Zombies! Episode 9 - The Changing of the Guard
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2011 by Ivan Turner
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What has come before.
After the zombie infestation of the ER at Sisters of Charity hospital, the world changed. With the news of zombies having gone public, people panicked, fled, and waited. But nothing happened. The zombies did not multiply at an exponential rate. The governments of the world did not collapse. Civilization did not end. Slowly but surely, people returned to their homes, their jobs, and their lives. But nothing would ever be the same.
The plague that spread the zombie infection was beyond containment. Dr. Denise Luco worked day and night trying to find a cure. Lieutenant Anthony Heron and his unit of zombie fighting police officers tried to keep New York safe. But zombies began to pop up everywhere. Heron's efforts were thwarted at every turn. Eventually, he lost himself in the world of the undead and was pulled back from the brink by his friend Captain Lance Naughton and his trusted colleague Gregory Smith.
Dr. Rudolph Ludlow, a British geneticist, revealed himself as the creator of the bacterium that caused the plague. After coming to work with Dr. Luco in the United States, he was introduced to Zoe Koplowitz, their very first live zombie specimen. At that moment, Ludlow knew what had caused the plague. Though he had shut down his experiments and destroyed his samples, some of the bacterium had remained alive and dormant in his body. Ludlow's short affair with Lucy Koplowitz, Zoe's mother, had released the zombie bacteria into the world.
Though the world grew complacent with the existence of zombies, their numbers grew. People began to have their own ideas about how "alive" they were. A group called the Zombie Rights Association gained sway over time, complaining that no one was trying to help the zombies. They gathered zombies into safe houses so that they could be saved when a cure was found. When the information regarding the locations of these safe houses became known, Captain Naughton launched a simultaneous attack on all of them, intent on destroying every last zombie. But two of the operations went bad and many good people were lost. Among them was Gregory Smith.
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They met in a pub in London about a block away from the hotel where she was staying. She came in with others from work that evening looking to relax and forget about her troubles. Troubles that just seemed to be piling up one on top of the other. Work was trouble. As a corporate liaison, she found herself traveling all over the world. She had very little time for her family, which was destroying her marriage. Her husband was a decent, if not spectacular, man but he resented her being away so much. He took it out on their daughter. He wasn't abusive per se. He would never hit her and he hardly ever yelled. But she knew that while she was overseas, he was being stingy with his attention when their daughter needed it the most. In his mind, it was only fair, seeing as how his wife was hardly ever around to do her share. This laid on her a tremendous amount of guilt that she couldn't well reconcile.
The job itself was starting to wear on her as well. No matter where she went or what executives she met, she found that the whole thing was becoming more and more mundane. At first, it had been glamorous and exciting for her and her husband both. She flew away for a few days at a time and when she returned, their excitement was
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2011 by Ivan Turner
This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.
***
What has come before.
After the zombie infestation of the ER at Sisters of Charity hospital, the world changed. With the news of zombies having gone public, people panicked, fled, and waited. But nothing happened. The zombies did not multiply at an exponential rate. The governments of the world did not collapse. Civilization did not end. Slowly but surely, people returned to their homes, their jobs, and their lives. But nothing would ever be the same.
The plague that spread the zombie infection was beyond containment. Dr. Denise Luco worked day and night trying to find a cure. Lieutenant Anthony Heron and his unit of zombie fighting police officers tried to keep New York safe. But zombies began to pop up everywhere. Heron's efforts were thwarted at every turn. Eventually, he lost himself in the world of the undead and was pulled back from the brink by his friend Captain Lance Naughton and his trusted colleague Gregory Smith.
Dr. Rudolph Ludlow, a British geneticist, revealed himself as the creator of the bacterium that caused the plague. After coming to work with Dr. Luco in the United States, he was introduced to Zoe Koplowitz, their very first live zombie specimen. At that moment, Ludlow knew what had caused the plague. Though he had shut down his experiments and destroyed his samples, some of the bacterium had remained alive and dormant in his body. Ludlow's short affair with Lucy Koplowitz, Zoe's mother, had released the zombie bacteria into the world.
Though the world grew complacent with the existence of zombies, their numbers grew. People began to have their own ideas about how "alive" they were. A group called the Zombie Rights Association gained sway over time, complaining that no one was trying to help the zombies. They gathered zombies into safe houses so that they could be saved when a cure was found. When the information regarding the locations of these safe houses became known, Captain Naughton launched a simultaneous attack on all of them, intent on destroying every last zombie. But two of the operations went bad and many good people were lost. Among them was Gregory Smith.
***
They met in a pub in London about a block away from the hotel where she was staying. She came in with others from work that evening looking to relax and forget about her troubles. Troubles that just seemed to be piling up one on top of the other. Work was trouble. As a corporate liaison, she found herself traveling all over the world. She had very little time for her family, which was destroying her marriage. Her husband was a decent, if not spectacular, man but he resented her being away so much. He took it out on their daughter. He wasn't abusive per se. He would never hit her and he hardly ever yelled. But she knew that while she was overseas, he was being stingy with his attention when their daughter needed it the most. In his mind, it was only fair, seeing as how his wife was hardly ever around to do her share. This laid on her a tremendous amount of guilt that she couldn't well reconcile.
The job itself was starting to wear on her as well. No matter where she went or what executives she met, she found that the whole thing was becoming more and more mundane. At first, it had been glamorous and exciting for her and her husband both. She flew away for a few days at a time and when she returned, their excitement was
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