Free A Zombie Survival Series (Book 1): Infestation Iowa by Nathan A. Smith

closer. Eric kicked it back, causing it to fall to the ground. He stood over it and repeatedly bashed at its head with his hammer. David and Destiny walked towards him as he continued to bash the zombie. Finally, he stopped and threw his hands up holding the hammer and yelling “WOO!” The second he yelled it, he lowered his hands realizing what he had done. Figures from the tree line emerged from all around them. Eric’s celebration had drawn some attention. Destiny dropped her head in disappointment,
    “I thought Jane was bad.” She said quietly, then raised her guns and began firing at the figures. Moans seemed to fill the park as the countless zombies swarmed closer to the group. Eric ran up to a few that were by themselves and beat them over the head. Now he was shouting just to draw their attention, making it easier for him to aim at a target coming head on rather than side to side.
    “Push to Viv’s!” David yelled as he ran toward the trees closest to Vivian’s house. He fired into the zombies in front of him trying to clear a path but more just filled the gap. David paused as pain gripped his chest. Lack of sleep had caught up to him, his body was shutting down from all the physical exhaustion he had endured since this all started. His body fell to the ground with a thud.
                  “David!” Destiny yelled as she ran over to his body, still firing into the zombies who were getting ever closer. “Eric! Help!” She screamed.
    Eric ran over to her and grabbed one of David’s arms.
                  “Grab the other one!” He yelled. Destiny handed him one of her pistols and together they pulled him back toward the tent while firing into the horde of zombies wildly. David was completely passed out, still holding tightly onto his pistol.
                  “What are we going to do?!” she screamed as her gun clicked. She reloaded quickly only letting go of David’s arm for a moment.
                  “Bring him to the tent!” Eric yelled back
                  “That won’t help!” She screamed.
                  “I know!” Eric let go of David’s arm and dropped his gun.
                  “What are you doing?!”
                  “What can we do?!” He screamed as he fell to his knees. The zombies closed in and were only feet away as a car horn rang through the air. Sheriff Holiday’s car lights shone brightly at the group as it accelerated towards them. It swerved and plowed into a bunch of zombies in front of them. The door closest to them opened and Holiday leaned over from the driver’s side and yelled at them.
                  “Get in!” Stunned for a moment Destiny dropped her gun. She picked it back up almost right away. Eric stood up and grabbed David’s arm. Together they dragged him to the back door and flung it open. The shoved him inside, causing his gun to fall out of his hand and onto the ground. Destiny jumped into the front seat as zombies surrounded the car and pushed the door closed on her. She shoved at the door knocking back a few zombies and jumped into the passenger seat. Eric dove into the back and pulled at his door. An arm of a zombie reached in, clawing at him menacingly.
                  “Drive sheriff!” Eric screamed trying to hold the door closed. The car jumped forward, running over a group of the zombies. Then suddenly, the car wouldn’t move forward anymore. Its front tires spun on the bodies beneath it.
                  “Give us a push will ya!” Holiday jokingly yelled at the zombies. The windows all around the car began to crack as zombies wailed on them with their fists and heads. Holiday put his car in reverse and stepped on the gas as hard as he could. The car launched backward, mowing down several zombies behind it. “Thank you kindly!” He said loudly and waved at the zombies that were in front of the vehicle. He