In the beginning some civilians had been transported north to Jacksonville. But once operations began in central Florida, transport to the north ended and they started moving civilians south of the blockade to safe houses near West Palm Beach and Cape Coral. There were too many safe houses to keep track of, but he told me that they had been set up in hospitals, schools, and even prisons.
The meeting had to end quite suddenly due to an outbreak of infection in one of the medical halls. A patient had turned and had managed to bite a few others in the aftermath. An attempt was made to contain it, but now there were five zombies in the hall and many more infected.
As I left Fort Patrick I could see the medical hall burning. Soldiers had surrounded the building; guns aimed and ready to fire at anyone or anything that might try to escape the bonfire. Sgt. Studdard was there shouting orders, telling his men that he wanted “a clean and controlled burn. No mistakes like last time.” I listened to him for a moment before I left.
"Keep your guns raised and be ready. If something emerges from the fire don't bother shooting to kill. You won't get it. Shoot to incapacitate. Aim for the kneecaps, render it immobile, then let the fire finish the job."
I admired the Sgt. Studdard. He managed to maintain his composure and direct with such authority that you barely noticed the tears running down his face.
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9 comments:
I love the marked out section. Really brings the realism out in the storyline. I hope he finds his son in one of the safe houses, but I'm looking for the twist.
I agree with The Raven.
Why is the Sgt. crying?? Just at the sheer devastation and horror of life right now, or did he lose family to the sickness??
Also, I love the scratched out part...brings emotional insight back to the character. Nice touch!!
p.s.- You've inspried me to start my writing again (don't worry it's a murder mystery, not zombies) and I was wondering how you got the boxes on the side of your blog? Like how many fans on facebook, and readers, and music clips?? But especially the big Facebook box. Thanks!!
Thanks for the feedback everyone. I wasn't too sure if the scratched out part would work or not. I kind of added it at the last second. Good to know you all liked it.
With regards to the Sgt. Crying, he is just sad that they are having to torch a building full of not only zombies but also infected and perhaps even some patients that aren't even infected. Could be that he even had some friends in the building. All that on top of the whole outbreak thing I figure is enough to make even the hardest man cry.
L Kel, glad to hear you are going to start writing again. I really like doing it in this blog format. As far as the boxes on the side, I am using blogger to create my blog and it has basically widgets you can add and move around on your side bar. some are built in and some, like the Facebook Fans one, you can get the code from facebook (http://www.facebook.com/facebook-widgets/profilebadges.php) same thing with the Amazon music player. Hope that helps. When you get something together let me know and I'll check it out. :)
"Aim for the knee caps. render it imobile. Then let the fire finish the job."
Where was your editor this week, dear? This is just terrible spelling and grammar.
Yeah, that's what I get for adding things at the last second and not running them by the lil' lady. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
In reply to ginny, it doesn't necessarily have to be good grammar. It's a quote by a person, and maybe he doesn't have good grammar, plus it adds a little extra something to a character, gives you a background on where they're form. their status and the interpretation of words. I think the blurb from the Sgt. worked well
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