couldn’t be asked to respond to that, but did have an excellent question up his sleeve to take the piss out of the other man. “Okay, have you got your torch with you?”

Doug and Craig were slightly lost by that sentence.

“Torch, why boss?”

“Because you’ll need it when it gets dark that’s why.”

The officers in the car weren’t expecting this to happen. They thought they would go to the graveyard, crack open some sandwiches and have a laugh until their shift was over. How wrong they were to assume this.

“We don’t have to stay here when it gets dark, do we?”

“Why? Are you scared?”

All four men in Mike’s office laughed again and the inhabitants of the car overheard it.

“Hey, this isn’t funny, man. Our shift will be over soon.”

“I didn’t say it was funny, Craig. I can’t let you two go home on time today, mate. I’m sorry. I’m going to need that area patrolled just in case something happens.

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