Flip This Zombie (Living With the Dead) Jesse Petersen

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be able to test my serum on subjects who have been bitten, but not fully transformed. That may be a way
to stave off brain damage, but I m not sure.
I nodded. I could see there were many variables to consider.
Now, please, Barnes whispered, his gaze never leaving mine. Will you help me? Will you save us
all?
All right, all right, Dave said as he sat back down. Let s not get overly dramatic.
I don t think it s dramatic to the doctor began.
I could see this was going to get us nowhere except for the two idiots in the room with the penises
acting like morons and bumping chests some more. So to nip that in the bud, I raised my hands.
What s in it for us?
Dave looked up at me in surprise and even Barnes stopped talking.
I well, you d possibly be saving the world. I thought that might be enough compensation, Barnes
said.
I snorted. Oh, that s cute. How precious. Listen, Dr. Barnes
Please, I d like us to be friends. Call me Kevin.
I hesitated because his eyes were sparkling at me from behind his glasses and the Luke Wilson thing
and the clean thing were a little mesmerizing.
Kevin, I finally said. The thing is, Kevin, you ve been paying our little friends for what& a few weeks
for work my husband and I have done. Saving the world is noble and all, but I m with him. I jerked my
thumb toward David. I ll believe it when I see it. Until then, what s the deal?
He nodded. I do have military-grade weapons, as well as high-powered ammo that I d be willing to
exchange for your risk. In addition& He trailed off and once again smiled at me. In fact, he hadn t looked
at David for a few minutes. Well, come with me and I ll show you something.
His favorite thing to say, Dave said as he got up and motioned to the door. Go ahead, Doc, lead. I
can t wait to see what else you have besides infected guinea pigs and promises of a brave new world
without zombies.
I gave him a look as the doctor led us to the door. We swooped down the hallways past more windows
that looked into additional lab rooms. Many contained more guinea pigs, one had rows of heads in jars,
apparently the fruits of our labor, but there were more than a few that had the shades drawn. Maybe they
were sleeping quarters, I didn t know.
Barnes stopped at another door. This one wasn t locked like the others and it swung open when he
pushed it. He smiled.
Go ahead. This is what I offer to sweeten the deal for you, Sarah.
I wrinkled my brow as I passed into the darkened room. It was still and quiet, but then I noticed
something. A steady sound I didn t recognize. At least, not at first.
Plink, plink, plink&
Wait, I breathed as my mind adjusted to what it was processing. Is that& is that&
Behind me, Barnes& Kevin& flipped a light switch and the room was flooded with brightness. It was a
bathroom. A clean, gloriously fresh bathroom. And the dripping was coming from a shower stall not three
feet away from me.
I spun around and faced the two men at the door. My heart was racing and my mind spinning as I
squealed, Okay, we ll do it! We ll catch the zombies for you.
Expand. Why stick to just killing zombies? Or killing them just one way.
We re equal partners, Dave, Dave said in the falsely high voice he always used to mimic me as he
drove the van down the long, lonely highway. We re in this together, Dave.
I blinked and tried to focus on his voice. It was hard to overcome the gloriousness of the fact that I was
clean. Really clean. I smelled like soap and some kind of coconut shampoo and I kind of wanted to lick
myself.
Oh, come on, I said, dreamy as I pictured how the black sooty water had rinsed from my body and
swirled around and around into the drain like it could wash away my sins and experiences over the past
few months. You know we were going to say yes to him in the end.
Dave glanced at me and muttered, Well, maybe. Still, you can t just put us on the hook for something
without talking it over with me first. We re supposed to be a team.
I gave him a little look. He didn t look mad, but definitely a bit put out. Slowly, I edged a little closer to him
and leaned over the gear shift between us.
C mon babe, admit that you like being all clean again.
Hmph, was the response.
I moved closer and nuzzled his smooth neck. And shaved.
Hmmm, he said this time, though he sounded far less irritated than a moment before.
And you like that I smell good.
Dave shrugged before he leaned down and pressed his freshly clean mouth to my sparkling mint one
briefly.
Fine, he said as he put his attention back on the road. I admit it s a good trade. That and the
weapons.
I glanced back. Yeah, we d come out pretty well in our agreement with Barnes& Kevin. He d handed
over a stash of weaponry worthy of the most bad-ass zombie movie. We d even gotten one of those
handheld multi-shot cannons I d coveted. I have to admit, I creamed my shorts a little every time I looked
at it all awesome and deadly and stuff in the back of the van.
We better find a place to hole up, Dave said, veering off the highway at an exit that said Moon Valley
Country Club.
True. We couldn t exactly go to the camps so clean and fresh, it would raise eyebrows, I said with a [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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