pulled out of the car park and headed south in the general direction of York and the supposed safety of the bunker.
Chapter Twenty
Travelling for the first two hours was interesting to say the least. The A.P.C seemed to climb over or bull through nearly all of the obstacles that we came across, after those first two hours it became boring. As the light faded we started to look for any out of the way place to park up for the night. As we passed a small town something caught my eye and I had to take a second look, on the outskirts there was a multi-storey car park.
“Chris there’s a multi-storey over there near that shopping centre, it might be the most secure place round here.” I said pointing out of my side.
“Might be the only place round here and if we can get up on the top we’ll be ok.” He said turning the wheel toward the town.
After an hour of pushing cars out the way with the A.P.C we pulled up outside the entrance. It looked like it might be a tight fit getting in and the speed bumps going in didn’t help. Jay clambered out the rear and jogged to the stair well and shined his torch into the dark. He turned and headed back our way when a crawling infected grabbed his ankle and pulled him to the ground. Chris’ door was up against the wall and there was no way he was going to get out that way. I jumped between the seats and grabbed the axe from behind him and jumped out of the back. I hit the ground running and how I didn’t land on my face I don’t know. I was already raising the axe for the swing and had it moving just as I came up beside Jay. His eyes widened and I could see what was going through his mind as clear as day ‘He’s going to fucking kill me!’ his expression said. The axe seemed to take forever in the arc that ended with it taking half the infected head off. The green and red gore spilled out over the floor near Jay. His look of shock seemed to drain away as he rolled away as quickly as he could. Standing there breathing hard I looked down and saw that the creature must have been old when he died. His skin was wrinkled and cover in liver spots, his nose stood out as the next major feature it was what my mother used to call a strawberry. The other thing that stood out was the reason it had been a crawler, he had no legs from his knees down and I don’t mean that they had been eaten, they just weren’t there. You could see a large bite on his cheek which had ripped enough skin and tissue away to reveal his jaw bone and eye socket. I sighed at the thought of this old man being eaten whilst sat in a wheelchair that really was a nasty way to die. I headed back to the A.P.C and sat on the tailgate watching the light fade and the stars slowly come out. I heard Jay walking over before I saw him and looked over, he had his head down and looked to be dragging his feet.
He stopped in front of me and cleared his throat “Look Marc…”
“Jay don’t worry about it.” I turned to climb into the back and his hand caught my arm.
“Fuck sake Marc, I’m trying to say thank you.” He said looking angry.
“Really because you looked like you thought I was going to kill you just then.” I said turning to look him in the eye.
He looked at the ground and said “Yeah, I did think you were going to punch my ticket. Look I made a mistake about you, ok? When you first told us about the lab and you’re accidentally letting that infected cat loose. Well let’s just say I blamed you for all of this, and I don’t think I would have come to your aid if that had been you. And I don’t think I would have lost a moments sleep about it, but you didn’t even hesitate in killing that thing. So I would like to say I’m sorry and apologise about being such a twat.”
He stuck his hand out toward me and I looked at it, then looked him in the eye and reached out and took it.
“Look there isn’t a day that goes by when I
Chapter Twenty
Travelling for the first two hours was interesting to say the least. The A.P.C seemed to climb over or bull through nearly all of the obstacles that we came across, after those first two hours it became boring. As the light faded we started to look for any out of the way place to park up for the night. As we passed a small town something caught my eye and I had to take a second look, on the outskirts there was a multi-storey car park.
“Chris there’s a multi-storey over there near that shopping centre, it might be the most secure place round here.” I said pointing out of my side.
“Might be the only place round here and if we can get up on the top we’ll be ok.” He said turning the wheel toward the town.
After an hour of pushing cars out the way with the A.P.C we pulled up outside the entrance. It looked like it might be a tight fit getting in and the speed bumps going in didn’t help. Jay clambered out the rear and jogged to the stair well and shined his torch into the dark. He turned and headed back our way when a crawling infected grabbed his ankle and pulled him to the ground. Chris’ door was up against the wall and there was no way he was going to get out that way. I jumped between the seats and grabbed the axe from behind him and jumped out of the back. I hit the ground running and how I didn’t land on my face I don’t know. I was already raising the axe for the swing and had it moving just as I came up beside Jay. His eyes widened and I could see what was going through his mind as clear as day ‘He’s going to fucking kill me!’ his expression said. The axe seemed to take forever in the arc that ended with it taking half the infected head off. The green and red gore spilled out over the floor near Jay. His look of shock seemed to drain away as he rolled away as quickly as he could. Standing there breathing hard I looked down and saw that the creature must have been old when he died. His skin was wrinkled and cover in liver spots, his nose stood out as the next major feature it was what my mother used to call a strawberry. The other thing that stood out was the reason it had been a crawler, he had no legs from his knees down and I don’t mean that they had been eaten, they just weren’t there. You could see a large bite on his cheek which had ripped enough skin and tissue away to reveal his jaw bone and eye socket. I sighed at the thought of this old man being eaten whilst sat in a wheelchair that really was a nasty way to die. I headed back to the A.P.C and sat on the tailgate watching the light fade and the stars slowly come out. I heard Jay walking over before I saw him and looked over, he had his head down and looked to be dragging his feet.
He stopped in front of me and cleared his throat “Look Marc…”
“Jay don’t worry about it.” I turned to climb into the back and his hand caught my arm.
“Fuck sake Marc, I’m trying to say thank you.” He said looking angry.
“Really because you looked like you thought I was going to kill you just then.” I said turning to look him in the eye.
He looked at the ground and said “Yeah, I did think you were going to punch my ticket. Look I made a mistake about you, ok? When you first told us about the lab and you’re accidentally letting that infected cat loose. Well let’s just say I blamed you for all of this, and I don’t think I would have come to your aid if that had been you. And I don’t think I would have lost a moments sleep about it, but you didn’t even hesitate in killing that thing. So I would like to say I’m sorry and apologise about being such a twat.”
He stuck his hand out toward me and I looked at it, then looked him in the eye and reached out and took it.
“Look there isn’t a day that goes by when I
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