Dead & Alive (Book 2): Sacrifice Read Free Page A

David being ripped apart flooded their ears. He walked over to Bray and Mark, he looked at them both, but before he could say anything Mark spoke out, “You had no choice; it was him or all of us.”
    Bray simply moved closer to Jack and placed his hand on his shoulder, “You are the only reason we are alive, don’t you dare blame yourself,” he said in a caring voice.
    Jack looked up to the ceiling as the screams stopped, “We need to go,” he simply said while walking away towards the rest of the group.
    As Jack walked, away Mark spoke to Bray, “Did he just sacrifice him.” The anger in Brays face made Mark uncomfortable about his words, “He had the guts to do what needed to be done to protect all of us,” Bray snapped at him as he also walked away.
    Elle looked back waiting for Jack and the others to catch up, she was relieved to see Jack appear quickly followed by Bray and Mark, and she noticed David was not with them. As Jack got closer, she spoke the name. “David,” Jack simply shook his head. As he got closer, she approached him and put her arms around him, not caring what anyone thought she knew Jack needed it.
    Bray joined Frank and Zoe by the door, “So David did not make it?” Frank asked.
    Glancing at Frank, Bray replied, “No, there was too many of them and he was too slow,” the words shocked Frank, who looked at him concerned.
    Jack joined them by the door, “We should keep moving,” he told them.
    Frank cracked the lock open on the door, it was hard to move so Bray helped him push it open. The smell that came through the door was horrendous, “Great a sewer,” Zoe remarked.
    Stepping through the door, it was dark there were no emergency lights, Frank stepped into the stinking water, he felt something on his leg and jumped in shock, looking down only to reveal a rat crawling over his foot. He looked back to see Zoe smiling at him.
    One by one, they walked through the door following Frank, Jack stayed by the door making sure everyone got out. Mark was the last to come out, he stopped next to Jack, “Was there nothing you could do?” he asked while looking him in the eye.
    Glaring back Jack replied, “It was him or all of us, what would you have done.”
    Looking uncomfortable he replied, “Tried to help him,” he uttered.
    Jack smiled, “Then you and everyone would be dead by now,” he told him.
    Mark sighed and spoke, “I thought you were the hero,” he spoke out sarcastically as he started to walk away.
    Jack grabbed Mark in anger and pulled him back, bringing him nose to nose with him, “Heroes die, those around them die. We live in a new world where we don’t need heroes, we need survivors,” Jack stated in anger before letting him go in anger.
    Mark panicked, seeing the look in Jack’s eyes, he quickly backed off and rushed to join the others.
    Jack closed his eyes for a second, seeing the look David’s face as he closed the door locking him inside with the dead. He gave out a deep breath and shut the tunnel door; he walked slowly towards the others.
    Frank was leading the way, he looked back behind him to see Jack was a covering them, Jack winked at Frank, and he gave a small smile back. Frank knew Jack was pushing him to be a leader, it meant a lot to him knowing Jack believed in him, after all Jack was the reason they made it this far and deep down wished he would take command.
    They waded through the sewage water, rats scrambled around them. Zoe walked just behind Frank; she noticed something shining in the water. She leaned down to reach for it, placing her hand in the water tried to grab it, but it moved. Zoe looked in fear when suddenly a rotting hand burst from the water trying to grab her face; she gave out a scream and fell back. Now sitting in the water she looked at the hand as a small child’s face appeared from the water, its eyes dead, the skin sagging from the bone, the water had discolored the skin, the flesh ravaged from rat bites, the child gave out a