“Come on, shoot it!” Narvaez yelled.
Bates raised his shotgun and fired, obliterating half of the zombie’s head as it reached toward him. The body toppled over onto its back and lay still.
Bates looked back at Reese. “So are we going in, or are we waiting for them to come to us?” he asked. His voice was calm, almost conversational.
Reese regarded the closed doors before them. He swallowed, even though his mouth felt devoid of even a droplet of spit.
“Let’s go and kick some zombie ass,” he said. With that, he advanced toward the doors, shotgun held at ready. Bates moved beside him, and Reese could hear the footfalls of the Guardsmen behind him. Without asking if anyone was ready, he reached out with one hand and pulled open one of the doors. The zombies were already massing on the other side, having finished with the security guard they’d taken down earlier.
As if of one mind, they surged toward Reese like a fetid tide of rot, hissing and moaning.
TO BE CONTINUED
Table of Contents
Title Page
1. Single Tree, California
2. Las Vegas, Nevada
3. Los Angeles, California
4. Single Tree, California
5. Los Angeles, California
6. Single Tree, California
7. On the Road, California
8. Los Angeles, California
9. Single Tree, California
10. Los Angeles, California
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