Chapter 26 The road to Newburg

Authors notes: Dead Air here we go

DEAD AIR

Their flight just got delayed permanently

The group had been sitting on the beach for nearly 15 minutes now waiting to dry off as the time was nearing 6:00am, it would soon be dawn, Bill knew they couldn't sit around and sulk for the rest of their lives so he had to get them motivated. "Maybe if we head into Newburg we can find some weapons and supplies and see if there is any information about an evac somewhere in the city" he said as everyone turned to face him. "If we follow this road it should take us directly into the city then we can find our way around from there" Bill continued as the group nodded. "We've only got 2 weapons and a medkit, well have to be as quiet as possible til we find something else to use to defend ourselves with" said Francis holding up the crowbar while bill held up the glock that thankfully hadn't been rendered useless in the water. "Alright it doesn't look like there is any infected on the road up ahead so let's get moving" he said leading the way as he had the teams only fire arm.

The street ahead was dark and filled with bodies and countless crashed and burning cars, the group looking nervously as they passed by dark houses and fortified buildings wondering if anyone was still alive in the area around them beside the boat owners who would remain nameless. They soon found a nice large burning fire which they gathered around to help finish drying themselves off, the only benefit to being force to swim in the river was that some of the dirt previously on their clothes had washed off. In the light of the fire Francis caught glimpse of something that would proof useful for them, he tossed the crowbar to Louis who caught it with one hand. He then laughed as he picked up a large bloodied axe that had been imbeded in the head of a now dead infected, left behind by whoever had killed the mindless creature. He held it with a firm two handed grip, satisfied that it wasn't too heavy, "this will do some damage" he said as they moved on from the fire.

Soon enough further down the street was a singular common that looked up to face them as they approached, it screamed in rage before charging forward, only for its body to collapse to the gerund as Francis served its head with his new axe. "Nice" Louis said as the head flew some distance landing in the river to their left, Zoey then spotted something useful hanging out the back of an abandoned car that had its back doors open. A rather worn down in colour pink hello kitty bag, she placed the bag on her back, thankfully it was already empty, "we can use this to hold anything we find" she said the men nodding as they continued on down the road. Thankfully they didn't see the body of the child the bag belonged to and thus assumed she had been evacuated, with the exception of the one common there was no others in sight on the road ahead of them.

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They had been travelling along the road for around 15 minutes now only having to deal with 2 idle common infected stumbling about, the tall skyscrapers of Newburg towering above them as the sun was now beginning to rise in the sky above the burning city. Louis then took notice of a 2 story building to their left that had several notices on the outside with useful information on it, "Hey look its a supermarket we should check inside for supplies" he said pointing as Bill nodded in agreement. They quickly forced their way in through the barred front door switching on bills singular flashlight as the suns rays were blocked out by the barricades over the windows and doors. "Stick together we can't split up when we have no light" bill whispered in case there was unwelcome company in the room with them. They quickly made their way down each isle surprisingly the store hadn't been completely looted, they found many useful items including another flashlight, and many items of canned food and bottles of water. Zoey's bag quickly filling up much to her dismay however Louis quickly found another large rucksack with a green army cameo on it which he agreed to wear taking some of the weight off of Zoey.

As they used the 2 flashlights to search the building they were in, Francis found something of great value to them, stairs leading upstairs revealed a sealed off room at the end of a corridor. With Louis behind him he used the axe to force entry and was grateful that he did as he hit the mother load and found items that would make up for what they lost back on the boat. "Attention shoppers with hit the mother fucking jackpot" he said in joy as Bill and Zoey quickly followed them up the stairs to see the room was filled with various weapons, ammo piles and grenades of all kinds. "Hot damn, that's a sight for sore eyes" Louis said, "oh thank god looks like we gonna be alright" Zoey said as Bill nodded his satisfaction turning to Francis, "your doing this unit proud kid" he said. They walked into the room making sure to keep on eye on the door behind them in case something unpleasant had followed them in, as they began to look around for weapons and things that they desired.

Francis whistled as he picked up a large black fully automatic shotgun with a box of shells and was already loaded, "come to daddy my sweet shotgun" he said already preferring this to the one he had lost back on the boat. He also found 2 M1911 pistols like the ones Zoey had previously, putting them in his holster, he also took 2 pipe bombs and a Molotov. "I'm gonna try this sniper rifle" Zoey said picking up a large military standard sniper rifle, it was larger then her previous hunting rifle and had twice the clip size satisfying her to no end. She also found a large Katana in a sheath in the corner of the room, "oh yeah lovely" she said placing the sheathed weapon in a strap on her back. "This is a nice weapon" Bill said taking a 3 round burst scar combat rifle from a cabinet, it lacked the fire rate of his M16 but would be more accurate at a longer range and would certainly get the job done. He elected to keep his glock finding another one to give him an akimbo as he also took 2 pipe bombs and a Molotov in his holster where his trusty knife still was. "This rifle is now mine" Louis said picking up a nice fully loaded AK47, it was slower then his smg but packed way more punch and hit like a truck. He also found himself another one of those bile bombs Francis had found back in riverside, as well as something extremely useful for killing infected. He laughed maniacally as he held up a large fully fueled chainsaw, "this is gonna be messy" he said reving it to ensure it worked which it did.

"Alright people looks like Francis has found us fortunes glory, but we can't stay here let's get moving, we still need to find some sign of an evacuation point in the city so let's move it out" Bill said as he walked back towards the stairs the others following closely behind him. He prayed for whoever had stored all those weapons in that room hoping they made it to safety in one piece as he and his team made their way back outside as the sun was now even higher in the sky. "Alright let's go" he said as Francis took the point brandishing his new shotgun, the group quickly making their way up the road into Newburg with renewed hope as they felt safer then ever with their new much stronger weapons of death. Bill looking further down the street the towering buildings of the city loomed over them, "hmm shouldn't be much further Til we reach the inner city" he said, Francis leading the way up the road.

Zoey decided it was time to address the elephant in the room, "I still don't understand why the slaters did that too us, what was the point of rescuing us just so they could take our weapons and supplies" she said as the 3 men stiffened up as they walked down the street. "Zoey...not all humans in this world are friendly... some just pretend to be to further their own goals, even when the world is coming to an end there will still be one asshole ruining the chances of others to further themselves" Bill said disheartening the young woman. "But don't let that stop you from surviving by doing what ever it takes, we are family and we look out for our own" he finished, Zoey nodding as they made their way down the street. The road up ahead seemingly being blocked off by a barricade, mounted with mini guns and razor wire many corpses lay on the floor in front of the barricade, however there was also 2 bodies on top of the barricade. The people manning the miniguns had also lost their lives trying to defend the city from infected, "I guess that means the city is overrun" Louis said sadly, "it does but that doesn't mean we won't find an evac, we just gotta find a way in" Bill said looking around.

Francis then spotted something off to the left, "look there is a ladder over here, it leads up to that greenhouse on top of this building" he said, "Alright let's get up there that's our best chance of getting in the city" Bill said. They quickly climbed up the ladder one at a time, ensuring no smokers were present and once they were all up they looked around in the room they were now in. They now sat in a room, in the greenhouse, sealed off from the rest of it, several tables were in the room with some pipe bombs and Molotov's on them, "we should be safe to stay up here for a few hours and get some rest" Bill said sitting down on the table as Zoey sat down on the floor. Bill sighed as he opened up a pack of fags and lit one before taking a long drawn out puff, as Louis and Francis sat eating a few packs or crisp with some bottles of water. "Well rest here for some time, it's been a good while since any of us had any decent rest so we'll take it while we can" bill said, as Zoey laid herself against the wall hoping to get some form of sleep...

End chapter

Authors notes: and thus dead air has begun, thanks for reading and I will see you all in the next one.

Goodbye