apocalypse: chapter four
#3 of Apocalypse #1
Sorry it took so leng to get it out but here it is. I promise it wont take near as long for the next chapter to get posted. Please enjoy it and for the love of god comment. i dont know how to improve if you all (the readers) dont tell me whats wrong.
The apocalypse chapter four
After we all got cleaned up we headed back up to the roof with a few rifles. The convoy was about a mile away and we could hear gunshots.
"what the hell is that?" asked Jess as she pointed to a large creature following the convoy.
"Hell if I know but I think we might need some bigger guns." I said
"I'll go grab the .50 cal" Alex said before running back inside.
Just then one of the vehicles in the convoy exploded sending bodies and shrapnel flying. The entire convoy was shrouded in dust so we could only see shadows and muzzle flashes. One of the smaller tucks came speeding out of the dust cloud. There was a large black dragon manning an MK-19 mounted in the bed of the truck. He was sending round after round into the cloud.
He stopped firing and the beast roared as the final rounds slammed into it. We watched in awe as it stumbled out of the settling dust. It must have been twenty feet tall. It had been some kind of elephant before the infection. Its tusks had been broken and twisted with extra ones growing out all over its head. Its body was covered in giant pockmarks where the grenades had hit it tearing off huge pieces of flesh.
"We should prolly go see if we can save anyone." Jess said.
We headed down to the hummer and headed over to the charred remains of the convoy. Charred bodies and vehicles were everywhere. Nicolai and the black dragon walked up to us supporting a limping polar bear between them. We all stood there for a moment thinking of how many furs had just died.
Nicolai spoke first " He is the only survivor we found"
"He got hit in the leg with some shrapnel any of you know how to patch him up?" the dragon asked
"I can stitch him up back at the hotel" Alex said.
We helped them get the bear into their truck before heading back in the hummer. We put him in one of the downstairs rooms before leaving Alex to fix him up. The rest of us decided to head up to the roof and figure out what we were going to do next. The dragon introduced himself as Jake as we headed upstairs. We all sat down on the edge of the roof with our legs hanging down.
"How long could we hold out here with the supplies you have?" Jake asked.
"We have a well for water and enough guns and ammo to last a very long time but we only have enough food for another couple weeks." I said.
After a moment of silence Nicolai spoke up. "What do you say we take this act on the road? You know scavenge for supplies along the way."
"sounds good me, I was getting bored out here in the middle of nowhere anyway." I said.
Jess and Jake agreed it was better than sitting around waiting for more giant mutants After awhile we headed back downstairs to find Alex and the bear who introduced himself as Adam sitting in the lobby talking. They agreed that we should leave and try to gather more supplies and find more survivors. Nicolai and Jake went to see if the could salvage anything from the convoy while me Jess and Alex started loading everything we could into the hummer with enough room left for us to sit.
Nicolai and Jake came back a few hours later with a few fifty five gallon drums of gas, a few guns, and several large boxes of military grade ammo. We had managed to load all of our guns and ammo only leaving our personal favorites out Alex had her M14, Jess had a semi auto version of the AK 47, and I kept my REC7. Adam opted for a specialized he had found that was actually big enough for him to use comfortably while Jake and Nicolai UMP 45's.
We spent another day gathering up some different tools and clothes before we headed out. Me and Jess took the hummer while Nicolai and Alex took the pickup with the MK 19. Adam had managed to get a flatbed truck running and was driving it with Jake. We headed out onto the highway heading NE. The first hour of the ride was uneventful. We just drove past mile after mile of cornfields.
As we rounded a bend in the highway a wall of cars came into view. It was completely surrounded by zombies. We could hear gunfire and see a couple furs on top of the cars firing into the horde of zombies. We rolled to a stop and rolled down the windows as the trucks pulled up on either side of the hummer.
"should we help them?" Nicolai asked
"well we could use a few more people." Jess chimed in.
We discussed it for awhile longer decided to try and help but to bug out if we got swarmed too heavily. Jake hopped onto the MK 19 while Adam got ready to pick up the survivors on the flatbed, It was high enough off the ground that the survivors could jump down onto it without much trouble while any zombies would have a hard time reaching them once they got on. Nicolai drove off to one side of the rode and Alex started firing at the zombies closest to him. The group slowly shifted its attention from the furs on the cars to the more noisy pry strapped to the mounted gun.
The grenades hit with deadly accuracy killing at least three infected with every round. The ground between the pickup and the wall of cars was soon covered in a writhing pile of gore. Most of the infect where torn apart by blasts but the remainder kept clawing its way toward the truck determined to get their final meal.
Adam backed up to the cars on the far side once enough of the crowd had moved away. The furs jumped down and held on to the cab as Adam pulled away heading up the road a bit to me and jess were waiting with our sniper rifles set up to take out any infected that went too far in the wrong direction.
The furs we rescued hopped off the truck and ran toward us shouting their thanks. One was a male rottweiler who called himself Ace, the other was a doe named Rachel. They explained that they had met up a few days ago while running from the infected and had to camp out on top of the cars when they got surrounded. They both had M4A1 and military BDU's complete with all the usual standard issue gear from the army.
"You guys from the military?" I asked.
Rachel spoke up first. "No we ran across an abandoned base a few miles north of here and picked up some the gear."
"anything left worth taking?"
"Hell Yeah!" Ace broke in. "We left the best stuff cause we wanted to travel light and stay out of sight. didn't work out though, its like these things can sense right where you are."
Nicolai and Adam pulled up in the truck right as he finished. "you guys want to grab some free gear?' I asked.
"why the hell wouldn't we?" Said Adam.
"Well if everyone else agrees then lets get going."
We hopped into the vehicles and headed toward the base. It was a fun ride over. The road was littered with zombies and we took turns seeing who could get the most headshots in a row while moving. Alex won and I came in second. The more I got to know her the more I liked. She was the best marksman I had ever met, she was damn sexy, and to top it off she smart and funny. Shit Jess would kill me if she knew I was starting to want Alex.
We drove through the main gate admiring the rows of vehicles. They had Abrams, Strikers, Hum-vee's, and every kind of transport truck you could think of. We split off into groups to get what we wanted. Me Jess and Alex ditched our hummer and headed over to the vehicle depot and got a flatbed with a cover mounted on it. We backed it up to the armory and loaded a rack of ten M16's and another of M110's. then we headed over to the ammo dump and with some help from Adam loaded a few crates of 5.56 and 7.62 rounds. We drove out to the main courtyard and found that the others had secured a barracks and set up a makeshift wall around it.
"Guess we're staying here for the night."