The Book of Riley ~ a Zombie Tale Pt. 2 by Mark Tufo

Author:Mark Tufo [Tufo, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Action & Adventure, Horror
Published: 2012-11-16T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOUR

Ten heavily armed men entered the kennels; they were a part of Icely’s elite guard. Most of them were either prior military or had been actively serving when the zombie apocalypse started. A few were part of SWAT teams in Vegas, their leader was a vice cop from Miami. He had been on vacation when he found himself cut off completely from all he had known. It had not been that great a loss, his wife had left him three years previous and his mother—his only remaining relative—had been locked up in an old age home. Last time he’d seen her she hadn’t known who he was and then proceeded to squat right in front of him as she loosed her bowels. For a moment he thought he caught a flash of recognition as she stood, then she had begun to cackle wildly. Detective Schools had decided to leave before she began the feces tossing portion of her routine.

The other nine men on his team fanned out as he carefully leaned down over the body.

“Clear,” his second in command yelled. He spoke softly into a portable radio. “Zombies, boss?” Mannie asked.

“Not even close,” Schools said. He looked at the wound on the man’s leg, then he flipped the body over, not concerned with disturbing the crime scene. He studied the wounds on the man’s face and neck.

“We got infiltration?” Mannie asked, preparing to talk into his radio again; this time about to get the whole settlement on high alert.

“Dog,” Schools said as he began to cross the floor towards the open window.

“What?” Mannie asked, following his boss.

“A dog killed Wade,” Schools answered.

“Are you fucking kidding me?” Mannie asked, looking back to the still form of Wade.

Schools walked over to the cabinet, he moved it out of the way and stuck his head through the window, but the dog was long gone.

“How?” Mannie asked.

“Well for some reason it looks like Wade opened that kennel and the dog that was in it decided he wanted out. Bit Wade’s face first, damn near ripped his jaw off. Then he went in for the kill and tore through the poor bastard’s carotid artery. And then Wade must have still been able to somehow stumble away when the dog figured out he hadn’t finished the job. He hamstrung him by tearing his Achilles tendon in half. This is one efficient killing machine.”

“Holy shit,” Mannie said, rubbing his throat.

“Get Isaac in here.” Schools sat down on the cabinet.

Isaac was escorted in a few moments later. He was looking around wildly, possibly for zombies to come flooding out from their hiding spots.

“Relax,” Schools said as he watched the nervous man. “There aren’t any zombies,” he said as he stood and walked back over towards Wade’s body.

“You...you’re sure?” Isaac asked, temerity still lined his voice.

“What kind of dog was in that kennel?” Schools asked, pointing back to the only empty one in the warehouse.

Isaac’s eyes opened wide at first, taking in the detail he had missed earlier, and then quickly narrowed as he perceptively put the pieces together.

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