Free Escape from the Damned (APEX Predator Book 2) by Glyn Gardner Page B

Psych docs.  I know some of the meds, but I don’t do therapy.”
    “Can you give her any meds?”
    “Not from here.  This vet obviously didn’t have too many horses on Prozac or dogs on Xanax.  I don’t know which of these drugs work like human drugs.  The drug companies do that on purpose.  Think of how many vet’s offices would get robbed if the junkies knew which drugs gave you the same high as Percocet or Valium.”
    He looked at her with a puzzled look on his face.
    “Look, she needs something like Klonopin or Xanax.  I’m sure there is something like that in here, but I don’t know which drugs do what.  Plus, I don’t know the right doses.  Some of these drugs can be very dangerous if taken wrong.  So, until she snaps out of it or we get some human meds for her, she’s not going to get much better.”
    “Ok, do what you can.”  He couldn’t think of anything else to say to her.  “Anything else I need to know?”
    “You mean do you need to be told that the sanitary conditions are horrendous?  The water stopped running two days ago.  The toilets are full of everything that could conceivably come out of a human body.  Did you see what we had for dinner last night?  I can show you.”  She paused.  “…because it’s still on the plates.  The trash is piling up.”
    “I get it,” he said looking at the ground.  He knew this was his fault.   Everyone was so shaken after the Lieutenant was bitten, he’d cut them some slack.  He realized now that he’d let discipline slip too much.
    I’ll take care of it.”
    “I don’t want to sound like a bitch, but what do you plan to do?”
    “I’ll set up a KP schedule for starters.”
    “Ok, that deals with the kitchen garbage.  What are you going to do with it?  Where are you going to put the trash?”
    “Well the zombies already know we’re here,” he said.  “We can throw it overboard if you like.”
    “And the dog crap too?”
    “Yes, I’ll have the dog cages cleaned out,” he sighed.
    “What about the toilets?  Last I looked we have no running water, and I only saw about 2 cases of bottled water in the back.  Are you going to use our limited drinking water to flush the toilets?”
    “That, I’m not sure of,” he replied.  I may have to get the engineers and the science club on that one.”
    “Well, you better hurry.  I’m tired of hovering,” she smiled.
    “Yes, ma’am.  I’ll get on it after breakfast.”
    “Good,” she said, satisfied.  “I need to go check on the girl they just brought in.  I’ll talk to you later.”  With that, she turned around and marched off.
     
    Later that afternoon, SSgt Brown and Sgt Procell were on the roof.  Williams was on watch.  It had been relatively quiet since this morning’s incident.  The only exception was the horde of zombies moaning and clawing at the walls.
    SSgt Brown looked over the side.  The crowd had grown since this morning.  Shit!  This is beginning to get out of hand.  Walking to the rear, he pointed over the side.
    “Here,” he said to Sgt Procell.  “Here is where I want the trash pile.”
    “Roger,” the younger man replied.
    “You give any thought to the human waste issue yet?”
    “I have actually.  I was thinking about hanging the shitter right here over the side.”
    “You want the crapper to be on the roof?”
    “Think about it.  We can’t flush which means we can’t take the waste from inside to outside.  That means we need to start with it outside.”
    “Ok,” the older NCO admitted.
    “So, the only safe outside is on the roof.  I’m sure you don’t want us doing our business on the roof, so it has to go over.”
    “I like the principle.  How are you going to do it?”
    “Ah, it shouldn’t be too hard.  All I have to do is cut a hole in a chair and mount it to the ledge.  I’m an engineer; don’t ask how I’m going to get it done.  Just accept that I will get it done.”
    “Ok, get to work on it.