Free Dead & Alive (Short Story): Outbreak by I.J. Smith Page B

more of these infected appeared, blocking her path. She crashed through the door of a nearby office. Slamming the door shut and locking it, she could hear the infected banging against the door. In a panic she pushed over a file cabinet to block the door. Almost in tears she looked around the office, she ran to a desk and picked up the telephone. There was no dial tone, the line was completely dead. She slammed the phone back down. The groaning noise outside the door grew louder.
    Raven backed away from the door, until she was stopped by a large indoor plant. Turning to see a window, in her panic she had not noticed it before. She attempted to open it but it was locked and there was no key visible.
    Raven heard a cracking noise, turning back to the door she could see it beginning to break. Without a second thought she pulled the plant from the pot, throwing it to the ground. She lifted the heavy pot and threw it against the window, glassed shattered everywhere. Raven wasted no time in climbing though the broken window, she cut her hand on the way through, but showed no concern by it.
    Once outside, she ran. Screaming echoed out (around the building). People ran, escaping the infected.
    Raven ran into the road without looking, the screeching of wheels sounded out. Raven stopped to see a police car just inches from her. An overweight bald police officer got out of the car, standing in the road he looked at a lady dressed in hospital scrubs and covered in blood.
    He ordered her, “DON’T MOVE!”
    He started to pull his only real weapon a Taser. Raven was frozen stiff with fear and not because of the police officer aiming a weapon at her. A second officer appeared from the car, he was much slimmer and younger, short brown hair with a look of fear on his face. He was looking beyond the woman covered in blood and towards the people attacking each other. Shocked he could see them ravaging each other.
    The police officer with the Taser moved closer to Raven. His fellow officer shouted out, “DAVE!”
    Before Dave could react someone grabbed him from behind and sunk their teeth into the back of his neck. Blood sprayed through the air, Raven screamed as the other officer ran to grab her. Pulling her away from a small swarm of ravenous humans, he pushed her into the police car, and quickly he jumped in the driver’s seat. As he started trying to drive away, a group of people covered in blood, chunks of flesh and bone hanging from their faces attacked the car. The officer wasted no time, in ramming the car into reverse and drove backwards with speed, swinging the car around he raced away from the scene.
     

CHAPTER THREE
    LOCKDOWN
    In a secret room, in a secret location, Officials are working hard to discover what went wrong with the test in Gosport.
    Reports were flooding in of chaos, humans feeding on others, people being declared dead and then waking up attacking others.
    A female Army officer entered the room escorted by guards.
    “Captain Jenkins, please take a seat!” she was told by a large bald man.
    She sat at the end of a long table, looking around she watched as phones rang constantly, monitors on the wall flashing with warning messages, computer operators worked rapidly to relay information.
    The one thing she did notice , was not one name was spoken. These kind of people never used names.
    The large bald man took a seat next to Captain Jenkins. Clearing his throat he spoke, “Congratulations, your security level has been raised. Everything you learn here is deemed Top Secret, speaking about anything you hear now will result in a trial for treason. Understand?”
    “Yes Sir!” she simply replied.
    The bald man rubbed his hands together. “Earlier today, a weapons test went wrong. What was meant to be a trial, turned into an outbreak. A chemical was released into the atmosphere of a small town called Gosport on the south coast. This test has resulted in unforeseen results, it is killing people and the dead are rising