Free Apocalypse Z (A Zombie Novel) by G.E. Swanson

down?”
    She continued pacing as she said, “Where is he? It’s been two hours already. I didn’t want him to go alone, but he wouldn’t listen. I swear that man is impossible.” And she flung her arms out. “He is going to drive me nuts.”
    Amy asked, “Do you like him?”
    Lisa stopped. “What?”
    “I said… Do you like him?”
    “You mean Mark? Well… yeah, as a friend, but that’s all. I mean, I trust him. I know when shit starts to fly, he’ll have our backs. Who I don’t trust is that nurse. I just know she set a trap for him! I knew something was going on by the way she was sizing him up like a cougar about to pounce on some meat.”
    “Maybe it wasn’t a trap. Maybe she was just horny.”
    Lisa turned and threw her a hard stare. Amy tried to push herself farther back into the chair. Feeling the stress, she bit her lip and slowly said, “And maybe she’s not.”
    Twenty minutes later, Mark came walking down the hallway. Lisa asked, “Where the hell have you been?”
    Mark had a surprised look on his face. “You know where I was. Where’s everyone else?”
    “They’re asleep a couple of rooms over.”
    “Well, wake them up and get them in here. This is serious and we don’t have much time.”
    The tone of Marks voice and look in his eye sent a shiver down her spine. Lisa wasted no time in waking and getting them into the room.
    He sat down in the chair and said, “It seems our doctor has been experimenting with a vaccine against the zombie virus. In pursuing that, he has turned all the patients and maybe some staff into zombies. Sheryl believes we may be next. So we’re getting out of here tonight. She’s going to help and in turn, we’re taking her with us. So with that, here’s the plan.”
     

 
     
    VI
     
    Lisa and Sheryl stood in the third floor hallway, just around the corner from the main elevators, waiting for Sam. She still didn’t trust Sheryl so she had her guard up. They had already been there for five minutes and Lisa was becoming inpatient. “This plan of yours better work,” she said quietly.
    “It will, and it wasn’t all mine, you know. Mark came up with part of it.”
    “Really? Did he come up with our part?”
    She turned her eyes down. “No, this part was mine. He didn’t really like it, but I assured him we’d be alright”
    Lisa pursed her lips. “I already dealt this perv when we first got here. All I have to say is this man isn’t going to touch me, let alone get sex.”
    Sheryl waved her hand. “Don’t worry about Sam. He’s harmless. Even if he tried, you’d never even know it.”
    Raising her eyebrows, she asked, “Really? How’s that?
    Sheryl held up her pinky and giggled. Lisa almost smirked, but was able to keep a straight face. They heard the elevator door open and footsteps in the hallway. Sheryl pulled her scrub shirt down a little to expose more cleavage. Lisa straightened her shirt and pushed her chest out a little.
    Sam came around the corner and stopped. Sheryl put her hand on his shoulder. In a very soft and seductive voice, she said, “Hello, Sam.”
    That same goofy smile came across his face. “Hi, Sheryl.” He looked over at Lisa and said, “Hi.”
    “You know, Sam, we’ve been feeling kind of tense lately.” She rubbed the side of her neck with her fingers and slowly moved them down over her shoulder and breasts. “I was just wondering if you could give us a nice oil massage… all over.”
    He looked at Lisa. “Both of you? Together?”
    Lisa gave him a soft smile. “Sure, that is if you think you can handle us both.”
    He let out a jerky little laugh. “Yeah, I know I could. I just hope I’m not too much for you two ladies.”
    Sheryl ran her fingers down his chest. “Meet us in room 344 in five minutes.”
    Still smiling, he said, “Okay, I’ll go get some oil.” And he hurried down the hallway.
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    Mark slowly pulled the stairwell exit door open and peeked down the hallway. He turned and