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The Laughing Corpse :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 162 из 213At dawn the thing was still killing them."
"Your point."
"Seal the area."
"Explain."
"The zombie has to be nearby, within walking distance. It's hiding, waiting for nightfall."
"I thought zombies could go out in daylight," Dolph said.
"They can, but they don't like it. A zombie won't go out in the day unless ordered to."
"So the nearest cemetery," he said.
"Not necessarily. Zombies aren't like vamps or ghouls. It doesn't need to be coffins or even graves. The zombie will just want to get out of the light."
"So where do we look?"
"Sheds, garages, any place that will shield it."
"So he could be in some kid's tree house," Dolph said.
I smiled. Nice to know I still could. "I doubt the zombie would climb if given a choice. Notice that all the houses are one-stories."
"Basements," he said.
"But no one runs down to the basement," I said.
"Would it have helped?"
I shrugged. "Zombies aren't great at climbing, as a rule. This one is faster and more alert but … At best the basement might have delayed it. If there were windows, they might have gotten the children out." I rubbed the cloth on the back of my, neck. "The zombie picks one-story houses with sliding glass doors. It might rest near one."
"The medical examiner says the corpse is tall, six feet, six-two. Male, white. Immensely strong."
"We knew the last, and the rest doesn't really help."
"You got a better idea?"
"As a matter of fact," I said, "have all the officers about the right height walk the neighborhood for an hour. Then block off that much of the area."
"And search all the sheds and garages," Dolph said.
"And basements, crawl spaces, old refrigerators," I said.
"If we find it?"
"Fry it. Get an exterminator team out here."
"Will the zombie attack during the day?" Dolph asked.
"If disturbed enough, yes. This one's awfully aggressive."
"No joke," he said. "We'd need a dozen exterminator teams or more. The city'll never go for that. Besides, we could walk a pretty damn wide circle. We might search and miss it completely."
"It'll move at dark. If you're ready, you'll find it then."
"Okay. You sound like you're not going to help search."
"I'll be back to help, but John Burke returned my call."
"You taking him to the morgue?"
"Yeah, in time to try to use him against Dominga Salvador. What timing," I said.
"Good.
"Your point."
"Seal the area."
"Explain."
"The zombie has to be nearby, within walking distance. It's hiding, waiting for nightfall."
"I thought zombies could go out in daylight," Dolph said.
"They can, but they don't like it. A zombie won't go out in the day unless ordered to."
"So the nearest cemetery," he said.
"Not necessarily. Zombies aren't like vamps or ghouls. It doesn't need to be coffins or even graves. The zombie will just want to get out of the light."
"So where do we look?"
"Sheds, garages, any place that will shield it."
"So he could be in some kid's tree house," Dolph said.
I smiled. Nice to know I still could. "I doubt the zombie would climb if given a choice. Notice that all the houses are one-stories."
"Basements," he said.
"But no one runs down to the basement," I said.
"Would it have helped?"
I shrugged. "Zombies aren't great at climbing, as a rule. This one is faster and more alert but … At best the basement might have delayed it. If there were windows, they might have gotten the children out." I rubbed the cloth on the back of my, neck. "The zombie picks one-story houses with sliding glass doors. It might rest near one."
"The medical examiner says the corpse is tall, six feet, six-two. Male, white. Immensely strong."
"We knew the last, and the rest doesn't really help."
"You got a better idea?"
"As a matter of fact," I said, "have all the officers about the right height walk the neighborhood for an hour. Then block off that much of the area."
"And search all the sheds and garages," Dolph said.
"And basements, crawl spaces, old refrigerators," I said.
"If we find it?"
"Fry it. Get an exterminator team out here."
"Will the zombie attack during the day?" Dolph asked.
"If disturbed enough, yes. This one's awfully aggressive."
"No joke," he said. "We'd need a dozen exterminator teams or more. The city'll never go for that. Besides, we could walk a pretty damn wide circle. We might search and miss it completely."
"It'll move at dark. If you're ready, you'll find it then."
"Okay. You sound like you're not going to help search."
"I'll be back to help, but John Burke returned my call."
"You taking him to the morgue?"
"Yeah, in time to try to use him against Dominga Salvador. What timing," I said.
"Good.