Chapter 10
"Everyone okay?" I asked them.
"Ya." I heard them one by one.
"Silencers on. Ghost mode on." I said and our gear turned invisible. "Infra red on. Scopes on. Volume low. Control breathing." Our gear synced up. "Let's go." I said and we exit the sun was setting in the horizon.
"Kurosaki and I will scout ahead. Wait for the signal." I ordered. Ichigo and I looked for anything out of the ordinary.
"Clear Captain." Ichigo said. I noticed something to my right moving.
"Hold still. I think something is coming this way." I hold up my Commando and peered through the scope. "Tall figure hunched over a bit. It's moving slowly. Ten meters from my two. Kurosaki are you seeing this?" I asked him. The figure stayed in on spot and looked like it was dripping something from its mouth.
"It almost looks human." Ichigo finally saw it. I stepped to the side and broke a twig. It looked our way.
"Don't move." I whispered. It began to smell the air and walk toward us. It was getting closer.
"Z" Ichigo whispered my name and raised his Commando.
"Wait. Maybe it'll go away." I whispered to him. The thing came closer and stopped in front of us. I was shocked to see how this thing looks like. This persons hair was matted and blood dripped from her face. Her clothes were torn and half her body was exposed and decaying. Her eyes were black with yellow pupils and her teeth had out grown past her lips. The more I looked at her the more frighten I got. She sniffed the air around us and began to turn and walk south. I held my breath till she was gone from my sight.
"Z! Z! Come in!" The radio turned on. Before I could shut it off that thing was back and jumped towards were I stood.
"Z!" Ichigo shot at it. It let out a horrible cry and hit the floor. I turned off the radio and looked at the thing.
"Thank you Ichigo." I said. The thing began to get up.
"It's not dead." Ichigo aimed the gun to it's head. He shot once and the thing went down.
"Ichi. Turn off the radios. We are only going to talk through our head gear." I patched through to him.
"Radios? Z we don't carry any radios." Ichi said.
"Z you don't have a radio." Ichigo looked at me.
"But that sound? Someone called me via radio. I just turned it-" I reached for the radio but it was gone. "Where is it?" I looked for the radio.
"Z there was no radio. Honestly I don't even know how that thing knew where you were standing." Ichigo said.
"There was no radio?" I grabbed my head. "Let's get back to the others." I said and began heading back. We could hear moaning drawing near. "Hurry." I told him and we ran back to the transporter.
"What happened?" Dekai looked at us.
"We made contact with deadbeats." Ichigo said. "They really are scary monsters."
"I am sure more are coming this way. Let's get the duffle bags and leave the transport. We are going to blow it up." I grabbed my duffle and swung it over my shoulder.
"Blow it up? But why?" Kirito looked at me.
"There's going to more deadbeats coming and we will need a chance to escape." I said.
"Okay." Kirito said and grabbed the med bag. We jumped into a nearby tree and waited for the deadbeats.
"There's so many." Levi said as ten deadbeats circled around the transport.
"Alright Eria." I nodded to him. He nodded back and threw two grenades into the transporter. A sec later it blew up along with the ten deadbeats.
"Let's go. Keep tight circle and watch noise level. They can't see us but they definitely can hear us." I said and checked my clip. We headed northeast and the town was coming into view. We went one by one pressed up against buildings. The town seemed empty but this eerie feeling kept crossing my mind.
"Cross. You and Ichi climb up this building and keep look out." I said as I opened the door to the building.
"Yes captain." Levi and Ichi went inside and headed to the roof. They waved down letting us know they got up there safe.
"Let's keep moving." I told the others. We were getting closer to the mall and the moonlight gleamed on us.
"Ichi. Cross. What's your visual?" I asked.
"Your clear. There hasn't been anything out there so far." Ichi said.
"Keep your eyes open." I said and walked further up from the group.
"Z." I heard one of them call my name.
"What is it?" I looked at Ichigo.
"I didn't say anything Z." Ichigo looked at me weird.
"There's movement to your left. Do you see it?" Dekia said. I looked and saw a deadbeat coming toward us. "I have a clear shot."
"Don't shoot. We don't want to attract more." I said. I walked up to it and grabbed his head. It began to move around and I twist it's neck. It died instantly. I noticed the building to the right of us.
"Renji and Kirito, go to the top of this building." I ordered them.
"Yes Captain." They said and rushed to the top.
"We are a go." Renji said.
"Let's move out." I looked at Ichigo and Dekia. We continued closer to the mall.
"Ichi and Cross move toward Renji and Kirito." I ordered as we were one block away from the mall.
"Yes Captian." Ichi said. We kept look out for anything moving. It was quiet except for the wind. I had a really bad feeling about this.
"Ichi, Renji, Kirito, and Levi I want you all to meet us here were we are." I called them.
"What's wrong Z?" Levi asked.
"I can't shake this bad feeling that I have." I told them. "I would rather be in a group than separated. Just hurry up and meet up with us. We'll go to the mall together." We headed to the mall and hid against the wall before going in.
"Is everyone ready?" I radioed in.
"Ya." I heard them.
"Keep it tight. On my mark." I looked around cautiously. "Go!" We went in and shot the deadbeats that came at us.
"Check corners!" Ichi said as he fought off the deadbeats.
"Second floor go!" I cleared the second floor for Kirito and the others. Levi and Dekia fought off the deadbeats with their machine guns.
"Z go." Levi ordered. I nodded and followed the others to the second floor. It was non stop firing. We finally reached the security office's door.
"Cover me." I ordered as I picked the lock.
"Hurry up Z." Ichigo rushed me.
"Almost... Got it!" I opened it and everyone went in. I secured the door with zip ties and door wedges.
"Can't go wrong with door wedges." Levi smiled.
"Check ammo." I reloaded my assault rifle and counted my ammo.
"Where to now Z?" Ichigo looked at me.
"There's a service elevator behind that door. It'll lead us to the basement." I looked at the door leading to the back.
"Who wants point?" Ichi looked around.
"I do." Ichigo and I said. I looked at him and held out my hand in a fist.
"Rock, paper, scissors?" I smiled. He nodded and played a hand.
"Z wins." Kirito said. "Rock crushes scissors." I took point and stood by the door. I looked at the others and nodded. I raised my rifle and opened the door. I rushed in and looked about the room.
"Clear." I said. Renji and Ichigo followed in along with Kirito. I walked to the service elevator and pried open the doors.
"We have to climb down." I took a glow torch and activated it.
"Let's see how far it goes?" Ichi looked at me. I nodded and dropped the touch. We counted how long it took till it hit the bottom.
"Four miles? Isn't that far too deep for a basement?" Renji looked at me.
"Come on we should get down there." I took out a rope and latched it to the ground hooks.
"I'll go first." Dekia stepped up and swung his machine gun over his back.
"Be careful Eria." I looked at him.
"Yes captain." He nodded and climbed down the rope. Levi went next followed my Renji carrying Dekai's duffle.
"Alright Kirito your next." I smiled at him.
"I'll go last. I'm afraid of heights when it comes to climbing down four miles in a closed enclosure." Kirito said nervously.
"I'll go next." Ichi climbed down.
"Your up Kurosaki." I looked at Ichigo. He nodded and climbed down. I swung my duffle over my back and started climbing down. "Come Kirito." I looked at him. He took a deep breathe and grabbed the rope. There was an explosion at the door.
"Kirito get down here now!" I looked up at him.
"I'll by you guys some time." He looked at me. "Take this." He handed me down his sniper rifle and took out his mini machine gun.
"Kirito I order you to climb down this rope!" I yelled at him.
"Sorry Captain. But I'm disobeying your order." He said and closed the elevator doors.
"Kirito!" I shouted his name. I heard gun shots and several blasts hit the door. "Kirito?"
"Z." I heard Kirito's voice on the com.
"Kirito!? Where are you? Are you alright?" I asked him.
"I'm fine. I jumped into the ventilation system. I'll have to find another way down." He answered.
"Kirito I am going to shoot you for disobeying me." I said relieved.
"Alright captain." He said. "I'll check in later. Kirito out." He ended the transmission and I climbed down the rope.