Zombie Theorem (Book 1): The Culling Read Online Free

to the main floor and saw people milling about. I strolled over to a desk, picked up the phone handset, but found it was dead. Which was weird as our telephony system was on a separate power source and shouldn’t have gone down.
    Matt shoveled more crap onto my pile of issues. “Big problems Dan, whole system is down, even our back up data lines, so the laptops aren’t getting a signal and since there is no power the desktops of course aren’t working. I can ping our servers, since they are on battery backup, but they are a dead end with no internet. And to add insult to injury the phones are also down.”
    Someone was shouting from the lobby. I motioned for Matt to follow. We walked out the main doors and found people standing around the elevators. “They aren’t working.” Kim a middle aged, short roundish, Asian girl whined as she kept stabbing at the elevator call button.
    “Thanks for the info, but Kim, that’s what they are supposed to do. When there is an emergency they return to the lobby and stop answering calls. The stairs should be fine though.” I informed her and the others standing around.
    “That’s 48 floors Dan. I’m not walking down 48 floors.” She started whining even louder.
    “Kim, there is nothing I can do about the elevators. And think about it, it’s easy since you’ll be going down” I pushed on the crash bar for the entrance to the stairs and found it wouldn’t open. “What the fuck?” I whispered.
    “These stairs are an emergency access and they should never be locked. Matt use your cell to call security and find out what the hell is going on.” I was going to start panicking any second. I mean the only two ways to lock those doors are by barring them or turning on the locking system down in security.
    “I’m not getting anything Dan.”
    “They aren’t answering? Fine call 911. Let’s get the authorities here and get this settled.” I ran my hands over my bald head. I’m going to need more coffee and maybe something stronger if this keeps rolling downhill toward the abyss.
    “No Dan, you don’t understand. I am not getting anything. I have full signal but not able to call out or even getting internet. Anybody else able to get a call out?” Matt asked.
    Everyone took out their cellphones out, checking and apparently not getting anywhere. “Do something Dan!” Kim whined louder than before and actually stomped her foot.
    “What do you think I can do Kim?” I yelled at her. She shut up and looked stunned that I would talk to her like that.” Ok everyone let’s get back to the office and see if we can’t get something figured out.” I waved everyone out of the lobby.
    “Hey Dan, this is getting weird. Why would everything go down at once? Unless it’s on purpose, this cannot be a coincidence. And if it is on purpose then who and why?” Matt seemed to be on to something. I just did not know what yet.
    I pondered for a second. “Well think about it this way Matt. We are not the only company in the building. I wonder if something happened and the authorities have decided to quarantine them and in a fashion, us. Or, if we are just shit balling here, maybe there has been a catastrophe. But let’s not go there yet.”
    I walked past everyone on the way to my office. I stopped suddenly and Matt walked into me again. I looked toward the windows and made a bee line to them. I stood there looking over the bay and Treasure Island, looking for something out of the ordinary. Nothing though seemed to be happening. “Someone go over to the other side and look out the windows. See if anything is going on. The bay bridge looks fine, there are some cars moving around out there” Matt and a couple of other people went running to the other side and shouted back that everything seemed fine.
    I stood there a while not really focusing on anything. Just letting my mind run and work on this little mystery. I sighed, stepped back from the window and walked to my office.