DEAD: Box Set 3 by TW Brown

Author:TW Brown [Brown, TW]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: zombies, dead, undead, survival, apocalypse
Publisher: May December Publications LLC
Published: 2015-01-26T06:00:00+00:00

16

Vignettes XLVIII

“…and so I decided to come here,” Vix said as she and Amanda sat in a pair of lawn chairs that were perched on a platform that had been built into the roof of the cottage. She had given her the long and unedited version of everything that had happened since that first zombie in the hospital. That seemed like a lifetime ago.

“That is amazing,” Amanda finally said after a long pause. “I guess that puts our plan in the rubbish bin.”

“What plan?”

“We were actually considering making an attempt at reaching London,” Amanda said with a sigh. “Some of the girls were holding out hope that maybe there might be something left. If there was any serious resistance against these things, we just figured that it would be in London.”

Amanda handed a flask over to Vix who accepted it with a nod and a smile. She took the last swallow of aged, single malt scotch and savored the slight burning as it traveled down her throat.

“So what about you?” Vix asked.

“Not nearly as exciting,” Amanda let her head fall back against her chair as she closed her eyes. “The team was playing in an exhibition. This was my farewell tour so to speak. Thirty-five is old in this line of work. I was considering some offers to coach at a few schools and just enjoying one last go. We had a match scheduled here…well, actually in Harlow.”

There was a moment of silence and Vix thought Amanda was finished. She was about to agree that her story was indeed quite dull. But then Amanda continued.

“We thought that it was just a rowdy crowd. When things started going a bit crazy, we kept right on playing. And then one of those things fell over the rail and got up. It was horrible, blood all over its face and…stuff…dripping off it that shouldn’t be.

“We made it to the bus, most of us that is. I ended up in the driver’s seat. We drove like crazy, those things seemed to suddenly be everywhere…”

Amanda continued with her story, but Vix was drifting in and out of consciousness. It was a sudden scream that jolted her awake, her eyes seeing almost nothing in the near perfect darkness of night. She was initially startled to find herself seemingly bound, but quickly realized that it was nothing more than a thick blanket that had been placed over her on the chair and tucked in snuggly.

Freeing herself and then feeling around, her hands discovered the chair beside her was vacant. Vix rose to her feet, her hands going instinctively for a weapon only to discover that she was not carrying any. She mentally cursed herself for being so careless.

She turned and found the window and climbed through. Vix could hear a terrible commotion coming from downstairs. Her hands closed on something; a guitar. That would have to do.

Moving to the stairs, she hugged the wall, all of her senses on full alert. For the hundredth time in the past thirty seconds, she cursed herself for being careless and letting her guard down.

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