I know what you're going to say: "Turnip, what the hell took you so long?" It's simple, by relaxing and enjoying myself too much over vacation, the very thought of fanfiction itself left my mind, even when playing Black Ops II's multiplayer and zombies. I will just say now that there will be no actual promises about release dates.

We haven't had a chapter with the two remaining Green Run survivors and the Original Crew, so this chapter will not feature the prisoners, except for mentions of Austin.

Also, I have a poll about what I should do after this story is finished. When school starts up again in August, I'll probably kick it off with one (or two, if two tie) story(ies) that wins. Please vote for which one(s) seem interesting to execute. Speaking of fan help, I still need a cover if you're interested.

Also, this is unrelated, but who here liked Comics and was sad that it didn't win? I was :(

Chapter 19: The Fall of Takeo

As Austin and his group of mobsters try to escape Alcatraz, the survivors on Moon are about to learn the full reason Austin left them. . .

Marlton's POV

The six of us huddled next to each other in a corner of the biodome, we prepared for a wave of round 20 zombies to appear. We had finally managed to get Juggernog on round 17, after waiting through Speed Cola and the teleporter to ready itself again. I thought of the man who had left us to die while he escaped from the zombies. I hope he got what was coming to him. Although, I am worried. We've been trying to make contact with Russman and Stuhlinger, but we haven't been able to.

Stuhlinger and Russman could be using a different frequency since Russman is the only person who actually likes Stuhlinger, but we haven't been able to see them either. It was getting annoying, too, eight guns are better than six, and especially four when Dempsey and Samantha had to step out to grab more ammo. Luckily, Takeo had upgraded his crossbow, making the zombies attracted to it. Nikolai also saved Misty when she made the mistake of stepping on those amazing new launching pads by catching her.

Speaking of which, the amount of technology here must have cost the Nazis millions, maybe billions of dollars. It is amazing for its time. I've requested that we leave a crawler so I could study it more, but Dempsey, Nikolai, and Samantha disagreed. Misty defended me, and Takeo remained neutral. I guess it doesn't matter though, I'm getting off topic with my nerdy rant.

"We need to leave a crawler this round!" Misty shouted over the sound of gunfire. "To go find those idiot friends of mine. Chinese guy, can you fire your crossbow at them?"

"I'm Japanese!" Takeo said after firing a crossbow shot at them. He groaned after the explosion left four crawlers and a few still walking. After cutting down the last walkers of the round, Misty rolled her eyes at Takeo.

"What is the difference?" She groaned at Takeo.

"The Japanese are more honorable," Takeo smiled. "They are the most honorable of all humans."

"Typical propaganda from Tojo Hideki," Tank muttered to me once the others went to find Russman and Stuhlinger. "Hey, I know you've wanted to check out those computers and shit, and I want a smoke. So, I'll light a cigarette and watch the crawlers, and you just go do whatever it is a nerd like you would do."

"Indubitibly! That sounds great!" I happily stepped off, ignoring Dempsey's next question.

"What the fuck does indubitibly mean? Is that French?"

Misty's POV

I knew we couldn't trust Stupidger off with just Russman. Knowing him, he probably became suspicious that we sent Russman to stalk him and kill him, and killed poor innocent Russman. I don't see how that old man could actually befriend such a smelly, selfish maniac. It's just weird, but Russman's always liked the rough and tough, which Stuhlinger actually could be. I think that's also why he never liked Marlton.

We put on our helmets and entered the power room, but suddenly, we were stopped at the temple. It was calling to us again, something wasn't right. It wanted our attention.

We heard a German voice clear his throat. "Alright, now that I have your attention. I just want to say how I fooled all of you! I thought you and your nerdy boyfriend would fall for it, as well as Dempsey and this drunk dumbass here, but I'm suprised about Takeo and little Samantha here. I didn't think they would be fooled as well.

"I knew I felt something dishonorable about that temple," Takeo groaned. "Doctor, what have you done with the other two?"

A horrific yet girlish giggle echoed through the room, sending shivers down my spine. "I killed them, to use their souls a fuel for my power over the zombies!" He laughed again, like this was just a fucking game to him.

"You basterd!" I screamed. "Russman didn't deserve that! Hell, not even Stuhlinger deserved that!"

"Doctor, I'm about to come to hell or wherever you are and end you myself!" Takeo screamed, suprisingly enraged.

"Then come," A very dark version of the Doctor's voice said. Suddenly, a zombie crawled out of the ground and bit Takeo in the leg before he could fire a crossbow at it. Nikolai soon sprayed his RPK and killed the zombie biting his frenemy, but we knew what had happened.

Takeo was infected. He was already growing weak when we dragged him back into the biodome. Dempsey rushed over to his fallen comrade.

"Tak!" He screamed in horror. "What did they do to you?" We flipped him over to show his bitemark.

Dempsey frowned grimly. "We can't afford to lose another man."

Takeo vomited up blood and began to have slight muscle spasms.

"Nikolai, I know you have none, so can you please watch the crawlers while we pay our last respects to Takeo before he dies?" Samantha asked.

"Da, but even I believe Takeo didn't deserve this," He walked off in slight sadness.

Takeo grew paler, we were running out of time.

"Tak, I'm sorry. If I had known-" Tank began, but Takeo cut him off.

"It is alright American, I said I would come to hell to finish off Richtofen, so that's just what I will do. I may not have said it to your faces before, but you were worthy allies to fight with, all of you. All I ask, is that you decapitate my head before I turn." Dempsey nodded, upset, but not crying or being overly emotional.

"You know," Takeo said, coughing. "I always thought we'd all die together, as a team. I guess Richtofen had different plans than I did. Sorry. . . For Failing. . ."

And with that, Takeo Masaki breathed his last.