Necrose Beginnings: Books One and Two by Tim Moon

Author:Tim Moon
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Beast Mountain LLC
Published: 2017-06-28T06:00:00+00:00

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Altoona, PA

Vanessa looked across the antique dining table at Steve.

They’d made it to the safe house in Altoona. It was an older house, slightly smaller than most in the area. A generous grandmother had left it for her grandson, who in turn had left it for their group to use as a safe house. The cozy house sat in the middle of a typical suburban neighborhood, quiet and safe. The house was gray-blue with rows of carefully manicured shrubs beneath the front windows, which looked out over an equally well-cared for lawn. She’d been impressed when they drove up. It was comfortable looking and discreet.

Droves of people were fleeing the city and the drive had been slow and stressful. They didn’t see any infected outside of Washington, D.C., just scared people fleeing the big cities. As they had driven further away from D.C. the roads had cleared up. Yet, Vanessa knew it wouldn’t be much longer until the frightened masses escaping the cities jammed the roads, leaving everyone else trapped. Thankfully, they had left the crowds far behind.

Now the two of them sat at a small dinner table in the safe house, eating spaghetti that Vanessa quickly whipped up for them. Not her best foray into the kitchen, but given the groceries they’d found stocked in the house, and the insanity and stress of the day, it was edible. She barely had an appetite. Steve seemed satisfied with it, practically shoveling it into his mouth.

The sight of him scarfing the food reminded Vanessa of the infected and made her feel slightly queasy.

She glanced around the room again. Although the furnishing was sparse, and it smelled like an old person’s home, it had everything they needed, including a stocked kitchen, cable TV and internet service. She was so grateful to have a great team. They’d done well.

“We’ve done the right thing, you know,” she said, reaching for another piece of toasted bread. Sadly, there hadn’t been any garlic seasoning for the bread.

“I know we did. I’m just not sure what happens now,” he said quietly.

Steve was a shy person. He was kind of a typical nerd: smart, but slightly awkward. It wasn’t like he gave off a creepy-guy vibe, but conversations were always a little strained with him. Getting him to talk could be a chore.

Steve continued, “I’m not sure the company was prepared for the infection to spread outside of the developing countries so quickly. It probably came as a surprise that it showed up so fast, here in the states.”

“You don’t think that was part of some big plan?”

“Hard to say,” he said, shrugging. “But I don’t think so.”

“Then they’re as dumb as they are evil. Everything moves quickly these days.” Vanessa leaned back and nibbled on her bread.

Steve twirled his fork, twisting up a fat wad of spaghetti. He speared an olive slice to hold all the noodles on and shoved the whole bite into his mouth. A drop of spaghetti sauce flicked onto his cheek as he slurped up a noodle.

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