Dead & Alive (Book 1): Survive by I.J. Smith Read Free Book Online Page B

told him. Frank stood silent, “Frank, we don’t have time for this,” Jack continued to say. Still Frank did not move Jack grabbed him by his survival vest, pulling him closer. “MOVE!” Jack shouted.
    Frank started to move, as they run towards the museum a group of five zombies got in their way. Jack was low on ammo and could not risk attracting more to their location. Jack pulled his knife out and rushed into the first one, stabbing the Zombie under the jaw and forcing the blade up into its brain. Frank raised his gun and started shooting.
    Jack looked annoyed, but it was too late, he pushed another Zombie to the ground and stamped on its face, he stamped his foot three times crushing the skull into the ground.  Frank took care of the other three with his gun.
    Bray reached the side of the museum building; looking along at the windows, he could see they were all covered and secured with wood. Along with the others, he ran along the side of the building.
    All that could be seen was that all the windows and doors had been boarded, as he took another step sound of his footstep changed. Looking down, he was now standing on metal. It was a locked hatchway to the basement of the building.
    “Here,” he told the others.
    Elle, Josh and the kids joined him, “This is our best option,” Bray told them. Josh let go of Elle and went to help Bray. Looking at the padlock, Josh pulled out a small bolt cutter from his vest, breaking the lock he looked at Bray. Together they struggled to pull the metal doors open; they obviously had not been opened in a long time. Finally, the hinges cracked and they opened, Bray was first to go down the steps into the dark, he had his gun raised and once below turned on his torch, which was connected to his gun.
    Looking around the basement, he noticed nothing but old furniture and papers everywhere. “Clear,” he shouted up.
    The kids went down, Elle then struggled down. “Wait Jack and Frank,” she said to Josh.
    “Just go, I will wait here for them,” Josh told her. Josh stood at the top watching for the others, he heard a noise from the right, and he turned in time to see Jack stabbing a Zombie in the head. Frank also appeared, firing his gun at the dead following them.
      They both ran towards Josh, “DOWN HERE!” Josh shouted.
    Frank was first to arrive and quickly went down the steps to the basement. Josh started shooting at the Zombie who was now approaching. Jack jumped into basement not even taking a step. Josh ran down behind him, pulling the doors shut behind him.
    Bray held a torch up so Josh could see. With metal doors now shut, Josh was holding them down when Jack came over to him with a long metal bar. Together they pulled it through the handles of the door to secure it. It worked and nothing could get in and they heard the zombies walking over the metal doors.
    They lit the room with their torches. Looking around the room, there were two doors, one was boarded up and secured, and the other closed.
    “Before we go inside, somebody wants to tell me who those guys were out there,” Jack asked.
    Frank was sitting in a corner on his own with a guilty look on his face and did not reply.
    “No clue, they just crept up on us. They did know the kids though,” Josh abruptly told Jack. Bray looked in anger at Josh.
    Jack noticed the look on Brays face, “OK...OK. It’s not the time to fight amongst ourselves,” Jack told them, noticing the rising tension between them.
    Elle was sitting with the kids as Jack approached them. “Clare, I need to know who those people were?” he asked her carefully
    . Clare was scared, but after saving her brother and then again saving them outside the museum, she knew he could trust him.
    “They work for the soldiers,” she told him.
    Elle put her arm around Clare to comfort her, “What do they do for the soldiers?” Elle asked.
    “They make sure we all work, find food, and make sure the men are happy,” she started to cry.
    Jack also