"Watch it!" The driver of the bus yelled. "I nearly ran you over!"
Chad looked at the driver, he was a middle-aged man with a hint of fear in his eye. "We need your help!" Chad replied. He was in a hurry. He didn't want the lizard monsters to catch up to his team. "We are being chased by these things!" Chad pointed toward the ally he ran out of.
Steve looked at them and opened the door.
Chad pulled up his HK5K and aimed at the ally way. "Kirsten, get on!" The rest of the team followed suit, making sure they weren't caught off guard by the monsters.
Kirsten ran around and into the bus. She looked at the driver. She was still full of fear and uncertainty about their survival. "Thank you..." She let out as she moved into the bus. Eyes fell upon her from two other guys, a young boy and a girl. Kirsten tried to put on a smile, but couldn't force herself to it.
Greg patted Tony on the back and moved onto the bus. He quickly made his way in toward the back. Tony patted Rob on the back and followed Greg. Tony saw the driver inch away from him, but didn't care too much about it, when his eyes fell on Christie. "Bout time..." He said to himself.
Rob got on the bus and looked right to the back and saw his idol. Josh Hunter. Rob's face lit up and his heart raced. "No fucking way!" He let out in disbelief. "Out of all the people in the city, I manage to find the bus of fucking Last Man Standing! I can't fucking believe it!" Rob didn't think he would ever see the band, nor be surviving with them.
Chad was halfway on the bus when he heard Rob. "Yeah, that's wonderful..." Chad said with loads of sarcasm in his voice. "But in case you forgot, we've got bigger problems on our hands." Chad thumbed at the ally way.
The driver closed the door, but he went dead still as one of the lizard monsters peered into the bus from the windshield. Chad jumped forward with his gun aimed when it hit the glass. The glass spider webbed and the driver didn't move one bit.
Rob saw Josh fire and miss one of the lizards, but redeemed his skill with well placed shots to another lizards face that appeared in the window.
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
Rob looked up and aimed his Uzi where he heard the noise. They were on the hood of the bus, but not for long. Rob squeezed the trigger and the SMG jumped in his hands, but the shots hit their marks, with the reward of loud death screeches from the lizards.
Chad turned around to see the situation behind him, but didn't get to see much when he was suddenly yanked forward. The bus took off as fast as it could. Chad hit the ground, but regained his footing. "Shit!" Chad looked around and all was peaceful once more. Once again, they escaped death. Chad didn't know what he would have done if they hadn't come with this bus.
"Those things were after you, huh?" Josh asked Chad.
Chad looked at him and saw that he was the leader of the group. Chad respected leaders and truly respected Josh for being a leader in a situation like this. They made it out of the venue in which Rob nearly didn't. Impressive in Chad's eyes. "Yeah," Chad responded. "Name's Winn, I'm commander of this squadron." He said passively. Chad thumbed at Tony. "That's Miller, the second in command."
Tony looked at Josh and jerked his chin up, in acknowledgment. Tony was much more concentrated on the blonde in the back of the bus. If Rob can find time to smoke in a gun fight, then he can find time to flirt when they can die at any moment. "Hello." He said gruffly.
Chad pointed out Greg. "That's Scott." Greg looked at Josh and smiled some. He wasn't in the right state of mind for anything and was barely hanging on to his sanity at this point. "And finally there's Matose." Chad saw Rob walk up.
"Forget about my last name!" Rob said with glee. "Just call me Rob!" He shook Josh's hands with a huge smile on his face.
"That's fine, just call me Josh." The drummer replied.
"Hell yeah! I know who you are. Your the drummer for the greatest band ever, Last Man Standing!" Rob said with excitement.
"So you're a fan, huh?"
"You fuckin' know it!" Rob said proudly. "I was at your show when this shit hit the fan. Wish you guys could have finished before all that happened. It was going to be a hell of a show, wasn't it?" He knew that something was wrong when Josh's facial expression changed into a solemn one.
"Yeah..." He replied. "Yeah, it would have been."
CRASH!
Rob turned along with Josh to see one of the lizards standing with it's back to them and it's attention on Drew, a young boy, a girl and Kirsten. Kirsten looked at the lizard, frightened and frozen from fear. She couldn't draw her 9mm from the leg holster.
BOOM!
Kirsten jumped at the sound of the powerful shotgun that the guy next to her had. She looked at him and saw his facial details better. He was handsome, but this look of fear was in his eyes. She couldn't blame him, they were both in the same situation. Kirsten looked at the boy, he was too young to fight with everyone and she knew it. She took his hand and the boy looked up at her. "We have to get somewhere safe!" She said in a concerned, but caring way. The boy nodded and she took them toward the back of the bus.
Rob watched as the lizard flew back and slid to a stop right in front of him and Josh. He was about to pepper it to make sure it stayed down, but Josh put three death assuring shots into it. Rob looked at Josh. He wasn't just a drummer, he was a fighter. He was fighting to survive just as Rob is doing. Finally, Rob felt like he was on the same level as Josh...his blood began to boil as it did when Last Man Standing took stage.
Chad looked at his team. "They're back!" Chad pulled out one of the two 226 handguns he had. Sure shots for now, until things get out of control. That's when the HK5K will come in handy. "Be ready!" Chad took the front of the bus as Rob took the middle. Greg and Tony would handle the back end. As long as everyone kept firing, they would be fine.
"Try to ditch them!" One of the band members yelled toward the driver. "They can't hold on forever!"
Sounds of screaming metal could be heard from above.
"They're trying to get through the top!" Josh yelled out as he took aim.
Rob looked up and he was in the zone. "Let em come!" Rob yelled in fury. "I'll show these fuckers whose boss!" Rob snapped his Uzi up and dumped the rest of the clip into the roof. Cries of the lizards could be heard as one rolled off the side.
CRASH! BAM! BAM! BAM!
Tony turned to see Josh trying to fight off a lizard that was hanging from the now open window. Tony quickly pulled out his DE. 50 and took aim. Tony send several shots into the monster that tore through it's scaly armor with ease. It few backwards and disappeared. Tony looked at Josh, who had a look of amazement on his face. Tony smirked and turned to another window. It was another lizard, trying to smash it's way in. Tony wasn't going to let that happen, as he quickly reloaded his DE. and fired two deadly shots into it's chest, dispatching it.
"SHIT!" The driver yelled and Chad turned to him, but before he could see what was going on, his back hit the windshield with force. He dropped his gun next to him and his head rung a little. "Fuck..." He said trying to shake it off, but he looked up and saw one of the lizards on top of Josh. "Damnit!" He yelled as he looked for his gun. He finally found it and took aim, but Josh was already away from it and fired into the monster. Chad let out a small sigh a relief as he got to his feet, holding on to a support bar. "What the hell is going on!" He barked at the driver.
"Roadblock!" Steve yelled back.
Chad looked and saw the mass of abandoned car and trucks. "Son of a bitch..." He said as he turned to see more of the lizards swarming the bus. "How many of this fucks are there?" He yelled as he placed two bullets into one of the lizards heads.
Greg's Mark 22 bucked in his hands as he nailed three lizards in the head. "Reload!" Greg took a knee and Tony covered him. He blew another lizard out of the window it jumped in from, with the powerful DE.
"Back up!" Josh yelled toward the front, at the driver.
Rob stepped up next to him to provide cover if needed. "Yeah!" Rob added. "Back the fuck up! We gotta get movin'!" Rob turned to the window next to him and fired at one of the lizards. It's red dots of punctures from the bullets lined it's chest as it fell dead without a sound.
Tony took a glance at Josh, who made his way between him and Greg, but looked to the roof once more and fired, taking out two lizards that were trying to pry open the roof. Greg fired into another that was pulling itself through the window. It fell back and went under the tire.
Chad fired into an injured lizard that was hanging from the window. "Bastard..." He said as he looked to the back. He saw the window shatter next to Josh and one of the lizards was about to strike. Surely it would be a death blow with the distance between them, but Chad wasn't going to let anyone die. He pulled up the 226 and took aim.
BAM! BAM!
Two shots hit their mark on the lizards head, stopping it's advance toward Josh. It fell onto a table with it's blood streaming out of it's fatal wounds. It soon slipped out of the window and was lost to the distance. Chad saw Josh look at him and he gave a welcoming smirk. Josh nodded thanks in return before grabbing the shotgun he was trying to get a hold of. "Scott! Front side! Matose! Drop back!" Chad ordered.
"Hoo rah!" Rob said as he stepped back with his Uzi still in the firing posistion. Greg passed him, still aiming at the windows. Rob peppered down another lizard that poked it's head up to see inside of the bus. "Eat it!" He yelled.
Tony slammed in a fresh clip to his DE., but decided to use the tactical twelve gauge. The buckshot could prove to be useful in this small area. He holstered the DE. and pulled out the shotgun. He aimed at the roof. The holes were pretty big and he didn't want them to get any bigger for those lizards to jump in on them.
Rob sprayed down the windows and stopped. "Shit..." He reached into one of his jacket pockets and pulled out a cigarette. He lit it up and took a long drag before he went back to spraying down the windows. His clip went dry and he dropped to one knee. "Reload!" He called out.
Miller heard this and responded to cover the windows. He fired into a lizard as it tried to climb through. It flew backwards into a car and Miller grinned at the power he had with the shotgun in his hands. Rob stood back up and aimed around to see if anymore were coming.
Greg fired 4 shots into the roof when he heard one land. Blood seeped through the bullet holes and the body of the monster slid down in front of the bus and was run over.
"Keep you foot on the gas! They can't keep up with us for too much longer!" Chad yelled at the driver, but his attention was on the lizard in front of him. It managed to pull open the doors and try to make it's way up the stairs. Chad had his HK5K out now and fired into it, but it was relentless and kept advancing toward him. "Fucking die!" Chad screamed as he sent a boot into it's face. It fell back, but hooked onto the inside before it could fall out. Chad sent a burst of fire into it's chest, sending it out of the doorway. Chad closed the doors as soon as he could.
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Kirsten was in the small bathroom with the young boy. She managed to get his name by this time. Michael. She kept an arm around him and her free hand on her 9mm. The nonstop sounds of gun fire. The longer it lasted, the more worried she became. Her head snapped up to the door as the door knob turned. Her hand tensed up on the gun as it cracked open.
"Michael?" A unsure voice called out from behind the door.
Michael jumped up and opened the door. "Josh!" He called out. "Are they gone!"
Josh looked at him. "Not yet," He said. "But we're getting rid of them." He smiled some to reassure Michael that everything was going to be ok. He looked at Kirsten. "Thanks for looking after him..." He paused. "Uhh..."
"Kirsten." She replied, knowing he was looking for a name. She looked at him and saw the same look in his eyes that were in Chad's. Uncertainty, but a strong will to survive. "And it's no trouble. Chad doesn't want me out there, and I didn't want this kid being out there either. He's too young for stuff like that."
"Yeah..." Josh said as he looked to the side some, but looked back at her with a confused look on his face. "Wait, who's Chad?"
"He's my boyfriend," She replied. "The leader of those soldiers out there." She saw Josh's face turn into a concerned one.
"Wait, he brought you with him? Isn't he on some sort of mission to kill these things?"
"Something like that, but he doesn't want me to be alone, so he's brought me with him." She watched as Josh stood and seemed to think about the situation. He snapped out of the thought and looked at her.
"Do me a favor," He began. "Watch over Michael for me? Anything comes near you don't hesitate to yell"
Kirsten nodded. "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. Chad trained me in weapons." She saw Josh's face show a slight bit of shock at the remark. She watched him turn and leave. "Please be careful..." She said.
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"Tango, above us!" Rob called out as he took aim and fired. Once again another lizard fell off the roof. "Tango down!"
"Reload!" Chad called out, dropping to one knee and slamming in a fresh clip into his HK5K. Greg heard the call and covered him as he reloaded. Chad looked up and around. They have been trained to kill humans, but they were holding out perfectly fine. Chad knew these people on this bus would have been slaughtered if they hadn't come, but then again, Chad and everyone with him would have been as well if it wasn't for these people. Chad stood up and fired into another lizard trying to enter the bus.
The numbers were thinning out and god knows how many of these monsters were killed, but Chad knew it was a lot. They were winning this battle, but the battle wasn't over...not yet.