Left 4 Dead: Gemini Strain
Chapter XXXVII: Whats Worse Then An Army Outpost Full of Zombies? - Robert
Robert,
Russell and Theo marched forward, through the pouring rain, the
clouds remind dark even with the flashes of thunder and
lightning.
"We've got around three clips for each of our main
weapons and six for each pistol" Theo remarked, he checked the
ammo and weapons before they headed out, "I don't know how much
of a punch that thing can take but we may need to find more ammo, if
not better weapons within the outpost" Theo said as he swifted
the bag to his other shoulder.
Russell's eyes scanned back and
forth, his hands firmly holding onto his assault rifle, "....mother
fucking girl" Russell said under his breath, he was still quite
pissed about being knocked out.
Robert heard Russell but didn't
want to push it, he knew Russell would be helpful and he couldn't
take the chance of him running off and getting hurt.
The mud was
slowly them down, the rain continued to pour down, "I see it"
Theo said quickly as he pointed forward, a few lights were on within
the fences of the outpost.
"I don't see that fucking Tank
anywhere...." As soon as Russ said that, the same deadly roar
could be heard, Russ sighed, he lowered his gun and shook his head,
"What else could go wrong" another set of roars and moans
could be heard, this time they sounded a lot closer and less unhuman
as a zombie could be, "Goddammit, where the hell is my luck at?"
Russ said as he shouldered his assault rifle and pulled out his
pistol, "Let get moving!" he barked.
Russ and Theo took
the back, Robert took the lead, they fired at the on-coming
horde.
Robert was the first to reach the outpost, it's metal fence
had been crushed, bodies of dead soldiers and zombies lay across the
muddy ground, "It's looks like a god damn war zone" Russell
said as he passed Robert, firing his gun again, "That looks like
the last of them" Theo remarked as he entered into the outpost,
"I'll check their weapons real quick".
Robert looked
towards Russ, "Here is the plan, Russ i want you to find their
weapon's locker and get us some real fire power" Russ nodded,
"Theo, i want you to find a radio and see if you can get us some
help...more solders.....something, anything" Theo nodded and
handed each of them a long bladed dagger, "Got it".
They
each looked at one another, "....Come back alive" Robert
said as the two left.
Robert looked around the grounds, he found a
dead asian man, holding a blood stained katana, "Thanks"
Robert said as he picked it up, he tied it around his hip and
continued looking for the Tank and Lucy.
Theo found his way
inside of the Radio Tower, "There it is" Theo said to
himself as he grabbed the radio and turned it on, "Hello?, This
is Theo...we have people alive here at Outpost..." Theo looked
around and found a name, "Outpost Beta".
Theo heard
nothing but static for a solid three minutes until he heard a click,
"This is Pilot Randy, please reply" Theo thrusted his hand
into the air and grabbed the speaker, "Yes, We are still here"
Theo smiled, "We need an EVAC".
There was static again
for a minute, "You say your at Outpost Beta?" Theo quickly
replied with a yes.
"I need you and anybody else with you, to
be ready for pick up within an hour and a half" Theo's smile
soon faded, "You don't understand, there is a-" Randy cut
him off, "It's the best i can do....i have to fly there from our
main breach, it's going to take time, just be ready, over and out"
Theo was again left with static.
Russ was aimlessly walking
around the outpost, he stopped and checked each and every dead body
for anything of use, ".....eh?" Russ quickly turned around,
he thought he heard the sounds of foot steps, "....Dammit"
a metal door was slowly swinging from just being opened, it lead into
a warehouse, ".....i bet Adam took my fucking luck with him"
Russ readied his pistol and entered into the warehouse.
the lights
flickered and swung from above, Russ was already hating this place,
"Just the perfect place to get jumped" Russ said to himself
with a sigh.
Russ
slowly walked between piles of crates, he soon found a walkway, it
was in the middle of the warehouse, leading each end of it.
There
standing under a flickering light was a man, he had blood running
down his body, Russ was shocked, "Hello?" he said as he
slowly moved forward, towards the man as he fell to his knees.
Russ
quickly stopped, "....the fuck?" shock ran over his body as
the man's skin started to rip away, he started to cough and
cough.
Russ took a few steps backwards as the man coughed and a
very long "tongue" came out of his mouth, "Your
fucking kidding me" Russ aimed his pistol and fired.
The
smoker quickly rolled out of the way, it turned around and whipped
it's tongue towards Russ.
"AH!" Russ yelled out as the
tongue smacked across his legs, knocking him down against the metal
floor, the smoker pulled it's tongue back into it's mouth and run
towards Russ as it coughed and coughed.
Russ couldn't believe how
quickly the smoker was on top of him, it pulled back it's hand to
slash but Russ fired at the joint of it's shoulder, tearing it apart
at the close range.
It jerked in backwards, Russ used his elbows
and feet and moved backwards, quickly getting back onto his feet,
"Damn smoker" he fired and fired, emptying his clip into
the zombie.
Robert knelled down in the mud, his rips were
hurting him, he had been walking around the outpost, it wasn't as big
as he had first thought but it was still big.
"Where could it
be....." Robert used the thought of Lucy to push the pain out of
his mind, he stood up and continued walking.
A few minutes had
passed when a loud static noise filled the air, "Hello
survivors" Robert knew he had heard that voice before, "This
is General Holt, I've modified this simple outpost to withstand an
attack from a small army....but" Robert shook his head, "As
the last group of survivors arrive....it's time to test out my safe
haven" Robert quickly looked around, he had to find Russ and
Theo quickly, he stopped when he heard a loud click then static,
"Chino, Russ....This is Theo, I'm up in the Radio Tower, that
message is being looped, it's plays every few hours" Theo's
words were calming, "...Fuck, we need to get out of here no-"
Theo was cut off, suddenly very loud metal music was blasting from
all speakers within the outpost.
Robert froze, ".....That
Cassius dude....he's rigged it.....thats what happened to these
men.....they fell for the trap also" Suddenly the sounds of
massive horde could be heard in the area, ".....Fuck"
Robert said as he started to run towards the radio tower.
