Extinction Gene | Book 3 | 4 Days To Protect by Maxey Phil

Author:Maxey, Phil [Maxey, Phil]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Pandemic | Survival | Thriller
Publisher: Philip Maxey
Published: 2021-03-02T22:00:00+00:00

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Jess crouched against the low wall and iron railings which ran along the parking lot of the bank building. The air around her was a mixture of sulfur, screams and gunfire, and just a few yards away people were standing on their wagons and firing in all directions.

She scanned the panicked faces for anyone she recognized, but all were new to her so she crept along the bricks, keeping low and to the shadows. The last thing she wanted was to be hit by a—

Deafening booms made her cover her ears as projectiles streamed inches above her head, some clattering into the masonry and dropping crumbs of concrete across her hair. She forced her eyes open watching the neon streaks cut through the night behind her, across the lot and into… things… loose moist skin hung from staggering creatures that were only tens of yards away, forming a creeping wall. Blood flew from wounds but it only appeared to annoy them, and Jess watched them surge forward, straight towards her. Not caring now if she was going to be seen she lunged forward out of the direction of fire, then clambered over the wall, instantly being hit and almost knocked to the sidewalk by a woman running past.

As Jess awkwardly righted herself, a man ran around the front of a wagon and started to climb up into the seat. She grabbed the top of his arm as the storm of noise and fury raged around her.

He turned around in shock. “What the hell, lady! Get off me! We’re leaving!”

“The prisoners. Do you know where Isiah—”

He frowned, shrugging her off and climbed up.

“Please,” she shouted. “Do you know where the prisoners are?”

He picked up the reins not looking at her, but the wagon in front. “Hey, get it moving!” He looked down to her. “Have you tried the bank? I heard some were kept in its vault.” He quickly returned his anger to the obstacle not allowing his wagon to move forward.

Jess spun around as a creature leaped across the nearby wall and crashed into the side of the wagon behind. In the flash’s of gunfire and swaying lanterns she caught hints of teeth and claws attached to multiple spindly limbs which thrashed and sliced away at the old timbered transport, while the people inside fought for their lives. She rushed past the scene of carnage back the way she came, as things rushed left and right of her and the wheels on the remaining wagons began to turn.

A spray of something wet covered her face accompanied with a blood-curdling scream and she threw herself at the glass door of the bank, hitting it hard but staggered inside. It closed tight, sealing her from the chaos in the street.

“Landon!” she shouted, but there were only muffled sounds from outside. Something hit the glass windows, making them shudder. She spun around expecting to be covered in shattered glass, but instead a creature which looked like a skinless lion, except with more human facial features, slid along the glass.

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