The pack chapter9
Cat's point of view
"Maria, your arm needs to heal before you go out again" the doctor said to her
"I can still use my other arm, and I can walk just fine." she said in protest
"I can watch her, to make sure she doesn't get trampled" I said
"Well if you think so, but what about you Carlos, and you Jessica?" The doctor said looking at dad, still curled up in the corner.
"Well, maria is a strong girl, what do you think Carlos?" mom said to dad
"Lets...KILL...those...FUCKERS!" Dad yelled, getting up from his corner.
"Okay, we'll leave in the morning, but lets try and get some rest" the doctor said laying down some blankets he found in the closet of that house. I laid down but couldn't go to sleep that night, neither could maria. I sat against the wall, holding her, trying my absolute best to calm her. As I sat there, I saw dad moving around in his sleep, making growling and grunting noises. He must have had a nightmare, and how could he not. The next morning every one was tired. No one got good sleep and we were not prepared to venture into the nearby city of Winston. Never the less, we got our things together and headed outside. Maria held a knife instead of a gun, due to her cast. She didn't talk that much on the 15 minute walk. We arrived in the ruined city and saw that there weren't that many zombies. Only a few were on the streets, and they were killed easily by the doctor's magnum. The streets were quiet, the only noises being our footsteps and the wind. We walked along the road until dad told us to stop.
"Stop stop, you hear that?" dad said, putting his hand to his ear "Sounds like growling" Me and mom heard the growling, but the doc and maria didn't, but they took our word for it. The growling got louder and louder, until it sounded like it was right behind us, which it was. I turned around to see an infected, crouched down like me or dad would do. He sniffed me and stood up.
"Dad, um..." were the only words I could say. This guy smelled of the dead. Everyone else turned around. The doc held his magnum, but dad signaled him to put it down. This man couldn't speak human either.
Following is in the infected language
"Who the hell are you guys?" the man said
"We're a pack trying to survive, that's all you need to know" dad said
"Why are interacting with those humans? And not attacking them?"
"Because they're our friends"
"I cant find words to describe how messed up that is. Now why are you here in my city?"
"We kinda need your help" I said, trying not to look at him in the eye
"Why would you need my help, you don't even know me"
"We want to destroy the military on the other side of the state, and we need the special infected to help us" dad said. The news made the mans voice go from aggressive, to listening.
"You want to take out the military? Our only real threat? I'm in. I'll ask why later. Follow me, i'll show you my pack."
Normal language
"Follow him" dad said to the rest of the group. They did follow, but reluctantly. He led us to a manhole, and he jumped down.
"Oh for fucks sake" The doctor grunted. We climbed the ladder down and were in the sewers. I'm not even going to describe the smell. Dad lead us to what I'm guessing was the that guy's home, and he wasn't alone. Maria and the doc hid behind the walls until that guy said it was okay to come out. After they did our two "packs" had a little conversation
"So...you 3 were able to make friends with humans? Well my pack will honor your relationship if it means the death of the military. I'm Ronny."
"Now, this is your pack? This is perfect." Maria said with a diabolical voice
"Yep, but I'm the only one that can speak human. Now I understand that you, doc if im right, have put the infected in certain categories?"
"Yep, 8 different special infected. Now, how are we going to take out the military base?"
"I know how." Maria pulled out a picture of the base and some cards with battle strategies.
"Okay, we will arrive at night, you and dad will scout ahead and come back with what you see. When everything is okay, I'll throw a bottle of boomer puke over the fence, which will attract some infected. This will draw attention from the back of the base here. Me and cat will go this way. I'll take out snipers on these towers. Jessica and some other infected from Ronny's pack will break down the west fence and let the normal infected in. Then, kill everyone there until we find this guy *pulls out picture* a certain col. Derick Thompson. Any questions?"
"Nope" we all said.
"Its settled, we leave for the 12 hour journey tomorrow. Now if you don't mind, I'll get out of this shit smelling pigsty."
"Well you're determined, why?" Ronny said
"Its personal" Dad and maria said at the same time. We exited the sewers and decided to use an abandoned convenience store for shelter. In there, we prepared for the worst, Maria packed all the medical supplies the doc had and a few weapons she found in the back room of the store. We also found packs of steaks in a fridge in the back room. It was the first time we had eaten in 3 days. We didn't sleep, but so much as rest. The night went surprisingly fast, and soon enough we were on our way to avenge Davy. We went by foot, and it sucked. We left at 7:00am and arrived near the base at around 6:45pm. We set up on a plateau overlooking the base. Dad and Ronny went out and scouted ahead for about an hour until the sun went down. They arrived with their news.
"Okay, there are 4 snipers, no vehicles with guns on them, but they do have a lot of men. Maria, throw the puke bottle far enough, the infected will climb the fence and some will get in. We got Jessica cutting the fence right now, ready to do this?" Dad asked us. Maria cocked her pistol and said "You bet your ass, lets go" We made our way down the plateau and behind the base. Maria threw the bottle, and the battle officially begun.
Author's point of view
The bottle broke on the ground in the base. Guards tried to figure out what it was, but they were too late. A horde came running at the base, being shot and climbed up the fences. At the back of the base, maria and cat got over the fence and were ready to kill. Maria shot and killed the 2 snipers at the back of the base. Cat climbed on the roof of the towers and pounced on some soldiers. She would retreat back to the towers when necessary. The rest were on the front-lines killing and being killed. The doc stayed on the plateau and sniped with a hunting rifle he found in the store. Most of Ronny's pack was killed, except for his girl friend spitter. Maria entered the main building where the Colonel was. She killed all his guards, but was shot in the arm in the process. She cornered him and talked to him.
"YOU! YOU SENT THOSE MEN TO CAMP WRITER, AM I RIGHT?!"she screamed at the top of her lungs.
"You're only 10, how would you know about that?" Maria shot the man in his foot and continued with her speech.
"I was at the base, and my dad was killed.
"Well I'm sorry, maybe we can give him a soldier's goodbye..." Maria shot his other foot and shoved her gun against the man's head.
"My father was one of the infected at the base you fuck-cunt." At that moment, Carlos entered through the window.
"Is this the guy?" Carlos asked
"Yep, do whatever you want to him, but keep him alive." Carlos pounced on him and bit him. He also clawed his face. He got off of him and maria walked up to the man.
"This is what you get for fucking with my pack" ans she shot him in the head. He was dead.
"Get on my back maria, I'll get you to the doc for the wound on your arm." Carlos jumped out of the building and climbed to the top of the plateau. The doc patched up maria while the rest arrived back. After maria was pactched up, she went to the tip of the plateau with giant pieces of stone, a knife, and some sticks. Carlos followed her to see what she was doing.
"Oh hey Carlos" she said with a happy voice
"What are you doing?" He said
"You'll see" Maria used one of the giant stones to carve things. After some minuets of carving, she placed the rocks on the ground.
"What does it say?" Carlos said squatting down along with Maria
"Well I found out the name of the base was Fort Bugle, so this first stone reads 'Battle of Fort Bugle, Febuary 6,2014.' And this one says 'In memory of David Scottsdale 1983-2014" Carlos let a tear go down his eyes. Maria hugged him and they returned to the their tent.
