The Living Dead Series (Book 3): Dead Coast Read Online Free PDF Page B

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    “Asian, I know. As far as the Christian name goes my mom liked reading the classics and the surname is supposed to be an anglicized version of Hsiao.”
    “So you’re from Ohio?”
    “My family is from Tennessee. Can we move on? Do you want to take your ‘not girlfriend’ upstairs to one of the bedrooms? She’ll rest a lot better on a bed.”
    “No. It’s fine. I want to keep an eye on her. Plus who knows when we’ll have to bug out,” David said.
    “So you’re headed to the west coast? That’s a long way to travel with or without zombies blocking the way. You know the whole country is infested, right?”
    “We assumed it was but we don’t have any recent details.”
    “You need to educate yourself fast, buddy. The west coast was hit by an off-shore earthquake and the tsunami that rolled in smashed the harbors and beaches. They’re a mess out there. You’re on foot?”
    “We are now. No keys in any of those vehicles in the streets. How were you going to get out?”
    “The black truck out there is mine. I’d be long gone by now but I’ve got very limited ammo. Just a few shells left. Those things finally migrated to the next block. I can handle a few at a time but hundreds- I’m screwed. Lord knows when I’ll get out of here now. I’m going up to get a better look at the street.”
    He left. David found the kitchen and ran water on a paper towel to wipe some of the blood from Bea’s face. He hoped the water wasn’t contaminated. If it wasn’t now it soon would be. Municipal utilities probably hadn’t been maintained since all of this started.
    He peered out the window. The crowd had increased exponentially. The dead shuffled back and forth, bumping into one another or cars, sometimes falling but always getting back up eventually. As usual they showed no real awareness of one another. A woman fell down and he was close enough to see she had no skin left on the soles of her feet. She must have walked it off. Others were in worse shape.
    Sitting on the floor he went through his backpack. Still plenty of ammo but not enough to shoot his way out of here. He double-checked all of his weapons, making sure they were loaded. He then inspected Bea’s Glock and noticed a few light rust spots. He added two bullets to the magazine and snapped it back into place, thinking that he should look for some gun oil soon.
    Bea murmured something and her hands moved restlessly. He took both hands and held them in his. She drew a shaky breath and seemed to slip into a deeper sleep. He sat beside her for a while.
    There was a laptop on a kitchen counter and David booted it up, hoping it wasn’t password protected. The blue light from the screen was comforting, a reminder of civilization and normalcy and being connected with the rest of the world. He checked his email (old habits die hard) but there was nothing helpful there. Searching he found the latest posting from WHO, dated three days ago.
     
    World Health Organization
    Z-virus now in Post-Pandemic Period
    Director-General’s statement at virtual press conference
    Update: Canada
    Alberta Children’s Hospital reports considerable anxiety among the international community since the reported bombing deaths of an entire ward of children of guest workers from Mali. Hospital spokesperson Monique Darr confirmed the auxiliary wing of the hospital was bombed by persons unknown at this time. Witnesses to the early morning attack described a group of men in military style uniforms all wearing knitted facemasks and arriving on the scene in black, late model SUVs with tinted windows.
    The Canadian government has a press conference scheduled for later today and WHO applauds this move and all efforts to increase the flow of information concerning the virus.
    This is not the first hospital bombing seen in Canada since the outbreak of the pandemic but is the first time children have been targeted specifically.
    Update: China
    The Chinese Ministry of Health, before