Zombie Drabble #203 “Fighting Retreat”

Kapra put the binoculars to his eyes, and stared through them for a long while. “We’re losing.”

“Yes.”

“Just too many of them. Not enough ammunition. Not enough time to regroup when we fall back—”

“They may be slow, but they never stop. Not even for a minute.”

“I know what the problem is, Major.”

“Yes sir. Sorry, sir.”

“Order the men back to the line of Interstate 83. We’ll hold them off there as long as we can.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Any word on air support?”

“Plenty of planes, no ordinance.”

“Yeah, well, there’s a lot of that going around.”