Ellis gasped for breath and kept running, Nick by his side. Ellis' legs were already killing him and he had only just started running. Rochelle and Coach had already been knocked down by the gigantic foe that was now in pursuit of the two men. They were taking out a horde, only a small one, and they had been dealing with it easily. That's when the Tank appeared. It caught them all by surprise and allowed them no more than three seconds at the most to react. Ellis hated Tanks. The conman turned his head to the young boy.
"There's a river up ahead, it will give us the advantage if we can cross it somehow" Nick shouted through quick breaths, Ellis simply nodded in reply and pushed on.
The Tank was gathering speed and getting closer to them every second, Ellis risked a quick glance back and his eyes widened at the infected, it was bigger than any other of its kind and looked angrier too. Turning his attention to where he was going he realised that they were almost at the river, and that there was an old bridge that seemed like it was made out of a worn out type of metal with ropes that looked as if they would snap at any second. The river is self looked deep and dangerous, the heads of the rocks were just sticking out over the surface of the river and by the looks of things, the current of the water was very strong. Nick was the first to arrive at the start of the bridge. "I'll go first, it won't support both our weight!" the conman shouted at him so he could be heard over the roaring river (and the angry tank). With out a seconds delay, Nick sprinted across the bridge, the rope creaking at the sudden weight. Arriving at the other side, Nick waved at Ellis quickly, to which the youngest took as a 'COME ON'. Ellis too sprinted across the bridge, he grinned, they were going to make it.
Looking up at Nick the grin faded, why was he looking so scared? Suddenly a large hand grasped the mechanic by the waist and started throwing him around like a rag doll. Ellis let out scream of terror and pain as the bridge started to collapse. Within a few moments the infected and its prey splashed down into the freezing cold waters of the river, the current swept them up and carried them along almost instantly. Ellis splashed around at the surface, panic clearly written in his eyes. The Tank however, seemed to somehow be knocked out from the thrashing of the violent waves, even though the Tank had lost its consciousness, it had not let go of the mechanics waist.
"NICK! GET ME OUT A' HERE!" Ellis shouted out to the conman, whom he could not see over the waves. Much to the mechanics delight, the waters seemed to calm down and lead out into a sort of small lagoon. Even though the water seemed even deeper than before, there was no current to keep carrying them along to their deaths. Ellis kept himself afloat, before feeling a herculean force dragging him down. The Tank. "No… no, no no!"Ellis screamed out at nothing.
He panicked once more as his head went under the murky water, feeling defenceless as his hands also were pulled under. As the mechanics body became fully emerged, both the Tank and Ellis sank faster. Ellis was already running out of air and his lungs began to ache, he started to try and to pull the Tanks hand off his waist only to fail as the Tanks grip was way too strong. The more Ellis struggled, the more disorientated he became. His eyes finally clouded over and even though he shouldn't, he took a deep breath, only to breath in the cold water around him. His struggle for survival had suddenly become hopeless. He could hear a faint splash coming from behind him, but he didn't care. He closed his blurry eyes and let the darkness take him.