Climbing Out of the Ruins by David Spell

Author:David Spell [Spell, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2018-11-19T05:00:00+00:00

It was the strangest set of sensations Elizabeth had ever felt, she realized, as she sprinted across the five-lane road. On the one hand, she was terrified. Just a minute earlier, she had almost become a meal for a hungry flesh-eater. Thank God, her husband could really shoot! She was definitely scared, but on the other hand, the rush of adrenaline flowing through her system was like nothing that she’d ever experienced before. The fear was present, but the skills Chuck had drilled into her were helping to suppress it so that she could function effectively.

Behind her, Chuck’s rifle began working again and she glanced over her shoulder to see zombie after zombie fall under his withering fire as he shot while moving backwards, towards her. The main group was close to him, less than fifteen yards away now, their growling, snarling, and clicking teeth becoming louder the closer they got to their prey. She turned her attention back to where she was going, running towards the woods.

Six infected suddenly rounded the corner of the Waffle House, moving to intercept the young woman. They snarled loudly as they closed in on what they perceived to be an easy meal. Out of her peripheral vision, Beth saw the door of the Zaxby’s fly open, discharging at least a dozen more zombies drawn to the gunfire and the growls of their friends. The chicken restaurant was fifty yards to the left of the Waffle House so Elizabeth knew that she had to deal with the Zs directly in front of her first.

An older, gray-haired woman in a Waffle House uniform, complete with a brown apron, led the closest group. Her hair was done up in a bun, a ballpoint pen sticking out of it for quick access, her glasses hanging from a chain around her neck. The waitress’s left ear was missing, while her left arm and neck sported vicious open wounds.

Beth quickly did the calculations. She knew that she could probably make the wood-line before these got to her but it would be cutting it too close and, worse, they would be between she and Chuck. She made up her mind to take her stand on the far side of the road, the Zs shuffling toward her through the parking lot just thirty feet away. Her rifle came up and she fired. The first shot whizzed past the waitress, but the second 5.56mm round hit her in the middle of the forehead, the ballpoint pen flying out from the impact.

Elizabeth kept shooting, missing a few shots in her haste, but killing the other five Waffle House customers-turned-zombies. She turned back towards her husband, watching him break contact with the zombies on the other side of the street, and conduct another reload while sprinting towards her. Beth climbed the slight embankment and paused at the tree line. She guessed there were still over fifty infected in their general area.

A quick glance back towards the bridge caused her to gasp in shock and surprise.

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