The reason I am able to write so much is because, it's the holidays. This is my final week of my holidays and on the 9th of Monday, school re-opens. I won't be publishing much after that. Hope you enjoy this chapter and do review!
Chapter 4: Through the Buildings, Down the Street and to the Park
With the morning sun already high up in the air, Sinichi packs his things and turns to his phone for the first audio log of the day. He taps the record button and begins,
"Audio log number eight, time, 11:52 am. Right, we're about to leave for the hospital. We will probably meet up with several survivors along the way but aah... I'm no-"
"Will you cut that out?" R.D interrupts, glaring at him. His dark, brown eyes cutting deep into Sinichi's soul. "It's making me nervous." He cocks his USP and sheaths it. Sinichi lets out a sigh and stops the recording before stuffing it into his black, school, pants pocket. He examines his gun then ejects the magazine. He noticed that he had not fired a single round since he had received it. It didn't matter. Maybe today he will.
"Look what I found." Tomi descends from the staircase that lead to the second floor of the shop. In her hand is a Howa 1500 sniper rifle.
Uwah! Is that for real?
"Woah, hand that to me!" Sinichi orders, trying hard to keep his excitement from overflowing. He holsters his pistol, in a handgun holster he picked up, and gingerly takes the rifle. He looks through the Bushnell Elite 10x40mm Tactical scope, then clicks his tongue in annoyance. "The scope's cracked." He then proceeds to examine the Mk1 stock, noticing several scratches and cuts.
This rifle must have gone through hell.
"Look, it's not even loaded." R.D taps the spot where a rifle's magazine's supposed to be.
"I'm sorry, but there were none upstairs." Tomi said apologetically.
"Nah, it's okay." Sinichi reassures. He grabs the strap and rings it over his shoulder, keeping the rifle safe on his back. "So how do we get out from here?"
"Through the balcony, on the second floor." Tomi points above.
"The street's probably crawling with 'Them'." R.D puts his black cadet cap on and adjusted it comfortably.
"There's a plank that connects this building to the next. Let's go to the next building first." She suggests, turning a half circle before ascending the stairs.
Indeed there is a plank that connects this building to the next. A plank wide enough to plant both feet. Tomi had already crossed to the other side, making sure the next building's safe. Sinichi and R.D crossed without any problems.
"This is... a clothes store." R.D announces, noticing several male and female mannequins in the nude. There's a door that leads to the staircase. The staircase probably leads to the main store below, meaning 'They' are around. Ahead of them is a small window. There's a plank that leads to the next building.
"Another one?" Sinichi mutters to no one in particular. Who designed these passageways must have used them to escape. Sinichi's the first to inspect the plank. Not wide enough to plant both feet. The distance's quite far, about twenty feet away to the next building.
"Looks like you'll have to plant one feet in front of the other." Sinichi turns back to tell them.
Looking closely, right below the plank, it's hold up by a tall fence. Looks like the centre of the plank won't be breaking any time soon. Sinichi squeezes through the small window and plants his right foot first. Satisfied that it's safe, he starts to cross. Slowly planting one foot in front of the other, he accidentally looks down.
"Auwah!" He shoots his gaze back forward as he noticed a lot of 'Them' right below him. Their eyes shot upwards with their mouth slightly opened. Their hair's in a mess both male and female; their clothes torn and ripped, revealing massive bite wounds and torn flesh; several limbs are hanging loosely by thin threads of sinew or muscles; and joints turned in odds and impossible positions.
Eugh...
The stench is unbearable. The mixed odour of rotting flesh and garbage from the alley is strong enough to make Sinighi gag and almost loose his breakfast. Quickly crossing the plank, he made it to the other side. He pulls out his pistol and looks around. He checks the corner and several wardrobes of the room. A messy bed lay in the centre, but that's not what caught his attention. What caught his attention was a huge lump underneath the bloodied blankets. Not having the guts to pull the blankets apart, he motions for the others to cross over.
After they had crossed the plank, they too noticed the lump under the blanket. R.D's the first to approach it. Before his hand could reach for it, the lump begins to wriggle and move. A groan exits the blanket and the figure sits up. It dives ahead but fell down to the floor, wrapping the blankets tighter around itself. R.D raises his foot and stomps it with his heel, crushing its head. A pool of blood slowly pours out from the blanket, unable to absorb it. Sinichi shudders at the sight then points to another exit. Same as before, a plank that leads to another building.
"That should be the last one." Tomi states, heading closer to the window. "Ahead is the park." She turns and points over her shoulder. "The hospital is still quite a ways from here." She points to a direction, away from the park. "It's there."
"Look like we have to take the longer route." Sinichi observed. He wipes the sweat off his forehead then nods. "Right, let's go."
With that said, they crossed the final plank that leads to the final building. The final building is a pub. They are up in the storage room with several bottle and cans of beers lying around in mess. There's no window, other than the one they just came from. The only way is to head on down to ground floor.
R.D opens the door with Tomi peering through the small opening. They are there, standing around dead.
Bang! Bang!
Ratatatatata!
Sound of guns echoing through the silence caught 'Their' attention. They stagger down the stairs and toward the sound.
"What the?" R.D questioned, unable to make out what had happened.
"Yeha! Take that you undead creeps!"
"Eat this!"
More gunfire cuts through the air, slowly fading with the voices.
"Coast is clear." Tomi said. R.D opens the door widely now and all three of them descended the staircase, two steps at a time. R.D hands Sinichi his crowbar after they had made it out of the pub. The street's crawling with 'Them' and with almost no space to manoeuvre through.
"Right, this is where we run." R.D states, taking out his second pistol. A Ruger SR9c with a black nitrite finish. Tomi takes out two Colt .45 and wields them tightly in her grip.
"Shall we go hunting?" Sinichi asks with a smirk, spinning the crowbar in his hand.
Oh what the hell am I saying? I'm using a melee weapon for god's sake!
R.D's the first to fire his pistols then followed by Tomi. Shooting while running, they head toward several noticeable trees and a tall clock in the distance. The park.
Sinichi, swinging his crowbar wildly, manages to kill two of 'Them'. He tries to take out one more, but this time, it catches the crowbar and proceeds to sink its teeth at him.
Oh shit!
Both falls to the floor with Sinichi holding it back with his crowbar. Quickly feeling for his gun, he pulls it out, points it at the side of its head and..
Bang!
The sound deafened him. Everything sounded drowned and distant. His heartbeat thunders in his ears and his breath sharp and clear to him. He sees R.D screaming, but he can't make out what he's saying. R.D turns and attempt to pull Sinichi back up, but one of 'Them' dives and lands on his back. R.D throws it to the ground without hesitation and stomps on its head. The sound of a helicopter could be heard. The rotor blades chopping through the air. Sinichi saw it. It flew straight toward a tall building in the distance. The hospital.
"Get up!" R.D yanks him by the collar of his shirt, then pulls him up. The sound returns, and he's back into reality.
"Is he okay?" Tomi yells over the sound of her own gun, firing loudly.
"Yeah, I'm just a bit..." Sinichi couldn't find the correct word to finish. "Winded." He answers as closely as possible.
"Let's go, the park's not too far from here." Both of them catches up to Tomi, who then cleared a path using as little ammo as possible. R.D's USP soon ran out of ammo. He tosses it at one of 'Them' which in return, groan menacingly at him. They run up the stairs the leads to the park. There's not a lot of 'Them' around. A military vehicle could be seen in the centre of the park. It's a humvee with an open trunk and several boxes piled around.
They run ahead to inspect closer and noticed several dead soldiers. Something was amiss and it caught Sinichi's attention.
"Hey, R.D. What kind of wound are these?" Sinichi reveals the wound to R.D, letting him examine closer with Tomi watching their surrounding closely.
"Bullet wounds."
"As I expected. They were not bitten to death."
"They were shot to death." R.D finishes. "Well, we still don't know what happened. Let's just take whatever we need and get out of here fast."
They take their ammo from the trunk of the humvee and reload their firearms. Sinichi manages to find two magazines for his sniper rifle and three magazines for his pistol. Each magazine, for the sniper rifle, holds five rounds.
"Here they come. Let's not get surrounded." R.D says.
"Hey... Do you hear something?" Tomi questions as there was a faint beeping sound emitting from somewhere. The beeps got faster with every passing second.
"C4!" R.D yells and they quickly scatter away from the humvee as fast as they could. A huge explosion occurs, sending the crates to fly up into the air and explode again into confetti of wood and splinters. A huge fire separates Sinichi from R.D and Tomi.
"Gah!" Sinichi feels something embedded in his shoulder. He feels it then yanks it out. To his surprise, it was a large piece of wood, about two centimetres long and about a centimetre wide.
"Sin, are you okay?" R.D yells over the roaring flames. "There were napalm canisters in those boxes!"
"I'm fine!" He shouts back through the crackling flames. "Look, get to the hospital!"
"What about you?" R.D counters, feeling the heat of the flames inching closer to him. "Don't tell me you're going to give up!"
"What? What makes you think that? I'll find my way to the hospital too! Don't die on me okay?" Sinichi orders. Sinichi could have sworn he heard R.D chuckle.
"We should be telling you that! Not the other way round!"
"R.D they are coming!" Tomi yells, pulling his shoulder rig strap.
"Right, we'll see you there, don't be late." R.D said with worry bleeding through.
There's no response. He had already left. Now they have to make their own way to the hospital...
Highschool of the Dead. Surviving Z-Day.
Separation, never a good thing in an apocalypse. I'm such a sadistic bastard hehehehahahahaha! I hope you enjoyed this. This chapter tells more about the buildings they crossed and very little conversation to be had. In the next chapter! We will look at how R.D and Tomi make their way to the hospital.
Fun facts: I had a toothpick in my mouth the whole time when I wrote this chapter. Do review and thanks for reading!
Next time on Surviving Z-Day!
"Tomi, can you take point?"
"Let's just hope he is not related to that mess."
"How cruel."
"Oh no..."
"It can't be..."
Chapter 5: Meet Up at the Hospital