Survival In The Zombie Apocalypse | Book 1 | Worse Than Dead by Brett Cal

Author:Brett, Cal [Brett, Cal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2020-11-20T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Kelly squatted on the outside deck inspecting several tomato plants. High above the streets it was a beautiful clear and sunny day. Gulls sailed lazily overhead as they rode the shifting air currents while smaller birds dodged around between the lower buildings below. She picked a caterpillar off one of the plants.

“How did you even get up here?” she asked the colorful little worm. “I bet you’ll be a beautiful butterfly someday but, sorry, you can’t eat my tomatoes.” She flung the wriggling creature over the railing and sent it sailing towards the tops of the palm trees many floors below.

As she began searching through the leaves, for more insects, she heard a muted thump from inside. It sounded like someone had slammed the front door. “Is that you Rob?” She called out without turning from her work.

It was early afternoon and Robbie had been out on one of his explore and scavenge missions in the building for the last few hours. She thought he might have come back up for lunch. “Rob?” She called again. When there was no answer she rose up, brushing the dirt from her hands, she walked back inside the apartment. She crossed through the familiar room as her eyes adjusted from the sunny glare outside to the darker shades of the interior. “Rob?”

It wasn’t until she reached the hallway leading to the front door that the silence began to unnerve her. She blinked her eyes to shake off the bright spots from being outside and scanned quickly around her for danger. The room was quiet but something was wrong. Turning, she made her way back to the couch where she kept her bow staff and hefted it up defensively. She felt better with it in her hands. She briefly felt sorry for Robbie if he intended to jump out and scare her. She smiled as she thought of the wolloping he would get in response.

Sunlight was streaming in from the balcony throwing off her vision again as she moved through the room checking behind the chairs. “Robbie, you better not try to scare me or I will beat the hell out of you!”

She paused and surveyed the living room expecting to see Robbie emerge from his hiding place. When he did not, she stood still and as quiet as possible, listening. ‘What the hell is going on,’ she thought.

A flutter outside caught her attention and she looked over to see a pigeon had landed on the balcony railing. “Damn!” She whispered as the glance into the sunlight caused her eyes to contract again. She squeezed them shut to improve her vision in the shadowy interior.

When she opened them again she was quickly drawn to movement across the room. A cloud of dust particles sparkled as they rained down from the ceiling. Following them up she saw they were drifting down from an old air conditioning vent. “Crap,” she sighed out loud. “Must be rats in the vents.”

She lowered her staff and took a deep breath.

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