Surviving The Dead: Heartland Zombie Apocalypse Vol. 1 by Marty Brockschmidt
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winter freeze will give us a chance.”
The plan that was hatched was a game of cat and mouse to draw the dead away from the home improvement center. Sgt. Andrews, Cpl Byrne and by drawing the short straw Tobin, headed off in one of the jeeps ahead of the main group.
When the jeep got close to the center Sgt. Andrews gave the order, “Make some noise.” and pressed down on the jeeps horn.
The dead turned to the sounds of gunshots and blaring car horn and moved in mass towards the jeep. By the time the sergeant put the jeep into gear and began to move the herd away the dead were advancing from the other direction causing Blade to use the 50 caliber machine gun to rip open a hole. Once clear they began leading the combined herds to a park near the center of town.
Once they were close to the park Tobin began turning on a collection of CD players that they had grabbed from the mall. When they hit the park, Sgt. Andrews slowed enough to let Tobin hop out with the bag of CD players. As Tobin ran behind the jeep, dropping CD players as he went, Blade fired at any of the dead getting to close to Tobin. Despite Blades best efforts the dead were getting real tight by the time Tobin dropped the last CD player and dove back in the jeep.
On the streets things got worse. There were so many dead on the street there was no way to drive through them and they would melt the barrels of their guns before shooting their way through. The dead were converging on the jeep and Sgt. Andrews frantically looked for a way out.
Suddenly Blade tapped the sergeant on the shoulder, “Boss over there.”
“Make a hole Corporal.”, Andrews replied.
Blade turned the machine gun and shot out one of the floor to ceiling windows of the nearby courthouse. Sergeant Andrews mashed the accelerator and drove the jeep up the steps and through the shattered window. The jeep smashed its way through the lobby as Blade shot out the window on the other side. For good measure Blade dropped a couple of grenades behind as they exited.
With the way clear they made their way back to the home store where the rest of the group had finished clearing the stragglers. It was an indoor lumberyard and they knew it was going to pitch black inside. The generator they had brought to power lights was a significant concern to Sgt. Andrews.
“Slinger your with the genny, as muffled as it is, it will draw the dead like moths to a flame. Drop em before they get close. You make the call if it looks like we could get overrun.”, Andrews commanded.
The sergeant turned to Blade, “Corporal get the men we'll go in first bring in the lights and make sure its clear inside. Mister Gant here will assign each squad a list of materials to secure. When we send the squads in I'll assign each of you to keep eyes on the squad, make sure they all get out alive.”
Sgt. Andrews and Blade took up positions behind the two privates and Mac popped the lock on the big roll-up loading dock. With a nod from the sergeant Mac pushed up the door and stepped out of the way. Tobin without realizing it was holding his breath anticipating a flood of dead to come out. The flood lights aimed in the doorway gave evidence of an initial all clear and the soldiers made their way slowly inside, trailing out extension cords as they went. The trucks got into their predetermined positions for loading and the squads nervously waited for the soldiers to return.
After what felt like an eternity, but in reality was about ten minutes the soldiers returned. Blade was suspiciously wiping off his knife before sheathing it. Sgt. Andrews took a moment to speak with Joe Gant while pointing to a scavenged store map. When he finished talking with Joe the sergeant called the squads to attention in preparation to talking to them.
“I'm calling it clear in there, but we did take out two Dee's. Its a big place inside with
The plan that was hatched was a game of cat and mouse to draw the dead away from the home improvement center. Sgt. Andrews, Cpl Byrne and by drawing the short straw Tobin, headed off in one of the jeeps ahead of the main group.
When the jeep got close to the center Sgt. Andrews gave the order, “Make some noise.” and pressed down on the jeeps horn.
The dead turned to the sounds of gunshots and blaring car horn and moved in mass towards the jeep. By the time the sergeant put the jeep into gear and began to move the herd away the dead were advancing from the other direction causing Blade to use the 50 caliber machine gun to rip open a hole. Once clear they began leading the combined herds to a park near the center of town.
Once they were close to the park Tobin began turning on a collection of CD players that they had grabbed from the mall. When they hit the park, Sgt. Andrews slowed enough to let Tobin hop out with the bag of CD players. As Tobin ran behind the jeep, dropping CD players as he went, Blade fired at any of the dead getting to close to Tobin. Despite Blades best efforts the dead were getting real tight by the time Tobin dropped the last CD player and dove back in the jeep.
On the streets things got worse. There were so many dead on the street there was no way to drive through them and they would melt the barrels of their guns before shooting their way through. The dead were converging on the jeep and Sgt. Andrews frantically looked for a way out.
Suddenly Blade tapped the sergeant on the shoulder, “Boss over there.”
“Make a hole Corporal.”, Andrews replied.
Blade turned the machine gun and shot out one of the floor to ceiling windows of the nearby courthouse. Sergeant Andrews mashed the accelerator and drove the jeep up the steps and through the shattered window. The jeep smashed its way through the lobby as Blade shot out the window on the other side. For good measure Blade dropped a couple of grenades behind as they exited.
With the way clear they made their way back to the home store where the rest of the group had finished clearing the stragglers. It was an indoor lumberyard and they knew it was going to pitch black inside. The generator they had brought to power lights was a significant concern to Sgt. Andrews.
“Slinger your with the genny, as muffled as it is, it will draw the dead like moths to a flame. Drop em before they get close. You make the call if it looks like we could get overrun.”, Andrews commanded.
The sergeant turned to Blade, “Corporal get the men we'll go in first bring in the lights and make sure its clear inside. Mister Gant here will assign each squad a list of materials to secure. When we send the squads in I'll assign each of you to keep eyes on the squad, make sure they all get out alive.”
Sgt. Andrews and Blade took up positions behind the two privates and Mac popped the lock on the big roll-up loading dock. With a nod from the sergeant Mac pushed up the door and stepped out of the way. Tobin without realizing it was holding his breath anticipating a flood of dead to come out. The flood lights aimed in the doorway gave evidence of an initial all clear and the soldiers made their way slowly inside, trailing out extension cords as they went. The trucks got into their predetermined positions for loading and the squads nervously waited for the soldiers to return.
After what felt like an eternity, but in reality was about ten minutes the soldiers returned. Blade was suspiciously wiping off his knife before sheathing it. Sgt. Andrews took a moment to speak with Joe Gant while pointing to a scavenged store map. When he finished talking with Joe the sergeant called the squads to attention in preparation to talking to them.
“I'm calling it clear in there, but we did take out two Dee's. Its a big place inside with
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