Open World Spawn by Saul Tanpepper
Author:Saul Tanpepper
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: survival, horror, outbreak, zombie, apocalypse, post-apocalypse, cyberpunk, dystopian, conspiracy, virus, implant
Publisher: Brinestone Press
Published: 2022-05-31T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 19
Reggieâs shouting at me. I can see his mouth moving, but I canât hear him for the terrifying roar of Jakeâs voice inside my head. He tries to wrestle me back down to the ground.
Somethingâs moving in the fire, a dark shape inside that ocean of flames. It crosses the open doorway, moving from one side to the other. Then it collapses, and suddenly the sound in my head winks out.
ââback!â Reggie continues to shout. âWe have to get out of here, now!â
I try to push him away. âKELLY!â
âHeâs gone, Jess. And if we donât leave now, weâll be dead, too. Theyâre coming!â
A part of me knows it was Kellyâs screams that drew the undead out of the woods. Theyâve already started piling up against the fence. Itâs straining against their weight and threatening to collapse. And the inferno is bound to draw them in from the front of the compound, too. Theyâll be here before long, trapping us.
I know all this, and yet I donât care anymore.
Reggie wraps his arm around my middle and tries to drag me away. I fight him. I bat at his face with my fists. I kick and scream. But heâs bigger than I am, stronger. He lifts me up and starts to carry me away from there.
The flames tower into the sky, scratching at it with their orange claws. One of the wooden walls collapses with a groan and a shudder, sending up a shower of sparks.
âStop fighting!â he tells me. âWe have toâ Shit!â
Itâs the change of tone in his voice that snaps me out of my despair. I tear my eyes away from the inferno and see that the infected have reached us. The first appears around the corner of the nearest building. Another follows right behind it.
âFuck,â he growls in my ear, and swerves in the opposite direction.
âPut me down!â
A third appears, cutting off our escape route. He pauses to consider his options, then charges straight toward it.
âPut me down!â I shout again.
âNo,â he growls. âIâm not letting you die, too.â
âItâs not your choice!â I reach over and plant a hand on his face.
He grunts and tries to bat it away. âItâs not yours, either!â
âIâll die if I want to!â
âYou canât,â he says, adjusting his grip. He spins around to behind us. I can sense him calculating our chances of escape.
âItâs my choice, Reggie!â
âNot anymore, Jess,â he pants. âYouâre pregnant.â
He starts running again, bouncing me. We fly past an IU thatâs too slow to grab us. I stare openmouthed at the ground, stunned by the outrageous claim.
But then Kellyâs last words come back to me, spoken not to me, but to Reggie: Take care of Jessie, heâd said. Of both.
âBoth?â I gasp. Iâd thought he was telling Reggie to take care of me and himself.
âYouâre pregnant, Jessie.â
âPut me down. Goddamn it, Reggie, put me the fuck down right now!â
He stops, and his grip on me loosens. I slip to the ground. âYou canât kill yourself, Jess, because youâre pregnant. Two months.
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