Fragments Chapter 21 Page 32

towards the motorway linking the two towns with the flood of zombies sprinting after them. Sarah looks back out through the rear window: They’re following us.

Tommy: Don’t worry, we’ll lose them on the motor way.

Looking through the scope of his rifle Steve watches as Tommy slams the boot closed and Brian jumps into the driver’s seat of the car. Tommy looks terrified and the car tears off just as, seconds later, the road is flooded with rampaging drones. Another swarm.

Scanning up along the pier he can see the burning frame of a boat still floating in the docks, then aims the rifle in the direction where he expects the car to go. The road rises up over an estuary as it leaves the town but he notices