realized that only one thing kept him tethered to his soul…
Katie .
He
wanted to see her again and be there for the birth of their child.
Would
he?
The
undead that banged against the barricades said, NO!
From all of their screaming, roars,
howls, and guttural moans, Paul could almost hear them communicating with him
and the other survivors.
We will kill you!
We
will eat you!
You
will be one of us!
One
of us!
Kill!
Eat!
Kill!
Kill!
There were so many of them now that their
voices drove him mad.
Dozens
pounded at each of the barricades, they couldn’t hold them off for much longer.
Jeffrey
and Richard schemed together nearby. “We can’t let this plane land in London,”
Jeffrey told Richard.
“I
know,” he answered.
“You
do?”
“I’m
not as dumb as you think I am, mate. If this plane lands or crashes in England,
then this shit will spread and kill everyone we love,” Richard said with a hard
face.
“We
have to bring it down now, while we’re over the ocean.”
“How?”
“The
cockpit.”
“There’s
dozens of those things between here and there, we’ll never make it.”
“We’re
gonna die anyway, my friend, we have to try.”
Richard
realized the truth of their hopeless situation. “Agreed.”
They
headed to one of the barricades by the front of the plane toward the cockpit;
there were four large men with their bodies braced against the brutal force of
the undead on the other side. “Oy! We need to get through there.” Jeffrey said
to one of the men.
“Are
you fucking mental?” the man shouted.
“Listen,
you know what’s going on here, right?” Jeffrey asked.
“Yeah,
those fucking things want to kill and eat us! They’re not getting me!”
“The
cause of the problem, man, you get bit by one, you become one.” Jeffrey said.
“Yeah,
so?” the man said.
By
now, the other men holding the barricade listened.
Jeffrey
stepped closer to him. “What do you think is going to happen when this plane
reaches England?”
The
man thought about it. “Oh my god!”
“That’s
right, so we have to bring this fucking plane down now!” Jeffrey exclaimed.
“How?”
the man asked.
“The
cockpit, me and my mate here, we’ll get in there and take care of it.”
“Right!”
the man said. “You hear that men, they need to get through.”
The
men all agreed.
“Okay
then, when we say ‘go,’ you open her
up and we’ll jump through,” Richard instructed them.
“Whenever
you’re ready!” the man answered.
Richard
faced Jeffrey. “No one has ever had a better friend than you, Jeffrey. It will
be an honor to die with you.”
Jeffrey
smiled. “Die? You’re too ugly, those things won’t touch you, but I’m fucked!”
Richard
laughed and extended his hand and Jeffrey shook it.
“You’re
the best.” Jeffrey said.
They
turned to the barricade. “Okay, all of you ready?” Jeffrey asked.
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