The Military Troup

"ZOMBIES IN THE YARD!"

The cry went out loud and strong, and soon the alarm was going off. Dan drew his pistol, aimed and shot twice, taking out Sam and Jill's attackers.

"How the fuck did these things get in here?" Jill shouted, pulling her sidearm, with Sam following her lead.

"Who knows, but less talking, more shooting." Dan answered, firing again.

Somehow a good 30 of them were in the area, and from the gunshots and screams, there were more spread throughout the base. Dan kept shooting, sometimes missing but most of the time nailing them in the head.

"Shit I'm out"

"No worries, we got this" Sam replied.

"Yah, get to the armory and go help out." Jill said over her sholdour"

Giving them a nod, he booked it to the armory, seeing small fights all around, some being won, some being lost. But the real shock was when he got to the armory... The outside was swarming with the zeds... He seen in the windows that there were people fighting inside.

'How the hell did they get in here...' he thought to himself... just before a hand clamped on his sholdour.

Panicking, Dan grabbed the arm and flipped his attacker... which turned out to be his commanding officer... the same who eaten him out earlier.

"What the hell do you think your doing Pilot." The general grumbled as Dan helped him up.

"sorry sir.. just with the current situation I'm on edge."

"Understandable... Ah that'd be why you havn't gone to the armory yet.. no worries, I have some toys hidden around the base just in case of a situation like this." He said with a wicked smile on his face..

And then Dan seen that the general and his staff were equipped with all kinds of weaponry. He felt a gun get shoved in his hands, he looked down and saw it was an M4.

"Now men, pick your shots carefully, we want to conserve our ammo as much as possible, but we also want to get inside to help the men in there, got it?

There was a loud yes, sir from each man.

The general got that wicked smile again... "Time for us to have some fun, HAHAHAHAHA"

Not for the first time, and not for the last, Dan thought the general was bat crazy.. but extremley effective.

AJ and Company

"Ok guys, we got news."

Andrew and Kim were sitting in the kitchen, with everyone else around them.

"We asked you all to come in here because we found out a few things... It isn't good." Andrew said with a grim look on his face.

"The military has fallen back to their bases, and although rescue operations will be going strong, they expect us to get to them." Kim finished

"That isn't all..." Andrew said before anyone could speak up. "This is going on globally.. And it's worse or better in some areas."

"But that won't help us any." Kris spoke up, "We need information that will help us survive, and maybe find more people and a better place."

"We were looking for that too, and from what I can tell, our best bet to get a better fortified area with alot of survivors is Toronto." Kim answered

"There were people online saying that they had blocked off the Eaton centre except for one entrance that the zeds can't get to. Apparantly there are also alot of people hold up in grocery stores and apartment buildings." She continued

"Does anyone know who started this? Is it some kind of biological terrorist attack?" Tim Murray asked.

AJ looked at him really for the first time that this had all started. He hadn't known Tim that well, but he was big, he was strong, and he was a grade 11.
Beyond that he didn't know much about him.. and that worried him, especially if Kris was right about him being bitten.

"If this is a terrorist attack.. then it's none of the known organizations, as no one has claimed it was them.. Hell, Al Queda and the Taliban are fighting with the Coalition troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.. I guess they'd rather fight with the "infidels" then get eaten alive." Andrew answered

"There is no doubt that this IS a biological attack.. but whether it's by nature or by man is beyond our knowledge... The only thing we can do is survive this and try to rebuild after.

"Ok, now to the most important thing I asked you to find.." Kris said, "Did you find any other survivors in town?"

Andrew and Kim shared a look, and shut up.

"Well, out with it."

Andrew spoke up,

"Well... we are aware of at least 3 groups of survivors, plus the RVH, which was fortified and has been completley cleared of the zombies.. ugh I can't get used to saying that word... But..."

"But what? We need to get a large amount of people together if we're going to take back our town and get a fortified area."

"The thing seperating us from them is the rest of the town." Kim put it bluntly.

"It's that bad huh.." Kris said with a dejected look.

"wait.. what exactly is going on?" AJ asked, with the question mirrored by everyone else there.

"Well.. you seen what happened at the library with Booker.. Now imagine that.. except the entire town. If didn't lose too much of their body to move.. then they'll be one of the zombies. And they'll be inbetween us.. and every other living person left."

"Fuck.."

"Well.. since it's that bad, time to break out the guns."

And at that.. everyone just stared at Kris..

"WHAT guns?" AJ said in an angry tone.

"The guns that my dad left behind when he left my family behind for some blond bitch who probably sold him out for some crack."

"Ah..."

"Whatever, don't pity me or whatever is going through your head, I'll bring them up to the backyard, so we can see what we got, then we can..."

A loud ping from the computer interrupted him.

"Hold up, we got a message." Kim said going over to the computer. "It's a group of survivors, and their only a couple blocks from here!"

"What does the message say?" AJ asked, happy that they might be able to help.

"It says that their holed up in a convenience store, theres 5 of them, and theres a supply truck outside. The drivers with them and this was his first stop!"

"OK people, we got our first immediate objective." Kris said loudly, taking charge.

"We need to rescue those people and secure that truck, chances are we're going to need those supplies."

"One problem boss, they say theres a large pack of those things wandering around in front of the store. Apparantly some dumbass tried to loot the beer store across the street and got more then he could handle.. and then they brought their friends."

"No matter, we just need to get some people as bait."

"Wait what? You want some of us as bait?" AJ said, standing up and getting close to Kris, "No way that's going to happen."

They were standing there glaring at each other for a good while. AJ was sure that Kris was trying to take control of the group... and he wasn't going to let him, not since his suggestion of "taking care" of Tim.

All of a sudden Kris laughed, which shocked him.

"Well look at who finally grew a pair. We're still going through with this plan, because it's the best way to get in there and out without losing everyone."Kris said.

"Now since your so afraid of this.. I'll be the bait, Julie, Stuart, I'd like you to join me, since your rather fast."

Just gaping, Stuart didn't say anything, Julie Chou, another grade 9, and a member of the track team, nodded, and with a smirk said,

"No way those things will catch me. And Stuart's coming too."

He glared at her, then looked around, gulped, and nodded.

Kris smiled, and asked for AJ, Andrew, Tim, after a hesitating second, and a girl named Theresa Damian, a grade 12 who came back another year, to come with him downstairs.

"You 4 I'm going to let you pick out your weapons first, since you'll be going in if the bait works."

He lead them to the basement, then to what looked like a rec room. Kris went to the cupboards on the far wall, and opened them up. What AJ saw could only be described as a small armory. There were about twenty guns there, on display like they were in a museum.

"The old man was somewhat of a gun nut, and he had friends in the police, so he could get the permits for them rather easily. Thankfully he also kept the alot of ammo stocked too, because he taken me to the range quite abit.. mostly for an excuse to shoot the guns then to spend time with me. You'll have to get used to shooting these pretty fast, also don't be stupid with them, because this ain't a video game, you shoot someone by accident, chances are they die.

Tim went up first and grabbed a shotgun, "Thats a Remington 1100, a pretty good gun, although I suggest you mostly keep to covering everyone else from rushing zombies."

Tim just nodded, and aimed the gun, smiling and giving a thumbs up.

"If you don't know already, I'll show you how to load and fire before we go out.

Andrew and AJ just stared at the guns.. not knowing what to think. Theresa went up after a few moments and grabbed what looked like a hunting rifle.

"Ah, thats the..."

"M1903 Springfield, formally known as the United States Rifle, Caliber .30, Model 1903. Used during WW1 as the mainstay of the army, then used as a sniper in WW2. I'm assuming yah got a box of bandoliers for this?" Theresa said, all of a sudden completley business, and seemingly in her element.

"I've got 5. I'm assuming your a marksman?"

"Very good, and I've been on an independant team for coming on 7 years now."

"Then you know what to do. If need be, I have a bayonet for it as well."

"That would be very helpful."

Kris turned to Andrew and AJ

"And that just leaves you two. Since you havn't really stepped up, I'm assuming you don't really like guns, so I'll pick yours out for you."

After turning to the guns, Kris taken a few minutes comparing them, making a big show of it, before selecting two. A handgun and a rifle that both boys knew.

"These are the cream of the crop for my dads collection. You may already know them. The M16, and the Desert Eagle. I'll let you decide who gets what. For.. legal reasons my dad didn't make the desert eagle .50 AE, and it's probably the best, as the current functionality is .357 magnum, which has more shots in the clip. The M16 is the latest model, the M16A4, capable of different configurations for what you need it for, and capable of single or burst shot. For conservation and safety reasons, it WILL stay at single shot. I'll let you pick who gets what."

Withough speaking, Andrew grabbed the M16A4. It was a gun he idolized in video games, AJ knew, so it figures he would grab it. And that left AJ with the Desert Eagle. He picked it up, feeling the weight sitting idly in his hand and aiming it. Kris handed him the holster for it, which he then shown him how to attach to his hip. After AJ holstered it, he had the feeling it would be there for a long time.

"Ok then, I'll get everyone else equipped, I'll show you what you don't already know, and then we come up with a plan of attack."

The Military Troup

"Heh, so this is why you three were out and about this late. No matter, the guards on the wall were lax in their duties, so that yell of yours mightave actually saved the base, considering the damage."

"Yes, General Wattson." Dan said, while standing in the generals office.

In the aftermath of the attack, there were 23 dead, 59 injured,due to broken bones or friendly fire incidents, and 15 who were bitten on arms and legs and were in quarentine after their amputations. There is still a general inspection going on to check every serviceman and civilian who had contact with the zeds to check for unreported bites or infection areas.

Sam and Jill were in the office beside him, called in when the general found out the whole story.

"I'm honestly surprised that you kept this from me, it could contain very useful information, such as the location of supplies or survivor colonies the writer came across. Mind explaining why you did that... Especially you Uriler, being an MP officer."

"Well sir.. I didn't know whether or not it would be useful, as it was just a guitar case that I found. You had torn through me for going out of formation without authorization.. if it was useless, I was afraid of courtmartial or the destruction of the object in question." Dan answered.

Sam mimicked his response, with Jill having a blanched look on her face.

"Well, umm sir, I was unsure of how to approach the situation, as I had overheard them talking about it, with no evidence in question. If I had approached you beforehand it would have been my word against theirs, and also I did not know if it would be a harmless situation or a possible breache of security or quarentine of the base." Jill said, barely composing herself.

"God damn relax soldier, your not getting in shit for this. I don't care about the guitar, and bluntly I hardly care about the journal, as its the past and we need to focus on the now. However.. as we have had those journals prove useful to us in the past, I would like you to continue investigating it."
The general said.

"Than.." Dan started.

"I wasn't finished." he said, giving Dan a steely glare. "As I was saying. I would like you to continue investigating it, BUT there will be a senior officer sitting in while you do. Also, I would like you to fly a team out to the spot where you found it. It's only been a day and a half, so there may be some survivors there for rescue, supplies we could use, or zeds for extermination. You will be doing that tomorrow, and the investigation of the journal will be after you return from the flight. Urlier and Timmins will be joining you, understood?"

"Yes sir" The three said.

"Good.. now get out of my office before I change my mind."

Outside the officers building, Jill and Sam started talking excitedly, wondering what was in the journal, if there was anyone at the apartment building who knew the writer, what kind of stuff they could find. Dan was just silently walking, thinking about who the officer that would be assigned to the investigation would be, and he got his answer.

"Excuse me, are you MP Urlier, Pte Timmins and Pilot Li?"

They turned and saw someone they didn't recognize.

"Yes, and you may be?"

The man looked very nervous, as though he was still new to the zombie apocalypse.

"I'm Maj Hank Jimms, and I'll be assigned to the investigation of that journal of yours.