Zombie Transference (Book 2): The City by Germann Tom

Author:Germann, Tom [Germann, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2017-07-03T04:00:00+00:00

A SHORT HALT

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hey had only driven out the door and a short distance down the road before they paused. As soon as they had stopped their walkie talkies were broken out and the earbuds put in.

They didn’t have radios issued for communications within the convoy and the one radio in Major Wagner’s vehicle for communications back with headquarters hadn’t heard anything from the larger radios back at HQ manned by a clerk. At least not after he had turned the power on and watched the radio struggle to life only for the internal light to fade away almost immediately.

They ran a series of comm checks on their personal radios then had a quick conference.

“Caisson, I want to check these vehicles over more. I trust that Tannis guy and his goons as far as I can throw ‘em. If we had the capacity I would check the fuel tanks for sugar, all the fluids to make sure nothing was punctured and for any explosives they may have planted on us. Over”

“Vajjer, we did an eyeball inspection of the vehicles. There were no drips under the vehicles and I rolled under all three quickly. They would have to have climbed into the engine to do anything and I find it hard to believe they would plant a bomb on us, over.”

“Wagner. I think you’re reading a bit too much into our mutual dislike. Picking a fight, I can believe. I can believe a lot. But for them to actively sabotage our fuel or plant a bomb? It’s way over the top. After all we are all stuck in this together. We need to advance and put them out of our mind for now. We are driving three of their rare armoured recce vehicles and I can’t see anyone being stupid enough to lose those. Let’s get through this and get back as fast as we can. We have room if anything goes wrong. Any disagreement on this? Over.”

There was silence from the comms. After thirty seconds more, the lead vehicle revved up and slowly started moving away.

As the vehicles drove away the engine noise built into a dull roar inside the metal shell. The crew member’s helmets that had been on the seats of the vehicles had thick ear flaps which made a lot more sense as they drove away now. They looked like cheap caps and the only real protection they offered was some hearing protection. It also made more sense why no one had seemed concerned about the vehicle’s lack of radios and why it hadn’t seemed important for the convoy to check in.

The communications were ancient, poorly maintained and obviously not working.

Wagner took the headset for the radio and looked it over now he had a little time. It was an easy enough system to figure out and the frequencies were already set. Yet the headset wire was almost completely chewed through and the radio mount had been welded many times. It looked like both the antenna and power lines had been welded as well.

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