Read an excerpt of #SurviveTheInfection . Chapter 1 “What is that thing?” Trevor thought as he and Lexis watched Milo get eaten alive down the street from Lexis’ Pittsburgh house on a frigid December night. Trevor’s phone vibrated but he let it go to voicemail. He knew that he should not take his eyes off of what was happening. He had to fight to keep from vomiting. This creature had its hands inside of Milo. A dark crimson pool of blood stained the pure snow that surrounded the body as it oozed from the spot where the creature kneeled, feasting on human flesh. Trevor’s phone vibrated again; once again, he let it go to voicemail. Trevor’s instincts were telling him to run, but instead he stood there taking in the monstrosity that was in front of him. The creature’s skin glowed a rich royal blue that reminded Trevor of the hue in a neon sign. The creature’s back was raised at the spine and had little fins going from its shoulders to its lower back. It was more muscular than any human man and its head was the size of a watermelon. It had claws on its hands that were the length of rulers and as sharp as well-kept swords. Its feet were twice the length and width of Trevor’s size twelve feet, and its toes had short triangular nails that looked as if they could easily slice through flesh. Trevor could sense Lexis standing beside him but was too afraid to take his eyes off of the creature. Out of nowhere, Trevor heard a question he was not prepared to answer. Her phone started playing “Who Let the Dogs Out?” by Baha Men. Trevor scrambled to shut off Lexis’ phone while she stood there in place, frozen and grief stricken by the sight of Milo being devoured by this creature. Suddenly, the creature stopped feasting on Milo and stood straight up. It was like watching a one-story building turn into a skyscraper. At five foot nine, Trevor wasn’t short, but the creature had to be over seven feet tall. It turned its head towards the source of the noise, fixed its eyes on Trevor and Lexis, and began to slowly move towards them. Trevor looked into the vacant abyss of the creature’s black eyes and at its long, razor sharp teeth, which dripped of crimson. The creature stared at them and sniffed the air. He was now clearly more interested in their fresh meat than the meat on Milo’s carcass. Trevor knew they had to run. Trevor screamed as loud as he could to get Lexis out of her daze. “Run, Lexis, RUN!” As if standing knee deep in a frozen lake, Lexis did not budge. Even as the monster came nearer to her, it was as if she were spellbound, her limbs rooted to the spot. Trevor stared, horrified, as Lexis stood still, unable to move a single muscle in her body. Trevor pulled Lexis up the street by the hand, yelling frantically, “What’s wrong with you? Did you see what happened to Milo? Why didn’t you move?” She seemed unable to respond, but turned her terror-stricken, unseeing eyes towards Trevor. Her breath moved past her lips in shuddering gasps as she whimpered like a beaten child. It took all the strength Trevor had to pull Lexis along until her flight reflexes kicked in. Trevor looked back to see if the jagged toothed monster was still behind them, and his heart dropped into the pit of his stomach. When they had first turned the corner, there had been only one creature. Now there were five. Trevor forced his body into a higher gear, desperate to get away from almost certain death. “These things must multiply like rabbits! Where are they coming from?” he thought as he ran, dragging Lexis along by the hand. Trevor’s thoughts raced. He didn’t know what was happening or what to do. He didn’t understand how he had ended up in this hell. He needed to stop thinking for now and just run. He ran as fast as he could, pulling Lexis’ one hundred and twenty five pounds along with him. “These aren’t like any creatures I’ve ever seen!” he thought. After putting some distance between them and their pursuers, Trevor and Lexis turned right around a corner and then stopped abruptly. Lexis started to scream, but Trevor slapped his hand over her mouth to silence her. She started to cry silently. In front of them, ten of the blue monsters lumbered along the street like the homeless looking for a meal. A door swung open and an auburn haired lady in her fifties walked out of her house and locked her door behind her while singing to herself. The sound of her voice got the attention of every creature on the block. She turned to see the carnivorous creatures coming closer to her. She dropped her purse and let out a shriek of terror. She picked up her purse and frantically searched for her keys. The closest creature slowly approached her, as if it were studying her. She found her keys, unlocked the door, and ran into her house, slamming the door behind her. The creature pushed on her door until it snapped in half like a Popsicle stick, granting the persistent beast access to the meal of human flesh that awaited. Get the whole book on Amazon Amazon Kindle amazon/Survive-Infection-Samuel-Morris-Jr-ebook/dp/B00JJTWVI2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396997197&sr=8-1&keywords=survive%3A+the+infection
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 16:49:03 +0000