Extinction of Us (Book 2): As Civilization Dies by North Geoff

Author:North, Geoff [North, Geoff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Zombies
Published: 2019-11-29T22:00:00+00:00

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“This is taking too long,” Fred said. “They should’ve been back by now.”

Hayden crossed his arms over his chest and kicked at the light dusting of snow covering parts of the wooden gymnasium floor. “Someone would’ve yelled out if they got into any trouble.”

“Maybe you should run back out to the car and grab one of the guns.”

He watched his little boy play quietly a few feet away. Hayden didn’t want to raise him in a world where every single confrontation and worry was handled with weapons. He shook his head. “We’ll give them a little more time.”

Nicholas was running slow circles around the two men, following the bits of painted lines he could see. He had no idea the colorful strips of paint had been used to mark game boundaries. Games such as basketball, badminton, and floor hockey—sports the young boy would never know of or get to play. He jogged along the faded patterns anyway. It was more fun than listening to the grown-ups go on and on. One curving line led him to a far wall where a big box of colorful rubber balls was sitting. There were hundreds of them, he guessed, maybe millions.

He gave the adults one last look and reached for the biggest, most colorful ball closest to him. He pressed the rubberized material in and heard air rush out. He moved the deflating thing around in his fingers and felt the cold air blow against his face. It smelled stale and old. Disappointed, but hardly disheartened, Nicholas tossed the flat ball aside and went for another one. It went all squishy too.

He got down on his knees and dug down deeper, pushing balls back, looking for one he could actually bounce and roll on the floor. Something cold wrapped around his small forearm and pulled.

Nicholas screamed as he began to disappear under the balls.

His cheek hit the bottom of the box and slid along a surface cold and slimy. It smelled a lot worse than the escaping ball air. He could hear Hayden and Fred yelling from far away. The thing continued pulling him in, closer. Nicholas could see its face now, all white and grey and peeling. A person, he realized. A grownup with brown teeth and blue lips.

It had both hands around his arm now, twisting and tugging him closer. The boy could see something round and bulging in its throat. One of the balls had got stuck in there. What else could it be? One of the hands released his arm and scratched at his face with yellow nails. The fingers twisted into his hair. Nicholas screamed louder as he was dragged towards the swollen throat and snapping teeth.

Hayden took hold of his son’s ankles and pulled. One of his shoes came off, and Fred grabbed at his bare foot. The men brought him back out from the ball pit, dragging the creature along. Its teeth were inches from Nicholas’s throat. They wouldn’t have time to free him before it bit in.

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