Zom-B by Darren Shan

Author:Darren Shan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction / Horror & Ghost Stories, Juvenile Fiction, Social Issues, Horror & Ghost Stories, Prejudice & Racism, Monsters
ISBN: 9780316214391
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2012-10-16T08:00:00+00:00

I think about tackling the mutant but I’m not gonna make the sort of dumb mistakes that people do in horror flicks. Taking a step back, I scream as loudly as I can, hoping that guards will come running.

Footsteps behind me. The man I knocked down outside the shop rushes past. He half twirls and spits at me. He looks like a mutant too, like he’s survived a nuclear war and is suffering from radiation poisoning. I think for a moment that the pair of freaks is going to attack me. But then I hear lots of people coming, muttering and shouting. A woman shrieks, “My son! Don’t hurt my son!”

The mutant holding the baby looks past me and his face twists with fury. He sets his sights on me again and leers. He licks his lips lewdly—his tongue is shriveled and scabby.

As the footsteps draw closer, the man raises the baby high, then throws him at me. I grab the boy like a ball, cushioning him as best I can. I fall backwards and land on my bum. The baby sits in my lap and laughs, poking at my nose with his chubby little fingers.

I look up. The mutants have fled. They’re moving fast now that they don’t have the baby. They reach the gate and seconds later they’re gone, out of sight.

Just before the crowd catches up with me, I stare into the baby’s face. I half expect him to smile sinisterly and say, “don’t be afraid mummy,” like the babies in my dreams. But of course he doesn’t. This is the real world, not a nightmare.

Then I think of the two men, their unnatural skin and yellow eyes. And I wonder.

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