Chapter 9

"Uh... James, look to your right... What the hell is that?" Sera asked.

James turned the turret to the right, looking into the sight and jerked away.

"That's a huge zombie! Austin, signal the others."

"Bravo to convoy, Bravo to convoy, we have a very large hostile on our two o'clock, half a klick away, permission to engage, over!"

"Hold fire, do not engage unless it makes the first move, we can't have a thousand zombies on our back before even reach the nukes." Sierra said.

Tom

The zombie 'tank' was the the size of the APC we were sitting in, its face a fleshy, purple and green mess, and dotted with blobs with pus bleeding out everywhere.

****** Ten minutes later ******

We got off the APC's and entered a building, weathered and dotted with blood and bullet holes, and other remains of what seemed like a fight.

"This facility holds the control room, there we will restore control to the nukes, but the cables linking the control centre to the silos are cut, and before we can fix it, waves of zombies killed our men. I hope you are what they rumoured you to be, Sierra, our lives are on you." The Spetsnaz said.

"Thanks for those words of encouragement... How would the lines be cut? Are zombies really that smart?" Sierra asked.

"There were some rogue survivors in this area that did not want to be taken by the government as soldiers. When they found this place had nukes, they knew we were going to nuke them, so they cut the lines from the command centre to the silos, thus making us lose controls of the nukes."

"Is the military that bad?" Jessie asked.

"Well-" A spetsnaz started.

"Sargent!"

"Yes sir."

"So where's the cut?" Sera asked.

"The cut? You mean the cuts."

"Oh boy, here we go."

"There are several computer terminals set between here and the silos, the cables should run from here through the terminals, then to the silos, the computers should tell you if it's connected to the control room."

"So what's the catch?" Frost asked.

"... The computer systems may turn on automatic machine gun turrets which will engage any target."

"We'll just have to take them out then." Ken said.

"I will stay here with my men to operate the controls and to give you fire support."

"Well, thanks for the help... Uh..."

"Call me Victor."

Sierra nodded and Azure moved out of the building and reached the first computer.

"I'll get the computers and cables, cover me." James said.

"You got it, Weston, Wilson, set up a defensive position. Bell, look for the turrets. Doc... Get yourself dug in, get that medkit ready." Sierra said.

Tom heard a moan come from behind and turned around, knife in hand and stabbed the zombie through the skull. More started coming from a hole in the fence.

"If it's a fight they want, it's a fight they'll get." Austin said and opened fire with his M16.

"They're coming over here too!" Wilson said.

"OPEN FIRE!" Sierra said.

"I'm on the third terminal, there's two left."

"Good job, James! Keep it up!" Tom said.

"Oh crap! Security systems starting up!"

"BELL! JESSIE! DISABLE THOSE TURRETS!" Sierra shouted.

"Aye aye, captain!" Bell and Jessie said.

Weston pulled out a SMAW and Jessie took the RPG on her back, and aimed at minigun turrets spinning up on the rooftops.

"These things just won't quit, will they?" Sera said, squeezing off bursts from her XCR and slowly advancing.

Weston and Jessie fired at the turrets, blowing up the turrets in a firey, sparky explosion.

"Turrets down!" Bell said.

"All right, that was the second cut fixed, now I'll have to check the last cable..." James said.

"YEAH! DIE, MAGGOTFACE!" Sierra shouted.

"SEVER THE LOWER JAW! THEY CAN'T DO MUCH HARM AFTER THAT!" Frost shouted.

"Thanks for the tip!" Wilson said after doing exactly what Frost said.

"I got it! Victor, you should now have control!" James said.

"Azure, move to the APC's, let's get out of here, the nukes are to launch immediately!"

Four circular holes opened up in the ground as one warhead rose out of each silo, a loud boom and whoosh as the missiles blasted off towards the sky.