Killing the Dead (Season 2 | Book 1): Burden of Survival by Murray Richard

Author:Murray, Richard [Murray, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2016-02-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Lily

I watched Michelle as she sipped at her water. She was pale and physically weak but she wasn’t a zombie. That alone was perhaps the only good thing that had happened since that first raft arrived.

“We’ll need to keep you here for tonight,” I said quietly and she nodded. She understood as well as any of us would. “The door will be locked but I’ll have someone close. Just knock if you need anything.”

“Aye, it’s fine,” she said. “I don’t think I could do much of anything right now anyway.”

“This is pretty amazing,” Becky said.

She was sitting at Gabby’s desk as she studied the injured woman. She tapped her fingers against the desks surface as she thought.

“Just think what this means,” she said. “Cass isn’t the only one. It could be more common than we thought.”

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“Well think about it. Most people died from the initial attacks and turned after death. Anyone who was bitten knew what would happen to them so many will have taken their own lives.”

“How many didn’t need to,” I mused as understanding came.

“Indeed,” Becky said as she clapped her hands in delight. “How many would have survived the bite given the chance? I wonder how many of us here are actually immune.”

“Well we can’t test that without being bitten,” I said.

“I’m sure the navy could come up with a way of testing us,” she said with a sly smile.

“Maybe,” I muttered.

“I wonder what will happen when Cass or Michelle eventually die.”

“What?” Michelle asked.

“I don’t mean now darling, I just mean what if you die of old age. You’re immune but does that mean the virus will still affect you when you’re dead?”

“Well don’t expect to find out anytime soon,” Michelle muttered.

“Of course,” she said as she waved her hand as though to wave away the suggestion.

“What’s going on out there?” Michelle asked to change the subject as Becky lapsed into quiet thought.

“Jim thinks he knows where the people who built the rafts are,” I said with a sigh. “Annalise insists that we go and attack them straight away even though it’s dark, raining and we have no idea how many of them there are.”

“She means well,” Michelle said.

“Maybe, but right now the last thing we can do is rush off half cocked.”

“You think more rafts will come tomorrow?”

“Tomorrow, the day after… I don’t know.”

My hand covered my mouth as I yawned and the injured woman smiled at me.

“You should get some rest.”

“Perhaps,” I said.

“She’s right,” Becky said from behind me. She pushed herself up from the desk and gently grasped my arm as she turned me to the door. “You go rest, I’ll stay with our injured friend.”

I would have protested but another yawn forestalled anything I was about to say and I gave in. Sleep would be useful and in the fresh light of morning I would be better able to make the decisions that needed making.

Since Ryan was away on the mainland and we’d had several zombie attacks, I considered it pointless heading out to the boat.

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