Nazi Zombies: Alternate
Chapter 7
This was it the final power room. It was so dark that anyone could barely see where they were going. Takeo slipped a new magazine into his Nambu pistol before unsheathing his Katana. Nikolai being weapon less decided to unsheathe his combat knife and began inspecting the sharpness of the blade. And began testing it by slashing, stabbing and hacking the air around him. Laura scanned the room as best as she could for any sign of the undead while Natacha reloaded her PPsh-41. Takeo being the silent warrior that he was; took the first step into the room. The lights sparked to life lighting up the room in all its glory.
Nikolai widened his eyes as he took everything he saw in. "Wow, now THAT is vodka pile!" He declared excitedly. Before his eyes in all its glory were dozens of vodka bottles; that were left untouched for who knows how long.
Everyone either moaned or groaned in disbelief at the Soviet's antics; and before they could do anything to stop him Nikolai just jumped into the room. Literally. Abandoning his team and ignoring their furious yells and calls of surprise. Takeo if he wasn't holding two weapons, would have pinched the bridge of his nose in irritation and he most certainly would have taken it upon himself to shove his boot right up the drunk's arse in order to get him to think straight.
Takeo's dislike of Nikolai was really legendary.
"Ok, let's just ignore that drunk for now and focus on the power switch. Sound good?" Laura suggested, Takeo didn't say anything as usual' but he grunted approvingly. Nodding Laura cautiously stepped into the room with Natacha and Takeo following her at a respectful distance.
The trio kept their eyes peeled for anything out of the ordinary as they walked past a currently occupied Nikolai; who was punched the sky victoriously with his vodka bottle after he finally got the cork out. He quickly brought the bottle to his lips and started taking large amounts of the strong liquid into his mouth all at once.
'Just ignore the idiot.' Laura thought to herself. She glanced over her shoulder when she heard a bottle smash. Only to see Nikolai grabbing another bottle with pieces of glass be his feet. 'How does he keep that up without collapsing?'
"Ah, I remember my first vodka... It was strong tasting for my liking. But I liked it." Natacha said happily reminiscing her childhood. Yeah; she drunk Vodka when she was a child get over it.
Meanwhile Dempsey was singing quietly to himself; using the lyrics from one of those awesome songs they've uncovered during their zombie-slaying-adventure. What was it again? Beauty of destruction or something like that...
"I can see them everywhere they're all around me, they're waiting for me; descending, unrelenting, beauty of ann-"
However he never expected the sound of a loud, annoyed, and slightly pissed German interrupting his singing though.
"DEMPHSEY! VOULD YOU PLEASE SHUT UP!"
And he fell down on his ass, hard. Heck even the unexpected noise caused Erika and Aiko to flinch slightly. Dempsey quickly gave Richtofen one of his infamous death glares, but the Doctor wasn't fazed by him. It wasn't a secret that the two soldiers hated each others guts, and at times there were a few occasions that they were close to exchanging blows with one another.
"Fuckin' hell, doc! You didn't have to yell for Christ sake!" Dempsey shouted back,
"Vell you should have kept ze noise down!"
Dempsey was fuming, and you could actually see the veins on his head. He threw up his arms, "You know what? Fuck you ass hole! You do whatever you're gonna do, and I'll do mine: Standing guard!"
He quickly turned and crossed his arms over his chest in a sulk as Richtofen glared a hole in his back. Oh how he longed to gut him. He was stupid and violent; but effective when it comes to fighting. He may have little to no respect for the marine but he knew talent when he saw it. And because of this he would often insult Dempsey for no reason. Purely for his own enjoyment; nothing else.
Aiko and Erika stared in bemusement at the scene and were on the verge of laughing their asses off when they saw the pout Dempsey had put on, after he had turned his back on the Nazi. Suddenly the marine had a devious grin as he slowly turned to look over his shoulder at Richtofen.
"Hey, doc."
Richtofen leant against the controls, turning halfway with a vicious snarl on his lips.
"Vhat?" He snapped; his voice dripping with hatred.
Dempsey smirked arrogantly to himself; crossing his arms over his chest as he straightened his back. "When we get home; I'm going to put you through all kinds of hell. Starting with cutting you in two!"
Suddenly the atmosphere in the room just dropped. Both Aiko and Erika cringed, a sign for females who knew that a fight involving a lot of fists and feet' was about to break out any moment. Richtofen slowly turned to face the American that he hated so much in life; and gave him the most cold retching glare he had been saving since he took the 'super soldiers' from Der Riese.
"Vas zhat a threat, American?" Richtofen demanded, making the word 'American' sound like an insult.
Uncrossing his arms Dempsey dangerously narrowed his eyes; in an attempt to make himself look intimidating. But Richtofen held his ground and walked up to his face; before pushing his index finger into the marines chest.
"Vas. Zhat. A. Threat?" The Nazi demanded slowly, his tone getting lower with each syllable.
"I don't 'threaten' doc. I promise." Corrected Tank; pushing his own index finger against Richtofen. "Now get back to work. We don't know when they'll be fin-"
Just as he said that the third and final flow of electricity ran through the cables and into the machine that made the portal. Richtofen and Dempsey instantly ran to the control panel and looked at the meter. It was full of power, and all that was left for the Nazi to do was getting it up and working again.
"Ok they got it working again." Dempsey mused with a look satisfaction. It was faster than he thought it would take; maybe it was because Takeo had Natacha with him... And Laura and Nikolai were still together; so they'll have to deal with them before they completely ruin everything.
"Yo, Ricky's lookalike," Erika's brow creased in wrinkles as she frowned, showing her distrustfulness towards the marine. What he did-or rather tried to do-to them was still fresh in her mind. And she'd rather have her butt kept untouched. "Help the doc for a sec while he's trying to get that portal up and running again. I'll be within ears range looking out for the others."
She gladly nodded. Dempsey standing and waiting for the others to get back meant that he won't be near her. And that also meant she won't get groped at all.
"Something is off about this though." He paused and went into a thinking pose. "Something about this whole thing seems odd... And I don't like it when things are odd."
This peeked Richtofen's interest and was quick to voice it. "Vhat do you mean?"
"I mean Eddy, that this whole entire place was attacked by zombies right? And a few chapters ago they suddenly vanished into thin air. I smell a plot hole..."
If Dempsey hadn't had his back turned he would have seen the comical like stares everyone was giving him. Richtofen had his jaw hitting the floor with his eyes budged open. Aiko merely stared at Dempsey's back awkwardly and Erika had an expression of sheer confusion and disbelief.
"And the dam writer had better get his shit together, or I'll be beside him one day giving him a gooood talking too." He laughed quietly and evilly, cracking his knuckles to get his point across. Even if it did make him seem like he lost his mind.
Suddenly he turned and shouted "Richtofen!" making everyone jump at the unexpected noise. "Get the black holey thingy working again time is of the essence here! Erika, Aiko," Two said women flinched nervously at the high pitch the American shouted. "Help Ricky here and make sure he doesn't get interrupted."
The two reluctantly gave the marine a nod and grabbed their weapons, that happened to appear out of thin air... Erika grabbed herself an MP40 while Akio grabbed an AK74u assault rifle. Ok these weren't the weapons that originally had but hey, their not complaining. A assault rifle and submachine gun is better than nothing, right?
Minutes quickly turned to hours by the time Richtofen had managed to finally power up the portal. And just as it opened Laura, Natasha and Nikolai walked into the room' their eyes lit up at the sight of the acted machine. Laura glanced silently at Natasha who in turned glanced back. Nikolai didn't see their hidden conversation nor did he see Laura aiming her Python at his spine. Natasha unslung her PPsh-41 and took aim at Richtofen who was so busy engrossed in keeping the portal stable he didn't notice.
But the girls made two mistakes: One, they failed to notice that both Takeo and Dempsey were nowhere in sight. And two, Erika and Aiko were missing.
Natasha was the first to notice their absence and opened her mouth to inform Laura, but it was already too late.
"Don't move."
Both Natasha and Laura tensed instantly as they heard the safety of a weapon being taken off. It didn't take a genius to figure out who said that, the gruff American accent was enough to tell them who was behind them both. Nikolai turned the moment he recognised the voice; and was shocked to see the barrel of the Python that Laura held was aimed directly in the middle of his chest.
Richtofen didn't seemed to be surprised at all, something that made Laura slightly suspicious of the Nazi. He seemed calm and collected; as if he knew this was going to happen.
"Oh yeah, we knew you girls would double cross us." Dempsey said in disappointment "That's why those other two aren't in this room right now."
Laura looked halfway over her shoulder and gave Tank the most menacing glare she had; hoping that he would back away slightly. If this was any other person it might have worked, but Dempsey was almost like her. He had an idea of what she would do given the chance. But there was one difference between them, Tank' was a super soldier one of the best. And even if he did lose his memory because of the side effects, he had a number of advantages.
One of them being his strength. It has doubled; giving him the ability to cut off an arm with his Bowie knife like it was paper. Heavy weapons do feel slightly lighter, giving him the edge of running faster while carrying them.
And like before Dempsey is able to talk to others from a long distance away, like mind reading; only their talking instead. Richtofen and Dempsey's mental conversation from earlier is an example of this.
"Dempsey, comrade, what should we do with them?" Nikolai asked as he glared darkly at both Natasha and Laura.
Dempsey sighed nervously. Not knowing how to break the new plan to the drunk without him getting violent. "I already made a promise to Akio and Erika, Nikolai." He paused when he saw the Soviet raise a brow; now he knew he had to think his next words carefully. Otherwise this could turn ugly.
"They are going to... Associate... with us back into the venous... Blood... Vessel...?" If he was alone right now Dempsey would have punched himself in the nose. Venous blood vessel? He should have thought something better than that.
And now everyone was now giving Tank the 'wtf' face. Nikolai was giving Dempsey a suspicious look that pretty much yelled 'insanity!', he manage to follow Dempsey until he reached the venous part. That's where things got confusing for him. Hell even Eddy Richtofen was giving him an odd look because of what he said.
And let's not forget Laura and Natasha either. Their mouths were wide open in both disbelief and disgust at what they heard. Although they thought they understood what Dempsey meant behind all that.
Nikolai decided to speak again although it was rather slowly, "I have no idea what the hell you just said Dempsey. But... err, ok?" But he couldn't stop himself from being sounding weirded out.
Dempsey did a small un-Dempsey like victory dance inside his head; and he even did a little jig that no one seemed to notice.
"Alright... Zhis is just too weird for mien liking. And vhere in ze vorld is Takeo?"
Dempsey looked at Richtofen for a moment and shrugged.
"Don't know Ricky. All I know is that the Jap is somewhere nearby." He replied. He then glanced around for two more people that should have been in the room and frowned. "Ok, where the heck is Aiko and Erika?"
The said two women were busy sneaking about the complex. Having spending most of their time in the building they knew the place at the back of their hand. And the two are looking for some weapons to arm themselves now that Natasha and Laura are back.
But there was one thing that the two didn't anticipate.
"And where do you two think you are going?"
Both girls froze in mid step and slowly looked over their shoulder to see Takeo Masaki, armed with his AK74u. And said Assault Rifle was aimed directly at their heads. They never expected to run into the calm and patent Takeo of all people. But this time Takeo was not only calm, he was highly suspicious and he was glaring at them.
When the two women didn't answer the calm and wise expression Takeo had on his face quickly turned to one of impatience. And that was enough to shock both Aiko and Erika. Because the Japanese Officer rarely became impatient that fast, and if Akio was to guess, he knew about their plans to leave them here while they get to their world. Hence the quick change.
This was not good.
"You both are too return to the others, or face my wrath!" Takeo snapped, making a sharp gesture with his Assault Rifle. "Now get moving!"
This was not good at all.
Laura couldn't help but feel slightly disorientated that they knew their plans. And it took a turn for the worst when Takeo came into the room with the portal, with the AK74u aimed at their backs. Now the four were here, in the control room with no weapons. Tank had made sure of that.
"Ok. Now that we are all here I guess the doc can continue with... Whatever scientific thing he can do." Dempsey dumbly announced. It wasn't a secret that Tank wasn't the smartest person in the group. But that doesn't mean he was dull either, he can be smart when he needs to be.
And with the guys heavily armed with their previous weapons – except for Dempsey of course, because his M16 was traded in for the AUG – they looked ready for war. Which brings about the point Tank previously made: The zombies mysteriously vanished; and could be anywhere within the facility. Hence the reason the guys were so heavily armed.
And with the girls plan unfolded by Dempsey who had relayed it to the others, including Richtofen, everyone was highly suspicious that they'll try something again soon.
Dempsey finally broke the silence in the room. "Ok; the zombies have mysteriously went missing a while ago. And even if I think this is some kind of bless- ARGH!"
Everyone jumped out of their skin when Dempsey unexpectedly screamed.
"Sorry, sorry, about that. I thought I saw something scary." The marine breathed out a lame assed excuse. But he was mentally laughing his ass off when he saw the looks on their faces.
Richtofen furiously started yelling in German, and even if Dempsey didn't know what the Nazi was saying, he was definitely sure that Ricky was insulting him. Erika smiled at the words. Because she could understand and speak German; and she thought his ranting was hilarious.
"And I thought we were bad." Natasha whispered to Laura, an amused smile on her lips.
"I know these guys are just as bad as us." Laura agreed returning the smile.
Takeo merely pinched the bridge of his nose in disbelief, shaking his head as he muttered a few frustrated words in Japanese. Nikolai burped rather loudly, making the sound echo throughout the room; which caused everyone in the entire room stare at him.
Nikolai crossed his arms over his chest, "What? Everyone belches; I just happen to be better at doing it." He defended himself.
Dempsey sniffed the air around him and coughed, "Yeah, but did you have to do it with you're mouth open! I can smell your alcoholic breath from here." He complained as he covered his nose.
Nikolai raised his head in a 'I am far more superior than you' kind of attitude, "Good!" He boosted.
"Can we prease keep our heads focused at the task at hand?" Takeo strain-fully asked. He did well in keeping calm but even he had limits on the sheer annoyance between the two. But now his patience is at its breaking point.
Dempsey pinched the bridge of his nose in irritation. "Fine, Richtofen get to work on the machine. Nikolai and Takeo stand guard and watch for zombies. There is still a chance that their still around and I ain't gonna take any chances." He ordered.
All three of them nodded and went off to do what they had to do. Richtofen immediately began working on the control panel, trying to get an active yet stable portal that would take them back to their reality. Takeo with his AK47u and Nikolai's AK47 stood guard and carefully scanned the entrances to the room for the zombies. Dempsey had his gaze on the girls who were huddled together and were watching him with cold eyes. Sighing Dempsey decided to confront them on the situation the guys found themselves in. He already said that he would bring them back with them; but he had to be completely sure that they wouldn't try anything stupid once they get to the other side.
"Alright you'd better start talking." The glares he got from them told him that they weren't going to cooperate on the matter. But he wasn't going to give up. "I know that you planned on using that portal thing to get to our reality; and that you wear going to leave us here to fend for ourselves."
The surprised expression on their faces told the battle hardened marine that he had hit the nail, figuratively speaking. He smirked victoriously as he rested his AUG on his shoulder. "And I also know that you've been planning this for some time now. Maybe before we even came here."
Laura narrowed her eyes dangerously, "How did you find out about that? We were careful to never leave any evidence or clues for you to find."
Tank answered the question with four little words, "Simple: Ricky told me." He made himself sound smug as he spoke those words, and revelled at the sight of their shocked and surprised faces. And since there was two Richtofen's in the room, and their one knew about the plan.
So they thought that Erika sold them out and proceeded to coldly glare at the Nazi women, Erika seemed to shrink under their glares and unconsciously moved away from them. Tank was quick to pick up on that and was fast to stop the girls from ganging up on the Nazi woman. Although there were several scenarios going through his head about the whole 'girl on girl' thing, which caused him to mentally smile pervertedly at such things.
"Ok when I meant 'Ricky told me', I didn't mean her. I meant Edward, the 'Richtofen' from our reality. Or my reality... Fuck now I'm getting confused about this whole thing."
The woman both looked at each other and blinked when Dempsey began to rant.
"This whole entire scenario is just plain idiotic! Those fuckin' fans from Fanfiction and Deviantart are making my life fucking miserable! And Treyarch! Oh-ho those guys are fucking pricks for that 'Call of the Dead' thing."
Natasha leaned towards Laura and quietly whispered into her ear, while trying to keep herself from sounding creeped out. "Is it just me or does he seem insane' to you?"
Unfortunately for her, Dempsey some how heard what she said about him.
He turned quickly, the iris of his eyes becoming blood red as he narrowed dangerously at the Russian woman. "Who the fuck you calling insane!" He screamed with his teeth baring. "Just-because-I-am-AWESOME-and-you-are-not-does-not-give-you-the-right-to-say-I'm-insane!" He practically shouted the words out very fast, and because of this none of the girls could figure out what he had said. They did pick up the word 'awesome' though and the word at the end of the sentence as well.
Fortunately a someone had come to put an end to the ranting marine, much to their relief. And by 'putting an end', I mean Takeo suddenly appearing out of thin-air and knocking Dempsey out by smashing the butt of his AK74u against the back of his head. He went down rather easily.
"Stay down American."
Laura opened her mouth to say something; but she quickly closed it again from the look Takeo was giving her. Yeah, he knocked out the marine but he still didn't trust his team-mates counter part. Nor did he trust his own counter-part. Not anymore at least.
"And you four: No Tarking!"
Erika stiffled a laugh and quietly singed out "He said Tarking"
Aiko had a tick on her forehead. And smacked the back of Erika's head with her palm; getting a surprised 'Ah!' out of her.
"Do not insurt my peopre Erika!"
Growling Erika quietly snarled. "Fuck you."
"You are not my type."
Laura, Natasha and Erika had wide eyes and were looking at Aiko incredulously...
Suddenly the whole entire complex echoed with one word. Causing Takeo, Nikolai and Richtofen to look around curiously for the point of origin.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWW!"
