Untoten Kreuzung
Chapter 13
Sorry for a relatively late update guys, I've been quite busy this week. I promise to make up for the days I didn't update. Sorry to keep you all waiting.
After a long walk back to the center of town Dempsey spotted Rune, Richtofen and Emily in the liquor store's parking lot. They were crouched there watching the in the direction of the house. Dempsey gave a wave to the three which grabbed Emily's attention who then proceeded to point him out to Rune. She gave him a signal to come to them, but kept watching the house.
"What's so important about the…" he started, but was cut off by a harsh shush. Rune pointed to the house, which happened to be currently investigated by a gang of four ruffians. They walked around the house checking for any unlocked doors, or windows they could get in to. They were clearly of Latino descent and whatever words that the six did hear were in Spanish.
"How have they not spotted us yet?" Takeo asked.
"Either they aren't very bright or they're just not aware of us." Rune answered.
"I've got ze mind to go und teach zhem a lesson. Maybe just cut off zheir little bits first." Richtofen bided his hand hovering above his pistol holster.
"No not yet, not until they attack us. It's better to go undetected so we have the element of surprise." Rune urged.
The four Latinos grouped back up and started conversing about something. Afterwards one of them ran up the porch stairs and tried to kick the front door open, his attempt failed miserably.
"Can ve now?" Richtofen asked delightfully. She watched as the other four tried the same fruitless tactic.
"Now we can." She ordered.
The six got out their handguns and approached the gang at a fast pace.
"Hey, dickheads get the fuck off my property!" Rune shouted in the most masculine voice she could manage. The four immediately turned around and saw them coming to them. One of them pulled out a gun and started shooting, the others ran. Thankfully, the shooter was a horrid shot, his missed his entire clip and when the click of his gun resounded he ran as fast as he could.
"Don't come back again you fuckers!" Dempsey yelled at the fleeing gang. One by one they lowered their weapons and placed them back into their holdings.
"They will be back, and with more numbers." Takeo forewarned.
"Takeo's right, they've got a pack mentality. If they can't take you on with what they have, they'll come back with more." Rune confirmed.
"Guess this means our patrolling is over." Dempsey commented.
Rune nodded affirmatively and headed back into the house. The door had scuff marks from the hooligans and she gave a guttural growl and unlocked the door.
"We'll take them. No matter how many may come." She growled as she came in the door.
"So how are we going to prepare for this?" Nikolai asked.
"We have a building and they'll be outside so that's a plus." She started.
"Vhat about strategy, you know ze vindows vould be very gut to shoot from." Richtofen pitched in.
"And we've got the range advantage, we got assault rifles, they probably just have hand guns." Dempsey added.
Rune sat down on the couch and plotted the strategy in her head.
"All right so what do we do if they do have assault rifles?" she advocated.
"We have protection and they do not. It is a very good advantage over them." Takeo answered.
"We could also set up traps." Emily entered.
"But, vhat kind of traps vould ve set, lethal or non-lethal?" Richtofen questioned.
Rune went into the computer room and got a few pieces of paper and scavenged a pencil. She came back and began to make a sketch of the house and the surroundings within a fair range of about fifteen feet.
"We could make deep pits in the ground so they could trip." Emily suggested.
"Ve should have a few vith something sharp near zhem, so zhat if zhey fall far enough zhey'll get stabbed." Richtofen added, chuckling darkly afterwards.
For at least an hour they debated on tactics to combat their anticipated foes. The sketch on the table was scrawled across with notes and marks for traps and the like.
"They will most likely attack when it is dark." Takeo warned.
"Yeah, it'll be harder to fight them like that." Dempsey commented.
Rune put the pencil down and thought about it for a while.
"That would be a disadvantage to us, unless we turn out the lights in the house and fight completely in the dark. They wouldn't be able to see us and we wouldn't be able to truly see them. It's a double-edged sword." She speculated.
"The good thing is that they won't be able to see our traps as easily, if they attack in darkness." Nikolai added.
Rune nodded and set the papers aside.
"Well, what are we waiting for, let's start preparations." She urged.
Everything was in place; the sides of the house were rigged with deep holes and sharp debris hidden in the tall grasses. It was a long wait for the dark of night to creep along, but they were all tense. It was at eight fourteen that they all were alerted by the light of a flare gun in the distance.
"Everyone, get to your places now." 'Dempsey ordered.
Emily and Nikolai took windows in the front of the house, Takeo and Dempsey took the kitchen and back room windows, while Richtofen and Rune were to cycle the upstairs windows. It was pure silence, like the moments before an old western showdown. The figures of gang members darted from behind houses and from the scarce trees. It was hard to determine how many they had, but it was certain they had the place surrounded.
The first shot rang from one of the gang members who were aiming for one of the kitchen windows. They missed greatly from where Takeo and Dempsey were stationed. The two retaliated and put their war time experience to good use. The flare of the member's gun had given away his position and they had no problem shooting him down with just three shots.
All hell broke loose as shots from both sides filled the air. Bullets whizzed by the six as they shot through the windows at different intervals. Some of the members cried out in pain and surprise as they tripped and most likely broke their ankles with the hole traps. They were easy prey after they'd fallen.
Things were going in the sixes' favor until the crashing of bottles rang out. The gang had resorting to throwing Molotov cocktails, without any regard for where they might land, be them near allies or at their enemies. Rune was having a difficult time getting any kind of kill shot on the assaulters, she was able to incapacitate them, but by that time she had to switch to another threat. She started to get frustrated along with her already present fear.
The numbers of the gang were thinning and soon many of them began to take evasive maneuvers. To some the sight of their fallen brethren was enough to send them running back, but those who ran would not survive for long. A bone chilling screech sent an unholy chill into the hearts of both the six and the gang. Before there was time to react, a mob of at least a hundred zombies stampeded to the sounds of conflict.
The gang members ran for their lives, but it was useless, these were runner zombies. The screams of terror and ungodly pain replaced the sounds of bullet ripping through the air. Common sense told the six to lay low and pray that the zombies wouldn't notice them. By instinct and planning, they all closed the open windows they'd used for fighting and locked them back. They regrouped downstairs to wait out the undead slaughter.
The screeches and roars became more distant and a small sense of security washed over the six.
"Let's check and see if it really is safe." Dempsey suggested. Looking out of all the windows led to same conclusion that the zombies had chased their ground-borne prey away from the house. That didn't mean they were truly safe by any means.
"Just because zhey followed zhem doesn't mean zhey von't be back. Ve should take shifts for vatch if ve plan to sleep." Richtofen declared. It was a viable plan that all of them agreed to. That night they all slept in the living room, taking two hour shifts until dawn.