Dead Texas: Books 1-4 Box Set by Derek Slaton

Author:Derek Slaton [Slaton, Derek]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-15T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THREE

Ricky rounded the bend a mile outside of Fredericksburg and Mary gasped at the giant plumes of thick black smoke rising out of the city.

“What in the fuck is that?” her husband blurted, and Rufus leaned in the back window from his perch in the bed of the truck next to Jeff.

“Looks like some shit went down in Fredericksburg,” he drawled.

Mary shook her head. “It looks like the whole city is on fire.”

“Well, hopefully it looks worse than it is,” Jeff put in. “And really hope that the fires haven’t reached the grocery store.”

“Well, we’re about a mile from the store, so we’ll find out soon enough,” Ricky replied solemnly.

“Slow down to about twenty miles an hour there, Ricky,” the skinhead instructed. “Rufus and I can stand up then, we really need to be on guard from here on in.”

“Will do,” the driver nodded.

The comrades in arms stood up once the truck was slowed right down, leaning over the roof with their assault rifles. Mary rolled down her window, but her husband grabbed her hand as she reached for her shotgun.

“That shotgun’s gonna be too much to handle from the window,” he protested. “Don’t worry though, them boys in the back got you covered.”

She pulled her handgun from its holster on her thigh. “Just in case.”

He smiled at her, admiring the schoolteacher’s toughness.

As they entered the residential streets, the homes sat quiet. It looked like a massive battle had gone down in the suburbia cul du sac, zombie corpses littering the road next to a row of cars that looked like they’d been used for cover. There were no civilians to be seen, however.

“Hanging a right in two blocks and we’ll be there!” Ricky called back through the rear window.

“Ten four,” Jeff called back.

However, when Ricky made the turn, he slammed on the brakes. “Motherfucking fuck.”

“Well, that’s not good,” Jeff muttered.

The massive grocery store stood a hundred yards ahead, with reams of thick smoke pouring out of it.

Jeff smacked the roof. “Get a little closer?”

“Why?!” Ricky cried back. “The fucker’s on fire!”

“We need to see how bad it is,” Jeff protested. “We might be able to sneak in a salvage something before the flames overtake it.”

Ricky shook his head but crept forward, pulling into the parking lot. The fire seemed to be contained in the back half of the store, where the majority of the smoke plumed out of. The front part looked moderately clear.

“See?” Jeff hopped down from the truck bed. “We can get in there and get some stuff if we hurry.”

“Fire ain’t the only thing we gotta worry about,” Rufus reminded him. “Ricky, give the horn a good long honk.”

The mechanic complied, the horn echoing throughout the parking lot. Within a few seconds, half a dozen flaming zombies emerged from the shattered door at the front of the store. They shambled slower than normal, but still faster than anyone would have assumed a body on fire could move.

Before they were halfway across the parking lot, another ten emerged from the smoke.

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