Chapter 38 The Woods
Authors notes: now we get to the actual campaign part so please read and enjoy
Bill kept to his word, waking everyone up soon after 7 am as the sun was now beginning to rise meaning the path ahead wasn't so dark and they could actually see somewhat decently. "Alright people up and at em it's time to get moving" he said as he chowed down on a pack of crackers washing them down with a bottle of water as the group all had some food and water as well. Zoey kept quiet not wanting to disclose to the others about her bad dream in case it started panic, "now I've been looking at the board and there is a place I wanna check out" he said. "Apparently there's some kind of military outpost not far from here up along the train tracks, we just need to find the train tracks and then follow them" he said as the group rose from their sleeping bags. Zoey took a deep breathe and a sigh as she slipped on her shoes and grabbed her weapons and bag of supplies, "yeah let's do it" she said quietly trying to shake away the thoughts of her bad dream. "Francis you lead the way and stay together and be careful, these woods look thicker then boomer shit" Bill said sternly as he Francis stretched and cracked his knuckles before lifting his trusty shotgun as he began to walk forward. "This way kids" he said with a confident cocky smile as he pushed down the path along the forest, the group all began to follow behind him with Louis at the back.
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The group advanced down the path watching both sides for any signs of the infected, much to their caution their wasn't any on the path ahead at least not that they could see. "I hate the woods" Francis randomly said as Louis and Zoey shared a laugh, the cawing of birds could still be heard now and again as the group approached another bench with a machete sticking out of it. "This is gonna get messy" Louis said pulling the blade free of the wood and sheathing it for safe keeping to replace the chainsaw he had lost back in Newburg, "alright there's a bridge up ahead with a building we can check out on the other side" bill said as Francis began to cross the bridge. Zoey looking down at the ground below and gulping, as Louis walked along side her, still no signs on any infected in their immediate area. They reached the other side as Francis lead the way into the large trailer whistling as he did so, "say nice place" he said smiling, "I bet your country ass does like this trailer" Louis said, "this look like home to you Francis?" Bill asked as the man in question simply grunted.
They found another handgun next to a dead body and 2 ready made pipe bombs which they eagerly took, "alright let's go find the tracks" Bill said as Francis left the trailer and began to follow the path along again scolding at the path ahead. "Soo much for an infected free trip" he said as commons could be seen stumbling mindlessly about up ahead, "let's get to it" bill said opening fire as the commons took notice of their presence screaming angrily as they began to charge forward. Francis shooting them all to their grave as he continued on down the path, the others following closely behind as Zoey shook her head, the images still fresh in her mind, who was that hunter and that witch? How could they talk? What was going to happen to them if they don't didn't find the military? All these questions burned through her mind as she continued on doing her bit by killing any commons that got in her way. "There's our trains tracks" said Bill, as he approached a chain link fence preventing them from dropping deeply to the tracks below.
"Now we just need to get to them" Francis said, "there's a building over there, if we go through we might be able to find a way down there" Zoey said pointing right to what looked like a train depot. "Sounds good to me let's do it" Louis said as more commons came charging through the trees, the group pushed on showing and blasting the commons as they approached. Zoey using her katana to slash the infected to bits, she and her friends were unaware of the tall gangly figure on the rooftop of the train depot looking down at them. It screamed in fury as it shot its tongue out grabbing Zoey by the arm, she grunted as her katana was pulled from her grasp and fell to the ground below, she cursed drawing her sniper and blasting the smoker into hell. "Damnit, so much for close quarters" she said as Bill handed her the handgun he had taken from the trailer, she nodded her thanks as the path went around above a train tunnel FPS here Francis could see a safe room up ahead.
"Safe room up there ladies" he said as he pushed through still keeping the infected away from him, the group entered the building, Zoey spinning around a bloated figure emerged into view puking all over her. She recoiled in disgust as Francis blew the boomer into bits as many infected began to charge forward, he laughed throwing a Molotov, blocking the entire entrance to the building as the infected were burnt to a crisp. "Francis get your ass in here right now" Louis called as Francis simply grunted, "that'll teach em" he said quietly as Zoey closed the door behind him the bile evaporating off of her. "Nice work people" Bill said as they recouped in the safe room for a minute or two, "we won't stay here for long but as soon as we do move out, we gotta find those tracks again" he said as the rest of the group nodded.
End chapter
Authors notes: shorter than the previous chapter but I will try to make the chapters in this part of the story about more meaty if possible without straying too far away from what's cannon (no more than I already have with my other story) but with that said thanks for reading and I will see you all in the next one.
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