The Rabid (Book 1) by Roberts J.V

Author:Roberts, J.V. [Roberts, J.V.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2013-11-28T05:00:00+00:00

26

“Did we pass it, we must have passed it.” Lee sighs loudly and smacks his lips. “Is everyone keeping their eyes open? It’s been over thirty miles, according to the map, we should be sitting on top of the place at this point.”

“Honey, everyone’s eyes are open,” Momma says.

“Wide open,” Bethany rolls hers at me and shakes her head, pointing at Lee with silent light-hearted mockery.

“Maybe the map was wrong.” I suggest.

“Maps aren’t usually wrong, Two-Step.”

“They aren’t infallible either.” Bethany retorts.

“Bethany, now is not the time to antagonize.” Mom is rubbing Lee’s back as he sucks in another gulp of air in an attempt to calm his visibly frazzled nerves.

“I don’t know what that means.”

“You know infallible, but you don’t know what antagonize means?” To me, it’s an obvious paradox.

“I’m not a dictionary, and it looks like I won’t be finishing my education any time in the near future, so give me a break.”

“I’m just saying…”

“There, there, there, sign, sign!” Bethany is practically standing on her seat.

Lee jumps on the brakes, fish tailing the truck forward another twenty yards and threatening to pitch us all through the windshield.

“Was that really necessary?” Momma asks through clenched teeth while pushing her hair back behind her ears.

“Sorry, I got excited, it was a twitch reflex.” He backs up to confirm the sign. It’s bent over on one leg as if bowing to some unseen master. The previously green surface is singed black and caked with mud. Half of the letters are still visible.

-mbull

“Good eyes, Bethany.” I nod my head, thoroughly impressed.

“Like a hawk.” Lee turns and high-fives her.

She shrugs. “What can I say, my vision is infallible.”

The exit for the town is less than a mile up the highway. The traffic signal is blinking red as we come to the end of the off ramp.

“Whoo-hoo, they’ve got juice.” Lee drums at the steering wheel in celebration.

As we turn right, I notice that the streets appear to have been swept clean. The clutter we’d dealt with up until now, the twisted carcasses of autos decimated by the Rabid, is non-existent. They’ve been moved off to either side of the road, there are cars and trucks practically stacked on top of each other, laying across the sidewalks, and in the adjacent parking lots beyond. It feels as if we’re driving through the middle of a junkyard.

“Well that doesn’t look very encouraging.” Momma signals to the Slash & Save store off to our right. The back half of the building is caved in and the front of it is nothing more than a black gaping hole, like someone pulled the gas line and lit a match.

But, that’s not what has her attention.

Or ours.

It’s the large tee-pee shaped pile of bodies in the middle of the parking lot. They are burnt something crispy. I imagine that the right gust of wind would cause them simply to flake away like a petrified pile of dog shit.

“I guess it’s safe to assume they don’t believe in burying their dead around here.

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