The Renegades 2 Aftermath (A Post Apocalyptic Zombie Thriller) by Jack Hunt Read Free Book Online Page A

right at the edge. One more step and I would have fallen into a pit of snarling Z’s. There had to be over two hundred gnashing their teeth. Among them were fresh dead, their bodies barely decayed. No doubt they’d been killed that night. Most of the dead were missing body parts. Jaws hanging loose, stomachs torn out, and blood gushing from their mouths.
    “Holy shit, they need a makeover,” Baja said.
    Dax swept the light over their faces.
    “Do you see her?”
    “She’s not down there,” he said. Ralphie just stared down, mesmerized by the Z’s.
    Caitlin remained silent.
    “What do you think?” I asked Dax.
    “Everyone out.” He grabbed hold of me. “Johnny, take Ralphie and Baja up to the house. Caitlin can stay with me. See if you can spot his sister. Don’t go in. The first sign of trouble you get out of there.” Dax tossed me his assault rifle.
    “Roger that. What are you doing to do?”
    “Just go. I’ll follow in a moment.”
    I led the way. I turned back briefly to see Dax taking out of a bag a large glass bottle of massage oil from the store. What the fuck? I knew he was a kinky bastard but offering a full body massage to a Z? I shook my head and kept running towards the house.
    “Dude, we’re never going to find her in there,” Baja said. “She’s probably doggy chow by now.”
    “Shut the hell up!” Ralphie shot back.
    We were just getting close to the house when a few bullets snapped past our heads. That was followed by floodlights turning on. No doubt powered by a generator. Immediately after the sound of a tornado siren began. It was so loud we could barely hear ourselves think.
    “You think they could have bought a louder one?” Baja laughed, turning around and bolting.
    I yanked Ralphie’s arm. “Let’s go.”
    “No, my sister.”
    “It’s not happening, man. I’m sorry.”
    “Ralphie,” The faint sound of a girl’s scream cut into the noise.
    Ralphie looked back, his eyes widened, and his jaw dropped. “There she is.”
    Isaac was standing outside the house. With the floodlight on we could see him clearly. He had a knife up to her throat. The siren turned off.
    “I told you what I would do if you ran again.”
    Ralphie’s eyes bulged in his head. Then, without missing a beat Isaac sliced the girl from ear to ear, blood gushed, and she dropped to his feet.
    “NO!” Ralphie screamed. Isaac licked his hand that was covered in blood.
    I grabbed a hold of Ralphie, but he pulled back. “Get off.”
    Before I had time to think he’d grabbed the assault rifle from me and began firing wildly at the house.
    “Johnny. Let’s go.” Dax was a short distance from the barn. A trail of fire was making its way towards it. I turned back and grabbed Ralphie with both hands yanking him back. He was resisting but I think he knew that there was little we could do now. There were far more of them than us. The light in the second farmhouse went on and men were pouring out with weapons.
    “Move it.” I pushed him forward. My legs and chest were killing me. We jumped over the line of fire that was snaking its way to the barn. Bullets were snapping as we returned fire all the while running into the darkness of the night, hoping that it would offer cover.
    As we were rushing down the hill, we saw more Z’s coming out of the tree line. A few of the fast ones took some of their people down. Now their fight was with the dead.
    A pair of lights flashed on. We heard the rumble of the engine. The others had found the truck. It was stationed just at the edge of the road, idling. The door swung open, the interior light inside illuminated Jess and the rest. Right then behind us was a mighty explosion. An inferno raged and a fireball flew up into the air. It was followed by an even bigger one. I looked back for a second and saw those attempting to put out the fire were being overrun by Z’s coming out of the forest.
    We hopped the fence and dived into the truck. The back wheels spun wildly in