The Zombie Chronicles - Book 2 (Apocalypse Infection Unleashed Series) Read Online Free PDF
Author: Chrissy Peebles
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mutilated hands trying to grab him, but Lucas and I wrenched him up and inside to safety.
My heart raced, and I hugged him tight. “Whoa! That was close.”
He tried to pretend it hadn’t fazed him one bit, even though I knew better. “Yeah. Thanks.”
I glanced around at the dead zombies on the floor. The door was shut, and I assumed Lucas had locked it after he secured the room. We were standing in a giant, empty room. Hammers, tool boxes, timber, paint cans, saws, cracked plaster, and boxes of nails were scattered everywhere. It looked like they’d been remodeling when the world fell apart.
I thought about Val, sleeping in the truck. Catching Nick’s gaze, I said, “Val has their scent. She’ll be okay, right?”
“ She’ll be fine,” Nick said. “Let’s try to yell for her.”
“ Yeah,” I said. “If she could bring the truck closer…”
All of us yelled out the window, to no avail. I was sure she was sleeping, as the zombie virus was taking quite a toll on her body.
A sudden pounding coming from the door nearly made me jump out of my skin. My gaze landed on the doorknob, which slowly began to turn. We knew there were zombies on the other side of the door, and they wanted to get to where the food was. Nothing freaked me out more than that.
“ What’re we going to do?” Claire asked, shaking Jackie’s shoulder. “They’re bound to get that door open eventually. For goodness sakes, they busted through glass walls back at that mansion.”
Jackie let out a long breath as she reloaded her gun. “I dunno, but we can’t stay here.”
I ran a hand through my hair and glanced at Nick for an answer, but he had none yet.
“ I’m thinking,” he said.
“ Zombies are everywhere!” Claire’s voice echoed. “All we did was stop for some gas. Is this a messed-up world or what? The minute you stop, even for a second, you end up fighting for your life.”
She couldn’t have been more right, and I’d learned my lesson the hard way: We should never have ventured outside of a secured city. Leaving my safe island was a dumb idea. If only I’d known firsthand how horrible it was out here. Then again, I had no idea we’d crash either.
The moans and hissing sent goosebumps up my arms. We had boxed ourselves in again, but this time, we didn’t have a choice. If we’d have stayed outside, we’d have ended up being a zombie smorgasbord, and I was in no mood to be anyone’s main course.
Jackie wrapped her arm around me for comfort.
I gazed into her terror-filled eyes. This isn’t good—not good at all, I realized. I pulled her close and placed a quick kiss high on her forehead. “Don’t worry. We’ll figure this out.”
“ I’m not worried,” she said, her eyes wide, but she was a horrible liar.
“ We could probably shoot our way out of here,” Nick said. “We can open the door and take down whatever stands in our way, then make it downstairs and out a side door where there are less of them.”
“ Hmm. I kind of like it,” Jackie said. “We could lose them in the cornstalks. You know how clumsy they’d be trying to maneuver through that kind of labyrinth.”
“ Well, if we’re gonna go, it had better be now, before this place floods with them,” Claire said. “I’m sure they can smell us in here, and it’s like somebody rang the dinner bell.”
I glanced up. “She’s right. How much ammo does everyone have left? I’ve already reloaded, but still, I have about six shots left.”
“ I’ve got about five,” Lucas said, “but I also brought some extra ammo.”
“ I’m good,” Jackie said.
Claire sighed. “Me too.”
“ I have a little extra ammo too,” Nick said. “I should’ve brought more with me though.”
I squinted through a small peephole in the door. A few of our deathly adversaries stumbled around, groaning. “Looks like there’re only two or three.”
“ We can handle that,” Lucas said. “Save ammunition if you can. Plus, we don’t wanna
My heart raced, and I hugged him tight. “Whoa! That was close.”
He tried to pretend it hadn’t fazed him one bit, even though I knew better. “Yeah. Thanks.”
I glanced around at the dead zombies on the floor. The door was shut, and I assumed Lucas had locked it after he secured the room. We were standing in a giant, empty room. Hammers, tool boxes, timber, paint cans, saws, cracked plaster, and boxes of nails were scattered everywhere. It looked like they’d been remodeling when the world fell apart.
I thought about Val, sleeping in the truck. Catching Nick’s gaze, I said, “Val has their scent. She’ll be okay, right?”
“ She’ll be fine,” Nick said. “Let’s try to yell for her.”
“ Yeah,” I said. “If she could bring the truck closer…”
All of us yelled out the window, to no avail. I was sure she was sleeping, as the zombie virus was taking quite a toll on her body.
A sudden pounding coming from the door nearly made me jump out of my skin. My gaze landed on the doorknob, which slowly began to turn. We knew there were zombies on the other side of the door, and they wanted to get to where the food was. Nothing freaked me out more than that.
“ What’re we going to do?” Claire asked, shaking Jackie’s shoulder. “They’re bound to get that door open eventually. For goodness sakes, they busted through glass walls back at that mansion.”
Jackie let out a long breath as she reloaded her gun. “I dunno, but we can’t stay here.”
I ran a hand through my hair and glanced at Nick for an answer, but he had none yet.
“ I’m thinking,” he said.
“ Zombies are everywhere!” Claire’s voice echoed. “All we did was stop for some gas. Is this a messed-up world or what? The minute you stop, even for a second, you end up fighting for your life.”
She couldn’t have been more right, and I’d learned my lesson the hard way: We should never have ventured outside of a secured city. Leaving my safe island was a dumb idea. If only I’d known firsthand how horrible it was out here. Then again, I had no idea we’d crash either.
The moans and hissing sent goosebumps up my arms. We had boxed ourselves in again, but this time, we didn’t have a choice. If we’d have stayed outside, we’d have ended up being a zombie smorgasbord, and I was in no mood to be anyone’s main course.
Jackie wrapped her arm around me for comfort.
I gazed into her terror-filled eyes. This isn’t good—not good at all, I realized. I pulled her close and placed a quick kiss high on her forehead. “Don’t worry. We’ll figure this out.”
“ I’m not worried,” she said, her eyes wide, but she was a horrible liar.
“ We could probably shoot our way out of here,” Nick said. “We can open the door and take down whatever stands in our way, then make it downstairs and out a side door where there are less of them.”
“ Hmm. I kind of like it,” Jackie said. “We could lose them in the cornstalks. You know how clumsy they’d be trying to maneuver through that kind of labyrinth.”
“ Well, if we’re gonna go, it had better be now, before this place floods with them,” Claire said. “I’m sure they can smell us in here, and it’s like somebody rang the dinner bell.”
I glanced up. “She’s right. How much ammo does everyone have left? I’ve already reloaded, but still, I have about six shots left.”
“ I’ve got about five,” Lucas said, “but I also brought some extra ammo.”
“ I’m good,” Jackie said.
Claire sighed. “Me too.”
“ I have a little extra ammo too,” Nick said. “I should’ve brought more with me though.”
I squinted through a small peephole in the door. A few of our deathly adversaries stumbled around, groaning. “Looks like there’re only two or three.”
“ We can handle that,” Lucas said. “Save ammunition if you can. Plus, we don’t wanna