Convoy 19: A Zombie Novel by Rivett Mark

Author:Rivett, Mark [Rivett, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw
Tags: Zombies
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2014-12-10T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

In the post-apocalyptic streets of San Diego, traveling a few miles could take hours. The roads were littered with broken down and abandoned vehicles. The walking dead roved in packs that could, and often did, fuse together into one writhing mass of flesh eating undead madness. While the dead tore down man’s civilization, Mother Nature was already reclaiming its carcass. Thick tufts of grass sprouted from cracks in the highway. Vines crawled up buildings. Even cars abandoned on the side of the street had rapidly disintegrated into rusted and burnt-out skeletons, their windows shattered and their interiors ripped and moldy. It had taken merely a year for sidewalks to crumble. Heaps of reeking garbage littered the streets.

Carl turned down an off-ramp that curled under the highway and through a commercial district. Skyscrapers towered above, casting the convoy in the shadow of an urban jungle. Carl wondered how long the undead would last. Would the men and women who had been killed under his command and risen to join the walking dead, still be wandering about two hundred years from now? Or would time claim even them? Was a ghoul immortal?

The thought of his fellow soldiers roaming the earth for eternity made his stomach turn. It felt like a disservice to their memory that they might still be out there somewhere. “We should burn it all,” he mumbled.

“What was that?” Specialist Grace looked up from her laptop.

“Gunners three and four, clear that alley on the left. Looks like we may have to go through there if we can’t get through that mess of cars ahead.” Miguel interrupted, anticipating slow progress through a difficult stretch of road. Machine gun fire erupted from the other vehicles, and a small pack of walking dead vanished in a cloud of dust and gore.

“How long do you think it’ll take for people to realize we’re gone?” Someone’s voice came over the communications network. Carl recognized the voice but couldn’t put a name to it. Normally, he made it a priority to memorize the names of the men under his command immediately. After the last mission, something had changed in him. He had tried to commit the names of each of his men to memory, but he had failed.

“Well, anyone who can see the fleet will wake up one day and notice it’s gone,” Pam replied. “I’d say there’s a good chance this road is blocked. We may want to…”

“Fuck that mess of cars. We’re taking the alley,” Carl interrupted. The undead presence was growing rapidly. Previously docile ghouls rose from their resting places to join brethren who turned toward the convoy in anticipation of living flesh. Convenience stores, restaurants, and office buildings stuffed with zombies began to trickle their occupants into the street.

The convoy stopped, turned around, and veered up the alley that had been cleared by the gunners.

“We good?” Carl asked Pam, wanting to confirm his decision to take the convoy off course.

“We’re good.” She replied as she adjusted the Global Positioning System. “This is a good call.

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