Zombie Apocalypse Box Set 2 by Jeff DeGordick

Author:Jeff DeGordick [DeGordick, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-19T06:00:00+00:00

22

Debriefing

The train's headlights stretched down the tunnel and the tracks in front of them flew by hypnotically. The two of them stared at this for a while, not saying anything to each other and just taking the moment to unwind from what they had just been through. They both had a lot to process. They both had a lot of healing to do.

Wayne periodically turned his head toward Sarah and opened his mouth in the relative darkness of the cab before closing it and turning away. When she finally noticed this, she asked him what it was. "I just wanted to say... thanks," he said.

"You don't need to say anything," she said. "You would have done the same for me."

But he needed to do this. "No. Thank you for everything." He became choked up, and tears dripped past his eyelids and rolled down his cheeks. "I thought I was going to die in there. I can't believe you actually came to get me."

"Of course," Sarah said, reaching over and squeezing his wrist.

Wayne leaned over and wrapped his arms around her, embracing her in a tight hug. He continued to sob, and for the first time Sarah actually saw him in a moment of weakness.

"I'm sorry," he said. "I don't mean to be like this."

"That's okay. It does feel a little different with the shoe on the other foot. Remember how it used to be back at Noah's Ark when you had to look out for me?"

He seemed to cheer up a little at this. "I remember."

He let go of their embrace and both of them smiled a little.

"So why didn't Glass kill you?" Sarah asked. "Did he really want to torture you that much?"

"Partly. But mostly he was just using me to get to you."

"Get to me how?"

"He mentioned something about you being important, but he didn't say what he meant. I think he was just trying to lure you to the base so he could get his hands on you. I guess you one-upped him on that one."

"Yeah," she replied, proud of the fact that she did actually defeat him in at least one way, "I guess I did."

"Are you going to tell me what happened to your arm?" he asked.

"It happened outside the base, actually. Right after they took you away, I tried to shoot Glass, but a sniper got me. I think he was aiming to kill, but thankfully he was a little off. Carly changed her mind and followed us to the base, and she found me. At least that's what she said; I don't really remember much about it."

Wayne frowned. "I know Carly and me had some differences," he said. "I don't think she liked me much, anyway. Did you two ever make amends?"

Sarah remembered when she, Wayne and Ron initially journeyed out to the base and Carly chose to turn away and leave their group, tired of the danger Sarah willingly and repeatedly tried to chase. "Yeah, we did. But..."

"But...?"

"Carly's no longer with us."

The silence in the train was deafening.

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