The Inroad Chronicles (Book 1): Legion Seed by Erickson Brian

Author:Erickson, Brian [Erickson, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Infected
Publisher: Brian Erickson
Published: 2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

The youthful group drove through the night taking turns at the wheel while others slept. They occasionally saw some of the undead swag on the road, almost looking human for a second in the headlights’ wash. Whenever they encountered large numbers of them, such as east of Nashville, they detoured on more back-country roads. They managed to avoid as many towns as possible, always finding a road leading them east. They completely lost track of whether or not they had driven southeast toward Georgia, or northeast toward Virginia. They had taken so many switchbacks during the night that they only knew they had reached the edge of the Appalachian chain. As the foothills rolled into mountains, the winding inclines grew longer, steeper, and more foreboding. Occasionally they would chance across an abandoned car on the side of the road. After fevered glances in every direction they would scurry to the car, clear the inside, and quickly siphon its fuel which they dumped into gas cans they had picked up along the way.

They drove through the night hoping that some place to stay might jump out at them, but the fate of the dead always dashed those dreams. Anything that looked promising always seemed to offer as many disadvantages as rewards, too many exits or too few exits; something always seemed to make them move on.

They left the radio set on Seek throughout the night, and occasionally a voice rattled through the cab, but then flat static returned just as quickly, seemingly hell-bent on extinguishing all hope. They had long since begun shifting in their seats and contorting at funny angles to stretch out their legs, but they did not have the courage to set foot outside for something they did not need. The mountains rose higher and seemed to offer some hope against the waves of disappointment, but a little mountain town always seemed to appear around the next bend, urging them to press on deeper and higher. Their imaginations did not help their plights either. The terrain changed with the elevation and patches of evergreen foliage would entwine the twists and turns, or hang over sheared off rock faces, and their mind’s eye always saw an intrepid threat skulking in the shadows.

A stuffy silence enveloped the group that seemed too thick to cut until common sense finally surpassed shock and desperation.

Laura twisted in her seat and peered out of the window. “We need to get into the forest and just hide out for a while.”

Donnie shook his head and changed his grip around on the steering wheel. “Too open, we don’t know if those things are wandering through the woods or not. We need some place secure that we can lock ourselves into and hold out for a while.”

“What about a mall?” Jim’s face tightened as it always did after he spoke up.

Donnie shrugged. “Well that would be nice, but malls are close to people, and those things are all over the place in towns and cities. Where

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