Zombie Wild West by Eric Baker

Author:Eric Baker [Baker, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-22T04:00:00+00:00

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Tommy Metzer stepped out of the window on the top floor of the Dire Hotel. His heart was beating faster than he ever knew it could. He’d almost fallen once before, running around with friends on top of the buildings, but that time there wasn’t people down below trying to eat him. Now there was, and he could hear them in the darkness below.

For a minute, he thought about turning back. He was sure that no one would blame him. Heck, he was only twelve years old! Why wasn’t someone else doing this? But even as he thought it, he knew the answer. He was light, he knew the rooftops, and even more, he had volunteered.

He had only done it for his mom, hoping he’d be able to get medicine for her, something that would help her. As tough as she was on him, he still loved her. But he hadn’t thought about the people down there. Or the fact that everyone in town was in the hotel. All the lights that would be on in shops, on the street, and in rooms, were dark. And except for a little moonlight, so were the rooftops.

Thinking about his mom, Mildred, made him smile a little. Boy, would she be mad when she found out!

After a few moments of calming his nerves, Tommy stepped up to the edge of the roof. The edge of the other roof was just barely visible. He knew it wasn’t that far, but in the dark, it seemed a lot farther.

All the buildings were built almost on top of each other, and most of them were basically just one long broken up roof line. Focusing on the small patch of the roof he could make out in the faint moonlight, he stepped back, then lunged over the gap.

The darkness made it hard to judge, but he was sure he had judged it right. At least, until his left foot hit the edge of the roof and slipped off. His weight came down on just his right foot, but now he was off balance. He fell to his left, and he clawed forward, trying to find a purchase with his hands.

Coming down hard on the edge of the roof, Tommy felt the air blow out of his lungs. Hard. He kept grabbing forward, pulling roofing shingles and loose debris off the roof, only to clatter off into the darkness of the alley. With his left leg dangling below, he was finally able to get a purchase.

Pulling himself up, he rolled over onto his back, taking agonizing deep breaths around his bruised chest. He could hear the blood in his ears, whooshing back and forth with every rapid heartbeat. His breath and heartbeat together were so loud he could swear it was growling like a caged animal.

As he continued to lay for a minute on the roof, his breathing and heartbeat slowed to a more normal rate. Then he realized for the first time that the animal sounds weren’t from him.

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