Keep Your Crowbar Handy by SP Durnin

Author:SP Durnin [Durnin, SP]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: urban, dystopian, undead, survival, pandemic, zombie, outbreak, apocalypse, crowbar
Publisher: Permuted Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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After cutting both free of their duct tape restraints, Jake and the others marched them down to the first floor and through the access door to the tenement next door. The pair became visibly nervous as he motioned them to the rear of the building, and then attempted to dig in their heels when they all reached the door to the secure parking lot.

"Why are we going out there?" Nichole's eye was blossoming into an enormous shiner. Jake had to admit, Karen had one hell of a right hook.

"Keep moving," he said.

"Hey, man, those things are out here!" Mike exclaimed. "We…"

"The goddamn security gate's shut," Foster growled, fingering the safety on his Glock. "They're zombies, you stupid son of a bitch. Not kangaroos. The things can't even run, let alone make a twelve foot vertical leap, ya dipshit."

They all filed out into the lot, and Jake called a halt forty feet from the door.

"You two have a decision to make," he said, refusing to look away from them. If he was going to commit this act of barbarism, the very least he could do was have the courage to look them in the eye. "Everyone here has had enough. You don't possess a single moral between the pair of you, and for the life of me, I can't imagine why you both weren't in prison when the outbreak occurred. Regardless of what either of you think you're entitled to, you don't have the right to treat others like dogs, dirt, or slaves. You don't get to use people for your amusement against their will."

The pair stood scowling at him until he pulled the keys to his Jeep from his pocket and tossed them at their feet.

"Leave."

"What?" Nichole demanded, eyes wide.

"Neither of you can be trusted. You're not welcome here. I'll keep an eye on Mike here with Kat and Maggie." He pointed at Nichole. "Foster and Laurel will take you inside and pack up whatever belongings you two have."

The pair immediately started arguing that he couldn't just toss them out, that they'd be killed by the dead roaming the streets. Jake pulled the pistol from the small of his back and thumbed the hammer. The sound of the gun cocking shut them up, mid-hissy fit.

"This is not a debate. Or a request. You were both out for a while, and we had ample time to talk about it." He motioned at the others, who each nodded in turn. "By unanimous decision, you're out of here. If you'd shown one iota of guilt or remorse over what you tried to do, we'd have just locked you in one of the top apartments until we're ready to leave. They're reasonably secure with the lobby and stairwell doors barred. But you've made that option unworkable."

There was a sour taste in Jake's mouth. Doing this was almost surely a death sentence for the self-centered pair, but they'd all agreed on this course of action and there was no turning back.

"Now, if either

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