Way of the Barefoot Zombie by Jasper Bark

Author:Jasper Bark
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horror
Publisher: Abaddon Books

Chapter Twenty-Five

Doc Papa had swallowed a lot of salt water. He coughed and wretched it up onto the sand while Felippe stood guard to make sure no-one saw.

He was pleased with his work on the yacht. Though he was aware that he now owed Agwe a great favour. He owed many of the Loa. Like an entrepreneur notching up debts as he builds an empire, Doc Papa had promised much to a whole pantheon of Loa. More than any Houngan could ever pay back in a normal lifetime. When his plans came to fruition however, he would more than wipe the slate clean.

Felippe handed him a bottle of water. He rinsed his mouth and spat. He composed himself and returned to the jeep. Tomlinson looked worried. "I'm afraid there's another problem sir." he said.

"I've just finished sorting out your last problem. What's happened now?"

"It's the Zombies sir, they've... well they've disappeared."

"Disappeared! What do you mean?"

"The men rounded them up from the harbour as you ordered. But as they were escorting them back to base they vanished. One minute they could see them all. The next minute they couldn't. I don't understand it myself."

"That's because you're an idiot. What about the three rogue guests. Do you have them in custody?"

"No sir."

Doc Papa bristled. Tomlinson fought to keep his composure in front of his men. "The men never apprehended the guests. They weren't there when they recaptured the Zombies. They reported some commotion in the water as they arrived. They assumed the guests had deserted the Zombies and tried to swim for the yacht. I imagine they were killed when it exploded."

"You don't have any imagination. And your assumption is almost as stupid as your men's. Has the chopper been able to locate them?"

"No sir, I've had it circling the area but I haven't heard anything yet."

Doc Papa turned away from the idiot. He let his mind roam out into the invisible world, tracing the paths of the spirits and the demons.

"Sir, if I could just..." Tomlinson said behind him.

Doc Papa raised his hand to silence the man.

"But sir..." Tomlinson persisted.

Doc Papa brought his thumb and middle finger together and Tomlinson's wind pipe constricted. As Tomlinson choked with his hands to his throat, Doc Papa let his mind roam once again.

Out in the jungles, where the spirits of the trees and the demons of the hunt roamed free, he found a collective Zombie mind. It was a strong one. He had never encountered one so united. There were almost traces of innate intelligence in it. No wait, there was more. There was a human mind guiding them, one that knew Voodoo.

So that's why they hadn't been spotted. They were hiding in the jungle. But who was controlling them? Doc Papa edged closer to the Zombies' group mind, homing in on their guide. Before he could get any closer he was out. The mind he had been looking for had detected him and pushed him away.

He tried to find them again but he couldn't get anywhere near.

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