Dead Meat (Book 4): Dead Meat [Day 4] by Clausen Nick

Author:Clausen, Nick [Clausen, Nick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2020-05-28T04:00:00+00:00

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William has barely gotten the car into fourth, before Dan leans forward and exclaims: “There! I see them!”

William sees them too. That is, he sees the rear end of a blue station wagon protruding from the roadside ditch and a flock of zombies crowding it, shoving and stumbling over each other to get close to the potential meal.

“That’s your parents’ car?” he asks, letting off the gas.

“No,” Dan says, shaking his head. “But it’s got to be them.” Dan looks at him. “Why are you slowing down? Hurry up!”

“We need a game plan,” William says. “We can’t just rush over there.”

“Just drive close enough that they’ll come for us, then back up and lure them away from the car, so my mom and dad can get out.”

William bites his lip. “I’m not sure that’ll work. I don’t think we can get close enough.”

“Well, try it anyway!”

William drives closer to the crashed car. None of the zombies react, even as they come to a halt right next to the station wagon. Dan moves around in his seat, stretching his neck in an effort to see his parents.

“There’s my dad!” he exclaims and waves frantically. “Dad! We’re here! We’ll get them away now!”

William sees a man in the passenger side of the car, leaning against the inside of the door so as to keep out of reach of the zombie girl standing by the driver side window. She appears to have gotten the window a little open and managed to squeeze both arms in, pushing eagerly to reach Dan’s father. The glass of the window is cracked and looks like it might give way any second.

In the backseat is a girl somewhere between Dan and William’s age, hugging a kid tightly and looking out at them with big, scared eyes. They look Arabic, and William recalls the name he heard on the phone. Something with a Middle Eastern ring to it. He can’t see Dan’s mother anywhere.

Ozzy growls from the backseat, eyeing the zombies menacingly.

“Settle down, boy,” William tells him, surprised at how quickly Ozzy has caught on about the undead posing a threat.

Dan rolls down his window and leans out, flailing both arms. “Hey! Hey, you! Look! I’m right here!”

None of the zombies pay any notice to him, they just keep working the station wagon, groping and biting at the windows. One of the closest briefly turns its head their way, but then apparently decides the station wagon is the better bet, turning towards it again.

“It’s no use,” William says. “The distance is too big. We would have to drive into the ditch to get their attention.”

Dan runs his hand through his hair. “Okay. I’ll get out, then. I’ll lure them away.”

“You sure about that? I mean, can you run with your bad ankle?”

“It’s better now. And there’s no other way.”

“I could go out and sick Ozzy at them. He already did it once, and he can’t get infected. Plus, they don’t care about dogs.”

“But you have to get out, too,”

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