ZOMBIES: "Chronicles of the Dead": A Zombie Novel by Will Lemen Read Free Book Online Page B

already turned his gun on the second zombie, which had now turned and taken one staggering step in his direction. He again began to rapidly fire his weapon.
    Two more shots rang out, the first one hitting the zombie in the neck and the second one boring its way through the garage door that was quickly on its way down.
    Lowering his rifle, Jacob said. "I think I got both of them, but that second shot, I don't know."
    With my heart pounding, I said. "Billy, make sure that door is locked, we don't know what those thing are capable of."
    "Got it," Billy said, as he jiggled the latch. "They’re all over the place," he said, as he once more tested the door lock.
    Little did we know it at the time, just how much of an understatement that was.
    While Jacob had been dispatching the two zombies, his gunfire had drawn the attention of other zombies in the neighborhood, and they too were now descending upon our home.
    "Holy shit," I shouted. "That wasn't good; Jacob you almost got bit, we all almost got bit! That was stupid!" I said, disgusted with myself.
    "I've always told you boys, laziness will cause you pain. We were so intent on grabbing our guns, and planning how to get the gas out of the van, that we overlooked the obvious," I said sternly, scolding myself more than anyone else, and thinking " so much for making it up as I go."
    "We should have taken the time to gather more intelligence; we should have looked out the front window. From now on we've got to be much more careful; we've got to think things through a little more." Only this time thinking, " we, meaning me !"
    With that said, we began to formulate a new plan.
    "We're going to forget about filling that third gas can, we'll take it with us, but from the looks of things, we're going to have enough problems just getting the boat out," I said, my heart still racing from the shock of the near fatal encounter we had just experienced.
    “Jacob, go see what your mother is doing, we need everybody out here."
    “Okay dad, I'll tell her,” Jacob said, as he hurried back into the house.
    “Billy, crank up the trailer hitch about a foot, once the garage door is opened again, we don't want to be out in the open any longer than we have to be," I said. “And check the tire pressure on the trailer; we can't afford to have a flat tire on the way to the river. I'm going to oil those squeaky wheels on the door, no point in announcing we're coming out.”
    Billy was eighteen when this all started, a typical teenage boy, cars, girls, and texting was his main concern, but fishing was still high on his list of things to do. Therefore, I tasked him with gathering up all of the fishing equipment that we might need on our journey.
    "And put your fishing stuff in the boat, we don't want to forget that," I said, knowing that he would make sure that we had all the fishing gear we would need to help us survive in this new apocalyptic world.
    "I'm going in and see what’s taking your mother so long; she’s probably packing way too much stuff,” I said, as I glanced into the boat, and quickly realized how little room for supplies there was.
    “What’s going on in here Gin?” I asked, trying to sound confident that everything was going to be fine.
    “We're packing things, like you said to,” she answered, speaking with a hint of sarcasm.
    "I said grab a few things we might have missed, not pack the whole house!"
    Looking at me sheepishly, she said, "I know, but everywhere I look, I see something we missed."
    “All right," I said. "But some of that stuff we don't need and don't have room for, like all those pillows."
    "We're going to need pillows! How are we supposed to sleep without pillows?"
    "Okay, we'll take as much as we can, but remember, the boat is only fifteen feet long. I guess we can always throw something overboard if we need more room,” I murmured as I turned away.
    Now the sarcasm in her voice was more pronounced.
    “Okay honey," she said.
    “This is going to be more fun