Ranger Martin (Book 3): Ranger Martin and the Search for Paradise by Flacco Jack

Author:Flacco, Jack [Flacco, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies & Aliens
Published: 2015-10-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Several minutes passed before Ranger would say anything. For now, he leaned against the pickup driver’s side door as the kids stood in a semicircle watching him.

“We’ve got to talk, Ranger.” Matty said.

Ranger ignored her, finding the dust on his boots more interesting.

“Why can’t we go back to that place where we were this morning? It’s quiet. We had plenty of water. Lots of food. I don’t get why you’re bent on making Paradise our home.”

He let her talk without interruption. He wasn’t expecting a crowd of eaters to surround the place. They didn’t have enough ammo. They didn’t have enough people to take on a thousand zombies. He couldn’t see how it would be possible for them to consider getting near the place without the chewers ripping them to pieces. He allowed all the doubts to wash over him and he pulled his cap over his eyes not wanting their comments to affect his mood.

“Ranger?” Jon tugged at his hero’s sleeve. “Are we going to be okay?”

“Yeah, we’ll be okay.” Ranger finally answered.

“With a few thousand chewers at the doorstep of one of the biggest fortresses I’ve ever seen,” Silver said, and stepped into the semicircle. “We have a lot of work to do if we want to get in there.”

“Just hold on a second.” Randy said, “Matty’s right. Why can’t we go back to that place by the stream and live out the rest of our days there?”

“If we did that.” Ranger raised his head and pushed his cap away from his dark gaze, “We’d never be safe. We’d always have to run. And y’all know it. No matter where we go, eaters will be there ready to take a bite. That hotel in Las Vegas was the closest thing we had for callin’ home. It had runnin’ water, electricity and plenty of food. And if we got bored, we could have always hopped over to another hotel.”

“Why didn’t we stay there, then?” Matty asked.

Ranger smiled. He thought she ought to have been bright enough to figure it all out on her own. “Because no matter where we go, and as safe as we thought that place was, we always would have to look over our shoulder. We’d never be safe until we had walls and other people lookin’ after ‘em.”

Abigail finally spoke her turn. “My mother heard of this place. Sergeant Baskins, the deserting military officer who helped mom and me escape Temple City, talked about it, but we never really knew what it was all about until he said it was a neutral zone. The military had no control over it, and neither did the survivors. It wasn’t from the government, nor was it from the people. Paradise is the place to be if we need to be safe. The people there are open to ideas and are unwilling to let one group rule.”

“What about all those military personnel?” Silver asked.

“Former military personnel. Most of them became deserters after seeing what their leaders wanted to do with the survivors.

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