Resurrection by Scott Nicholson

Author:Scott Nicholson [Nicholson, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Publisher: Haunted Computer Books
Published: 2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

Meg pulled Jacob into the middle of the crowd, keeping a tight grip on his hand.

The people around them bumped and shoved as they made their way down the street. The human stream parted for abandoned vehicles and collisions and then reconvened as if flowing toward a single destination. The man to her right carried a handgun and nodded in admiration when he saw Meg’s firearm.

“Taking care of business,” he said.

“I’m taking care of my family,” she replied. “If I can find the rest of it.”

“Mine’s down in Charlotte. I’m hoping to get out of this hellhole and find some open road.”

“I doubt any routes are open. The zombies hit the stalled traffic on Hillsborough Street. None of it will be moving anytime soon.”

He gave a slight shake of his handgun. “If those deaders behind us catch up, you and me are taking target practice.”

“I just want to reach the FirstCare clinic.”

“That’s where somebody took my sister,” Jacob said to the man. “She’s sick. And I’ll bet my dad will head there when he finds out we left the car.”

“Well, once you find them, you better head over to Promiseland. I heard they had food, water, medicine, and some military. Plus that preacher…did you see on the TV?”

“No,” Meg said. “I heard something about an attack during his broadcast.”

“Reverend Ingram calmed that zombie right down. And from a different camera angle, it looked like the thing’s infection just disappeared. Like he’d performed a miracle from right out of the New Testament.”

Meg took the man’s belief as the delusion of a desperate man. Maybe the entire crowd suffered the same fantasy. If they were all looking for miracles to save them from this plague, then they might be even more dangerous than the deaders.

“It’s nothing demonic,” Meg said, feeling like she was losing the debate before it even began. “It’s a viral infection. I suspect it’s been dormant for millennia and—”

“Lady, this is no time for science. Those fuckers are eating people. Whatever the cause, it’s evil. And you fight evil with good, like the Reverend.”

“You just said we fight it with guns,” Jacob said.

“The Lord helps those that help themselves. If Jesus was alive today, you can be damn sure he’d have a concealed carry permit and packing heat beneath his robes.”

Someone ahead of them pointed at the skyline, where the tip of the white cross came into view. “There it is! Promiseland!”

A murmur of excitement ran through the crowd like electricity. Meg realized these people now had hope, whereas the situation had been bleak earlier today. The church provided a sense of security where the government had failed them. The pilgrimage surged forward like a live organism twisting its way to the outskirts of the city.

People drifted from surrounding apartments and buildings to join in, but more zombies followed them. They crossed the street where vehicles were jammed for blocks on end. Gunfire erupted above them, and Meg saw a man with a rifle and scope atop a Waffle Express.

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