to move back
in a hurry.”
“ I’ll climb up this truck
and be the eyes in the sky,” Chung-Hee said, hopping into the bed
of a pick up truck and then onto its cab.
Eddie stood on the edge of the road
looking off, “Damn. It is really steep. And looks like a few folks
gave it a shot before rolling over.”
Jon-Jon surveyed the area and took in
the vehicles that had ventured off road. They indeed rolled due to
the incline, but maybe they were going to fast or turning to
sharply he thought for a moment.
“ Maybe if we drove down
straight and into that gulley.” Frankie pointed out.
“ Yeah, the brush doesn’t
look to thick over there and the land levels out a bit. Then we
might be able to follow it through and bypass the
congestion.”
“ Let’s just hope we can get
back on the road at some point.”
“ So long as we keep moving
forward we should be able to.”
“ Hey guys,” Chung-Hee
yelled, “we got company.”
Scott jogged over to Chung-Hee and
hopped up onto the truck with him. “Shit. We got a lot of
company!”
Judy ran over to her husband. Concern,
worry, and fear all blended together into one expression across her
plain, yet attractive, face.
“ We need to
move!”
“ Where are they coming
from?” Frankie yelled out.
“ They’re coming from the
brush on the other side. A few dozen of them. Too many for us to
take on.”
“ Jon, can you lead us down
there?”
“ What choice do we have?
We’re going to have to back up a touch to get around these cars to
get over there,” Jon-Jon said as they began to hurry back toward
the vehicles.
“ Hey, Abdul, you’re gonna
have to back up and lead us around, okay?”
“ Sure.”
“ Let’s go! Let’s go!”
Jon-Jon yelled.
Scott and Chung-Hee jumped down,
racing back to their vehicles. Judy grabbed Scott’s hand and pulled
him to a run.
Abdul spun his truck around. The dead
were mere yards away and could be seen as clear as day on the road
now. He drove closer to them causing Carrie to scream at him. If
she weren’t so annoying he’d have enjoyed her growing anxiety. He
turned the truck sharply and headed over to the side of the road. A
small sedan was in the way of an otherwise relatively clear path to
the other side.
“ Hold on tight.”
“ You’re not
going--”
Abdul slammed on the gas and sped
forward, hitting the sedan hard enough and at such an angle that is
pushed the car to the side and only cost them a bumpy ride and a
headlight.
“ You’re fucking crazy,”
Carrie screamed, “you almost gave me a heart attack!”
“ Would you rather a heart
attack, or having your skin ripped off by those things we just
passed? Well?”
He took the truck down the side of the
road. The incline was steep and the truck went down fast. The ride
was bumpy and Carrie bitched and moaned the entire way down. Abdul
hit his head on the ceiling at one point and as they reached the
bottom he almost steered into a tree.
Scott and Judy were right behind them,
bumping up and down just as much. Abdul moved his truck away just
in time as Scott and Judy began to fish tail right into them. They
hit the tree that Abdul almost had, but only barely.
Jon-Jon held the van at the top of the
road till Scott turned the vehicle the right way around and
followed Abdul through the level patch of land. The dead were
clawing at the back of the van now and moving up its
sides.
“ Go! Go now!” Dawn
screamed, as she stared at them through the rearview
mirror.
“ All right, all
right!”
Jon-Jon gave the van just enough gas
to start down the slope and once the van was on it, it bounced
quickly and violently down.
“ Hold on tight!”
The van dipped so hard forward from
one of the bumps near the bottom that the front bumper caught and
dug into the earth, crunching under the weight of the van as it
tipped end of over end, landing on its roof and partially crashing
into the tree that Scott had barely hit, crushing the rear doors
rendering them
in a hurry.”
“ I’ll climb up this truck
and be the eyes in the sky,” Chung-Hee said, hopping into the bed
of a pick up truck and then onto its cab.
Eddie stood on the edge of the road
looking off, “Damn. It is really steep. And looks like a few folks
gave it a shot before rolling over.”
Jon-Jon surveyed the area and took in
the vehicles that had ventured off road. They indeed rolled due to
the incline, but maybe they were going to fast or turning to
sharply he thought for a moment.
“ Maybe if we drove down
straight and into that gulley.” Frankie pointed out.
“ Yeah, the brush doesn’t
look to thick over there and the land levels out a bit. Then we
might be able to follow it through and bypass the
congestion.”
“ Let’s just hope we can get
back on the road at some point.”
“ So long as we keep moving
forward we should be able to.”
“ Hey guys,” Chung-Hee
yelled, “we got company.”
Scott jogged over to Chung-Hee and
hopped up onto the truck with him. “Shit. We got a lot of
company!”
Judy ran over to her husband. Concern,
worry, and fear all blended together into one expression across her
plain, yet attractive, face.
“ We need to
move!”
“ Where are they coming
from?” Frankie yelled out.
“ They’re coming from the
brush on the other side. A few dozen of them. Too many for us to
take on.”
“ Jon, can you lead us down
there?”
“ What choice do we have?
We’re going to have to back up a touch to get around these cars to
get over there,” Jon-Jon said as they began to hurry back toward
the vehicles.
“ Hey, Abdul, you’re gonna
have to back up and lead us around, okay?”
“ Sure.”
“ Let’s go! Let’s go!”
Jon-Jon yelled.
Scott and Chung-Hee jumped down,
racing back to their vehicles. Judy grabbed Scott’s hand and pulled
him to a run.
Abdul spun his truck around. The dead
were mere yards away and could be seen as clear as day on the road
now. He drove closer to them causing Carrie to scream at him. If
she weren’t so annoying he’d have enjoyed her growing anxiety. He
turned the truck sharply and headed over to the side of the road. A
small sedan was in the way of an otherwise relatively clear path to
the other side.
“ Hold on tight.”
“ You’re not
going--”
Abdul slammed on the gas and sped
forward, hitting the sedan hard enough and at such an angle that is
pushed the car to the side and only cost them a bumpy ride and a
headlight.
“ You’re fucking crazy,”
Carrie screamed, “you almost gave me a heart attack!”
“ Would you rather a heart
attack, or having your skin ripped off by those things we just
passed? Well?”
He took the truck down the side of the
road. The incline was steep and the truck went down fast. The ride
was bumpy and Carrie bitched and moaned the entire way down. Abdul
hit his head on the ceiling at one point and as they reached the
bottom he almost steered into a tree.
Scott and Judy were right behind them,
bumping up and down just as much. Abdul moved his truck away just
in time as Scott and Judy began to fish tail right into them. They
hit the tree that Abdul almost had, but only barely.
Jon-Jon held the van at the top of the
road till Scott turned the vehicle the right way around and
followed Abdul through the level patch of land. The dead were
clawing at the back of the van now and moving up its
sides.
“ Go! Go now!” Dawn
screamed, as she stared at them through the rearview
mirror.
“ All right, all
right!”
Jon-Jon gave the van just enough gas
to start down the slope and once the van was on it, it bounced
quickly and violently down.
“ Hold on tight!”
The van dipped so hard forward from
one of the bumps near the bottom that the front bumper caught and
dug into the earth, crunching under the weight of the van as it
tipped end of over end, landing on its roof and partially crashing
into the tree that Scott had barely hit, crushing the rear doors
rendering them
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