Fools' Apocalypse by Anderson Atlas

Author:Anderson Atlas [Atlas, Anderson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Synesthesia Books
Published: 2016-08-08T23:00:00+00:00

He raises his hands and yelps. Hana shushes him and directs him to the corner of the room with his hand. Then an overweight white man enters.

“Drop the wood!” she yells.

He drops the wood. “Ahh, I just pissed my pants a little!”

“It’s okay!” the first intruder says, his hands still high over his head.

Hana puts her fingers up to her lips, ordering the two men to be silent. She motions with the barrel of her gun for the fat man to join his friend in the corner. She whispers harshly, “Keep your hands up. Make one sound and I shoot you in the leg. You can bleed out for all I care.”

Then a black man enters the building. He must have heard her because his hands are already held high with his baseball bat pinched loosely between his fingers. “I’m no trouble to you. Neither are my companions. We’re here for a boat. My name is Markus and that’s Ben and he’s Ian. The woman is Rice, and the boy is Andy, whom we just saved from a burning building, which is now between us and two hundred or so zombies.”

“Thanks, pops,” Ben snips.

Hana lowers her gun at the sight of the preacher. She didn’t even bother pointing it at the woman or the kid. “Take the boat. I patched the hole in it yesterday.”

Markus steps toward Hana. She brings her gun back up to his chest, just in case he isn’t so holy. He raises his hands back up and says calmly, “You’re a police officer. I can tell. I’m a preacher. We’re good guys, too. Please, lower the gun and let’s talk.”

Hana lowers her gun. “Take the boat. There’s nothing else for you here. All I ask is that you leave as soon as possible.”

Ben drops his hands, “C’mon, lady. There’s some crazy shit out there.”

“You’re not safe here. No one is,” Ian says.

“He’s right. Have you seen what’s going on?” Markus asks.

“Obviously not!” Ben injects. “She looks kinda messed up, but if she’d fought those walkers she’d be freaked like we are.”

“Listen, the dead are getting up and attacking survivors.” Ian takes off his pack and leans against the wall. “I don’t know how it’s happening or why, but it is. We fought hundreds of them. They don’t die.”

“What the hell are you talking about?” Hana snaps. “Who won’t die?”

Ben steps toward her then stops as she tenses up. “Listen, lady. Everyone that died is now getting up and walking around. Zombies, dude.” He grabs a section of his shirt and thrusts it toward her. “See this black crap. This isn’t paint, lady. It’s their blood.”

“The virus seems to have turned their blood black and these white root-like things are growing in their bodies,” Ian clarifies Ben’s rant.

“It’s all true,” Rice adds, her voice shaky and weak. “They’re everywhere.”

Markus looks out the window. “They seem to have some sense for what they crave because they’re followin’ us,” Markus says, then adds, “Oh no. We have more company.”

Hana returns to the door and peeks out the window.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.