Zombie Fallout 04 The End Has Come and Gone by Mark Tufo

Author:Mark Tufo
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Zombie Fallout, Horror, Lang:en, Zombies, Fiction
Publisher: Mark Tufo
Published: 2012-01-28T21:27:31+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR – Talbot Journal Entry 11

"Gary, slow down,” I told him.

"I'm not even going fast,” he answered back.

"Something's not right, slow down,” I said, sitting up a little bit in my seat to get a better view.

"We've been through this Mike, you do not have Spidey sense,” Gary said with a smirk.

"STOP THIS TRUCK!" I screamed. He damn near threw me through the windshield as he slammed on the brakes. The truck came to a fishtailing halt.

"Happy? You woke the boys.”

Justin and Travis were both removing their faces from the front headrests.

I quickly got out of the truck, rifle at the ready. Our front tires were literally resting on the front edge of a spike strip.

"Damn,” Gary said getting out of the truck. “You saw that from way back there?"

A rifle shot rang out from the tree line fifteen feet away on the driver's side. Gary jumped over the hood and deposited himself on my lap. The boys were out the door before the echo of the shot was complete.

"I take it that was a warning shot!?" I yelled.

"It's twenty feet at the most, how could I have missed?" came the disembodied voice from the trees.

"You could have been prior Army,” I shouted back. Why do I provoke? I don’t know, we all have character flaws, but why do mine seem to always have the potential to get me killed?

"That's funny, just so happens that I am.”

“Always with the snappy line,” Gary admonished me.

"Semper Fi,” I yelled back.

"You don't say? A lot of people know that slogan.”

"Okay how about, ‘this is my rifle, this is my gun, one is for killing and one is for fun.’” "Better,” the voice said. "But Full Metal Jacket is a personal favorite of mine.”

"Alright, how about this, the unofficial Marine Corps motto.”

"I'm listening.”

"Lie, deny and counter blame.”

"Fine, I believe you to be a jarhead now but that sure as hell doesn’t make us friends.” "But maybe we shouldn't be enemies either. What do you want?" I asked.

"That should be obvious, we want your truck. Our car broke down a few miles ago and this walking crap is for the birds.” "Now I know you're an Army dog and all, but what makes you think we carry four spare tires around with us?"

"Well, hadn't really thought it out until you said that.”

"There's gotta be ten thousand cars in the general area, why take ours?"

"Well we DID think of that,” he said defensively, “but we keep coming across these hives of zombies and if you get anywhere near them they get real hungry real fast.” "Been there, done that!” Travis shouted.

"Gary, hold my rifle. I'm standing up! I would greatly appreciate it if you didn’t shoot me.” "I'll do my best.”

"Comforting.”

"Don’t worry we aren’t the Air Force,” the voice said mockingly.

"Hey!" Gary said as he stood up. “I was in the Air Force! It was a very honorable branch of the military!"

"Don't get your feathers ruffled, friend,” the voice said apologetically as its owner emerged from the tree line, rifle in one hand off to his side.

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