Apocalypse: Dawn of the Dead
Re-editing AN: I decided against using an actual name for the base, due to me being uncomfortable using real life places, especially in regards to military stuff.
"Unbroken" is a song by Black Veil Brides, and doesn't belong to me in any way. This is the first of several instances in the story where I suggest opening up a tab and listening to the song on YouTube when it begins playing, so as to maximize the awesomeness.
Enjoy!
Chapter 9: A Method to Madness
"I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid."― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
Group 935 Tallahassee HQ:
A man whistled as he walked through his lab, content where he was in his research. He was close. Very close to achieving his ultimate plan. Total domination. Destroying everything on this planet and rebuilding it anew with his undead hordes. He would destroy this unworthy world, and he would rebuild from the ashes his own world. His undead army would enforce his rule, and those who stood before him would be crushed.
Or rather…That's what things seemed.
Only two beings knew of the true depths of his plan for this miserable planet, and the pieces were falling into place one by one.
"Oh, how the years have gone by…" Edward Richtofen murmured as he sat down in his chair with a sigh.
And the years had gone by slowly. Richtofen had discovered shortly after returning to Earth there were a few side-effects from switching bodies with Samantha and then returning to his own. The first of which was that the voices in his head, the ones that began to speak to him when he touched the M.P.D. had been silenced.
He felt for the first time in a long time that he was truly in control. He could think clearly, and for that he was all the more deadly. He was determined to see his plan through to the end, No Regrets, no distractions, and no chance of failure.
The second side-effect was that he was either ageless, or his natural aging process had been slowed drastically. He didn't look any older than he did when this scheme was put into motion 50 years ago. He was sure the effect was caused by his switching bodies with Samantha, but it was possible for Element 115 to have played a role as well, via the Super-Soldier Serum he worked on with Maxis.
His abilities had been the result of acquiring control over the M.P.D. and gaining a large portion of Samantha's abilities. Combine that with his…experiments, and it led to a wonderful concoction of science and magic that made him all-powerful.
And this power would allow him to begin to rebuild and spread his influence. The world would know the glory of Group 935, the new Group 935 led by him and him alone, soon enough. Those faithful to him stood by him as he made his first move. Now it was only a matter of time.
Over the years, Richtofen had set up secret labs across America, allowing him to work in secrecy and various projects that expanded Group 935's power and influence. His best labs were in New York, Washington D.C., Florida, and in California. Richtofen had stayed too long at his D.C. lab, and was weakened horribly after an experiment gone wrong. Richtofen had to rely on Illuzio to make sure the experiments were safe as he traveled to Florida to execute the beginning phase of his plan, which consisted of unleashing a massive wave of 115 gas to recharge himself. He was still weakened, but he would regain his power soon enough. Far before the time would come for him to destroy this world and all who opposed him.
"It's a rather risky business putting a bit of yourself into your own creations, ja?" Richtofen chuckled to himself, shaking his head.
After the failed experiment, Richtofen had begun to work on the second part of his plan. It had taken several years, but Richtofen had figured out how to turn the unpredictable 115 gas into pure electrical energy, which could be directed through the telephone grid to create as many zombies as possible. Whenever the energy would hit a telephone tower, the energy would pulse for several miles. Whenever the energy passed by any cemeteries or dead bodies, they would be brought back to live and be subject to his whims. He had built special towers near each of his labs, nodes that would allow him even more control over the zombies.
Thirty years of hard work went into this particular lab. To prevent any suspicion, Richtofen had to rely on Illuzio to brainwash people to be able to build the lab and machines for him. Illuzio was one of his oldest allies, one of his closest friends. He was probably the most important member of Group 935 besides himself.
And that was what it impossible to trust him…That and the fact that he knew Illuzio loathed him. He knew that Illuzio knew what had happened. He knew he was planning for revenge, but he still needed Illuzio.
So he would have to keep up this charade of obliviousness.
"That is why it is unwise to haff allies…Trust is such a fickle little thing," Richtofen laughed softly to himself.
It had all started when he was testing time travel back before trying to have Fluffy kill Samantha and Dr. Maxis. After Richtofen had returned from the moon, he decided to test out how far back in time he could go, and that had led him to go far into the past, back to the Middle Ages.
It was a time where King and Queen's ruled and knights fought for honor and valor. Richtofen had explored the town he had landed in with interest, and had eventually come across a young jester by the name of Jonathan Ravenwood. He was a magician of sorts, being able to cast spells and the like, but he lacked true power. Richtofen was interested by the jester's power, and wanted the jester to return with him for experimentation and help him further his designs. Also, to his surprise, he had bonded with the magician. He had been charming and interesting, and never bored him.
But Richtofen was dismayed when he discovered that Jonathan was in love with a woman, and refused to leave with him into the future. Even promises of progress and power were not enough to tempt the young jester.
"Oh, he was most upset when his beloved met her untimely demise." Richtofen laughed as he made another adjustment to the device.
"Master Richtofen!" Illuzio said walking into the Laboratory as he appeared in the room with a wicked green flash.
"Those teens that are with Samantha are closing into our location. It seems they are much better than I anticipated," Illuzio said with a note of annoyance in his voice.
"It is about time I deal with those fools once and for all," Richtofen said as he turned to the jester.
"Do you want me to get the newest experiments and take them out before they get here?" Illuzio asked Richtofen, who shook his head in response.
"No…take vhat I've allowed you to control, mien Illuzio. That shall suffice. Protect the Lab until zhee 115 Amplifier is finished and has been activated. Then allow them to come and meet their doom." Richtofen said quietly.
"Of course…right away…Master Richtofen," Illuzio said bowing and backing away before he vanished in a burst of green light.
Richtofen turned around and smiled to himself for a moment. Soon it would begin. Soon…
Richtofen's smile faded, his bloodlust simmering down and being replaced with a cold pang of bitterness. He looked up through the skylight, starring at the moon for a moment before he said in a whisper, "All of this is for you…They will all die in your name…"
Richtofen then clenched his fists tightly and looked towards the device he had been calibrating once again. His eyes now gleamed bright blue, and his voice gained an ethereal tone as he said, "All will perish…It begins again…"
Meanwhile:
The truck zoomed by another sign on the highway advertising another Burger King. The teens were debating strategies and ideas for what to do later, but weren't having much luck. When Liam asked everyone if any of them had a non-stupid idea that didn't involve self-sacrifice in some manner, all he got was a cheerful, "I've got nothing."
"What the heck are you doing?" John asked curiously as Jess continued to mess with the radio.
"Trying to get Marcus's frequency on this thing." Jess said with a sigh of frustration, though she was still smiling.
"I'm pretty sure radios don't work like that, Jess." Judith said with a small smile at her best friend.
"She's trying to get more than Marcus's frequency, that's for sure." Nick snickered to Jax, causing Jess's eyes to narrow slightly and her smile to turn into a small frown. Jess suddenly grabbed the wheel and turned it hard to the left, slamming Nick's head into the window. Liam grabbed the wheel and regained control of the truck with a loud swear, giving Jess an angry look while she just went back to messing with the radio like nothing had happened.
"Where's the leak, ma'am?" Nick said before passing out in the seat and remaining motionless.
"Idiot. OK, so what's the plan?" John said to Nicholas, who had been closing his eyes for a while. Nicholas remained quiet and ignored John.
"Nicholas? Hello?" John said with a confused look on his face, waving his hand in front of Nicholas, who opened his eyes in irritation.
"Can't you guys think of something? Jesus…" Nicholas said with a tired and frustrated sigh. John blinked in surprise at the small outburst of annoyance at something so small.
"You OK man?" Joe asked Nicholas, who gave him a weary nod.
"I guess so. OK, so ideas people. Let me have em'" Nicholas said to the others.
"Well, we could build a giant cannon and fire John-" Joe began to say.
"No." Judith said in a bored tone, used to this crap by now.
"Crap, that's all I've got…for now." Joe said the last part quietly to himself.
"Well, the best thing to do is stop Richtofen from using whatever machine he's using to amplify the 115 wave." John said to the other teens.
"That's a given." Judith said to John.
"So, I think the best idea would be to blow up the entire lab, destroy the 115 Amplifier, his experiments, and so on, all at once. Leave no trace of anything so that Richtofen has no chance of rebuilding even if he survives somehow," John explained to the others.
"That's a good plan." Andrew admitted, a smirk on his face.
"But none of us have got a weapon strong enough to destroy his whole lab at once. That's way above anything we can even hope to find. I've got no clue where to find one." Jax said to the others.
"Neither do I," Samantha admitted, using Jax as a mouthpiece.
"I think I know where to find a weapon that CAN destroy Richtofen's lab." Jess chimed in, surprising everyone.
"You do?!" everyone yelled at once.
"Yep. There's an Air Force Base in Tallahassee. Their bound to have something there that packs enough firepower to blow up Richtofen's lab." Jess said with a grin on her face.
"Sounds like a good plan. Do you know where it is?" Nicholas asked.
"Yeah, take a right up ahead after the next two exits." Jess said pointing up ahead as Liam drove the truck around a destroyed car.
"What do you think Richtofen's plan is?" Judith asked Jax.
"He is trying to expand his control over the zombies. Just in Florida he has an incredible amount of zombies under his control, but if his power was expanded…well, then our chances of ever stopping him look slim." Samantha said through Jax.
"What if he has other plans in mind?" John asked Samantha.
"He probably does, to be honest with you. But for now, we're in the dark as to what those plans are…We need to stop him now and find out more," Samantha said quietly.
"Well, we better get this right then," Nicholas said quietly as Liam made another turn.
Air Force Base:
"All right guys, be very very quiet," Nicholas said as he jumped out of the car, quietly landing on the ground as the others got out of the truck.
"We're hunting wabbits," Joe snickered, earning a smack in the head from Judith. The dark-haired girl saw Liam grin evilly and kick Nick out of the truck, causing him to crash down onto the ground.
"OW! LIAM WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!" Nick yelled at Liam, who scowled in response.
"HEY SHUT THE HELL UP! NICHOLAS SAID FOR US TO BE QUIET!" Liam yelled back, standing tall over the shorter teen.
"I just said be quiet. Why did I expect anything different?" Nicholas muttered walking over to both of the screaming teens and bashing each one upside the head with a Cobra.
"OW!" Nick yelled, clutching his head in pain.
"OW MAN, WHAT THE HELL!" Liam yelled, eyes screwed up in pain before he glared at Nicholas.
"I said be quiet, not have a shouting match, assholes! Now come on!" Nicholas whispered angrily to the two teens, storming off ahead of them.
"Jerk." Nick grumbled, crossing his arms.
"Seriously, why is he so mean to us?" Liam said, rubbing the back of his head.
"Are you guys really this stupid, or did you have to take lessons?" Joe asked, shaking his head, as they followed Nicholas onto the Base.
"Man, what is their problem today? Do you know Judith?" Liam asked his girlfriend, who shook her head with a smile.
"Come on brainiacs, let's go." Judith said walking towards the base's entrance.
Andrew took one look at the massive chain-link fence surrounding the base and smirked as he grabbed his scythe, Reaper. With two swings of Reaper, he sliced open a path through the fence and said, "Ladies first."
Jess walked up to Andrew and smacked him upside the head and Judith scoffed at him. Andrew rubbed the back of his head in bemusement and asked the others, "What was that about?"
"Well, Jess doesn't like you and Judith thinks that was somewhat sexist." Liam said walking through the opening casually.
"Whatever," Andrew said, shaking his head and letting it roll of his shoulders.
The group walked as quietly as they could through the plane yard, making sure not to trigger any alarms. The front door to the base was reinforced with thick steel that none of their weapons could break open, even the Porter's X2 Ray Gun. There was a small terminal next to the door of to the side, somehow still online even though the power was off.
"Guys, hold on. Let me try something," Joe said walking over to the terminal. Joe cracked his fingers and began to type quickly, going through several screens of what looked like gibberish to the others, but made complete sense to him. Joe then came to a screen where he had to type in a thirty digit security emergency lock-down override code.
"Huh…apparently they shut down this base in so the zombies couldn't get in. They had to initiate an emergency lock-down of the base in order to protect their vehicles, weapons, and other stuff too. This…" Joe said typing in the long code and pressing enter, causing a green screen with a check-mark to appear,"..is how we get in."
The door slowly opened and Joe said, "I'm surprised an alarm didn't go off."
"Even with your enhanced mental capabilities, doing that without setting off the alarm is impressive. You seem to be growing towards your full potential quite well," C.N. said to Joe, who nodded with a smirk.
"With our luck, Nick will set one off," Liam chuckled as they walked into the base entrance.
"Oh come on, I'm not that stupid," Nick said indignantly.
"Yes you are," Liam replied, not seeing Nick aim a punch towards the back of Liam's head.
BAM!
"Why you little shit-!" Liam yelled while clutching the back on his head.
"Shut it you two, this is an infiltration mission," John muttered to the two of them, who nodded.
"OK, we've got to find out where the armory is. That's where the heavy weaponry will be…Theoretically." Jess said looking down the dark hallway. Joe pulled out a few flashlights from his backpack and handed them out.
"OK, where should we go?" John asked turning on his flashlight.
"Well, this is a two story building, and the armory is bound to be on the ground floor." Andrew said pointing the light at his face and doing a scary face.
BAM!
"OK! Who did that?!" Joe yelled angrily pointing the flashlight in everyone's faces accusingly, holding his head with a pain expression.
"I did it." John said raising his hand.
John turned off his flashlight and ducked as Joe swung his wildly SPAZ-24 at him, hitting Nicholas in the face. Nicholas fell to the ground and let out a yell of pain, but to his feet scowling in the dark.
"You…you…" Nicholas growled as he turned on his flashlight and kicked John and Joe in the shins as hard as he could.
"Can we please stop acting like idiots? We're in an Air Force Base trying to save the world from an insane Nazi scientist with superpowers. Please…Let's just focus." Nicholas said in a tired voice, earning nods from his younger bandmates.
"Let's head down the hallway there. We've got no visibility in here, so here's what we'll do. All of us stick together this time. No splitting up." Nicholas began.
"Won't that make the dialogue scenes harder, and give all characters less time to talk?" Nick asked Nicholas, who frowned and glared at Nick.
"Stop breaking the fourth wall, Nick! We've been over this!" Nicholas yelled indignantly.
"Aren't we supposed to be quiet?" Jess asked.
"What? Oh…oh yeah," Nicholas said with a sheepish laugh.
"Moron," Liam muttered under his breath, loud enough for everyone to hear.
"Oh shut up. Anyway, John and Andrew will watch our rears-"
"Gay." Nick said with a small laugh, earning an annoyed glance from Judith, causing him to stop laughing.
"Nick and Andrew will be watching our sixes…" Nicholas said, again getting a bit annoyed at how many times he was getting derailed, "Joe and Jax, hold these flashlights, one in each hand and aim them forward. Nick, Judith and Liam, you guys are in charge of watching the front and taking down anything that comes at us. Jess, you're in charge of directions. As for me," Nicholas held up both of his Dual-Cobra's, "I'll help with guarding our front."
"Why?" John asked.
Nicholas tapped his glasses and suddenly the flashed green. Instead of being clear, now the glasses were a darker green and were now glowing faintly.
"Night Vision Glasses," Nicholas said with a grin.
"OK, how the hell did you get those?" John asked, both curious and fed up with the absurd events happening. It just wasn't probable, unless he was in a terrible zombie fanfic. Then it explained everything.
"Joe was messing around with some equipment and he found the components to make me Night Vision Glasses," Nicholas said with a grin.
"I find that hard to believe," Nick said as he crossed his arms.
"What's hard to believe? Zombies are attacking United States, video game characters are coming alive, you have a magical Chuck Norris figurine that can talk, there's a ghost possessing Jax right now, and the gas at 7-11 across the street is $2.73. Not much here is believable," Nicholas stated.
"And I'm now a technological badass," Joe added with a grin.
"More like a technological dumbass," John said as he crossed his arm.
"And I'm also the pretty one of the group," Joe said, flexing for a moment.
"Can we go?" Jess asked, finally getting annoyed with the arguing herself. Everyone shrugged and began making their way to the armory.
The group slowly began to make its way through the pitch black hallways, which was eerily silent except for the footsteps of the teens. Jess was aiming her MPK5 forward while they walked, looking around to see where they were supposed to go.
"Reaaaah!" a voice screamed from the darkness ahead, surprising the group. A Screecher zombie emerged from the darkness and ran at the group, claws dripping with blood. Judith quickly aimed and fired her L115 Isolator. Everyone grinned as the Screecher's skull exploded in a shower of blood and the Screecher fell to the ground in a heap. Jess walked over to a door and looked inside, and muttered, "OK, give me a sec."
Jess tried to open the door and found that it was locked. She fired at the door with her MPK5, effectively breaking the handle off of the door. Jess then kicked the door down and said "OK, let's go."
"Any of us could have done that, you know." Andrew said with an smirk, though not loud enough for Jess to hear.
Jax and Joe aimed their flashlights in the room, trying to figure out what was inside. It looked like a board room, with several cushy leather chairs set around an wooden oval table. Jess peaked inside and said, "This is where the higher-ups meet I'm guessing. Not what we're looking for."
"But we can still look around. Come on," Joe said going into the room and looking around.
The group waited outside while Joe fumbled around in the room. Finally after three minutes, Nicholas walked inside and said, "What's the hold up?"
Joe was stuffing several plans into his backpack, and he said, "I found some blueprints and maps lying on the table. I might as well take them so Richtofen can't"
"Good idea. Anything that looks useful, just take it. We can give it back afterwards if there's a problem." Nicholas said to Joe, who nodded. The two teens walked out of the room and the group made its way down the hallway. After opening several more rooms, none of which had anything interesting, the group heard the sound of zombies making their way towards the group from behind.
"Don't worry, I've got it" John said aiming his Porter's X2 Ray Gun and fired at the seven Nazi zombies coming at them.
Two of the shots killed four zombies instantly, the others incinerated their legs and reduced them to feeble crawlers. Andrew walked over and killed them with Reaper, and then gave John a nasty look.
"Seriously? What the hell am I supposed to kill if you keep using that Ray Gun?" Andrew asked.
Suddenly a Screecher zombie bust out of the darkness and tackled Andrew to the ground. Andrew struggled to keep the zombie from ripping his throat out, but was able to grab his Famas and unload an entire clip into its chest. The Screecher zombie stumbled backwards a few steps, allowing Andrew to get back on his feet. Andrew put away his Famas and grabbed Reaper off of the ground and hurled it at the Screecher. The scythe's blade struck the Screecher in the face and after it let out a scream of agony the Screecher fell to the ground, dead. Andrew walked over to the corpse and grabbed his scythe and said, "Thanks for the help guys."
"You're welcome!" Jess said with a grin.
The group continued to make their way through the facility, taking down a few zombies along the way. Jess looked inside of another room and said, "I think this is it!"
"Then bust down the door," Liam said as he looked at the larger and all metal door.
"I can't, there's a security code I have to put in. Joe, can you take care of this?" Jess asked the taller teen.
"Yeah, hold on," Joe said walking over to the door.
"Sophisticated stuff. Give me a sec to crack it," Joe said taking a look at the small terminal. Several more zombies emerged from the darkness straight ahead. Judith took aim and fired at two Nazi zombies, killing each one with a shot to the head and a shot to the throat respectively. Liam aimed his AK74fu2 and blasted apart the other zombies with the laser bullets from his gun.
"Hey, I've always wondered this. Are they lasers, or are they bullets?" Liam asked the others, frowning.
"Shoot! We'll get back to that later!" Nick said with a yell, pulling out his Calamity and opening fire from the zombies that continued to attack them from the darkness with no warning.
"Got it!" Joe said unlocking the door and kicking it down and running in.
The room, as it turns out led to the Generator Room. About a dozen generators stood in the room, as well as another terminal. Joe walked up to the terminal and pulled up on a lever. All of the lights in the room flickered on as the generators began to turn on. After all of the lights (Not the one by Kanye West) turned on, John let out a sigh of relief and said, "Thank God."
"Awwww, scared of the dark?" Joe asked.
"Shut up Joe," Jess said walking over to a table and looking at a very conveniently placed map of the facility complete with details on every room.
There were a few machine guns lying next to a few dead bodies in the corner, meaning this was where a few of the personal had holed up. There were several other papers on the table, inventory lists by the look of it. Jess was muttering to herself as she looked at the map, poking at certain locations on it.
"OK, this was the power room. We need to head down there to the armory. We can get new weapons. It also says here that they have…sweet! The ZK-115 Missile!" Jess said happily.
"Does anyone else think it's suspicious that the missile has 115 in its name?" Nick asked no one in particular.
"Nope. It's because FlygonNick would get in trouble if any of the Air Force stuff in this chapter was actually anything that sounded real, he has to BS it," John mused.
"Why? Why must you idiots break the fourth wall?" Nicholas fell to his knees and yelled to the Heavens.
Meanwhile:
"I have the strangest feeling someone's talking about us Joe," Nicholas said as he typed the dialogue for chapter 10.
"It's probably because we break the fourth wall so much." Joe replied.
"It's part of my charm. Don't mess it up numbnuts." Nicholas said.
Suddenly Nicholas looked at his phone and got a text reading, "Hehe…numbnuts."
"Hey, we need to add a part where John gets hit in the balls," Joe said pointing to the computer screen.
"Fine, but only if I get to launch the missile and say something really cool and dramatic when I do," Nicholas said to the taller teen.
"Deal."
Meanwhile:
"Ummm…just happened?" Liam asked, feeling something strange within his very soul.
"The voices are talking to me again!" Nick yelled out, clutching his head.
"Nah, we'll just forget about it, it's probably not important. Anyway, my dad used to work in the Air Force, and he told me about the ZK-115 Missile Prototype. It's definitely got enough firepower to destroy Richtofen and his lab!" Jess said excitedly.
"There's a catch though," Joe said looking at the plans.
"What's the catch Joe?" Judith said.
"Well, according to this it's attached to this vehicle that they use to aim and fire the missile. Well, in order to activate it, they have to input 3 security codes into a terminal in the Armory, where the ZK-115 missile is. And these terminals are different than the other ones I've dealt with, you have to put in the right codes." Joe said with concern etched on his face.
"Or what happens?" Liam asked.
"Well, worst case scenario the missile activates right there and then and we all die in a fiery explosion." Joe said.
"That would be bad," Andrew said, flinching at the thought.
"Yeah, another scenario would be the terminal locks down and we can't use the missile," Joe said, shaking his head in frustration.
"Well, how about this? Joe. You, Andrew, and Judith take that map and find the codes. They'll probably be in whoever's in charge's office, so go there and find out where the codes are," Nicholas said to the teens.
"You don't know who the person in charge at an Air Force Base is?" Nick snickered.
"Oh shut up. Until five hours ago, you believed that there was a Pudding Fairy," Nicholas retorted.
"Hey, there has to be a reason I keep finding pudding in this bag when I eat it all. It can't keep reappearing because of magic!" Nick said stubbornly, ignoring Joe silently laughing behind his back.
"You seriously tricked him into believing there was a Pudding Fairy?" C.N. asked Joe, who nodded.
"Wow…well done, I approve. Though whenever a sneeze, pudding comes out that can cure all diseases. Unfortunately, only I can eat it," C.N said.
"That wasn't so much as impressive, as it was disgusting," Joe said, shuddering a little.
"Don't be jealous," C.N. replied.
"What are you guys talking about?" Nick asked curiously.
"Nothing," Joe replied quickly.
"Guys! Back. On. Track." Nicholas said firing his Cobra into the air with each syllable.
"You three, go get those codes. We'll defend the Missile until you return with them. Let's go!" Nicholas said reloading his Cobra.
"I'll lead the way. Meet us in the armory when you've got all three codes. Try to let us know somehow when you've gotten all three codes," Jess said to the teens who were about to leave the group.
"How? The radios broke when we were fighting the Leviathan in the cave," Judith asked Jess.
"I'm sure there's an intercom in this place, use that," Jax said to Joe, who nodded. Seemed like a good idea to him.
"Hurry up! We're running out of time!" Samantha reminded the group.
"The angry ghost has a point, come on!" Nicholas said to the others.
"Grrrr…."
The groups split up and headed towards separate parts of the facility. At this point, the zombies had fully broken into the facility.
"Guys, get ready" Nicholas said aiming his Dual-Cobra's forward.
Five Screecher zombies emerged from a nearby hallway, screeching loudly as they dashed towards the teens, dried blood splashed along the front of their emaciated bodies. Jax stepped in front of Nicholas and said, "I've got this."
Jax waited until the Screecher's were about five yards away before firing his Thundergun, sending a massive wave of air forward and blasting the Screecher's away, killing them instantly as they crashed down onto the ground in a heap.
"Nice one Jax!" Jess said with a grin. The group continued to make their way towards the armory, fighting zombies along the way. After about twenty minutes, they finally found the door to the armory.
"Well, now what do we do? This thing's got a terminal that requires a password, and we can't count on Joe to do this," Liam said, sounding annoyed he had to admit that.
"Hold on, I've got this," Jess said as she walked over to the terminal.
"Please enter Armory Password." A computerized voice said to the teens.
"The Password for the Armory is…Password," Jess said typing the password into the computer.
"Oh come on, there's not a cold chance in hell that that'll-" Liam began to say.
"ACCESS APPROVED."
"…never mind."
"You never mentioned which part of hell is cold," Nicholas said kicking open the door.
"What does he mean by that?" Liam asked curiously.
"He's referring to Dante's Inferno, where the 9th circle of hell is frozen," John said, sounding surprised that Nicholas had thought of such of reference.
The Amory was…well for lack of a better word, awesome. It was a large room, filled with every sort of weapon you could think of. Handguns, machine guns, rifles, and even weapons that shouldn't be there were there. There were several metal catwalks, allowing the people to make optimum use of the room's largeness. The room was filled with missiles and even a small jet plane as well.
"Dude…this is like every American's dream!" Nick said in wonder as he took in the room.
"Nah, there'd be a lot more booze and half-naked chicks," Nicholas said.
"Um…there are women in America too," Jess pointed out.
"…my statement still stands."
There was very long awkward silence, followed by Nick saying, "Oh I get it, it's a lesbian joke!"
"Hey, there's the ZK-115 Missile!" Jess said running up to a missile in a launcher vehicle.
"So how are we going to do this?" Nicholas asked.
Jess stood in that spot, thinking hard. After a full minute she said, "Got it."
Jess walked over to a spot behind a desk and pulled out a device. It looked like a laptop computer, but it wasn't, that much was obvious.
"What's that?" Liam asked Jess.
"It's a Missile Guidance Transmitter. This is where the missile goes when you fire it. Basically, if we were to put this inside of Richtofen's lab, and then fire the missile, it would head straight for Richtofen's lab and destroy it. But we would have to both put the transmitter in the lab, and then have someone fire it from here," Jess said.
"How about we have one of us stay here and fire the missile once we get to the lab?" Jax suggested, earning a few nods of approval from the group.
"Whatever we're going to do, hurry up and decide..." Samantha said quietly.
"Yeah, zombies have already broken into the base," Nick agreed.
"No. Not that…Illuzio is here!" Samantha said coming out of Jax's body and pointing towards the ceiling.
Everyone looked up and saw her words were true; Illuzio was standing above them, hanging upside-down from the ceiling and shattering the laws of physics. Which is fine by me because that class sucks. Did I just break the fourth wall? Again? Damn straight I did.
"Hello there, children. I see you're trying to find a way to destroy Richtofen's lab. Unfortunately, orders prohibit me from allowing you to live. Easily, anyway. My Master would like to tell you though that he is amazed that you could survive for so long. And so in honor of your bravery, he said he'll remember you once your world is destroyed, and so he wants to know what you want your statue to be made of," Illuzio said with a chuckle.
"Silver," Nicholas replied darkly, aiming his Galil at Illuzio.
"Thank you. I'll be sure to tell him. Anyway, its time to die. I have an old friend who's been dying to get reacquainted with you," Illuzio said with a wide grin, his hands crackling with green sparks. Magic.
Nicholas opened fire at Illuzio, who cast a wall of a magic up and blocked the gunfire effortlessly. He then kicked off of the support beam and fell fifty feet to the ground, but just before he hit the ground, Illuzio flipped in the air and landed on his feet like it was nothing.
"You children have a long way to go. So much stands between you and your goal. I think, in the end, you do have what it takes…But you cannot slay Richtofen as you are now. Especially you, Samantha," Illuzio said to the ghost-child.
"KILL HIM!" Samantha roared.
Andrew smirked and flipped Reaper in his grasp, firing the hookshot at the Jester, who easily sidestepped it and snapped his fingers, causing the weapon to fly from Andrew's hand. Illuzio caught the scythe, spinning it around for a moment before hurling it back to Andrew, who yelped and barely dodge the weapon.
"So, how would you like meet an old acquaintance?" Illuzio asked the teens with an evil smile.
"Guys…reload and get ready." Nicholas said reloading his Galil.
"Behold, your good old friend, the Leviathan!" Illuzio said snapping his fingers, creating a whooshing sound that rushed through the room. Suddenly the entire back wall of the Armory flashed dark green and crumpled away, revealing the Leviathan zombie that John had frozen back at the Riverside Cave.
And it looked pissed.
"Well, I'd love to stay and chit-chat, but I've got a Nazi to get back to who plans to destroy everything and rebuild his own world from the ashes. Farewell!" Illuzio said snapping his fingers. Illuzio vanished in a flash of green light and the Leviathan slowly lumbered into the room.
"Jess, get inside the transport! Get the missile out of range when we've got it distracted, and drive it outside through the hole the Leviathan made. I'll give you a signal to go. Nick, protect Jess. Liam, John, Jax…get ready guys," Nicholas said aiming his Galil.
"On it! Come on Jess!" Nick said running towards the Missile.
"Yeah, coming! You guys…be careful, OK?" Jess said with concern as the Leviathan slowly lumbered forward.
"OK…any ideas on what we should do?" Liam asked Nicholas, sounding rather nervous.
"Use our environment to our advantage. There's plenty of firepower around here that could help us beat this thing," John said aiming his Porter's X2 Ray Gun at the Leviathan.
"Good thinking. All right guys…on go." Nicholas said, feeling both nervous and excited at fighting this thing without the danger of explosives this time.
"Three…" Jax said as he tightened his grip on his Ray Guns.
"Two…" John said, taking a step back.
"One…" Liam said with a smirk.
"GO!" Nicholas said unloading his Galil into the Leviathan.
"RAAAAAAAAH!" the Leviathan roared as it lumbered forward, its tail snaking forward.
Jak, Liam, and John opened fire on the massive zombie, who roared and swung around, whipping its tail at Jax, who ducked and fired with his Dual-ray Guns. Jax jumped over the tail as it whipped back towards him and shot at the glowing red part of the tail, the part that was the Leviathan's only weak spot.
The Leviathan roared in agony and swung a fist at Jax, who had to jump to the side to avoid it. John aimed his Porter's X2 Ray Gun at the monster's skull and fire three times, missing twice but scoring a direct hit the third time, right between the Leviathan's eyes.
"Liam! Up here!" Nicholas called as he ran up the small metal stairs to the catwalk.
"Get that gun and what for my signal" Nicholas said pointing to a gun on the wall.
"Nice!" Liam said grabbing the gun with a grin.
"Come on Jess! Let's get going!" Nick said urgently.
Jess was having trouble getting the missile launcher to move. Apparently you had to access the motor controls from a terminal, and Jess was having no luck with it.
"I can't get this thing to move!" Jess said typing on a keyboard frantically.
"Let me have a crack at it," C.N. said.
"Gladly!" Nick said bashing the keyboard with C.N.
Suddenly the screen glowed green and it said "Please put keys into ignition."
"How…and why!" Jess asked angrily.
"Don't question it. Zombie apocalypse!" Nick replied as he took a step back.
"...fine."
Jess hopped into the missile launcher vehicle and waited for Nicholas's signal. Nicholas watched as Jax and John fired their Ray Guns at the Leviathan, but this barely kept the beast at bay.
"All right. When I say three," Nicholas said tossing his Galil to the ground and grabbing a sniper rifle off of the wall.
"Any plans Jax?" John asked as the Leviathan loomed closer.
"Give me a second," Jax said pulling out his Thundergun.
Suddenly a shot rang out and the Leviathan's tail writhed and began spewing out dark red blood. The monster roared and whirled around, seeing Nicholas on the lowest catwalk, aiming a sniper rifle at him.
"Bring it on you slimy flesh-eating marrow junkie!" Nicholas called as he unloaded another shot into the monster's chest.
"RAAAAAAH!" the Leviathan roared as it lumbered towards Nicholas.
Nicholas aimed the sniper rifle and fired a shot to the left, hitting the wall. Jess took that as her signal, and began driving the vehicle carrying the missile out of range of the Leviathan. Jess was nearly out of range when about twenty Nazi zombies appeared around the corner of the facility, lumbering towards them.
"I've got this! Go!" Nick said reloading his Calamity and opening fire on the zombie horde, the upgraded bullets ripping through the undead with ease.
Nicholas unloaded another three shots into the Leviathan, who seemed to be unable to move at anything more than a walk, which Nicholas took to mean that the Leviathan wasn't fully recovered from the battle they had had with it just hours ago.
"Samantha, can we get a Max Ammo anytime soon?" Nicholas asked as the ghost floated up towards him.
"Give me a minute!" Samantha said as she held her hands out and began focusing her energy.
"OK…Liam!" Nicholas called to the black-haired teen.
"Ready!" Liam yelled back
"Three!"
Liam grinned and opened fire on the Leviathan with the massive Gatling gun he had acquired. The Leviathan roared as the bullets slammed into its skin, which was beginning to show signs of wear. The Leviathan whirled around and struck at the catwalk with its powerful tail, sending Liam crashing onto the catwalk with a yell.
"Liam!" Jax called out.
"I'm fine!" Liam said getting to his feet and resuming his attack.
Nicholas fired a shot into the back of the Leviathan's skull. The shot bounced off of its skull and didn't do any lasting damage, but it was enough to get its attention. The monster roared in fury and glared at Nicholas, drawing back to strike him with his tail.
Nicholas dove to the side and avoided the attack, but the Leviathan's powerful tail tore right through the catwalk like it was paper. Nicholas stumbled, but was able to keep his grip on the railing to keep himself from falling. Nicholas aimed another shot with one hand and fired, but missed the Leviathan and hit the wall on the far side of the room.
"Guys!" Nicholas yelled.
Jax ran forward and fired his Thundergun at the Leviathan's feet, causing it to lose its balance and fall to the ground with a snarl. Its tail lashed out at Jax, who dodged the strike.
"That was my last shot!" Jax said pulling out his Dual-Ray Guns and firing at the downed Leviathan, which was slowly getting to its feet. Bits of armor-plating and exoskeleton began to tear off of the monster, but it wasn't going down easily.
"RAAAAAAAAAH!" the Leviathan roared, swinging its tail at Jax, who was bashed in the chest and sent crashing down onto the ground thirty feet away.
"Jax!" John yelled at his downed friend, only to draw attention to himself.
The monster's tail shot at John who threw himself to the ground with a yell, causing the tail to miss him by mere millimeters. John aimed upwards and shot at the Leviathan's face, causing it to roar even louder at him before ice encased its face.
"How can we take this thing down?!" Nicholas muttered to himself as he reloaded the sniper rifle.
Meanwhile:
"Boo-yah!" Joe yelled in success as he hacked his 14th door.
"Andrew, how are you holding up?" Judith said as she blew two zombies heads off with her L115 Isolator.
"Pretty good!" Andrew grinned as he beheaded another zombie with a grin, spraying blood al over the walls.
"Guys, I found one! Let's go!" Joe said bursting out of the room, putting the piece of paper in his pocket and pulling out his Calamity and Jane.
"Good. Any ideas where we could find the other codes?" Judith asked as she took aim down the hallway, shooting a sprinting zombie in the chest and blowing it apart.
Joe shook his head and said, "No, we'll just have to check every office. Come on, let's-" Joe was about to say before there was a loud rumbling noise and they heard three distinct crashes that echoed throughout the building.
"What was that?" Andrew asked Joe.
"How would I know?" Joe replied indignantly.
"Good point." Andrew replied with a chuckle.
"…what's that supposed to mean?" Joe asked angrily.
"Nothing…Nothing…" Andrew said innocently.
"Let's try and figure out what that was. Whatever it was, it wasn't good, that much I know" Joe said.
"Reaaaah!" a voice screeched out of nowhere.
The group turned behind them and saw a group of about ten Screecher zombies sprinting towards them, blood staining their mouths.
Andrew reacted first and fired Reaper's chain, causing it to tear through two zcreecher Zombies at once. Judith then fired twice with her L115 Isolator, blasting apart the two immobilized zombies.
Joe unloaded onto the Screecher's with his Calamity and Jane, making sure that none of them could get even close to the three teens. After about thirty seconds of nonstop shooting, slicing, and sniping, the hallway was clear once more.
"Come on, this way!" Joe said as he reloaded his Calamity and Jane, running down the hallway. The trio continued to open doors, finding nothing of value until they smelt something strange. Just inhaling the smell made them feel slightly dizzy. The others held their shirts over their noses and crept through the hallway, seeking out the source of the smell. After breaking open another lock, they discovered the reason for the smell.
"No freaking way," Joe breathed.
It was a 115 Meteorite, not ten yards in front of them. It was very small, about the size of a baseball. Joe slowly walked up to it and said, "The three crashing sounds, they must have been meteor fragments. I wonder what happens when I…"
Joe pull out a hunting knife and tapped the Meteor, causing it to make a strange sound.
"Ah-ha! So I was right!" Joe said with a grin.
"Are thinking what I'm thinking?" Andrew said to Joe, also smiling.
"Yeah, but first things first. Grab the Meteorite. We may need it" Joe said wrapping the Meteor in a towel from his bag.
"I'll carry it" Judith said to the two young men, as Joe and Andrew we're carrying backpacks full of supplies and offered her own mostly empty backpack as a place to put the meteorite. Joe nodded and carefully wrapped the Meteor in the towel and put it in the backpack. The group headed out of the office and headed down the hallway.
Another batch of zombies met them further down the hallway, which the group fought off while Joe continued to open doors. After another five minutes, he found the second set of codes and the second meteor fragment.
After another five minutes they encountered another old friend, a Juggernaut. It was an extremely muscular Zombie in full uniform with a bulletproof jacket. He turned around and growled at them and stood there, blocking their way to the staircase.
"OK, now what?" Andrew asked Joe.
"We fight!" Joe yelled in reply, opening fire with Calamity and Jane.
Meanwhile:
"The Max Ammo is ready!" Samantha yelled as she hovered by Jax, who was stirring.
John jumped over the Leviathan's tail and ran through the Max Ammo.
"MAX AMMO!" Samantha bellowed as the Leviathan tore through another part of the catwalk Nicholas was on.
"Yes we know! Shut up already!" John yelled as he reloaded his weapons, putting fresh clips in them.
"You shut up!" Samantha yelled back.
John reloaded and began firing the Winter's Fury and the Porter's X2 Ray Gun at the Leviathan's face, distracting him. Liam began firing the Gatling Gun again at the Leviathan, trying desperately to kill the seemingly unstoppable zombie. Nicholas was still trying to hold onto the railing and not fall onto the ground thirty feet below.
Nicholas then looked over to the other side of the catwalk, calculating the odds of him making it to the other side. Mentally praying for a moment, Nicholas let go of the catwalk and jumped to the other side of the catwalk, barely clearing the gap. He then aimed the sniper rifle and began firing at the Leviathan, trying to hit the tail, which was flailing around wildly.
"Guys, we need a plan! This thing is bound to get lucky!" Nicholas yelled as he reloaded again.
"Tell me about it!" John yelled as he dove to the side to avoid the Leviathan's tail.
Nick was firing nonstop with his Calamity, making sure to protect Jess and the missile that could prove to be the world's only hope. Nick ducked under a zombie swipe and whirled around, firing at a barrel of gasoline, causing the barrel to explode in a massive explosion, engulfing all of the zombies in a fiery ball of doom. It also sent him falling to the ground with a wince, nursing first degree burns from being so close to it.
"Not your smartest idea, chief." C.N. said with a laugh.
"Hey Nick, guess what?" Jess called from the missile launcher.
"What?"
"Building's on fire," Jess pointed at the building, which was indeed on fire now.
"Oh come on! C.N., got any ideas?" Nick asked the statue.
"Umm…I guess the water gun would work," C.N. said lightly, sounding amused.
"OK. C.N. use Water Gun on the fire!" Nick yelled pointing the Chuck Norris figurine at the fire, quickly putting put the fire with a huge gush of water.
"Super Effective!" Jess yelled with a cheer.
"Did you both just make a Pokémon joke?" C.N. asked, sounding annoyed now.
"You kids certainly do never cease to amaze me…" said a very familiar voice.
Both teens turned around to see Illuzio standing behind them, with a smile on his face. His body was glittering with green sparks and black sword was clipped to his belt now.
"Jess…run," Nick said pointing his Calamity at Illuzio, who chuckled darkly and drew his blade.
"Do you really think you can beat me?" Illuzio laughed as he pointed his sword at Nick.
"Yes!" Nick said firing his Calamity at Illuzio, who warped on the spot. Nick frantically looked around, only for a series of sparks to explode around him and send him crashing onto the ground with a howl of pain.
"You see, we're alike, you children and I. Or even myself and Samantha. You see…we all have suffered at the hands of Richtofen. And like you, I want him eliminated." Illuzio said reappearing on top of the missile, sitting down Indian-style on the tip.
"Why? You're working for him, aren't you?" Jess asked the magician.
Illuzio nodded and said, "Yes…But only because he is more powerful than I at the moment. After you ruin his plans, I will destroy him and everything he worked so hard to build. I will break him apart in the worst way…He will suffer."
"So, you're doing this for revenge?" Jess asked the man, who vanished and reappeared in front of Jess, glowering down at her with fury in his eyes.
"Of course I am! He ruined my life, just so he could perform his damned experiments!" Illuzio snarled, green sparks flying from his palms.
"So, you're getting us to do your dirty work for you?" Nick said with a groan as he got to his feet.
"Yes, I prefer him weakened when I face off with him. That way I can take my time and make sure he suffers for everything he's done. Not just to me, but to everyone else whose lives he destroyed!" Illuzio growled angrily as he vanished in a flash of green light.
"How can we trust you?" Jess asked Illuzio.
"Because you're still alive, little girl." Illuzio said darkly, smiling at her now.
"That's a good point, I guess..." Jess replied nervously.
"It looks like your friends require assistance. I'd help them if I were you," Illuzio said as he turned around before teleporting in a flash of green light.
"What does he mean by that? They're doing all-" Nick began to say.
"John!" Nicholas yelled from inside of the building.
"Come on!" Jess said dashing towards the battle.
Meanwhile:
"There's no escape maggots!" the Juggernaut yelled as it fell to its knees.
"Escape this!" Andrew yelled swinging Reaper at the Juggernaut's neck.
SLLLINK!
Thud.
"Thank God that's over." Joe sighed as he began walking up the stairs.
The group had fought hard against the Juggernaut, who was easier to defeat due to it being a 3-on-1 fight as opposed to the fight back at the Stadium. Judith and Andrew followed Joe as he walked into another office, finding the third and final activation code.
"OK, let's find that third 115 meteorite," Andrew said.
"It's about two doors to the right, I can smell it from here." Judith said walking out of the hallway.
The last meteorite was lying in the middle of a table, giving off green fumes. Joe noticed a microphone that was connected to the intercom system. Joe flipped the switch from off to on, and tapped the microphone, making a very loud thumping noise echo throughout the facility.
"Guys! I'm not sure if you can hear us or not, but we've got the code. Also, we found three 115 meteors, so if you hear a song play, that's because of us," Joe said into the microphone.
Joe walked over to the meteor and tapped it, and it made a weird noise again. Suddenly a radio that was on the table began to glow green, and it switched on.
"All right, this is 112.7! You're favorite Zombie Apocalypse radio station! Our next song is a special request from Tallahassee Florida! "Unbroken", by Black Veil Brides. Enjoy!" the man said.
The music began to play, electric guitars and drums began playing. But as the music played, the fight against the Leviathan was getting serious.
Meanwhile:
"John!" Nicholas yelled.
John had been bashed upside the head by the Leviathan's tail, sending him crashing into the wall. Not before shooting the Winter's Fury at the Leviathan's tail, causing it to howl in agony.
"John, you all right?" Jax asked as he got to his feet, wincing from the blow he took earlier.
"I'll live...I think," John groaned as he got up, blood coating the back of his head.
"Guys! I'm not sure if you can hear us or not, but we've got the code. Also, we found three 115 meteors, so if you hear a song play, that's because of us." Joe's voice echoed throughout the armory.
"Awesome! Now how the hell do take this thing down!?" Nicholas yelled.
Liam was still firing nonstop into the Leviathan's back, though it seemed that the attack was doing nothing to the creature's armor-like skin. Nicholas reloaded his sniper rifle and took aim again, only to look up and say, "Wait a second, I love this song!"
Now you're adrift in the sea of lies.
A foolish villain in an endless chapter.
The demons writhing behind your eyes.
A simple shadow
We can fight together.
I'll never walk away!
Nicholas re-aimed and fired over and over, trying to hit the Leviathan's weak spot, the red spot on its tail. Suddenly something flew through the air, sticking to the Leviathan's back. After a moment, the Leviathan's back exploded, and the zombie roared angrily and turned around. Jess and Nick were firing their guns at the Leviathan now, allowing the others to regroup.
"Nicholas! Look up!" John yelled.
There was a series of bombs, similar to the bombs you drop from planes, were hooked onto thick metal chains hanging from the ceiling. Nicholas grinned and aimed his sniper rifle and pressed the trigger.
Click.
…crap.
Nicholas tossed down the sniper rifle and pulled out his Dual-Cobra's and began firing at the chains. Jess was dashing around the Leviathan's feet, firing all the while. Nick was firing from afar with his Calamity, looking back every few seconds to make sure the missile was OK.
Tear down! The walls that will surround.
Cry out! Above the burning sound.
Show me! How bleeding hearts still pound.
If we stand together, we will be unbroken!
Nicholas frantically fired his twin guns over and over, trying to hit the distant chain that held the bombs that would crash right into the Leviathan's back.
"Nicholas! Need some help?" Liam asked aiming at the bombs with the Gatling Gun.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Several bombs went off near the Leviathan's head, knocking it to the ground. The Leviathan stirred and very slowly got to its feet. Joe, Judith, and Andrew burst into the Armory and began to process what was going on.
"Nice one Liam!" Jax yelled as he fired twice with his Thundergun at the downed Leviathan.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" the Leviathan roared as its tail shot towards Jax, who dropped the Thundergun and fired his Ray Gun at the tail as it shot towards him, sending it snaking backwards towards its owner.
We carry forward into the night.
The strength of innocence like children's laughter.
An army standing for what is right.
We'll fall like angels if we lose what matters
I will not walk away!
"Judith! Aim at the chains holding the bombs up! Drop it on his back!" Nicholas yelled firing his Dual-Cobra's at the Leviathan, who swung his fist at the metal catwalk.
"Ah!" Nicholas yelled as he plunged thirty feet below.
Jax, thinking fast, shot his Thundergun, causing Nicholas to be blown away right before he hit the ground, causing him to roll away from the fall.
"Good save Jax! Now finish him off!" Jess yelled as she fired at the Leviathan's back.
Tear down! The walls that will surround
Cry out! Above the burning sound
Show me! How bleeding hearts still pound.
If we stand together, we will be unbroken!
Whoa…Whoaah!
Whoa…Whoaah!
Liam began firing the Gatling Gun at the Leviathan's tail while Judith sniped the bombs above the Leviathan's head. The couple's flawless teamwork was paying off, as they were causing massive damage to the seemingly indestructible zombie. Nicholas, Joe, John, Nick and Jax all fired at the zombie, their combined guns doing what one alone could not. The armor of the massive zombie began to finally show signs of breaking down even further, with blood oozing from the wounds of the monster. More cracks began to form in the armor, and the zombie began to attack more erratically. Its movements become quicker as it sought to end the teens lives before its own re-animation was ended.
Jess and Andrew dashed in between the Leviathan's legs, shooting and slashing at it in an attempt to disorient it even more. Andrew then leapt into the air and swung downward with Reaper, slicing through seven inches of thick armor and cutting off the Leviathan's tail.
We will not walk away!
"REEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" The Leviathan bellowed at Andrew, who barely avoided a punch from the zombie.
"That's for what happened in that cave, you asshole!" Andrew laughed taking a few steps back.
"Guys! Hold up, I want to try something!" Jess yelled as she backed up a few yards.
Tear down! The walls that will surround.
Cry out! Above the burning sound.
Show me! How bleeding hearts still pound.
If we stand together, we will be unbroken!
"What is it!?" Andrew yelled.
"Get it to come this way!" Jess yelled.
"You've got it," Andrew said pulling out his Famas and shooting at the head of the enraged Leviathan, who began stepping towards Jess and Andrew.
Jess grinned and pulled a huge rocket launcher out of nowhere. It was another weapon from the Mystery Box, the M72 LAW.
Tear down! The walls that will surround.
Cry out! Above the burning sound.
Show me! How bleeding hearts still pound.
If we stand together, we will be unbroken!
Jess grinned and said, "Bye-bye!"
The rocket shot out and flew towards the Leviathan's upper chest and hit the target perfectly. The huge fiery explosion knocked the Leviathan off of its and feet and crashing onto the floor, where it didn't get back up.
"YES! Awesome job Jess!" Judith yelled as she ran up to her friend and gave her a hug.
"Where did you get that?" Liam asked as he tossed the, now empty, Gatling Gun to the ground and walked down to where the others were.
"Remember when we were back at the Stadium? Well, I rolled at the Mystery Box and got it. But, I thought I'd save it for later." Jess explained with a shrug.
"Wait, then you have three weapons?" Joe asked, clearly confused.
"That's right. The MPK5, the R115 Resonator, and M72 LAW!" Jess chirped.
"But you didn't get Mule-Kick. How do you have three weapons?" Andrew asked the brown-haired girl.
"I completed the Easter Egg! It allowed me to get a free Perk, which was Mule-Kick!" Jess said cheerfully as she fired another rocket into the night, randomly hitting a building a few hundred yards away.
"Makes about as much sense as anything else here. What was the Easter Egg?" Nicholas asked walking over to the group.
"Well, it was-" Jess began to say.
"We don't have time for this!" Samantha yelled out, cutting Jess off.,
"Good point. Joe, put in those codes and get the missile online." Nicholas instructed his best friend, who nodded.
Joe ran over to a group of terminals, amazingly untouched by the epic battle that just occurred. Joe's fingers flew across the keyboards as he put in the necessary codes to allow the group to gain control over the missile. Joe frowned after a moment and said, "We have a problem."
"What now?" Liam asked Joe.
"Well, the rocket requires someone manually operate and ready the vehicle that holds and launches the missile." Joe said glancing at the group.
"OK. Joe, could you ready the missile?" Nicholas asked the tall teen, who nodded.
"Probably, though I'd have to stay here and do things myself. You guys go to the lab and place that transmitter. I'll call you guys when I've got everything ready. Be sure to let me know when you've got that transmitter in position. OK?" Joe said to his friends.
Yeah, can do. You sure you don't need one of us to stay behind?" Nicholas asked Joe, worried about him being on his own.
"Nah. The zombies will be heading towards you guys. I should be just fine." Joe said reloading his SPAZ-24 with a grin.
"How can we get in contact with you?" Nick asked.
Joe walked over to a nearby body and pulled out the person's cell phone. After finding their number and giving it to the group, he said "OK, call me when you're ready."
"Got it" Nicholas said with a grin as he pulled out his phone.
"Wait a second…you guys have your phones?" John yelled out.
"Yeah we…oh…whoops," Nicholas said with a nervous laugh. John reloaded his Winter's Fury and shot Nicholas in the chest, encasing his chest in ice.
"S-s-s-s-so f-f-f-reak-k-king-g c-c-cold!" Nicholas stuttered as Jax and Andrew walked over to him and began chipping away at the ice that had engulfed him.
"All right, let's get going. Be careful Joe." Jax said as the group walked outside, Liam and Andrew supporting the now freed Nicholas, who was still shivering.
"You guys be careful, and hit that Nazi in the face with a shotgun for me!" Joe called as the group left.
Meanwhile a few hundred yards away, Illuzio stood atop of a pile of rubble, which was but minutes ago a building. To be honest, Illuzio didn't expect a rocket to fly through the air and slam into him.
"Either that was extreme skill or someone is being a fool," Illuzio said angrily dusting his hat off. Illuzio watched the group head to their truck and drive away, towards the man that was threatening their world. Illuzio then moved his gaze to Joe down below, quickly working on readying the missile.
"Can they really stop Richtofen? They have a such long way to go, if this is the best they can do…Hmmm…I suppose only time will tell." Illuzio said before he warped away in a flash of wicked green light.
End of Chapter:
Hey there, sorry about the wait.
I've been dealing with school and all sorts of craziness. Anyway, what is Joe planning with the supplies he's getting. Will the group get to Richtofen's lab in time? And is there more to Illuzio's past? Find out next time folks, please review and let me know if you enjoyed the chapter. Also, I'm now taking suggestions for Zombie Experiment ideas and Stage Levels for the chapter. Please leave suggestions in the review section. Thanks a ton, and I'll see you next chapter.
Until next time, FlygonNick out!
