They Remain: A post-apocalyptic tale of survival (The Rot Book 2) by Luke Kondor & Daniel Willcocks

Author:Luke Kondor & Daniel Willcocks [Kondor, Luke]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Hawk and Cleaver
Published: 2017-06-26T06:00:00+00:00

*

They sat around a dusty table as Anton gave the boy the lowdown on his and Colin’s mission. He told them of the scout that had heard gunfire from the camp, and the journey they had made overnight to discover the truth of what had happened. All the while Colin couldn’t help but notice that, at times, Anton used phrases that were undoubtedly lifted straight from Henry’s mouth. Words of encouragement that seemed strange coming from the lips of the Dutchman.

“So why didn’t you bring more people? If you heard gunfire at our camp, wouldn’t it make sense to bring a whole army? Not just two men and a dog?”

Colin dared two more mouthfuls of the rum. He felt the buzz creeping through his skin. “He’s a wise one, ain’t he?”

“We haves more men waiting in a car on the edge of town with more dogs and a few extra weapons. Our mission was a silent one, to find a few survivors and brings the story back to Hope. We needed to see whats was goings on here before we risks the life of all of Hope.”

And then it was the boy’s turn. His account was very much the same to Keaghan’s. A tale of ambush in which scavvies arrived from all around, mowing down anyone that dared to move or run or escape. The people of King’s Hill had outnumbered the scavvies, but they were considerably handicapped in the way of firepower, and so the boy fled. Along with the remainder of the town.

“So everyone else is dead? You’ve seen no one else in town who managed to do what you did and hide?”

The boy’s eyes shimmered again. A fresh memory seemed to stir behind the browns of his eyes. “I’ve seen… people. But they’re hardly people anymore.”

“Whats do you mean?”

The boy looked at Anton as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. “They woke up.”

The boy broke down into fresh sobs. He brought his knees to his chest and rocked, muttering the words, “Dead, dead, dead,” under his breath.

“Whats he talking about, Bolton?”

Colin seemed to glean the meaning simply from the fear in the boy’s eyes. “He means the scavvies are gone. They’re not the real threat here. Isn’t that right?”

The boy nodded.

“Tell us, what did you see?”

The boy took a deep breath. “I saw a man, Ronan, who I thought to be dead on the pavement. Face down in the dirt with bullet holes riddling his back. He was blocking the entrance to an alleyway that I knew would lead me down towards the old theatre. I figured I could go hide in that place for a while. It’s a labyrinth in there. Somewhere to get away from the gunfire. But as I jumped, he woke up. Grabbed my ankle. I fell. I kicked at him until I was free, but before I got a chance to run I saw the white threads tearing out through his wounds. The cold eyes watching as he struggled to get up again.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.