Action Adventure Fiction

[note: If this is your first time reading Oasis, you really should start at the beginning. ]

Judge, Jury, and Executioners

Lily twirled around and strutted down the hall.

I considered my options. I could run, but that’d only make me look more guilty. I could follow her, but that’d look just as bad. If I could make it back to my room before they stopped watching Lily, they might leave me alone. Or at least I’d have a baseball bat and a locked door.

I figured that was my best shot.

Sure enough, they parted and watched Lily’s swaggering backside as she went by them and down the hall.

I made a b-line for my room.

The door was well on its way to slamming closed when it bounced back in.

Richard had gotten his foot in the way just in time.

The door swung wide again.

I was just past its path.

I controlled my breathing and looked at him. “Can I help you?” (more…)

[If you’ve never read Oasis before, you should start at the beginning. I had to run this one by my wife first.]

Temptation

Kevin opened the door and Kim blasted through.

She grabbed Kevin’s hand and kissed him full on the lips.

“Come on, they’re getting dinner ready.”

It probably shouldn’t have surprised me, but it did. I suppose relationships speed right along under extreme circumstances.

Lily poked her head and flashed a smile. “Hi, Corbin.”

I’m pretty sure I rolled my eyes, but if she noticed, she didn’t let it show.

“You want to come up with us?”

I shook my head. “I’d like to (more…)

[note: Oasis started a long, long time ago. If you haven't read it before, you should start with Chapter 1. In other news, I think it's time I admit that I won't be reaching my goal of finishing Oasis before the end of the year. There's just too much pain left to heap upon poor 'ol Corbin.]

Return to the Emergency Room

None of us were about to argue with the man, so we rushed past him and squeezed the cot into the stairwell.

He pulled the door shut behind us with a final-sounding clunk.

Dim light filled the stairwell from exterior windows on every other landing but the ground level.

The door to the ground floor was in shadow and barely visible. It had been barricaded with sandbags.

The man looked at me. “You have medical training?”

I nodded. “Yes.”

“How is he?”

“I haven’t been able to really look him over yet. I’m not even exactly sure what happened.”

“OK. Let’s (more…)

[note: If you are new to Oasis, you should start with Chapter 1]

Breaking and Entering

Kevin pounded three or four times on the door. “It’s not supposed to be locked.”

The teenage girls gasped.

The middle aged man’s eyes went wide. “What do you mean, locked?”

Kevin continued pounding. “Open up!”

I turned and scanned the area. I didn’t see any deads, but I knew it was just a matter of time.

The woman was shaking. “W-what do we do now?”

The boy shook as well, “What if they come out now?”

The older man barked at the girls to (more…)

[note: Sorry about the lateness of this one. Today has been crazy. If you are new to Oasis, start with Chapter 1.]

Help And Red Shoes

The yelling got louder.

I knew they had to be close, so I slowed down and kept moving toward the sound. I still wasn’t sure why I was going or what I was going to do when I got there.

Three flares shot up into the air in rapid succession. They came from close by, probably just around to the other side of the block.

I hugged the brick wall of the insurance office on the corner and peeked around.

There was a row of stores, mostly antique dealerships and oriental rug shops, all of whose windows had been smashed. Nestled toward the center was a two-story apartment building.

Gathered around the front door of the apartment building was a mob of perhaps ten deads. They were pounding tirelessly at what was left of the front door.

I couldn’t be certain, but it appeared that there was at least one survivor on the other side trying to (more…)

[note: As you can see, we're a long way into Oasis. If you're just arriving here, you should start with Chapter 1: The Last Shift]

Betrayal Pains

The blow caught me in right in the stomach. Air exploded out my mouth and my diaphragm refused to take in more.

I dropped to my knees.

It hurt bad.

In the dim light, I could make out Carl’s form hovering over me. He was holding an aluminum baseball bat.

He had misjudged the distance in the dark and had hit me with his hands when he swung.

It still hurt, though.

One of Carl’s boys lit an oil lamp.

Another hurt was welling up inside me. I looked up at Beth’s sobbing face. She had betrayed me. Led me into a trap.

I couldn’t believe it.

Maybe I had wanted to believe she was really going to (more…)

[Note: If this is your first time here, you'd better start with Chapter 1: The last Shift. Thanks for reading.]

Escape?

I couldn’t tell which direction it came from.

“Who’s there?”

“Shh, quiet.”

Somewhere behind me. I turned around as best I could.

A lighter flicked in the darkness and Paul’s face came into view.

He lit a candle, and finished coming out from behind the same crate Beth had used for cover.

“Where’s Beth?”

He raised a hand like he was signaling cars to (more…)