Anno Zombus Year 1 (Book 4): April - Plot & Excerpts
Anno Zombus Year 1 (Book IV): April noonNo real obstacles in the road today, though there was a town that we had passed through, one of several actually, they had all had a large group of Dead hanging around, but this one in particular... When we arrived, Viking told me that he needed to stretch his legs awhile, so he pulled The Nightmare over and jumped out. Valkyrie joined him in short order, and Cyclops hopped out for a quick smoke. If it weren't for Sister up in the turret we might not have noticed the first group of Dead until it was too late, as it was Valkyrie's hair needed some Dead glorp washed out of it now. She had tried shouting a warning, but the wind and Cold had stolen her words. Instead of waste time repeating that idea uselessly, she gave a more appropriate warning and the Nordic looking pair flew back to the safety of The Nightmare as Dead flew to pieces around them. I happened to glance out the back window to see another smaller group of Dead bearing down on us from the first two towns we had just driven through. Figuring it was better to wipe them out now, as a group of no more than sixty or eighty would be easier than allowing them to join with larger groups as we journeyed onwards, I grabbed hold of the rear gun and opened fire, cutting them down in seconds. The noise of the main turret died down a moment later, followed shortly afterwards by Viking, Valkyrie and Cyclops piling back into The Nightmare as Apocalypse Girl brought the engine roaring to life. We left that place and the Dead that inhabited it behind and were well on our way in minutes. eveningBy the time we stopped for the night the weather had turned foul on us. The Cold had abated somewhat but the rain had returned, turning the snow into an ashen sludge that obscured our vision. Valkyrie was behind the wheel at that point, Apocalypse Girl telling her from our place in the middle section that she had better pull well over. We needed to just stay in one place and wait this one out. None of us were particularly ecstatic about the delay, but with the way the sky was being lit up by explosions of lightning of different colours once again, at least it gave us something interesting to look at through the muck and mud. Sometime around midnight the rain ceased, but the lightning display continued on, silently as the grave. It occurred to me that I should have heard thunder and lots of it with such a display but just sat, watching. I reached into Apocalypse Girl's jacket pocket, taking out the phone and sent a message to The Smart Couple, informing them of the delay, asking them if they had any clue as to the nature of the strange coloured, silent lightning. They had not, but Smart Guy was already looking into the bizarre weather patterns, apparently. When he turned up something they'd let us know.
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