"David L. Robbins - Endworld 10 - New York Run" - читать интересную книгу автора (Robbins David L)

Geisz stared down the stairwell. It was down there, according to the
Minister. About two floors below her present position. Canister after
canister of it. Was the stuff worth so many lives? she wondered.

She had a choice to make.

Geisz shook her head in frustration. Either she could search for
Edwards, Doughboy, and Wink, when she knew there wasn't a chance of
locating them, or she could retrieve one of the damned canisters for the
Minister.

Crap.

Private Geisz stood and moved down the stairwell, treading softly, her
right ear tuned to the amplifier in her helmet. She descended two floors to
the lowest level without incident.

So where were the creatures?
 She leaned against the wall at the bottom of the stairwell and played
her light over the passageway ahead. What was it Doughboy had called the
things? Zombies! That was it.

So where were the Zombies?

Geisz detected a doorway about 30 feet away, in the right-hand wall.
On an impulse, she replaced the partially spent magazine with a new one
from her pouch. There was no sense in being careless at this point of the
game! She insured the Dakon was set on full automatic, then pressed the
proper button to activate the Laser Sighting Mode. Sure, it would be a
drain on the batteries, but she couldn't afford to waste precious time
sighting the rifle, especially now that she was alone. The red dots could be
a lifesaver when every millisecond counted.

Here goes nothing!

Private Geisz sidled toward the doorway, keeping her back against the
right wall. Her head was constantly in motion, sweeping her helmet light
along the corridor. Static crackled in her right ear. She glanced at the tiled
floor, then stopped, perplexed.

Dust covered the floor and the walls, a thick layer of dust undisturbed
by a solitary footprint.

Something was wrong here.

Geisz examined the floor for as far as her light revealed, and it was all
the same. Not a single print. But why? she asked herself. The Zombies
were all over the place. They infested the ruins. Why didn't they use this
hallway? Why did they apparently avoid the lower level? There was no
evidence of anyone, or anything, using this corridor in a long, long time.