Vertical City Box Set [Books 1-4] by Mahaffey Jr. George S

Author:Mahaffey Jr., George S.
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2018-04-30T04:00:00+00:00

12

The halls and stairwells are relatively clear as we push through the red door and enter Gus’s lair.

He unleashes Zeus who does a quick circuit of the room.

“He never used to do that before,” Gus says, gesturing at the dog. “It was only after the bastards started taking him outside that he lost his bearings.”

“He’s cautious.”

“Bugged out is more like it.”

I don’t see it, but Gus obviously reads something into the way Zeus pauses, ears up, pacing. “Animals can get post-traumatic stress disorder you know. Zeus is a combat vet just like the rest of you.”

Zeus crawls inside his oversized cage and sits, staring out, taking everything in, whining.

“Maybe he should be on some meds,” I offer.

“This whole damn building should be on ‘em. Pump the stuff right up through the HVAC ducts. Start with the upper floors and then focus on those trigger-happy mothers that go hunting every day.”

“The Sweepers?”

He nods.

“They saved my life.”

He rummages in a dresser and pulls out a handful of napkins that he hands to me. I blot dribbles of red from my busted lip as Gus secures the front door, sliding a few bolts across it. I follow him to the back of the room where he opens a hidden compartment in the rear wall.

“It wasn’t only the Sweepers that kept me from being slabbed. She helped save me too,” I add.

He looks back. “Who? The phantom lady?”

“She’s a girl, Gus. Same one I’ve seen before. On that last op I was a goner and she came to me in the building, right before it fell. She pulled me out and saved me.”

“You suffered some serious trauma out there, Wyatt. Probably got yourself a concussion. Sure you didn’t… imagine her?”

“I had my helmet on. She was the one who gave me the numbers. I swear.”

“Sure, kid, sure. I believe you.”

I can’t tell from his reaction whether he actually believes me or not, but he removes the small circular device made of plastic and glass that he showed me before. The one he said could conjure up a map of the city based on certain coordinates. He fumbles with it, his distorted reflection skating across the device’s exterior.

“I entered the numbers you found before and then, this morning, I added the new ones.”

The little machine glows and buzzes to life.

Images flicker and dance across its face: alleys, city streets, a block.

The screen settles on a particular set of coordinates and a red dot drops onto a location to identify it.

“That’s it,” Gus says, obviously pleased with himself. “It’s a little bit further away than I thought. On the other side of the bridge and over the river. About twelve blocks give or take. Whatever we were meant to find is right there. Now, it’s a rough part of town so when we head out-”

“‘We’”?

He gapes at me, mouth adroop. “Sure, yeah. You and me. That’s the route we’ll need to take when we head out. I’ve done some recon in and around that area before.”

“You – you what?”

“Surely I’ve told you-”

“Not really.

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