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(Date day 1 after outbreak was confirmed)
It was early in the morning as Apex was awoken by his alarm that was set for an hour after the dawn allowing him to drag himself out of the hammock that was covered in a set of blankets that Apex had managed to get a hold of before anyone else.
After 5 minutes of getting dressed in the clothing he arrived in Apex exited his assigned room and walked back down a flight of stairs and back outside into the crisp cold morning air with the slight buzzing the UV lights being audible along with the footsteps and conversations between the night guards as Apex walked to the main gate and looked out to the surrounding grass fields that were surprisingly empty from infected.
"Huh was not expecting that" muttered Apex who was expecting a horde of the infected clawing at the gates.
"Uh excuse me mister but are you called Apex" announced a young voice from behind.
"Yeah that's me kid, what's up"
"Mister Boss man wanted to see you in the big room" replied the child that looked about 6 years old and had a messy set of blond hair atop of his head.
"Big room?"
"Yeah the one with the maps n stuff he said it was unra- urgent "replied the kid after struggling with pronouncing 'urgent'.
"Alright, thanks for the info kid " Apex said as he ruffled the child's hair whilst walking past , heading directly to the door he had just exited from previously.
Upon entering and heading back to the main room where AJ and Dave were stood in front of a map along with the leader of the Guards who was wearing a pair of blue jeans along and a grey top which also had improvised armour such as shin guards and other protective items littered on his arms and legs painted a mat black and had a large fireman's axe threaded through his belt.
On the opposite side was the head of the of Recon also known as the Scouts who was wearing a black tee shirt along with cargo pants and had her long hair tied up beneath her black baseball cap and a baseball bat next to her.
"So what you are saying is that we need someone to recon this area to see if these rumours are true" announced the lead Scout
"Yeah Sal , since apparently this is ground zero, so who ever gets sent there needs to use the two safe houses we have established to reach the village " replied AJ
"Let's not forget this isn't just a village, it's apparently an old mining village so if this is ground zero for the virus then there is a high chance of a volatile nest being there (sigh) furthermore the distance the runner will have to travel leaves them risking being caught in the dark" Replied Sal
Was the conversation that was occurring as Apex looked at the map which had a village circled and shaded with red stripes that had Coalsworth beneath it , along with blue circles around two outcroppings of buildings that were on a road heading towards to village.
"You know you could take the motorway if you used a small bike like a dirt bike or something it would take about 5 hours to reach there then" announced Apex which drew the room's occupant's attention to him.
" But the Motorway will be swarming with infected though" replied Sal
" Well that's why ill go , I used to have a friend who lived there and there's a short cut right about here which takes you directly into the area we need to look at " said Apex as he pointed to a section of the Motorway on the map.
"You sure you want to do this Apex" said uncle Dave.
"yeah I mean it is my idea so I might as well be the one to carry it out" replied Apex looking directly at his uncle
"ugh fine just don't get killed and stock up on supplies from the quartermaster before to go" replied his uncle allowing Apex to quickly exit the room and head towards the quartermaster's location.
"wow you're getting comfy here aren't ya " said Apex to the quartermaster who now had a stand set up with a tarp covering the top, along with weapons and supplies being placed around such as the counter the quartermaster was sat behind , which had a cluster of items such as Molotov's and flares.
"sure have kid , anyway you're going to Coalsworth aren't ya, well seeing what you might run into here , these should help" replied the quartermaster as he placed a box onto the table which was filled with red cylinders.
"Holy shit are those grenades "Shockley announced Apex as he picked up one of the red cylinders and inspected it.
"yup ten DIY grenades all yours "replied the quartermaster as Apex loaded the box of ten grenades into his single strap bag, leaving three hanging off of the tactical webbing that was on strap that went over his shoulder giving him quick access if he needs them.
"Best of luck kid"
"Thanks " replied Apex as he walked towards the garage passing by groups of people who were talking or moving supplies around before he came across the garage which In reality was just the vehicles in which people had arrived in parked in a large cluster with tarp covers being littered around the largest being at the front where a group of mechanics were working on what looks like a 4x4 land rover with one of the mechanics being stood apart from the group with a clip bored in hand.
"Hey you wouldn't have a dirt bike lying around would yer?" asked Apex who had just walked into the large maintenance tent that had parts of the Land Rover scatted about
"Yeah there is one we got ready for you it's there mate, should be enough fuel for the trip as well " the mechanic with the clip bored said, pointing towards a grey dirt bike without even looking away from his clip bored.
"Thanks pal" replied Apex who got onto the bike and ride it towards to gates out of the compound.
(5 hours later)
After the uneventful road trip that consisted of driving past abandoned vehicles and groups of infected that were referred to as walkers due to them only being able to slowly walk around, Apex had reached the established safe house which was an petrol station that had its windows blocked off with shelves and vending machines along with concrete barriers creating an barrier around the fuel pumps which Apex's bike was lent against after using two planks of wood as an improvised ramp to get it there.
After checking that everything was secure in the safe house including the functionality of the UV lights that were placed around the perimeter of the building Apex removed the hand held radio on twisted a dial on its top causing it to radios speaker to crackle before Apex spoke into it, whilst walking across the tiled floor towards the exit.
"Apex here , looks like the safe house, I'm going to have a look around now, ill radio you if there's anything worthwhile"
"Copy that , stay safe Apex" replied AJ from the other side of the radio.
"Got to get to the high ground" pounded Apex as he began to walk through the deserted streets and walking towards a row of attached housing with one of the old buildings having scaffolding allowing Apex to easily climb to the roofs by moving from steel pole to steel pole till reaching the tiled roof top where Apex sat down on and spoke into his radio again.
"Uhh AJ you know how I was told to radio about anything of interest, well there is a 50 meter wide hole in the centre of Coalsworth over "
"What "
"There is a 50 meter hole in the ground , there are cars hanging over the rim of it and what seems to be a fuel truck as well I'm going to get a closer look at the mess over"
Stated Apex as he climbed back down the scaffolding and dropped the last section of scaffolding and running towards object of interest.
"Alright Apex just keep me informed and for the love of god don't go down it, over " came AJ's voice from the radio as Apex reached a road that gave him clean line of sight to the hole along with a few abandoned cars along with the first sign of a struggle.
"AJ , got the first visible body here looks to have been torn to shreds by something" Apex said whilst crouching down in front the body who was littered in deep claw marks and the blood covered hands were clasping onto a double barrel shotgun that was cradled across what was left of the figures lap until Apex grabbed it and broke it open to reveal two green coloured shells before he closed it back up.
"A body? You say that like it's a surprise, over "
"It is, this is the first one I've came across , the rest of the place is disserted like everybody just packed up and left although I did find a nice double barrel shotgun loaded with a pair of slugs" said Apex who was now rummaging through one of the bodies coat pockets before knocking a box out that had '12g hunting slug' written on it.
"Scratch that about twenty shotgun slugs on him, over" Apex said correcting himself as he threaded six of the shells into the tactical webbing on his packs sling and putting the others in a pocket on his outer thigh and then walking further down the road with the new shot gun in his grasp, passing more cars along with more bodies.
"AJ, there is a lot more bodies closer to the, must have been some sort of last stand or something , over "
"What signs of a struggle are we on about here like knives and bats or firearms? Over "
"Both by the looks of it , I mean there's a lot of bullet casings and melee weapons such as kitchen knives and bits of wood , hang on a second AJ"
Apex then crouched over on corps that was face down and flipped it over to reveal that its face was covered in an improvised balaclava and a patch on the blood saddened shirt, the emblem being an image of two hands praising a biological hazard symbol
"AJ do you know anything about a insignia with two hands praising a biohazard, over?"
"Apex that's the symbol that Infected Matter , a group of loonies who think that Infected should be allowed out of quarantine , why'd you ask, over"
"Because I've got a corpse here with that symbol on them along with a handful of empty AK magazines, looks like they were firing on survivors, I'm going to check out the pit now, over"
Walking through the small sea of bodies Apex was finally able to reach the edge of the hole and was able to peer down into its depth.
"AJ , I just found where the majority of the population or whats left of them" Apex said into the radio whilst covering his nose at the stench of rotting flesh that was coming from the hole , which had at least a hundred walkers that were in different stages of decomposition along with body parts and pools of blood littering the floor along with mining carts and rails were visible, before Apex stepped back away from the stench, by simply turning around and walking two meters away from the hole only to freeze on the spot.
"Hey you ok over there "Apex spoke towards a figure whose face was covered in white wrappings and was wearing white clothing and hands were hidden in the strange cloths that began to slowly walk towards him only to stop and hesitate when Apex pointed the shotgun towards the figure.
"Stay there and show me you hands and face " Apex announced only for the figure to dive behind a car with a inhuman snarl, causing Apex to instantly reach for his radio with one hand.
"AJ listen there's some sort of new infected here, wearing clothing that covers all skin and hides it hands when approaching, it's as fast as a bloody volatile"
"Then get the hell out of there Apex" furiously replied
"I can't, the only way out is past the cars it used to hide behind and I doub- SHIT" Apex shouted spinning around on his heel to the sound of a screech to see the strange infected leaping over the 50 meter hole and tackling Apex to the floor tiring to tear him to ribbons, only to be blocked by the shotgun Apex was holding off the strange needle like hands only for Apex to get part of his left for arm torn off by the split mouth of the infected that had been revealed in the struggle.
"AAH SHIT – son of bitch , take this why don't yah" Announced Apex as he grabbed his radio with his injured left arm and lining its antennae up with the infected eye and dropping his shotgun with his right arm to pull of the goggles on the infected before ramming in foreword , the radios antennae piercing through the eye and spilling the dark black blood all over Apex's scratch covered chest before the abomination reeled back clutching its face as its skin hissed and bubbled whilst roaring and squealing before it managed to dislodge the radio, knocking it down into the hole before turning to look at Apex who was on the floor.
"Fuck you too" Apex said through gritted teeth before pulling up the shot gun and firing two deafening shots the first shotgun slug went wide and struck the fuel truck that the infected had launched its self from, the second collided with the infected leg, shattering its femur and then proceeding to drag the fragments of bone along with it creating an exit wound the size of a dinner plate before the force of the slug bullet launched the infected toppling into the pit.
"Christ sake , needed to destroy the nest " Apex said to no one in particular whilst dragging himself to his feet and surveying the area until his eyes landed on the fuel truck and he began to move towards it.
"Huh this belonged to BP I guss this is the first time your company creating an environmental disaster by spilling stuff will be a good thing " Apex mumbled whilst looking at the axel that connected the fuel trailer to the drivers cab that was wedged in the side of what looked like a café before Apex tried pulling the pin only for it to move an inch before refusing to move anymore and Apex's second attempt to be cut short by a voice originating from the pit.
"Why struggle, you have already been exposed , accept the inevitable"
"Oh that's great, the freaks of nature can now also talk as well (clang) won't matter much (clang) when you're burning to death "
"Yet its stuck, you cannot remove that alone, I can sense it coursing through you veins"
With that said Apex walked back to the edge of the hole and looked down towards the infected that had bit him , its grotesque face that was locked in a grin , before morphing into a shocked confused look as nine red cylinders were dropped down onto its face,
"Now I don't know if you know what an explosion is , but your sure as hell about to find out" Apex said as he pulled the pin on the tenth and quickly placed it on the axle that connected the fuel trucks trailer to its driving cabin and let go, allowing its spool to ping off before Apex ran away down the street he originally followed to the hole just as the grenade he had place detonated announcing its success with an explosion and the groaning of strained metal before the ground shook as a loud 'thud' echoed closely behind.
Turning around Apex saw the fruits of his labour as a fire began to ignite the fuel that was leaking from as the fuel tank that had now fallen into the hole.
"Well that was anit climati-BANG" the nine other grenades exploded along with the fuel tank creating a fire ball sending shrapnel everywhere and the force of the explosion throwing Apex to the floor.
"Ugh not doing that again , why is everything melting gotta get back to safe house, likely a concussion" Apex reassured himself as he pulled himself up, using the shot gun as a improvised crutch as he began working his way back to the safe house, gritting his teeth as every step made it feel like his bones where broken glass and his vision began to spin and blur as Apex tripped and stumbled in the direction the safe house was which was now reduced to a purple blue blur which surrounded Apex as the world fell black and the last thing he felt was the familiar coldness of the tile floor of the petrol station.
