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Authors: Linus Locke

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Jonathan smiled a thin smile. Everyone had their name for them, he respected that, but this one, zombies, just didn’t’ make any sense.

 

Chapter 0

 

The warm California air felt great on Jonathan’s face as he stepped down out of the semi. There wouldn’t be much time to enjoy it; however, what he saw took his breath away. He opened his mouth to speak, but no sound came out. He walked through the wreckage of concrete and steel bars while his mind tried to fully register what he was seeing. Slowly, he ran his eyes away from the broken wall and up the long driveway.

Seeing the busted garage door was like taking a punch to the stomach, but he knew he shouldn’t be surprised after seeing what had happened to the gate and wall. The garage door to his home had been ripped apart. Broken glass from the windows in the front of the house lay in the grass. And fiends moved about in the yard.

He heard Michael say something from behind him, but he couldn’t make out exactly what was said. It was either stunned gibberish, or Jonathan was so shocked his brain couldn’t register it.

Dog sniffed around the rubble and growled at the shambling fiends.

Something slipped into Jonathan’s hand that made him jump, and he retracted quickly only to see that it was Laikynn. She reached for his hand once more, this time he gripped it tightly. The soft skin of her hands felt perfect in his own. They had both used their hands to destroy precious life, but those lives were intent on destroying theirs and those of the ones they loved. Joined together, their hands would bring death to anyone else who tries to harm them.

And there would be more who try.

Jonathan turned to Michael, who didn’t look particularly surprised, as he had seen so much destroyed, yet he could make out the shock in his face at seeing his home broken.

Behind Michael was Mad Man Rob. His eyes darted about, following the fiends in the yard and watching for any others that may show up.

Guillermo hopped down from the semi before turning around and helping Reese. She slid down into his arms and gave Guillermo a brief kiss on the lips. She walked up to Laikynn and placed her hand on the redhead’s shoulder.

Antoine climbed into the passenger’s seat. Over the past week these people had become his friends, his family, but he knew that what was going on here was before his time, so he gave them their space.

Jonathan could hear the small group talking, but again he couldn’t make out any of what they were saying. However, one noise broke through to him. A low hum in the distance slowly grew to a rumble.

As the rumble grew louder it caught the attention of the others. They walked around the large black semi and looked for the source of the sound. Down the street they could see the sun reflecting off the windshield of a vehicle.

Mad Man Rob and Michael handed out rifles to the others, and Guillermo and Reese climbed back into the semi, pushing Antoine into the back of the cab. They took aim out of the bullet proof windows.

They watched in silence as a massive black truck drove toward them. Jonathan could feel the tension from Mad Man Rob and Laikynn, but they held their ground. With Guillermo and Reese in the armored semi, and Michael crouched under the trailer they picked up outside of Moorford, he felt positive that anyone else would see that it was a mistake to attack them before they made the decision to do so.

The Ramcharger stopped across the street from them, and after a long pause the doors opened. A man dropped down to the street and aimed a rifle toward them. Another rifle was aimed over the passenger’s door.

“You best move along,” the man said in a thick Australian accent.

Jonathan smiled a larger smile than he intended and walked out toward Deacon. He gave a wave that seemed cheesy after he’d done it and watched as Sophia climbed out of the truck, as well. She tipped her bowler hat and smiled. Behind her, two other figures jumped down. The man on the passenger’s side landed a bit more clumsily, but stayed on his feet.

Sophia and Deacon reached Jonathan and wrapped their arms around him excitedly. Behind them, Rodger moved slowly closer in an uncomfortable kind of shuffle. He wore the same grumpy expression that Jonathan had last seen on his face. His right arm was missing. Mark stood back and watched the reunion as Andy and Amie waved excitedly from the sunroof.

Jonathan wanted badly for everyone to tell their stories, but he knew there would be plenty of time for it later.

“We have work to do.”

 

A word about Decay: Humanity

 

Thank you for reading Decay: Humanity. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it. I never expected Decay: to see a sequel. These characters have become a part of my life that I truly enjoy. The fans of the first book are absolutely amazing. It is because of you that I began work on Humanity, and it is because of you that I finished.

I really wanted to take some big turns in this story, but I have huge plans for the third and final installment in the Decay: series. Those plans definitely took more control over this story than I had anticipated, but I think we have yet another exciting story behind us, and yet another ahead of us.

 

Stay tuned for the exciting conclusion!

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