Zombies! Episode 2 - Abby's Bad Day Read Online Free PDF

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crack. She didn't even try to block it. One of the tennis balls
popped off the end and landed on the floor without so much as a
bounce. Jane's head snapped sideways and she staggered but didn't
fall. Peter didn't hesitate. He brought the cane in with a
backhanded swing and this time hit Karl in the head. The exposed
foot of the cane caught Karl under the eye, scraped up over the
cheek bone, and pushed into the socket. There was a nauseating
squelch that Peter felt more than heard as the dislocated eye was
pushed aside and deeper into the skull. Optic juice, pinked by
blood, began to collect in the well of the socket and dribble out
over the side.
     
    "Keep your distance," Abby said to him. Marie
was on her feet now. "Start backing up."
     
    Sven was stirring now, his head up and
sniffing for meat.
     
    Three more whacks with the cane, one for Jane
and two for Karl, and Peter began to tire. He floundered a moment
and Karl took hold of the cane with his left hand. He tugged on it
and Peter lost his grip. Certainly the zombie didn't recognize the
significance of it as a weapon and yet he didn't let go of it. His
arm dropped to his side and he dragged it along behind him.
     
    "Time to go," Abby said to Peter.
     
    He nodded, turned, and ran.
     
    ***
     
    " WHERE'D they go?" Heron asked. He'd
missed all of the action while involved in his short conversation
with Mancina. It was difficult to see certain parts of the room
because of the angle.
     
    "They ran off to the left," Mancina said.
"They probably went into an exam room."
     
    There were three zombies now, Heron noticed.
The security guard who'd been practically devoured was on his feet
now. This was really starting to look like a horror movie. The
first zombie, the guy from the gym, was in pretty good shape but
had a vicious wound to the eye. He hadn't had it a moment ago but
he was holding a cane with bloody feet. That looked like a suspect
weapon. The nurse was worse off, the blood on her neck still
dribbling out of the wound. Her head was angled oddly. And finally
there was the poor security guard, Sven. Sven had been eaten alive.
His arm was chewed clear through to the bone and there were gaping
wounds in his belly and legs. Heron was surprised there was enough
left to animate. Of course, the head was intact and that seemed to
be all they needed.
     
    They were moving off to Heron's left,
shambling as a group toward the examination rooms. They didn't take
any notice of the men behind the glass, focused entirely on the
food that had gotten away from them.
     
    Then Heron noticed that the woman was
missing. The one who'd been bitten. The survivors must have taken
her with them.
     
    "Is there another way out of there?" Heron
asked Mancina. The zombies had collected around the door to the
first exam room. Jane had made it first and was pushing on the door
with both hands. Karl came up right behind her and began to jerk on
the doorknob.
     
    "Even if the ER wasn't locked down, those
rooms are small and only have one door," Mancina said. "Do you
think those things can get in there?"
     
    Heron thought about Lucia and Zoe Koplowitz,
undead in their apartment. Who knew how long they had been
there?
    "We need to get them out. Is there a way to
override the lockdown?"
     
    Macina hesitated. "A lockdown is generally
supposed to last twelve hours to be assured…"
     
    "That's not what I asked you."
     
    Clearing his throat, Mancina said, "There are
override codes. I need to make a call."
     
    "Then do that. Is there a phone in that exam
room, some way I can get in touch with those people?" Heron
asked.
     
    Mancina nodded, moving over to an extension
and dialing. Heron snatched the phone from him and waited for the
answer. He didn't have to wait long.
     
    "Hello. Hello!" It was a woman's voice.
     
    Heron identified himself. "Who's this
please?"
     
    "Dr. Veronica Leke. I'm the chief resident in
the ER. Are you at the hospital?"
     
    "I'm right outside the ER," Heron