Z-Series (Book 4): Z-Takeover by Hatchett

Author:Hatchett [Hatchett]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2019-03-07T05:00:00+00:00

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Day 17 – 19:30

St Mark’s Road, Enfield

Issy tried the door handle and was happy to see that it turned, and the door opened. She held the torch in her left hand and her knife in her right as she eased the door further open, the small creaking sounding very loud in the quiet and enclosed space.

Issy flicked on the torch and saw that she was in a hallway with a closed door immediately on her left, another at the end of the hallway and a staircase on her right. She was about to move forward when there was a loud crash followed by repeated thudding as a zombie fell down the stairs and landed near her feet. Issy reacted instantly and brought her knife down and stabbed the zombie in the head. It had once been a young girl in her teens. That meant a family.

As Issy thought about her next steps, there was a thud on the door to her left. Issy ignored it. She’d been in these sorts of houses before and the doors were solid. Indeed, she had grown up in something similar, and had her head bashed against them, so she had first-hand experience of their build quality. But she really didn’t want to consider that aspect of her childhood any further, especially now. The door to her left was probably the lounge area with the door straight ahead leading to the kitchen. She would sweep them later because she could hear creaking floorboards above her.

Issy decided that she didn’t want to be climbing the stairs if another zombie fell down; she could be wiped out, injured, bitten. No, the best course of action was to bring the zombie to her if possible. She started tapping her knife against the bannister, increasing the volume as the creaking moved across the floor upstairs. There was a bang from the kitchen door, and again Issy ignored it, subconsciously logging that there were at least two zombies downstairs, but focusing on the main threat coming from upstairs.

Issy continued banging the bannister and was eventually rewarded with another loud crash followed by a series of thuds as another zombie came tumbling down. Again, Issy stabbed it in the head as it came to a rest and before it could attempt to get back up. This one had been another girl, a few years younger than the first, but equally dangerous.

Issy stood back up and stayed still, listening and watching for any sound or movement. She could hear something but wasn’t sure if it was coming from behind the doors to the lounge or kitchen. She couldn’t hear any floorboards creaking, so she assumed the upstairs was now clear. ‘Never assume’, she thought to herself, ‘it just makes an ass out of you and me’.

Issy climbed the first couple of steps to the point where the stairs turned to follow the outer wall in the direction of the back of the house. She was conscious of the time being wasted, but she wasn’t going to rush anything.

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