Later…
They got into the entrance of the high rise and Shizuka showed them the vehicle she was talking about. A HUM-V, the military model two, as Khota said it was.
"I told you! It looks like a tank right?" Shizuka said.
"Great initiative, your friend sounds very interesting!" Sweetwater said.
"I bet we're going to have a good sleep tonight! They don't seem like they're going to get over the fence." Rei said.
There were steps leading up towards the high rise.
"Hey look!" Preston pointed.
Everyone noticed flare smoke coming from the top of the building.
"Well that must be our supply drop, let's get to it!" Redford said.
Everyone entered the gates and closed it. Preston went up the stairs first. As soon as he got to the top, he came silently running back down
"We're not alone."
"Let me see!" Redford said.
Redford, Sweetwater, and Haggard went up the stairs. Then saw black uniformed men with XM8 Assault rifles up there and came back down.
"Oh great, not the Mercs!" Sweetwater said.
"They've gotta be real pissed to be tracking B-Company movements here! After all, we took their gold! Remember?" Redford said.
"Let's just kill 'em to teeny tiny pieces." Haggard said.
"No listen, we ain't taking chances. We can't afford the casualties of these civilians. But we have to take them out, but first we'll tell them what we're up against." Redford said.
"Loud and clear Sarge! Loud and clear." Haggard said.
They went back downstairs.
"What's up there?" Saeko asked.
"You didn't even tell us what was up there!" Saya said to Preston.
"Mercs." Preston said.
"Come again?" Takashi asked.
"You little pretty's ever hear about the Legionnaire?" Haggard asked.
"Woah! I thought that was a spook story! An ex-Delta team Captain told me about it." Kohta said.
"Well, it ain't! And those guys over there seem to be our enemy!" Haggard said.
"So, there is something worse than zombies after all." Saeko said.
"Hey want to know what would be great? We've got zombies, the mercs and-"
"What Sweet's, it'd be great if the Russians showed up too?" Preston interjected Sweetwater.
"And the MEC, don't forget them!" Sweetwater said.
"Ok, there isn't too many of them, let's do this quickly." Redford said.
Redford started to run back upstairs, with the other three following.
"Ok, so what are those idiots doing?" Saya asked.
"Their job…" Takashi said.
All Takashi and the others could here was the sound of gunfire roaring through the night. They saw Redford at the top waving, which signalled to come up. Everyone came up and noticed the dead Legionnaire soldiers.
"Hey, that's an XM8 assault rifle!" Kohta said.
"What would you know about it?" Redford asked.
"Well, it has the same engineering as the German G36 made by Heckler & Koch, it was part of this thing, OICW." Kohta explained.
"And what would that be?" Saya asked.
"Objective Individual Combat Weapon, which had a smart grenade launcher system, eventually it did meet some requirements."
"Hmm, I gotta admit, you know some shit Khota, but we still got an air drop to get to!" Redford said.
"Alright, let's go see what that Sweet Miss July dropped us now!" Haggard said.
Haggard started to go to the stairs to get to the top of the high rise, with the others following, however Redford insisted Preston would check out the apartment, and then join them on the roof.
"Sure Sarge." Preston said.
"Yeah, you deserve a break Marlowe. There's no one around to say no for that." Redford said.
Redford, Sweetwater, and Haggard went to the supply drop on the roof, while everyone else followed Shizuka to the apartment. Well, Kohta stayed behind to collect all the ammunition from the dead soldiers, and the XM8 itself, which was also equipped with an XM320 grenade launcher. Kohta scurried to join up with the others at the apartment.
"Hmm, nice…" Preston said.
All the girls went downstairs to take a bath, while Kohta, Takashi, and Preston went to the bedroom to check the place out. Preston sat on the bed with his assault rifle, while Takashi and Khota checked the locker. One locker had boxes of bullets.
"This is a nice place that we've got here. So you gonna check the locker? You want help?" Preston said.
Takashi was about to speak, but he was suddenly hearing laughing coming from the girls downstairs. Preston took off his army helmet and vest, then placed them beside his assault rifle.
"Well, it sounds like they're having fun." Takashi said.
"Wanna go have a peek? We're supposed to, you know that right?" Kohta said.
"I don't want to die just yet though." Takashi said.
"I'm not the type of person for those kind of things." Preston said.
"So let's see, we've got the ammunition. I'd be pissed off if there's nothing in there." Takashi said.
"Well at least we've got a decent assault rifle. Alright then, moment of truth." Khota said.
On the count of three, Kohta and Takashi broke open the locker door with a crow bar.
"You two ok? Oh, well I'll be." Preston said.
There were some rifles in the locker. Khota was really happy about it.
"So, she lives her with a friend right? Who is she? Sara f***ing Palen?" Takashi said.
"Well, whoever she is, she knows how to handle things. We've got a couple snipers, and a crossbow, the Sarge would be impressed." Preston said.
Kohta picked up one of the rifles, and said it was the Springfield M1A1 supermatch with a bayonet, plus he said he do something illegal, which was putting twenty bullets in the mag. The other weapon was an AR-10 Sniper rifle. The last weapon was a Barnette Wildcat C5 British crossbow. Takashi then pulled out a Ithaca M37 shotgun, which Kohta went on about explaining it played an important role in the Vietnam war. Takashi cocked the shotgun, then pointed it towards Kohta.
"Are you nuts! Don't point a thing like that even unloaded!" Kohta said.
"When you need to use it, shoot to kill." Preston said.
"Roger that. I hope that's the only thing I need to point at…" Takashi said.
"If it ever comes down to something like that, don't hesitate to blast my head off!" Kohta said.
"Same here." Takashi said.
"Deal." Kohta said.
"Hey by the way, Marlowe. Don't you have family to worry about to?" Takashi asked.
"I do, but my father was a veteran in the Vietnam War, he'd probably he hiding out in a bunker somewhere in the US. I'm sure they're fine." Preston said.
Takashi and Kohta started to load the bullets into the magazines. Preston sat down to help out, but Kohta really insisted that he and Takashi could handle it.
"Ok then, I'm not stopping you. If you want, go right ahead. I'm gonna go check on my squad." Preston said.
"Bring back more guns!" Kohta said.
"Sure!" Preston said.
Preston put his army vest and helmet back on, then grabbed his assault rifle, and exited the apartment to go to the roof. He climbed a lot of stairs, but found Sweetwater, Redford, and Haggard laying out some equipment.
"Oh hey Preston! You're just in time!" Haggard said.
"Come on Pres! Sit down, join us!" Sweetwater said.
Preston went towards them.
"So what to do we got?" Preston asked.
"Well, here's what Miss July dropped us." Redford said.
He then layed out what they had. Some C4, a laser designator, which also serves as a pair of binoculars, a deployable M60 with plenty of ammo, hand grenades, flare guns, and some flashlights and suppressors that could be attached to their guns. There was even food supply's as well. Beef Jerky, energy bars, and water.
"Seems like Miss July really wants us to survive." Preston said.
"She's doing what she can. We're probably the only B-company squad left in this god forsaken country!" Redford said.
"So, let's bring all the goods downstairs! I wanna munch on some beef jerky." Haggard said.
"Well, we found some weapons, if that works." Preston said.
"Like what?" Redford asked.
"M1A1 Springfield, and a AR-10. A British crossbow, and a Ithaca M37 shotgun." Preston said.
"Not bad, not bad." Redford said.
Preston led the others back to the apartment with all the equipment. They went to the bedroom, and found that Takashi and Kohta were done with the guns, and the news was turned on. Something about a protest on a nearby bridge.
"Well, this is going to hell really quickly." Sweetwater said.
There was protest about the pandemic, trying to condemn the biological weapon created by the Japanese and American governments.
"I've never heard of any secret project of the US." Redford said.
There were gunshots heard in the background, and the protest leader continued.
"I think it's something about that they've done something, and they're demanding the police to go home." Sweetwater said.
"Ok Sweet's, maybe your Japanese language skills may have paid off after all." Preston said.
They noticed the police officer shooting the protest leader in the head.
"Let's get the hell out of here before we end up dead!" Redford said.
"Wait a minute, gotta fill me up first." Haggard said.
Haggard took out some beef jerky and started to munch on it. Shizuka, who was wearing a towel, was coming right behind Takashi and trying to kiss him, but Takashi was trying to push her away by pushing her breasts, which resulted Shizuka moaning.
"Halleujah…" Haggard whispered to himself.
"Heh, I'll be right outside on the balcony if you need me…" Redford said.
Takashi then had to carry Shizuka away because she was tired.
"Well, this is awkward…" Sweetwater said.
Rei had already come upstairs and asked if she was interrupting anything. Takashi said she wasn't, then Rei collapsed to the floor with exhaustion, she cried about being out of contact with her mom and dad, plus Hasashi being dead. Takashi brought Shiuka downstairs and put her down on the floor, then put a blanket over her. Takashi also noticed Saya asleep on the couch.
Later…
Takashi went to the kitchen to look at the food.
"Komuro, late night snake will be ready soon. Also tomorrow's lunch."
Saeko was there too, and when Takashi was saying how he loved girls apartments, he noticed Saeko in a apron, also wearing a thong.
"I haven't noticed a ti-, I mean thing. They'll come attit-, attack." Takashi said.
"You and Hirono are looking out for us, I really want to show my appreciation. And I mean I really want you to know."
Rei then called Takashi up.
"Pay attention to her. At times, girls pretend to be helpless." Saeko said.
"Do you Miss Busijima?" Takashi asked.
"Well, I'd rather want to be called Saeko. But you can call me that after some practice." Saeko said.
Rei called Takashi again, then he went upstairs to sit with her. Sweetwater came down to the kitchen.
"So, Saeko. What's going on here?" He asked.
"Cooking, laundry. Um, Private Sweetwater, I would like to ask you something." Saeko said.
"You can cal me Terrance, or Sweets, or whatever you may prefer, but yeah, ask away." Sweetwater said.
"What is your story in this B-Company the Sarge said?" Saeko asked.
"Bad Company? Oh, it's really funny actually. I got transferred because of a virus on the US army's network!" Sweetwater chuckled.
"What about everyone else?" Saeko asked.
"Haggard? He blew up an ammo dump in eastern Paris, the Sarge transferred to get his service reduced. And Preston…I don't know. I think he said something about a chopper, crashing into some army dude's limousine."
"Well, that sounds like a great story. I'm really glad that you're here. I understand that your military could've dropped you off somewhere in the US, but they chose you to be dropped here. Thank you for sticking with us."
"Well, you're welcome Saeko. Um, I gonna have to go back upst-"
A dog's barking was suddenly coming from outside.
"Oh great, a dog." Sweetwater said.
Sweetwater went upstairs and noticed Redford, Preston, and Haggard were waiting.
"Got some bad news." Redford said.
"How bad?" Sweetwater asked.
He was gestured by Haggard to look himself off the balcony, and there was a bunch of zombies below, surrounding the high rise.
"Great, so that you've seen that aren't we gonna go down there and shoot 'em up?" Haggard asked.
"I would say yes, but the suppressors we got are lower quality. If we just spray and pray, we'll be asking for it once the noise comes into a big play again." Redford said.
"The hunger never ended…they never ended." Takashi said.
