Z Plan (Book 2): Red Tides by Lerma Mikhail

Author:Lerma, Mikhail [Lerma, Mikhail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: Permuted Press
Published: 2014-08-24T04:00:00+00:00

25.

Fastfood

The occupants of the diner sat in their seats as they had for the last several weeks. They’d all been stopped here when the government prohibited travel on the highway. They’d locked themselves in before any of them knew what the virus was, or how it spread, not knowing that it was already among them. It started with an elderly woman. Her husband held her as the fever ravaged her body, while the other thirty-nine occupants huddled around the television, hoping for any kind of news. Their angry shouts of frustration drowned out the screams of the woman’s husband, as she ripped his throat out with her teeth. One by one, the crowd fell before they realized what was happening.

The cook had gathered the others in the kitchen, where they made their stand. Some of the injured managed to make it outside and into their vehicles, only to succumb to the new plague on man anyway. Once the terror of life was beyond them, they’d settled into the calm of being undead and forever starving.

Now all they could do was watch the sun rise and set along the panoramic window that wrapped around the exterior of the diner that now served as their tomb. Sad, vacant, and rotting faces stared at one another. One undead man sat in a booth, pawing at his shadow, totally confused by the concept. His wife and brother sat at another table. He of course didn’t remember them, nor they him. The elderly woman walked around the diner, randomly bumping into chairs and tables. Her first victim, her husband, stood facing a poster on the wall, with his face less than an inch from it. This was how he would spend eternity.

The only time there was a change in the daily schedule, was when it rained. As one, they would turn and stare, watching in silence as the water ran down the large windows. Today was shaping up like any other day; or it was, until they heard it. The sound of metal scraping on rock resounded like thunder. All thirty-nine faces shifted their gaze to the west window. A grey van had entered their world. Its driver hopped out and circled the vehicle. The object he carried with him meant nothing to them.

This one wasn’t like them. He was different, and different was good. Soon, they were crowded at the window, pushing up against the glass. There was food on the other side, and they were so very hungry. One of them began clawing at the glass, and the others followed suit. Soon they were fighting each other for position at the window. They all wanted to see their next meal.

They watched as the man came toward them. He moved from vehicle to vehicle, occasionally shouting. They didn’t know or care what he was looking for; only that he was coming closer. He was suddenly right in front of them. The banging on the glass reached a frenzy. He looked up and froze in fear, then returned to work, looking around each vehicle, and then moving away.

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