Chapter 1 Welcome to the North
The cold sea water crashed against the pebble rocks of the beach, the beach was located in a small cover surrounded by high almost vertical cliffs with a single exit inland. A dirt road leading inland was overgrown from Mother Nature reclaiming the land which man took from her. Birds flew through the air with ease and without a care, small and large animals moved though the forests not realizing that they were in a nation known for the longest time as the hermit kingdom which was now called the missing nation. They had disappeared before the height of the great panic when governments around the world were pushed to the limit by the undead threat. After ten years of war against the undead, when government fell and new ones born the world is mostly free of the zombie hordes. There were still killing of zombies in remote areas of the world or when a zombie walked out of the ocean or a large lake to try and attack the living. Even the zombie overrun areas of Iceland, Sweden and French Guiana had been cleaned out of the undead, now only one place remained to be checked.
Out of the cold surfs appeared a figure dressed in a metal shark chain mail dive suit, his M-4 carbine was raised as he scanned the coast line for any sign of a threat. As he did two more figures also dressed in the same type of chain mail diving suits.
"Let's get out of the water." Stated the first man as the three of them moved out of the water onto the beach. The three figures moved across the beach until they hit cliff face to their right was a natural ramp reinforced by man.
"Get out of the chain mail, it makes too much nose." stated the first guy as he aimed the M4 carbine ready to shoot anything that appeared either from land or sea.
"The satellite shows no movement we can move up the beach without worry." stated the second through his thick eastern European accent as he held the Heckler & Koch G36 assault rifle in his hands.
"Didn't they teach you in GROM that satellites can't see everything." stated the first man
"Sorry sir." stated the second
"Another thing cut the sir stuff just as long as you remember who is in command." stated the seal
"Yes, Alec." stated the German member of the team Martin as he along with the polish member of the team took off the metal chain mail which protected them from underwater zombie bites, showing their wet uniform which had woven Kevlar and hardened plates to protect against bits. Once they were done they took up defenses line so to allow the Lieutenant to get ready.
"Alright our target is half a click to the north on top of one of those cliffs." said Alec
"Why not just bomb the missile battier to kingdom come?" asked the GROM radio man Jaan as he ran his hands though his deep brown hair.
"Because we are suppose to make contact with the North Koreans not start a world war so bombing a military base isn't the best idea." stated the German KSK member Martin "It is also why they broadcast our arrive time and date open over the radio."
"And yet no one is here." stated Jaan
"Better no one then a large group of zombies or North Koreas with armed to the teeth." stated Alec as he put his soft hat over his bright red hair. "Now let's get going, the rest of the team can't land until we shut down those automatic weapons."
Without saying another word the three Special Forces members moved up the beach heading into the forests. Out to sea of Japan a group of fifteen navy surface ships from nine different nations stood at the ready. The flag ship of the international fleet was the Nimitz class supper carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln.
"Admiral Wolf the three man team is on the shore and are moving toward the target." stated an aid
"Any contact with the North Koreans?" asked Admiral Wolf as he placed his coffee mug down
"No sir, they report no contact." said the aid
"Alright but I want those bombers ready at any moment, if they open a hornets' nest we may need to seal it up." stated Admiral Wolf as he looked down at the computer screens, the plan was simple make contact with the north and if as they feared all that was down in the tunnels and bunkers of the north is 20 million plus zombies underground waiting to be released they would drop regular bombs and the new raven gun system to try to stop the zombies until they can seal them back up. There next defense was a thermal nuclear strike deliver by B1 bomber based out Japan.
"Sir permission to speak freely?" asked the aid
"Granted." stated Admiral Wolf
"Is it wise to open doors that may contain all those zombies?" asked the aid
"On first glance no and that is why it took so long to talk Japan, South Korea, the United Federation of China, Holy Russian Empire and the other nations of the world into this." stated Admiral Wolf "However these are bunkers built by North Korea by pretty much slave labor so they will not be in the best of shape and if there are Zombies in there they will not be maintained…so sooner or later the doors will open. I for one would rather be standing at the door with a shotgun ready then being caught flatfooted."
"Understood but why the multiple nations?" asked the aid "A team from a single nation who worked together could get the job done better."
"For an operation like this we called in the best of the best from across the world they all bring something key to the plan. Also if there are people in those tunnels it would be better if they see a group of people from different nations then a horde of armed Americans." Explained Admiral Wolf
Back on shore the three man team had reached the small North Korean outpost. The base consisted of only seven buildings and two outdoor missile launchers all located behind a chain link fence with razor wire on top. The entire base was located on small outcrop surrounded on three sides by vertical cliffs which went down to the sea and the fourth was an open area over a hundred yards long.
"I don't see anyone." stated Jaan as he looked at the buildings, the windows were dusty and the ground was overgrown with weeds however a faded North Korean flag still flew from the flag pole in the center of the outpost
"Ya, but those towers would be great places for machineguns." stated Alec as he looked at the still standing but empty towers.
"What about mines…the North Koreans love those things." stated Martin
"Starlight showed no mine fields but still be careful." stated Alec as they moved down the road making sure to watch their steps. They moved carefully down the dirt road until they passed the guard house and entered the outpost, the main fear now was a lone soldier with a gun hiding in one of the rooms. The three Special Forces operators moved carefully as they headed toward what appeared to be the main building. The door was still open weather it had been left open by the soldiers who left or blown open by the wind afterwards. Alec led the way as he entered the hallway followed by Jaan and Martin.
"Hello we come in Peace." said Alec in Korean, this was done for two reasons first in the hopes that any living person would come out to see what was happening or to wake up a zombie who had spent years locked up in some room. For a moment all three listened but heard nothing.
"Kick in the door." Ordered Alec as he moved pass one of the doors as Jaan and Martin entered the a side room only to find a store room however everything was gone, only shelves and dust remained.
"Clear." stated Martin
"Looks like an armory but all the guns and bullets are gone." stated Jaan as they moved down the hall clearing more rooms until they reached a command center which consisted of only four computers some radios.
"Should we check the computers out." stated Jaan
"Later, we need to shut down those missiles and clear the rest of the buildings." ordered Alec as they moved out of the building and onto the open yard toward the missiles which were pointed toward the ocean. A few years ago an airliner was shot down by one of the automatic launchers, the team had been sent in to make sure that didn't happen for this operation. The SAM was located in a turret which held three heat seeking missiles each for a total of six between the two of them.
"How long do you need to shut them down?" asked Alec as Martin went to work.
"If the higher ups let me just plant some C4 on it I would be done in a few moment but they don't want the first act to be the destruction of a North Korea base." explained Martin as he moved toward the SAM lifting a panel to gain access to the missiles. "Luckily these launchers and missiles are knock offs of old Communist Chinese's missile launcher which are rips off even older soviet ones. I will remove the launch control key which will cause these smart missile to become very dumb."
"But they will still launch?" asked Jaan
"Ya, but I will also remove the warheads." added Martin as he took off the nose cone of the first missile "In the end they will be dumb toothless missiles."
"Kid leave the explosive expert alone and get on the horn to command and tell them we are…." started Alec until he saw movement at the front gate. There walking toward them very slowly was a figure dressed in what looked like the remains of a wet black business suit moved toward them. It's skin was pale and wrinkly from being underwater for an unknown amount of time.
"Looks we have a Z head." Stated Alec he looked down his ACOG scope at the zombie.
"Do you think he's North Korean?" asked Jaan
"Since when does North Korean have a Japanese flag pin on his jacket." stated Alec as he aimed at the flag pin on the man's suit "Looks like this poor SOB came from Japan."
"Well time to end him." stated Jaan as he aimed his assault rifle at the Zombie and pulled the trigger causing the Zombie's head to exploded sending sick congealed blood everywere..
"As I was saying get on the horn and tell command we are a couple minutes out from clearing the area for landing and we had a Zombie come up from the ocean." Stated Alec
"It should be ten minutes until we are ready." Stated Martin
"Will do." stated Jaan as he hit his long range radio
"This is Alpa team we are disabling the missiles ETA to completion ten zero minutes." stated Jaan over the radio "Be warned we had to put down a Z-head believed to have been from Japan."
"Understood." answered a voice back over the radio
Onboard the Tarawa class amphibious assault ship the USS Peleiu four Sikorsky CH-53 Super Stallion came alive as marines marched out of their holding area and into their choppers. Unlike marines who had filled these choppers in the past these marines were dressed in the simple blue uniforms which had become common during the war against the zombies. Most of them were not armed with assault rifles but instead with the standard Infantry Rifles also known as the SIR which had severed them well during the Zombie war. Some among the group were armed with M4s and SAWs just in case they had to deal with the North Koreans. Also on the rolling deck of the ship were three helicopters that normally wouldn't belong an Army CH-47 Chinook.
Outside the first Chinook attached by multiple steel cables was the primary vehicle of the mission a highly Modified MRAP vehicle. The other two Chinooks had Humvee attached by heavy chains.
"Make sure you have all these lines severed we can't afford to lose this thing in flight." yelled a flight deck operator as they double checked the chains.
"Yes…because walking into Pyongyang isn't a good idea." laughed a voice as a large man walked past him caring a military pack and an M4 in his hands. He had on green camouflage uniform with a black tactical vest over his chest. The red airhead with a black knife inside patch on his right arm just below the American flag told everyone what he did for a living. He was a member of the Unite better known as Delta force and that meant he was the ground commander of the team heading into North Korea. He moved up the ramp of the Chinook and toward the cockpit where the pilots were getting ready.
"So boys how long until we take off?" asked the Delta member
"Not long Major Lefeld." answered the pilot "However I wish you would stop that woman from trying to ride with us? We are already pushing max weight limit and the less weight we have onboard the better."
"That isn't going to happen, took everything I have to talk her out of ridding inside the MRAP." explained Major Robert Lefeld as they looked out the window to see a woman wearing a helmet and yelling at the deck crew who was double checking the straps on the MRAP "And since she is a French civilian I can't order her around that much."
"Why do we have civilians on this mission anyhow?" asked the copilot
"Sometimes they are the best we have, even if they are French." laughed Major Lefeld as the radio came to life
"All forces take off and head to landing zone." ordered the captain's voice
"Looks like it is time to head out." stated Major Roberts as the last of the troops loaded onto the helicopters as they took off from the ship and headed into North Korean airspace. Only the three Chinook stayed behind as the final checks were done and the woman who had been yelling at the ground crew ran into the Chinooks lifted off.
"You ready to go Miss Chaffee?" asked Major Roberts as the French civilian stepped onto the Chinook.
"Yes, just had to make sure those idiots hocked up my baby right." stated the blonde haired French woman as she sat down in the chopper as it took off and followed the other choppers toward North Korea.
Well this is the first chapter of my world War Z story and I know it isn't like the book were the author does interviews with the people but I wanted to do it different. Now though out the story there will be flashbacks with the members of the team which you will meet next chapter. I will have some humor and some light moments but this is still going to be mostly action and a horror. Now I hope you keep reading. Thanks Wilkins75