Semua Bab 51: The Series: Bab 251 - Bab 260

Wren was grinning when he walked into their house, followed by Izzy. He could not help showing how happy he was to have found the little alien called Blue. When Lindsay saw him, she started smiling, too. She was just glad that he looked truly happy for the first time in a long time. “Why are you so happy?” Max asked. “Did you go to the base, and they wiped your brain, so you forgot what you saw today?” “What? No,” Wren answered. “You have no idea how happy we all are that we have Blue back. When the explosion happened on the base, we all thought he had been killed the same as we thought Aaron White had been. The sad part is we were all far more upset about losing Blue than we were about losing White.” Max got up from where he was sitting and motioned for Wren to take his seat by Lindsay. Wren sat down as Max walked into the kitchen. He returned with a cup of coffee for Wren and handed it to him. “Is this your night shift secret formula?” Wren asked him as he took the cup from Max.

The others all stopped what they were doing and looked at Lindsay. She took the page and began to read it. It was James; there was no doubt. As she began to read it, she saw that it listed a different date of birth from the one she knew. Everything was different than what she knew it to be. The last line was the only thing that she knew to be true. It listed his status as deceased/killed.“I need some air,” Lindsay said as she stood and handed the page to Little Bob. Wren began to stand and follow her. “No, just no,” she told him. “Crook, you want to go outside?” Lindsay asked as she walked to the door. Crook hopped off the couch and followed her outside before she closed the door. She sat in her favorite chair and put her face in her hands.She was trying to breathe. It felt like someone had taken all the air from her lungs, and she could not pull any in, no matter how hard she tried. She fought a feeling she had never had before and had no idea how to explain it if someone asked her

Sheriff Lindsay Gold sat down at her desk and looked at the stack of files that had been left for her. Each one of them contained a report about the weirdness taking place in the county. She had thought that it was all due to the incident on the base, but now she knew it was far more than that. As she logged into her computer and picked up the first file on the stack, Little Bob came walking into her office carrying two cups of coffee. He balanced on one foot as he pushed her office door closed with the other. He walked over to her desk and set a cup in front of her before taking a seat in the chair across from her. “Be careful with that,” he said. “Max made a fresh pot of his night shift stuff before he left. He said he thought you could use it.” Lindsay smiled and replied, “Thanks, and remind me to thank Max for doing that.” “Has Wren said anything about what he’s found in that compound yet?” Little Bob asked. “Not really. He told me he’s planning to begin the first full sweep o

It did not take long for Wren and Max to reach the compound that had been found by Lindsay’s son Dillon and his friend Nim Jones. They turned off the road and pulled into the field far enough that Wren’s car was hidden from the view of passing vehicles. Izzy pulled in beside them moments after they parked. The rest of the small team Wren had put together was waiting for them by the entrance. “I want you to know something,” Max told Wren. “I’m still not going down that ladder first. There is no telling what is down there that we didn’t find the first time.” “Don’t worry. That’s why I brought a few people that I don’t like. If zombies eat them, I won’t be heartbroken. Not that I care what happens to you. I just think that Lindsay might get mad at me if she winds up down a deputy again.” “Thanks, man. I appreciate your overwhelming concern for my safety,” Max said, dripping with sarcasm. “You’re welcome. Now, let’s get started with this. You can go watch Izzy unload the van while I b

Wren opened the door and had just stepped into the hallway when he and Max heard gunfire coming from the direction of the morgue. They drew their weapons and ran toward it. They turned the corner and saw the double doors open. Izzy was backing out, holding her handgun, still aimed at something in the room. They could see one of the soldiers holding one of the doors open but could not see the other soldier.“Izzy, what happened?” Wren yelled as they neared the morgue.“One of them wasn’t dead. One of the creatures… it sat up on the table,” Izzy answered.“Is anyone hurt?” he asked.“No, sir,” she said. The second soldier stepped into view as Izzy put the gun in its holster on her hip. He was still pointing his weapon at something.Wren and Max stepped inside and saw what was now lying motionless on the table once again. Wren knew what it looked like, and he had hoped he was wrong. He had seen it when he and Lindsay had looked at the creatures days earlier. It looked almost identical