Outbreak: The Hunger by Scott Shoyer

Author:Scott Shoyer [Shoyer, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Outbreak
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2015-04-13T04:00:00+00:00

7

We all sit around, stunned by what has just happened. The animals, it seems, are attacking for a specific purpose. They’re killing the adults and taking the children. For what? Why would they have been taking away the kids?

Fi, Julie, and I huddle, together creating a tight circle. It keeps Fi feeling safe, but deep down, I know when those animals target Fi that she’s as good as taken. I’m not going to sit around and wait for that to happen.

Right after the attack, I was able to get everyone to move out of that location and onto more open ground. We are no longer bottlenecked in, but the animals now have more options for attacking. We are in the semi-dense part of the woods. There were enough trees and bushes and dried twigs on the ground that we should be able to hear if any of the animals approach. I focus on the word should.

I look around at everyone. Susan laid about fifteen feet away with a t-shirt wrapped around her flayed arm. She is in shock, more from losing her son than her wounds. Close to her, Willie is doubled over, holding his hand. He removed his jacket and wrapped it around the stubs where his fingers used to be. He’s managed to stop most of the heavy blood flow, but my guess is that his hand is still slowly bleeding into his shirt. After we all realized the bear had taken Amber and Kevin, Jessica had discovered that Cassie’s body was gone. I couldn’t help but feel that was a mixed blessing. Her face and head had looked as if it were tossed into a meat grinder. There would’ve been nothing left to identify her as a female, let alone as “Cassie.” It would’ve been worse if we had to keep her body around us. She would have been a constant reminder of the fate awaiting us all.

What is truly terrifying is that, with Cassie and Amber gone, there is nothing left to show they were even here. This weird, empty feeling sits in the bottom of my stomach. I’m not sure if Cassie was married, divorced, or widowed, but if she was a widower, then there is nothing left in the world to prove she and her little girl had ever existed. A slow, cold chill runs up my spine.

It is time for action. There are only three kids left in the group. Chances are, Fi will be gone after the next attack. Over my dead body, I think. Bad choice of words.

“Listen up everyone,” I say, trying to sound in control. “I don’t know what the hell’s happening any more than you do, but I can see what’s happening. These goddamn animals are taking our children and killing the adults.” I pause to let that sink in. Everyone knows it, but I am the first to verbalize our situation.

“How is this possible?” Kyle asks in a broken voice. “How the hell can these animals be

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