Bug Spray not Included

By Christopher Ridge

You're going to need stronger juice if you want to take on these bugs. Giant insects have invaded the United States. The White House is destroyed. Entire towns demolished. Houses crushed and the insects are starving for flesh. These bugs are here for one purpose only. Destroy.

Will and Karen are two college kids trapped in the middle of this vicious insect apocalypse. With the help of a couple women rednecks, they battle these ferocious man eating creatures.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christopher Ridge
• Release date: Mar 28, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524271961

Christopher Ridge

Christopher Ridge is a creature feature horror and sci-fi writer. He enjoys B horror movies, aliens, monsters and mutant insects and such. To get an idea of what his stories and short novels are like think ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES, THEM, and IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE. He lives in Indianapolis Indiana with his wife and two sons.

Book preview

A BUG DID THAT?

The president of the United States and the others were in the middle of a not really very important meeting when a roach the size of a semi- truck plowed through the side of the building and interrupted their conversation. The roach’s large foot came down within inches of the president’s head. The other foot slammed the Secretary of state against the wall knocking them both unconscious. Blood splattered through the air as each of its antennae coiled around a congressional representative, smacking their bodies on the floor repeatedly.

Everyone scrambled to get outside the building as the roach charged through the conference room.

What is that thing? the governor of Maine asked, looking at four tree- like legs standing in the center of the room covered with blood.

Dust and debris chips rained from the ceiling.  The walls shook and buckled.

We’re gonna have to get out of here, this building is going to collapse.

The governor dragged the president outside.

He put his ear to the president’s mouth and listened before he wrote him off dead. In a way, he hoped he was dead because he and the president were not getting along these days and with the election approaching, he planned on running. If the president is dead, he just might have a chance.

Is he breathing? someone asked.

Afraid so.

What do you mean afraid so?

He cursed under his breath. If that idiot wasn’t standing there watching he could’ve simply walked away and let him die. Nothing. Just forget it.

They laid him on the ground beside the Secretary of State. Outside, they found even more to scream about. Walking down the street was the largest cockroach they’d ever seen chewing on a car. Blood squirted out like a Star-Kist fruit gusher; its large jaws chomped away on the people inside it, and then swallowed the car like a piece of candy. The ground shuddered as the thing walked off.  Feet smashed into the houses, shattering them into splinters with every step, it took.

The president woke up. Groggy. What just happened?

The governor of Maine looked at him. Sir, you’re not going to believe this, but it looks like we’re being invaded by giant insects."

Yeah right, I’ve seen it all now.

Well,he nodded. Actually you haven’t seen anything yet.

WHERE YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING?

The president regrouped himself, came to his senses, and realized he needed to get out of there quickly. He whispered in his governor’s ear to get the emergency plane. His first term and all he’d worked so hard for stood destroyed by large insects. How do you explain something like this?

The secretary of state approached him. Sir the plane is here. We can board now.

Nonchalantly they moved through the crowd of people keeping their little escape plane a secret as they found the marked hole leading to an underground tunnel. People who saw what was going on grabbed at them.

Hey, the president is trying to leave us! One man yelled.

Get him, the other said.

With extreme force, the bodyguards fought off the mob while hands tore at the President’s suit.

Just everybody back up! They ordered. And nobody is going to get hurt.

Headed to your underground escape route? one woman said.

Names and other obscenities came from the crowd.

I told you they have a secret tunnel in case of an apocalypse, one man said. I knew it, I knew it.

The president faced the angry crowd Just relax people; I’m going to get help.

THAT IS ONE BIG BUG

That roach is right behind us, Karen said.

Will looked in the mirror and could see nothing but bug eyes and antennas. Yeah, he’s making me nervous.

She turned around. Wow that thing is about ready to eat our bumper.

He stepped on the accelerator and watched as the needle slowly climbed to sixty-five then seventy. I’m trying to keep the speed limit but the way it keeps pushing me, I don’t need another ticket. One more ticket and I’m a goner.

We don’t have a choice. You’re gonna have to go faster.

He stepped harder on the accelerator. Seventy-five..... Eighty.

Ahead a cop sat on the side of the road. Great, that’s all I need right now.

He blew by the cop wondering if he'd see him. He expected the cop to pull out onto the road but he didn’t. Given the situation, you’d think they wouldn’t concern themselves with such piddly things.

I thought for sure he was going see me.

Might not have been in the car. Remember that one cop car we passed back in Illinois and there wasn’t anybody in it. They do that sometimes just to deter people from speeding.

I know but we’re out in the middle of nowhere here. Nothing but trees, and we’re in the middle of an insect apocalypse.

The sound of the roach’s footsteps thundered behind them as the mandibles nudged the bumper.

Did he just bump us? Karen asked. No he did not just do that.

He did. Hold on cause he’s getting ready to do it again.

They felt another nudge forward.

This roach is really starting to tick me off. Karen said.

Will signaled and moved over to the next lane but the roach moved in behind. He’s not letting me move over. Why in the world am I signaling?

Karen rolled her window down and gave him the universal salute.  Take that  ...

What did you do that for?

Cause he’s just ticked me off.

The roach roared as it rose on its hind legs.

We’ve just ticked him off, and he’s bigger than we are.

Well, I couldn’t help myself. What is he doing?

Their SUV jolted forward as the roach rammed them with more force than before.

The large eyes stared him down every time he swerved.

This thing gets any closer and he’s gonna crush us like an ant.

Stepping onto the accelerator the needle climbed to eighty then eighty-five.

I don’t think this Hyundai is going to go much faster.

Ahhhh these SUV’s are meant to run. Good thing we’re not in the Accent.

He laughed. Yeah that little car, it’d get creamed out here.

This guy is determined to eat us, that’s for sure.

These things think they own the world and can do whatever they want. Actually, they own the world.

He’s messing with the wrong chick because my dad’s a cop and I’m going to tell him about this.

I don’t think he’s going to do much good for us now.

Their car jerked and veered right causing him to lose control.

I can’t keep driving like this, Will said. This thing is nuts. We’ve got to find some place to hide.

I’m calling my dad. See what he can do.

Probably nothing at this point.

She rummaged