Rancid: A Zombie Novel by P.A. Douglas

Author:P.A. Douglas
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Published: 2015-07-13T20:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

Benjamin’s helicopter had no problem landing on top of the police station. The station wasn’t designed to accommodate such landings, but the pilot managed to bring it down just fine. The noise that the helicopter generated while in the air had attracted a lot of undesirable attention from people meandering aimlessly in the streets. With the propellers winding down and the engine off, Benjamin, Chelsea and the pilot all stood at the rooftop’s edge. They looked down at the precinct parking lot and the streets past that.

“What are they all doing?” Chelsea asked.

She crossed her arms and huddled lower to stay warm. The wind wasn’t blowing strong, but it was blowing enough to send chills up her spine. With it came the stench of putrescence and rancid bile. She wrinkled her nose against the stench.

“I don’t like the looks of this at all,” the pilot said, scratching his stubbly chin.

In the street, more than three dozen people were shuffling their way toward the station. They were coming from all directions. As much as Chelsea knew why they were acting strange, she didn’t understand what was wrong with them. Sure, the company had made a mistake by contaminating the river water, but it wasn’t like that was a source of drinking water for Clarksburg. Besides, even if it did mix with the drinking water, people wouldn’t be acting like this. Sure, some upset stomachs and poisonings. But not this. Not battered and maimed disfigurement. It just didn’t make sense. The idea that they were attacking one another didn’t add up either. And if the reports mentioned that, then why weren’t these people attacking each other now. They weren’t attacking each other at all. They were just shuffling around in the street, getting closer to the building. It was as if their minds had turned to mush or something. Directly below, at the police station’s double doors, Chelsea watched as close to twenty men and women were eager to break inside. They pounded against the doors with irritated protest. There was something unnatural about their moaning taunts. It was then she realized those out in the street were making their way over to join in with those at the double doors.

“Man, what the hell’s wrong with these people anyhow?”

“They’re being overly dramatic. That’s what!” Benjamin said, patting the pilot on the back. “Let’s just go downstairs… give a little face time and call it a night. I don’t know about the two of you, but there’s no reason why this couldn’t have waited till morning.”

Chelsea scrunched her nose in disgust. He couldn’t be serious. There was something seriously wrong with these people.

“Introduce myself to the cleanup crew,” Benjamin said, pointing down at the vans in the parking lot. “Show a little sympathy and face time, then go home. Who’s with me?”

Down in the parking lot, along with the handful of parked patrol cars, there were two large yellow charter vans. On the side of each van there was a logo of planet Earth.

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