by Cory Mccoy
It was like an atomic bomb went off. Debris was flying everywhere. I had covered my ears just in time, but the blast was still deafening.
As I crawled out from under the debris, that had once been on the shelves around me, I struggled to see through the smoke where the truck had once been.
Someone grabbed me and yanked me to my feet. I reached for my side arm, but it was gone. I must have dropped it when I ran for cover. A blast like that made you feel like your chest was going to cave in.
"Whoa cool it General!". It was Jesse and he had a half dozen more people with him. They all had weapons and most were covered in blood. "What the hell happened back here?"
"I could ask you the same question" I said, trying to find the words for what had went down. "We found Jim's son, he was dead. Jim snapped and made a beeline for the supply truck they were unloading. I tried to catch him, but he threw the pins at my feet and I went down. He took out the entire area when he hit it. Who are these people?"
"They were hiding near the front of the store when I ran those bastards up there. They saw me and came out to help. I threw this dude the gun since I don't know what to do with it, dude was taking them out like it was halo!" He said pointing to a gruff looking man in his early fifties or so.
"Staff Sgt McDonnell" said the man who Jesse had thrown the gun to, "I’m assuming you're a marine, son?"
"Semper Fi", I said and shook his hand, "Corporal Jeffries, 1st Recon"
"Good man," he said, "you probably saved us all today"
"Well sir, today ain’t over yet" I said " we need to move. I managed to get some info out of one of them, before the explosion" I then relayed the info to the group of people around me. None of the others had military experience, luckily some were hunters.
"Well shit," Jesse said "there cant be more than 2 or 3 left, we've taken out at least two dozen. We've got these fuckers."
"Calm down son," said McDonnell "It's only a matter of time before they send more in, the two boys we left up front can't hold them off forever."
"I've got an idea," said one of the group "I work here, I’ve got keys to the lift. We can get it and blockade the front doors until we figure out what to do."