Survivors: A Walking Dead Story
Chapter 39: The Smiler War Part I
Connor peeked around the building, the group by his side. He tried to carefully look out into the war zone. The Smilers who Weaver betrayed grabbed whatever firearms they could and opened fire at Weaver's people. Weaver got to his feet and ducked down running out of the middle of the gunfire and into cover of a nearby building. Connor looked at the building which Alannah, Brucie and Martha were shooting out of.
"whoever saved us, their over there" said Connor.
"where?" asked Ben.
"the building near the front gate, gonna guess that's Alannah or something, who else could come to help us" said Connor.
"your right" said Ben.
Out of nowhere the corner of the building near Connor exploded sending dust and bits of debris into his face.
Connor coughed and moved back around the building.
"what's the plan, we don't have any weapons" said Achilles.
"we need to find a way out of here, this is our chance to get away from all this" said Ben.
"you don't have to tell us twice Ben, but we need weapons, all these people opening fire we're gonna need to protect ourselves" said Connor.
"got any ideas?" asked Morgan.
"eh I can see a couple of downed soldiers, we could try to reach their weapons, but it would be too risky, or maybe we could Julianne and help them defeat Weaver and his people then slip out or something then" said Connor.
"I'll go with plan B if that's alright with you guys" said Achilles.
They all nodded in agreement.
Out of nowhere Connor felt the air of a bullet whizz past him. Connor turned to see Trim hiding behind cover and his rifle aimed right at them. The group quickly sprang to their feet and took off with a sprint. Trim fired off a second shot barely missing Connor by inches. They rounded the building to see two of Weavers men move around the building from the other side. Luckily, they didn't spot them. They were too distracted by a hail of gunfire striking the corner of the building.
Achilles turned towards the building and forced one of the windows open. He beckoned for them all to climb inside. One by one they all climbed inside; they made a loud bang as they landed on the hardened floor. The last person to climb in was Tina, one of soldiers noticed her and quickly let off a gunshot, the bullet pierced her shin and went clean through.
"ahh" screamed Tina.
Tine fumbled climbing in and landed on the floor with a loud thud. She clutched at her leg and saw blood running out of the bottom of her trousers. Achilles heard her scream and rushed to her side.
"here let me have a look" said Achilles.
"did it go through" said Tina.
"yeah it did I can see the exit wound" said Achilles.
"good should be easy to treat, help me up" said Tina.
"fuck that I got ya" said Achilles.
Achilles put his right arm under her back and his left under her legs and easily heaved her up into the air. The woman weighed barely anything to him.
"alright let's go" said Achilles.
Morgan opened the door and walked out into hallway; the noticed a couple of soldiers walk past them a little way to their right.
"there in that direction" said Morgan.
"we'll follow them, but we have to stay cautious" said Connor.
The group walked through the halls, they remained on high alert. As they walked, they could hear a woman's voice. It was Julianne's.
"alright everyone, we've managed to procure some firearms, everyone arm up, we're not letting Weaver take this place" said Julianne.
"what about the prisoners" said a male Smiler.
"shoot them too if you have to, they're gonna use this situation to escape, we cannot let that happen" said Julianne.
Just then a window inside the room smashed and the sound of a woman shouting could be heard.
"smoke grenade" shouted the woman.
Connor held up a finger to make everyone stop.
"I'm gonna try and sneak in while they're blinded, get us some weapons" said Connor.
"you're not going alone, more hands the more weapons" said Ben.
"alright you guys stay here, try and help Tinas injury if you can" said Connor.
Connor and Ben left the group and walked into the room, smoke blinded them, Connor held his arm to his mouth to try and cover a cough. Ben let out a cough as the smoke entered his lungs. They tried to look through the smoke and made out the shape or someone walking. Ben moved forward grabbing the person and throwing them to the floor before knocking them out with a kick to the face. Ben heard someone fall on the floor and made out the shape of a shotgun. He picked it up and passed it to Connor.
They continued to move through the room and managed to take out a few more soldiers. As the smoke began to clear Connor and Ben quickly ran back the way they came carrying the weapons. They managed to procure two handguns and two shotguns.
They returned to the group; Achilles just finished wrapping a piece of his shirt that he ripped off around Tina gunshot wound.
"how'd do you guys make out?" asked Morgan.
"we got two handguns and two shotguns" said Connor.
"nice let's get to work" said Morgan.
Connor kept one of the handguns and handed the other one over to Morgan.
Ben kept one of the shotguns while Lance held the second. Achilles continued to carry Tina while Anthony Bo were left with nothing.
"alright Bo, Anthony you two stay to the back, we'll handle the gun fire till we get some weapons" said Ben.
"alright" said Anthony.
Bo signed okay to Ben.
"alright next stop, getting to Alannah and the others in that little building" said Connor.
Outside
Alannah fired off a shot from her rifle killing one of Weaver's men with a well-placed shot through the chest. Blood spurted out from his body as the bullet ripped through him ending his life. She lined a second shot at a Smiler who poked her head out. She pulled the trigger, but the gun clicked.
"shit" said Alannah.
She pulled her magazine out of the rifle and checked, no bullets.
She slammed the magazine back in and rushed away from the window. That brief second was enough for people to open fire. A bullet whizzed past her and splintered the wall ahead of her. She rushed down the stairs and saw Brucie and Martha still firing.
"I'm out of ammo, how are you guys doing here?" asked Alannah.
"I only got a couple rounds left" said Brucie.
"I got three shots left, we're gonna need more ammo" said Martha.
"save the bullets, we're just gonna have to hunker down and wait for them to come to us" said Alannah.
"we need cover then" said Brucie.
Alannah noticed a large desk in the middle of the room, it was of thick wood.
"here we can flip this" said Alannah.
She grabbed the table and tried to flip it over, but it was too heavy.
"I'll help you" said Brucie.
He placed his gun down and grabbed the desk and helped her flip it over. The table flipped over with a resounding thud. The trio hunkered down behind the desk and waited. Martha and Brucie kept their guns at the ready. Weavers soldiers and the Smilers outside noticed the lack of gunfire and stopped shooting to take stock of ammo.
Connor and the others found an exit. Connor pushed the door open and peered out, he saw Julianne and her people coming out to fight. Within seconds the sound of gunfire resumed. Connor shut the door.
"alright we're gonna need to push through this, you guys ready" said Connor.
Everyone nodded it was now or never. Connor shoved the door open and looked towards the building they were heading towards. Connor sprinted forward and saw one of Weavers soldiers peer out from cover. Connor raised his handgun and squeezed off a shot, the bullet hit piercing the guy's face through the cheek killing him instantly. The group made it to cover behind a table they used to eat for dinner. They flipped the table over and ducked down behind the table.
Morgan looked out over the building and saw another one of Weavers soldiers aim their gun in their direction. Morgan aimed with his handgun and fired off a single shot, the bullet struck the male soldier in the stomach and causing him to double over in pain clutching at his belly. Morgan let off a second shot hitting the soldier in the head and finishing him off. The soldiers moved away from where they were and towards a building. Ben aimed with his shotgun and let off a blast, the force of the bullet shredded one of the soldiers arms. The soldier fell to the floor clutching his bloody arm, the flesh was peeling off from the blast. The soldier let out screams of pain before Julianne killed him by letting loose a shot from her rifle. Connor noticed them nearby and panic swept through his body. The Smilers aimed their guns in their direction. Connor and Julianne's eyes met. The two stared at each other intensely. Connor worried what she would do next.
"boss what do we do with them" said a nearby female Smiler.
"fuck it, leave em, we need to deal with Weaver, he's more important" said Julianne.
The Smilers lowered their guns and moved away to focus on Weavers people.
"where is Weaver anyway?" asked Morgan.
"no idea he's probably hiding in one of these buildings" said Connor.
"doesn't matter, we gotta get out of here" said Ben.
The group moved out from cover and closer to the building where Alannah was. They passed a couple of Weavers dead men and picked up their weapons. Now Bo and Anthony were armed with their rifles. Connor found a knife on one of the men. It was a switch blade. Connor tucked the weapon into his pocket. They moved closer to the building and out of nowhere a series of gun fire exploded nearby. Connor turned and his eyes went wide in shock. Weaver and Trim came out of a building wielding Molotov cocktails. Weaver hurled one towards them. Ben grabbed Morgan who was busy letting out a shot and pulled him away. The bottle exploded as it landed just feet away. Connor felt the heat of the flames as they barely missed the group. Connor approached the door and kicked it open. He looked inside and saw Martha aiming a rifle at him.
"that's a hell of a way to say hello" said Connor.
Just then a second Molotov flew through the window and covered the floor in flames. Connor raised his hands up to shield himself from the flames.
"we gotta get out of here c'mon" said Connor.
The trio jumped out from cover and leapt over the flames towards the exit. The others outside let out some gunshots to drive Weaver and Trim away.
"Tommy take the shot" shouted Weaver.
Connor looked around and spotted a sniper on a roof. The gun aimed right at him. Before he could react the sound of a gunshot could be heard.
"look out" screamed Lance.
Lance jumped in the way at the very last second and felt the bullet pierce through his right shoulder blade. Lance fell to the floor and gasped for breath. Connor aimed his handgun and fired off three shots, all three missed but it was enough to send the sniper scrambling for cover. Connor tried to help Lance to his feet, but Lance pushed him away.
"get out of here, you need to get to the van's, just go" said Lance.
"thanks for saving ass Lance" said Connor.
"you saved mine, we're even" said Lance.
His rapid breathing stopped, and Lance went still. Connor took his gun and handed it to Alannah who was out of ammo. Connor aimed his handgun at Lance and fired off a single round preventing Lance from reanimating.
"Connor we gotta go" said Ben.
The group got up and moved towards the exit. Connor noticed it was locked and fired off a round destroying the lock. Morgan peered through the gate and noticed a large group of Walkers approaching the Smilers community.
"we got more problems" said Morgan.
Ben looked up.
"oh, give me a fucking break" said Ben.
Connor pushed the gate open.
"everyone run, we move for the woods" said Connor.
They moved out of the community and sprinted towards the woods.
Inside the community the war continued. Julianne and her Smilers were held up in the main building. Weaver and his people were on the outside.
"boss their getting away" said Trim.
"fucking fuck wits ain't getting away, we deal with Julianne now" said Weaver.
"what do we do?" asked Trim.
"bust out the heavy stuff" said Weaver.
"you don't mean the grenades do you" said Trim.
"yeah I god damn do, get those potato bombs and blow their little hidey hole sky high" said Weaver.
Trim nodded and shouted for some of the soldiers to get the grenades. Within a few minutes Tommy the sniper returned with a box. Tommy opened it revealing a dozen grenades. They managed to gather these grenades from any dead soldier's or military equipment they came across. Weaver grabbed the first grenade and looked for the perfect place to throw it.
Weaver pulled the pin on the grenade and hurled the explosive through the window.
The people inside let out a scream and climbed over each other to escape as the grenade exploded. The explosion rocked the building and the force sent several Smilers flying across the room. Half of them who were too close were killed instantly while the others were just injured with broken bones. A few seconds later a second grenade flew in, Julianne attempted to leave the room but a Smiler who panicked pushed her out of the way and ran out, she fell back landing on her back and knocking the wind out of her. Then the grenade exploded. She was far enough away to not be injured, but she could still feel a bit of the blasts force. She rolled over onto her stomach and saw Weaver and his people enter quickly gunning down any of her Smiler who were injured. She shot to her feet and tried to run out of the room, but Weaver was quicker, he pulled his revolver up and let off a single round hitting her in her lower back. the bullet pierced through her; she felt the bullet rip through some of her intestines. She collapsed to the floor and tried to crawl away.
Weaver slowly approached the struggling woman.
"hmm, look at you, pathetic" said Weaver.
He grabbed Julianne by her hair and pulled her to her feet, her legs went weak, but Weaver held her up.
"you said I would take this place from your dead body, you're right" said Weaver.
Weaver pulled the hammer down on his revolver and poked the barrel at her chin. Weaver pulled the trigger, the bullet blasted through her skull and out the top of her head. The bullet left a holed about 3 inches big in the top of her head. Bits of skull and brains shot up into the ceiling above them. Weaver let her limp body crash to the ground.
Weaver turned to face his men, Julianne's blood on his shirt.
"this place is ours" cheered Weaver raising his arm up into the air.
But his victory was short lived, the infected got in, they didn't even realise it. The Walkers swarmed through the doors and grabbed several Smilers and dragged them down ripping out chunks of flesh.
"what do we do now?" asked Trim.
"me and you are going to bikes, we're not letting them get away from this alive, all this shit started the day we took them in, come on Trim we got hunting to do" said Weaver.
Before they left Weaver pocketed a couple of the grenades. Weaver and Trim exited the building and approached the vehicles, they noticed one was missing and some of the Walkers were approaching them.
"shit looks like we're going on foot" said Weaver.
Weaver and Trim abandoned their bikes and took off sprinting into the woods.
"do we even know where they are?" asked Trim.
"oh yes, they'll be at that damned gas station again, it's the only place around here they know" said Weaver.
Weaver didn't look back as the Smiler community was filled of screams of death as the Walkers flooded in.
At the Station
Connor and the group approached the gas station, Sam exited the building clutching Morgana in her arms.
"bout time you guys got back, this little one's been crying up a storm every ten minutes" said an agitated Sam.
Morgan pocketed his handgun and took Morgana from Sam's arms.
"hey baby girl, missed you" said Morgan kissing the baby on the nose.
"only time I ever see you soft is with that little one" said Connor.
"what can I say I got a soft spot after all" said Morgan.
"alright we'll rest up and next stop, Wellington" said Connor.
Anthony looked a bit puzzled.
"you sure, I don't think we can all fit in that one van" said Anthony.
"It will certainly be a squeeze but no-ones splitting up or getting left behind" said Connor.
"what makes you think we're going with you?" asked Sam.
"you guys really wanna stay around here, especially on foot" said Connor raising an eyebrow.
"good point" said Sam.
Achilles opened the door to the van and laid Tina down in the van.
"I am capable of walking you know" said Tina in a non-serious tone.
"yeah but it's easier, can't have you hobbling around everywhere" said Achilles.
"okay, now let's check this thing" said Tina.
She removed the shirt and looked at the injury.
"how does it feel?" asked Achilles his voice filled with worry.
"it hurts like hell, I need to get some medical stuff soon, or else it will get infected or worse" said Tina.
"we'll find somewhere to stop on the way, look for supplies there" said Connor.
Tina nodded.
"you guys think any of those Walkers followed us?" asked Brucie.
"I don't think so, even if they did, we would have lost them with how far ahead we got" said Ben.
"alright how's the van doing on gas?" asked Connor.
"I checked the van's got about half a tank of gas" said Sam.
"good that should put some distance between us and this place" said Connor.
"so, we're going to Wellington?" asked Martha.
"we're going to Wellington" replied Ben.
Just as Connor went to move the sound of a gunshot filled the air. Connor whipped round to see Anthony looking away. He turned around a pool of blood forming on his chest. He looked down and clutched his chest before crumbling to the ground.
"NO" shouted Martha.
Martha raised her rifle and fired in the direction she heard the gunfire come from.
Connor fired off a shot from his handgun.
"get in the van" shouted Connor.
A second bullet came out of the trees and narrowly missed Connor hitting the van. Sam threw open the Van door and climbed inside. She switched the engine on, and the van kicked into life. Alannah climbed into the passenger seat holding Morgana.
The others climbed in the back while Morgan and Connor kept up the gunshots. Out of nowhere a grenade appeared rolling across the ground in front of them. Connor acting on instinct dived for the grenade and hurled it away. The grenade exploded but luckily it was now at a safe distance.
"we can't let them follow us, we gotta deal with them now" said Connor.
"I aint leaving you brother" said Morgan.
Connor ran up to Sam.
"we'll deal with these guys, you guys get out of here, get to Wellington, we'll meet ya there" said Connor.
"we're not leaving you" said Alannah.
"godamn it Alannah go, get Morgana out of here and get her to safety" said Morgan.
A second grenade appeared, and Sam didn't hesitate she slammed down on the gas and the van sped off down the road. Connor and Morgan ran into the station to escape the explosion. When the dust settled Morgan shouted out.
"c'mon you Smiler pricks let's finish this" said Morgan.
Connor grabbed Morgan's shoulder.
"we can't take them here we gotta run" said Connor.
Morgan nodded and the two took off away from the station. Behind them Weaver and Trim followed them.
"c'mon boss, is this really worth it?" asked Trim.
"they took everything from us, working with Julianne and disobeying our orders, if we never took them in, we'd have everything, they're not living through this, they die now" said Weaver.
Weaver saw the two men run into the woods. He curled his right hand into a fist and reloaded his revolver.
"like Baby Daddy said, let's finish this" said Weaver.
Weaver and Trim quickly followed them into the woods, with every intention of killing them or die trying.
End of Chapter 39