Chapter 3 - 7 of my Short Story (Zombie Horror Type)
I have today looked and seen what I had written for the first time in years. I am not sure I want to continue the story. I might switch and start something new. Something I can do research on. Please let me know what you think 😁
Chapter 3
Shannon sighed and tossed her head saying to herself, c’mon, c’mon! The phone kept giving a busy signal. She hung up and dialed several times, all to the same effect.
“What is going on?!” cried Shannon.
The three women crept up toward the front of the clinic where the big windows were, and the glass front doors. They could still hear clicking and thudding against the glass.
“Should we hide? We don’t want the crack heads or whatever else is out there to see us!” Tracy said in a loud whisper.
“You're right, but we should still see what the heck is out there. I will peek, you two go down the hall to one of the offices, keep trying to call 911. Something very wrong is obviously happening. Maybe see if you can find something out online.” Lucy whispered as she continued to creep towards the front of the clinic, where those awful sounds were coming from.
Lucy was scared, she really didn’t have any idea what was going on but she had full faith in the police department in Mid Haven. Lucy was friends with the police chief's wife, Monica. Monica and Lucy have been friends for years and both their kids are friends and play baseball for the school.
She peeked her head around the corner for a couple seconds. That is all that took her to grasp what was really going on. She couldn’t believe it. Her heart started to pound and she started to shake all over. She had seen the undead out of those windows. People she knew were out there. They were not people anymore. They were worse than dead. Their clothes were torn, they had blood all over them. Their eyes were a strange milky white color. The worst thing was that their lower jaws were pushed out and their teeth were chattering and clicking. Everyone had large areas of flesh missing. The scene in front of the veterinary clinic was one of pure horror.
Lucy quietly crept back down the hallway to the office to join her co-workers. Shannon and Tracy both looked up when Lucy came into the room.
“Shut the door” they both whispered. They both turned their eyes back towards Shannon’s cell phone.
“Did you get through to 911? Did you call the police department?” asked Lucy quickly.
“No, we tried a bunch of times, always busy. What did you see out there, did it look like this?” Shannon turned her phone so Lucy could see. It was someone’s home video of a crowded street in the city. People were screaming and crying. You could also hear the clicking, like the same clicking that was coming from the mouths of the people out front. All of a sudden a group of 5 people shot out from the crowd and started to snarl and click their jaws. They jumped on other people trying to get away. The people were bitten, and chewed on, sometimes eaten down to bone.
“Good God” Tracy exhaled, eyes wide with horror.
“Yes, those things are outside right now!” Lucy exclaimed. The pounding on the back door seemed to be getting louder.
“I have to go get Rory!” Lucy cried out and went to get her keys from her desk.
“No way!” cried Shannon, “I am sure he is safe at the school. I am sure there is no use calling there, but let me try.” Shannon was dialing the school. Shannon was young at age 21 and she didn’t have children. Trasy had two girls but they were grown and moved out with their own families.
“I should see about the girls too!” said Tracy. Her phone was up in reception at the desk. She grabbed the office phone off the desk next to her. The phones weren’t working. The office one or Shannon’s cell phone.
“Now what?” said Shannon.
“I really have to see if Rory is okay. I don’t know what I would do without him!” exclaimed Lucy.
“You saw these things, they will eat you!” said Shannon.
Lucy was thinking about all the guns at her house. Phil was an avid hunter and they had many firearms and a lot of ammunition in the home. What good is it over there, she thought. She was getting more frantic thinking about Rory every second. Were those monsters in the school? What was happening across town?
“I have to do something, I can’t just sit here and wait for those things to get us!” Lucy exclaimed.
“What do we do?” Shannon asked.
All of a sudden the three women heard gunshots and shouts outside the back door. They all looked at each other hopefully. All of a sudden they heard a loud knocking on the back door, someone with a gruff voice was shouting “Hello? Anyone inside?”
“Yes!” yelled Lucy, Shannon, and Tracy.
Lucy ran down the hall to grab her keys and purse from her desk. She quickly unlocked the door and the three women peeked out after opening the door a crack. The scene in front of them was something out of a movie. There were several men all dressed in black camo, helmets, kevlar vests, and all holding huge firearms. They were running around and shooting. The zombies walking and running around were immediately shot in the heads and dropped.
“C’mon! Move quickly!” One of the men shouted, waving them forward, towards an open door of a huge tan humvee. The women did not hesitate, they ran in the vehicle and jumped in.
Chapter 4
“What's happening at the school across town? My son is there!” Lucy asked one of the men sitting in the vehicle.
“There are a couple teams there now.” the man replied.
“When can we go see the kids?” Lucy asked.
“The school is in lockdown. For right this minute, no one is in or out. The school is being protected, everyone is safer in the building than out.” he said. The man had kind blue eyes, he told Lucy she would be kept up to date as to when she could reconnect with her son.
“Ok, as long as he is safe” Lucy breathed. Shannon and Tracy held their hands out and they all joined hands as tears slid down their cheeks.
“So now what do we do?” Shannon asked.
“We are searching the area for any more survivors, hopefully we find more, then we will be going to the barracks outside town.” The man quickly looked out the window, “it looks like we are almost done here.” The women looked around. There were two other people in the vehicle that were not wearing black camo. Everyone looked scared and exhausted.
“I’m Jacob Harding by the way” the man in the black camo held out his hand.
“Nice to meet you Jacob and thank you so much for saving our lives! My name is Shannon White, and this is Lucy Stevens and Tracy Matthews” Shannon said , Lucy and Tracy smiled at Jacob and nodded. The other two people in the humvee were younger men that looked to be in their mid 20s.
“My name is Trey Williams, and this is Joe Tyler.” said the bigger blonde man. Joe looked up and quickly smiled. Both men looked terrified and were shaking.
“ I am just praying that my parents are alright. They live right down the street.” Joe said. He put his hand through his longer black hair. Both Trey and Joe were wearing ripped jeans and tshirts.
“We were at the music store when this all happened” Trey explained. “We are in a band and the store had some new amps come in that we wanted to check out.”
“So who are you guys? Military?” Joe asked Jacob.
“It’s classified,” said Jacob in a clipped tone.
All of a sudden they heard a bang bang on the side of the humvee as three other men, all in the same outfit as Jacob jumped into the vehicle, one in the driver’s seat. The humvee was thrown into drive and they took off so fast the tires left deep tracks on the pavement.
“Well?” Jacob asked the man in the passenger seat.
“That’s it, no one else that wasn’t trying to eat us,” said the man back to Jacob.
The ride to the barracks was fast and violent. The vehicle stopped 5 or 6 times on the way there. Jacob’s men all jumped out, slammed the doors, and gunned down as many zombies as they could.
“I can’t believe this, we are living in a movie right now,” Joe said as he hung his head and crossed his arms over his chest.
“This ain’t no movie, “ Tracy said, snuggling closer to Lucy on the seat.
“I am just so worried about Rory,” said Lucy, she was getting teary eyed again. She hoped with all her might that the school was protected and safe.
Chapter 5
The humvee roared up the police barracks a few minutes later. The security gate opened for the vehicle to drive through and then slammed closed after they drove through. The survivors followed the armed men into the low concrete building. There were several more armed men in black camo guarding the perimeter. Lucy looked at the rest of the group with wide eyes. At least these people look like they know what they are doing, she thought. Shannon grabbed Lucy’s arm and held on tight. They followed the men into a large room with a long conference table in it. Sitting in at the head of the table sat a thin, beautiful woman with her sleek black hair cut into a sharp edged bob.
“Hello everyone,” she said in a soothing velvety voice. “I know how scared you all are. We are here to help.”
“I just need to get to my child. I need to know he is safe.” Lucy said.
“Is he at the town school? They are in lockdown. They are safe. We are in constant communication with our people there. Please try not to worry. My name is Dr. Watson, and I am working with the head of the department.”
“Thank you Dr. Watson. I am just obviously concerned with everything that is going on. “ Lucy shrugged her shoulders and her eyes started to fill with tears.
“We are here to take care of this situation. Please have full faith. We need to keep the situation contained to the immediate area,” Dr. Watson explained.
“Is this happening just here, or all over?” Shannon asked.
“As of right now, it’s just happening in a 20 mile radius. Mid Haven is the center. We are not sure how this started, but we aim to shut everything down to contain it. “ said Dr. Watson. “Would anyone like water, tea, or coffee?”
Chapter 6
Later that night, after everyone was fed a meal of soup, sandwiches, and milk, they were sent to separate male/female sleeping quarters. Everyone was exhausted, no one could sleep. Gunfire was heard off and on all night long.
The next morning, the group was bleary eyed and shuffling.
“C’mon guys, it's the end of the world! At least we are alive!” Shannon seemed unbelievably upbeat. The rest of the group grumbled some reply and continued to walk towards the mess hall in search of really strong coffee.
“There you all are! How did everyone sleep?” Dr. Watson was pouring coffee into a large travel mug.
“Any new developments?” asked Lucy.
“None. This town is where this all started from and we are very hopeful we have the situation contained.” Dr. Watson explained.
“It was the power plant wasn’t it?” asked Trey with a worried frown. “I have a lot of friends that work there.”
“It seems to be involved.” Dr. Watson said briskly as she sat down at the table. The group looked at each other uneasily.
“How far has this spread?” Trey asked.
“We aren’t sure and aren’t qualified to answer that.” Dr. Watson said. “What we are doing here is damage control. We have to stop the spread ASAP. Eat up, we are clearing the area. We are transporting the survivors to a more secure area.”
“The kids at the school too correct?” Lucy asked anxiously.
“Yes. The kids are getting bundled up now in buses. We will all meet together at our destination.” Dr. Watson said.
Chapter 7
Lucy and the group boarded the bus quickly. The bus took off with a lurch and they were off towards the meeting place. Dr. Watson called it Base Camp. It was a research facility in the small city of Fallville. The drive took them 3 hours. The sun was shining brightly but the faces of the passengers were bleary at best. Strained conversation could be heard but most of the trip was silent.
Fallville was a small city in the foothills of Monroe County, North Carolina. The road wound through thick forest and large hills. Lucy’s mind was racing, her main concerns were Rory and Phil. The phones were not working.
I really need to see Rory, Lucy thought to herself. There was no way she would get
through the day without at least seeing her son. The drive to Base Camp was beautiful. The forest was very green and lush. The trees were healthy and tall. The road was busy. A lot of people seemed to be traveling in the same direction as Lucy’s group.
“How much longer?” grumbled Shannon.
“We have about 10 minutes to go” chirped Dr. Watson. “Does anyone need anything? Bottle of water?”
“Bottle of vodka?” quipped Trey with a smirk. “We should stop at Keely’s for some liquid courage!” Keely’s was the only liquor store in town. The owners have run the store for several decades.
Lucy was sitting next to Tracy on the bus and Lucy reached over and squeezed Tracey’s hand. Both women had tears in their eyes. Lucy felt like her stomach was full of lead due to how much she was worried about Rory.
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