The Cloven of York Part 2
The Cloven official hid behind the wall of the ruined house as bullets flew around him. He yelled to his soldiers before smiling from ear to ear.
The Push
McLauren screamed and shot frantically at the oncoming creatures. The Captain ordered them into the empty store beside them. One of the riflemen, Carter, threw a grenade into the horde of things as he entered the building.
The Captain looked in the direction of the Cloven to see them silently crossing the street into another building, not firing a shot. The creatures piled into the former Cloven post, and, with no further ado, it exploded. The giant conflagration caused by the burning wood spread from building to building, eventually reaching the corner of the street, where the other pack of creatures were coming from. The things near the building caught fire and combusted and spread fire across the street, burning the flesh and blood flowing from their ripped bodies.
When the street was clear of mutated enemies, the Cloven burst out of their hideout and dashed down the empty road without their vehicles. The British soldiers followed.
The radio was still on. According to the reports, command was overrun. The US Rangers, on the other hand, had arrived.
Follow the Leader
The group of soldiers had been running for three hours, closely following the Cloven. They had left York an hour ago, and now they were in the countryside. The company of Cloven had finally stopped and taken position behind a giant rock cluster.
McLauren, the Captain, and Carter all took cover in a small shack not three yards from the Cloven. Lorings and two other riflemen moved behind a large rock. They exchanged fire with the Cloven and lost one of the riflemen. The Cloven lost three men.
After ten minutes of gunfire, the Cloven looked up to see a huge dropship above them. It was not standard VTOL, but more of a…hovercraft. It dropped ropes and they climbed up into the craft. It flew away and left the British soldiers behind.
McLauren remembered them.
Aftermath
The group returned to York to find it destroyed. All of the city had been decimated. Lorings found a Sergeant Nathan Hale but moved on. They entered the old command building and searched for survivors.
McLauren must have been the only one to notice the deep breathing of the giant creature behind them. He was the only one to run.