Zombies: The Black Rock (4 page)

Lisa
gave him a stern glance and mouthed, ‘don’t frighten the
woman!’

‘
We
have children out here,’ said Natasha, pushing Colt out the
way. ‘Please let them in.’

A
second later and the metallic sound of bolts and locks being
retracted reached their ears. The large vault-like door opened
slowly, giving just enough room for a single person to get through.
‘Go!’ Colt stood still, making sure every single man,
woman and child got into the safe room before heading in himself. The
room was a large open room, like a ward in a hospital. There was
another vault at the far end of the room and four side rooms. Cots
lined the walls, running parallel with one another. In the far corner
were crates of supplies, which included food, medical and weapons.
There was also a makeshift kitchen with a sink and cooker. Two small
children were sat playing with dolls on a cot in the middle of the
room. A man was curled up, mumbling to himself at the far end but
stood by the door was a beautiful red-haired woman wearing combat
trousers and a white tank top. Every single man’s jaw hung open
at the sight of her. Saying she was hot was an understatement. She
had curves that made your mouth water.

***

‘
Bishop,
why are they after us?’ asked Beth.

‘
I
don’t know.’ He pistol whipped a zombie in the face,
dislocating its jaw. A half-rotten corpse stumbled out the side room
but was put down by a pistol grip to the skull. Bishop pushed on,
stepping over chewed up bodies. A deep frown creased his brow. Why
were the zombies turning on him? They were not supposed to go after
their own kind.

‘
Come
to me...’ said a voice in his head.

‘
Did
you hear that?’ asked Beth.

‘
Yeah,’
he sighed.

‘
What
is it?’

‘
I
don’t know.’

He
stepped into a small office, checked behind the door, just to make
sure it was empty of his fellow undead and then closed the door. A
filing cabinet was rocked and tugged away from the wall and shoved in
front of the door. It wasn’t going to stop a determined horde,
but it would give them some protection from anyone trying to get into
the room. At least here he would be able to gather his thoughts
before making his move. Something weird was happening here. And he
didn’t fancy his chances against a horde of undead.

***

‘
You
bunch of fucking pricks,’ cursed Python, as the zombies shoved
him down to the ground. He slid through the sludge on the floor and
slipped down a slope. A strange yellow mist covered the landscape.
Python struggled to get back up onto his wooden leg. It took a great
deal of effort and a lot of balancing. He pulled a handgun from a
holster on his hip. The barrel was pointed towards the mass of
zombies. They were just stood there, watching him. There were
hundreds of them. All eyes were locked onto him, but they were doing
absolutely nothing. They just blocked off his path back to the base.

A
whoosh of wind rushed behind him.

Python
spun around.

Nothing
was there.

He
looked up at the towering black rock. He was stood directly under it.

Another
whoosh of air blew by him.

Python
spun back to face the zombies.

‘
What
in the fucking world...?’

He
looked up at the fifteen-foot black beast. It was stood on two
insect-like legs. Ooze dripped from its black skin. It smiled a
sickening smile, revealing a mouth full of thousands of small fangs.
It was like looking into the face of a devil. Python took aim, but
before he could squeeze the trigger the alien monster was on him. Its
mouth opened three foot wide, almost as if it was casting out a net.
It moved with frightening speed. In a blink of an eye, it bit off
Python’s upper torso, removing everything from the solar plexus
up. Blood spewed everywhere, as what was left of his body dropped
into the mud with a squelch. The alien lifted its head up, chomping
and gulping, as it swallowed Python down.

***

Levi
walked over to Sheridan’s cot and handed up a cup of tea. He
wasn’t trying to hide the fact that he was attracted to her.
There was something about black women that always got his blood
going. It helped that Sheridan had nice curves, big tits and wore
tight t-shirt. The two of them often enjoyed each other’s
company. Levi always jumped at the chance to get her alone.

‘
Thanks,’
she said, greeting him with a welcoming smile.

‘
Do
you mind?’ he gestured to the space on her cot.

‘
Be
my guest.’

He
sat down beside her. He caught sight of Natasha sitting on the far
side of the room, giving them evils.

‘
What’s
her problem?’ he asked.

‘
You
wouldn’t believe me if I told you.’

‘
Try
me,’ he replied. ‘The woman is always talking trash about
you and giving you dirty looks.’

‘
She
had an affair with my husband.’

‘
Oh.
I’m sorry to hear that.’

‘
Don’t
worry. He was a womanising dickhead.’

‘
If
she had an affair with him, why does she hate you?’

‘
I
think it’s because I murdered my husband and then tried to kill
her, too.’

‘
Oh...’
Levi didn’t really know what to say to that.

‘
You
don’t have to stay and talk to me,’ replied Sheridan. ‘I
get it if you want to go.’

Levi
thought about it for a moment. ‘No. I would have murdered my
wife if she had cheated on me. I am just really surprised that your
husband would cheat on you, was he blind?’

‘
Ha,’
Sheridan laughed, ‘I think he just liked prettier women.’

‘
I
think he should have had his eyes tested. You are beautiful.’

‘
I
am, eh?’ she raised a cheeky eyebrow.

He
leaned in closer to her. ‘You are the most beautiful woman I
have ever seen.’

‘
Well,
aren’t you full of compliments?’

‘
I
have a lot more compliments to give you.’

‘
Is
that all you want to give me?’ she glanced down at his groin.

A
naughty smile split his lips.

***

‘
What
happened here?’ asked Lisa, following Shelly into the female
showers.

‘
I
don’t know,’ replied the beautiful redhead. ‘It all
happened so quickly. I was down in the store room doing an inventory
check when the emergency alarm kicked in.’ Lisa closed the door
behind them. The showers were in a very small enclosed room. A toilet
cubicle was to one side, as was a sink and mirror. Two showers were
placed next to each other. Shelly began to strip off, as they
continued to talk. ‘We were told to get to the safe rooms and
wait for further orders, but the zombies overrun the base in minutes.
I found the two kids lost in a corridor. They didn’t have any
parents with them, so I brought them up here with me. I thought there
would be more survivors, but you are the first people we have heard
from in the last two hours.’

Lisa
pulled her tank top off over her head.

‘
You
can come with us when we get out of here.’

‘
Thanks.
I am just relieved you guys came. I didn’t fancy my chances on
my own.’

‘
Don’t
worry. I won’t let anything bad happen to you,’ said
Lisa, with a sweet smile.

***

Colt
approached the man in the white lab coat, mumbling away. Wide eyes
full of fear looked up at the bandaged soldier. ‘Don’t
let it in here. Don’t let it in here. Don’t let it in
here,’ he repeated the words over and over, as he dug his
fingernails into his scalp. ‘Don’t let it in here. Don’t
let it in here.’

‘
Don’t
let what in here?’

‘
You
haven’t seen it. You wouldn’t know. You haven’t
seen it. You wouldn’t know.’

‘
What
haven’t I seen?’

‘
It
came out of the black rock.’

‘
What
came out of the black rock?’ asked Colt, trying to work through
the madness.

‘
The
creature came out of the black rock. It was the thing that caused the
plague. It’s because of the beast that the dead are rising
again. You don’t know. You haven’t seen it. It isn’t
natural. We have woken something that we shouldn’t have done.
It is going to kill us. It is going to kill us. It is going to kill
us.’ The man buried his head into the pillow on his cot and
started to cry. Colt let out a deep sigh whilst clicking his
knuckles. The man might be going down a one-way street to crazy city,
but Colt could see genuine fear in his eyes. What creature had come
out of the black rock?

***

‘
I
am going to the toilet,’ said Levi, slipping a condom into
Sheridan’s palm.

Her
naughty smile nearly consumed her entire face.

‘
You
are a naughty boy.’

‘
Come
with me and I will show you just how naughty I can be.’

Sheridan
glanced around the room. Could she really sneak into the men’s
toilets? A thought occurred to her. She didn’t even give a fuck
if anyone saw. Everyone she cared about was dead. There was a very
high possibility that she would be dead very soon. What the hell did
she have to lose? It was time for her to live a little.

‘
Let’s
go.’

***

Natasha
watched Sheridan and Levi slipping into the men’s toilets. They
were all bright eyed and full of smiles. You didn’t have to be
a brain surgeon to work out what they were about to do. All sorts of
angry thoughts were bouncing around the inside of Natasha’s
head. It was only a matter of time before that bitch would die.
Natasha hadn’t forgotten the beating Sheridan had given her, or
the fact she had left her at the mercy of a horde of zombies. Natasha
only escaped because she was a pretty damn good long distance runner.

‘
What
are you thinking?’ asked Oliver.

‘
I
am thinking about putting a knife in Natasha’s spine.’

Oliver
gulped.

‘
We
shouldn’t have come here,’ sighed Natasha. ‘I knew
this was a bad idea. These fools keep leading us into danger. I have
had enough. The first chance I get I am splitting up and heading for
the coast like I originally wanted to do. Are you in?’

‘
Well...’

Natasha
placed a hand on his thigh.

‘
Are
you in?’

‘
I-I
think it might be wiser to stay with Colt. He seems to know what he
is doing.’

‘
Or
you could come with me. I will be on my own, and so lonely. I will
need company, Oliver.’

She
fluttered her eyelids, sending silent signals.

‘
We
will have company if we stick with them.’

He
had missed the point. Natasha leaned forward, letting the fabric of
her blouse fall forward, giving him a perfect view straight down her
top at her perky tits.

‘
What
I mean is if you come with me then you can fuck me, would you want
that?’

Natasha
was never one to master subtly.

Oliver’s
eyes mapped out her smooth breasts.

‘
I
would.’

‘
Good,
are you in?’

‘
Okay,’
he replied, nodding his head like a good boy.

***

‘
Were
you here with your husband?’ asked Lisa, wiping the shower gel
down her legs.

‘
I’m
not married,’ replied Shelly.

She
closed her eyes, allowing the hot shower water to spray over her face
and naked body. Lisa took this opportunity to take a good long hard
look at Shelly. All sorts of nice and naughty thoughts rumbled
through her mind. Shelly’s body was so slim and sensual. She
had the cutest little tits and the nicest bum. Lisa would have
happily done some very dirty things to that body.