Chapter 36 The runway part 2

Authors notes: the last chapter of dead air begins now, enjoy.

The group was unnerved as Zoey's rifle sprung into action taking shot after shot and blowing heads and limbs off of infected bodies coming their way, soon however there was too many for her to aim at and she cursed reloading as Louis took over from her spinning the mini gun into life which spat flames as its high caliber rounds punctured infected bodies reducing them to heaps of grey flesh lying in pools of their own blood. Francis and Bill soon enough adding their own firepower to the mix as countless infected stormed across the runway angered by the horrific explosion of the crashing plane. Bill tossing a Molotov over to the right side of the runway coating a large area in flames which countless infected charged into regardless of the consequences. Said consequences being burnt to a crisp, the group pushed on doing everything they could to keep the infected at bay as they stormed towards them an endless number of the infected menace knocking on their doorstep.

"Tanks a quarter full sorry guys still a ways yet" came the voice of the plane pilot over the radio causing Bill to grunt annoyed, "as soon as that plane is filed we run for it, no matter what we need to be out of this city tonight" he shouted over the roaring gunfire as a boomer attempted to sneak up on him. However the old man was vigilant and punted the creature stumbling back with the butt of his rifle before he drew one of his Glock's popping the fat bugger. He then carried on keeping the horde back with each brush of his scar another infected fell to the ground, sometimes said infected lost limbs or even heads depending on the old mans accuracy. Zoey timing her reloads with Francis as she squeezed the trigger blasting heads into tiny fragments, while Francis's close quarters shotgun devastated close range targets by removing limbs and blowing huge chunks from bodies that mindlessly charged the trigger happy biker. The biker tossing a Molotov on his side to cover some area giving him a moment to recoup and reload in preparation from the next wave of attackers that would soon be coming.

As the group were preoccupied firing at the horde keeping it at bay, a gangly figure with green smoke all around it had climbed on top of the plane, setting its sights on the young woman with the bright red jacket it screamed savagely before it long rubbery tongue shot forward wrapping round Zoey's legs and pulling her down from her perch. "Damnit!" She sucrose as she was dragged towards the plane before being hung in the air as the tongue began to tighten around her chest and waist slowly choking the air out of her as she desperately reached for her sheathed katana. However before her eyes began to go heavy and dark the tongue suddenly released her entirely, she looked up on top of the plane to see the smoker was dead a huge cloud of green smoke where it had been before as its body now lay on the ground on the other side of the plane. She saw the old man realign his aim back to the front firing at the horde, she nodded taking a note of thanking the old geezer later however her escape was cut short as a hunter and several commons jumped over crates behind the tanker and immediately gunned towards her.

"God damnit" she said realigning her aim and firing at the commons blowing them away as the hunter leapt forward ramming her against the plane and knocking her rifle from her hands. She looked up angrily as the creature screamed in fury preparing to pounce before she quickly got up and unsheathed her katana, she yelled angrily as she slashed forward. The hunters body stopped dead as its head severed from the rest, blood praying from the hole as it fell flat to the ground its head landing in a flaming barrel by Louis who was too busy to notice. "Oh yeah, that's what I'm talking about" she said fist bumping the air as she picked up her rifle and returned to the old man, "you all good kid?" He asked as she nodded taking her eye to the scope once more. "Yeah, thanks for the save back there" she said, "eh, I think we're past thanking each other at this point kid, we are family and we look out for our own" he said never taking his eyes of the front as he gunned down any infected stupid enough to come towards him. She simply smiled at his words, continuing to hold the horde at bay as the infected numbers began to dwindle, "alright guys tanks half way full just hang in there we are almost out of here" the pilot said once again as the tanker continued to pump fuel a to the C130.

The group began to fill hope that they would finally escape the world of ravaged infected, that hope was soon shattered however when a horrid sound of metal being broken occurred from the other end of the runway. The infected had broken through the safe room door meaning another large group was on the way to attack them. "Get ready the bastards are coming again" Bill said opening fire as dark shadows began to appear from the other side of the runway as Louis and Zoey also began to fire. Francis firing at anything that got too close from the left hand side, another Molotov was tossed down the right side to block off area and kill a large group advancing from that area. Another smoker came into view in an attempt to get Louis off the mini gun but Zoey was quick on the trigger blasting its head to bits as it's body exploded into green smoke. The truck continued to pump as the group of 4 fought for their right to survive against the army of infected coming for them ready to tear their throats out, "shouldn't be much longer as long as nothing bad happens we should be able to hold them off" Bill said to Zoey who nodded as she continued to scope in on incoming infected blasting fragments off their bodies as they fell to the ground in pieces.

The group fighting with all their might as an supposedly endless wave of infected came charging at them from the darkness of the destroyed airport, "tanks 3 quarters full, just hang in their guys we are almost good to go!" The pilots voice came over the gunfire somehow. Bill had a grim look of determination on his features one he had not had for quite a while, he knew they could make it out of this city if they just thought them off a little bit longer. Louis suddenly cursed as the mini gun stopped firing bullets and began to click rapidly, "Ah shit, this is not the time for this shit" he cursed immediately tossing a pipe bomb as he pulled out his AK47 and grouped up with bill on the right side. "Just give me 2 minutes and we'll be ready to get the hell out of here... holy shit what the hell is that!..." the pilot suddenly screamed in terror as a hulking figure emerged from the wreckage of the plane that had recently crashed. "Ah hell nah, that is some bullshit" Francis said pointing at the behemoth as it roared, its body covered in cuts as well as a deep puncture on its left shoulder.

"Spread out, don't let it near the plane!" Bill suddenly shouted as he broke off and began to fire at the tank from the left of the plane as did Zoey from her spot as Louis and Francis followed the old man. The group firing on the already injured monster as it lobbed a luggage carrier at the girl who yelped jumping down from her spot on the tanker and rolling to the side. She yelped as several infected charged her including a boomer that gurgled as it prepared to bark on her but she was quick ducking away again and popping it at a safe distance and taking down the other commons. She blew a stand of hair from her face as she turned to see another group of commons charging her way, "god damnit" she murmured quietly as she began to unload on the infected approaching rapidly from behind the plane. She could hear her 3 colleagues battling the Goliath menace that had somehow survived the plane crash, she dealt with the final infected, taking a deep breathe as she slapped a fresh clip into the chamber of her sniper rifle. She looked out from behind the tanker to see the men battling the tank in front of the plane, spreading out so it couldn't focus them all down with one blow, she spotted 2 propane tanks next to each other beyond Bill a plan formulating quickly in her mind.

"Bill!" She shouted for the old man who looked her way quickly turning to see the propane tanks inches behind him, he nodded his understanding as he ran forward and sprayed the tank with a full mag a close range as it punched Francis into the side of the plane knocking the wind out of the biker. It then turned its attention to Bill roasting as it began to charge after the grizzled war veteran, Zoey took her chance once Bill was behind cover she fired at the tanks. The explosion inches from the already injured tank, knocking it back as Louis and bill sprayed it down to finish it, the creature grunting as the combination of the bullets and the plane crash injuries proved too much for even the mighty tank as it fell to the ground in a pool of its own blood. "Good job kid" Bill said looking Zoey's way as she nodded giving a thumbs up, Francis helping Francis to his feet who had a slight limp and a much bigger bruise on his stomach.

Suddenly they became alert as the planes engines roared to life and the blades on the wings began to spin rapidly until they were full speed, "alright disconnect the pump and get in we are leaving this hell hole!" The pilot shouted frantically as a horrid shriek sounded from somewhere nearby as many screams and shouts began to echo all around them. Zoey wasted no time turning off the pump and disconnecting it as the back door of the plane slowly opened fully allowing her into the back, "come on you guys hurry!" She shouted as she also fired at approaching commons. "Let's get the hell out of here" Bill said tossing a bile bomb along the middle of the run way away from the plane as the infected all came, Francis joining Zoey in the back as Louis and finally Bill did as well. The pilot began to pull the plane out of its spot as the back door began to shut again, the plane picking up speed as it began to charge faster and faster down the runway. "Holy shit!" Francis cursed as he saw something that truly terrified him.

The group looked in terror as a solid wall of black figures chased after the plane including another tank and a hunter or 2 all of them screaming in fury as they chased the plane even after it began to lift off from the ground the back door sealing shut as the plane took off. "Alright folks buckle up, we are out of this shithole" the pilot said in a much calmer voice, "well, hot damn people, we made it, well done all of you...even you Francis" bill said causing the man in question to scoff as the other 2 members of the group laughed as they all sat down in the various seats in the back of the plane. The infected one he ground below screaming and yelling in fury as their diseased minds watched their prey fly away to safety, a shadow on top of the plane as it got smaller and smaller in the sky. The burning city of Newburg was now a dead zone, all survivors and escaped or died and only infected remained, crying witches, belching boomers and coughing smokers littered the city as its various roads and allies. But that didn't matter to Bill anymore, his team was safe and that was all that mattered, they were finally going to a military outpost where they wouldn't have to deal with the infected anymore...

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The plane had been in the air for sometime now, the city of Newburg long gone as the ground below was now littered with a deep forest as the sun had now nearly set in the sky. Zoey and Louis asleep as Francis and bill cleaned their weapons. "Alright folks still a ways to go yet but just sit back and relax I'll get you there no problem... what the hell holy shit, there's something on my front window... no... no get away...NOOOOO... AGHHHHH!" Bill shout up as a horrid shriek sounded. The plane then jerked violently a horrid feeling building in their stomachs as the plane suddenly began to fall down very quickly, Bill yelped as a hunter covered in blood from the pilot it had just killed stumbled into the back screaming at them as Francis blew its head off. The other 2 yelping as they were knocked from their seats, "what the fuck is happening" Zoey said in serious panic as the plane sped up as the ground came closer and closer. "Everyone grab a parachute and get ready to jump we're going down!" Bill yelped tossing a parachute to his friends, "Ah shit this can't be happening again not after everything we've been through" Louis yelped. Bill pushed the button as the back door opened again, "JUMP NOW GET THE HELL OUT!" He screamed as the plane was now flaming at the front the ground coming up fast as Louis and Zoey both screamed as they jumped deploying their parachutes as Bill and Francis also came out with them.

The 4 of them were utterly terrified as they watched their ride to freedom collapse into a large river as the most horrific explosion they ever heard occurred, "oh no" Zoey said covering her ears as the explosion occurred a huge mushroom cloud of smoke and flames emanating from the crashed plane. The group of 4 watched as the cloud dispersed and they slowly descended down into what Bill could see was a large corn field, no one said anything as they finally reached the ground Zoey collapsing to her knees as she was devastated. Louis and Francis turning away as the young woman whimpered and sobbed, Bill pulling her into a deep hug, "I can't believe this... we've come all this way and now we're stuck all over again in the middle of nowhere" she said tears flowing freely. Bill clenched his fists as his anger was reaching boiling point, after all they had been through... one fucking hunter ruined everything thing for them, he vowed that they would find salvation, even if he had to kill every damn infected in their way with his bare hands...

End chapter

Authors notes: well damn, that was a bit different then what I originally planned for this chapter but hey, it's finally finished and that means we can move on to the next campaign. I hope you've all been enjoying the story so far and if you have or haven't be sure to tell me what you think, thank you all for reading and I will see you in the next chapter as we delve into Blood Harvest.

Goodbye