Chapter 45 The Farmhouse part 2
Authors notes: finale chapter let's go!
Zoey, Francis and Louis all took a different room upstairs, Zoey taking the room facing the field as the aligned her sight with the can Francis put there waiting as the banging below began, infected were already attacking the house. Francis took the middle room and Louis the right room as Bill sat himself on the stairs waiting for the enemy to come and attack them, he opened fire as figures appeared at the doorway smashing through the boarded up window and the door as he fired at the can igniting it and engulfing them in flames. The windows in all the upstairs rooms had been boarded up, but that'd didn't stop the infected from trying Francis using his pistols so his shotgun blast wouldn't destroy the board covering the windows in his room. Zoey had her rifle trained on the gas can by the entrance to the field as she could hear a lot of them coming, as soon as shadowy figures appeared in the field she pulled the trigger engulfing them in flames. She took a moment to breathe heavily before being interrupted as infected back to claw and scratch at the boards covering the windows in her room, she sighed before squeezing the trigger being sure not to blow off her only source of cover. Louis unloading as infected had already began to destroy the boards of the windows of the room he was in getting closer and closer to getting in as Bills rifle could be heard firing again as infected began to charge up the stairs again.
The infected themselves were coming from all 4 directions, storming the house like an army laying siege to a castle, they were unrelenting in their assault disturbed by the survivors had sent them into a horrid frenzy. Francis switched to his shotgun as infected finally burst through the boards on one of his windows deciding he couldn't afford to be careful any more and needed raw firepower. The group held off despite the overwhelming odds, Bills plan seemed to be working as the combined fire blocking off all entrances was keeping infected at bay, at least for the time being. However there was still a boat load of infected storming their location and the fight was far from over, the fires of the gas cans dying out once again allowing the infected to charge forward and attack the house. The windows, doors and even some of the walls being smashed open by the infected as they stormed the building the survivors were now situated in. Bill cursing as the number of infected charging for the stairs was increasing ten fold by the minute, the group struggling to keep them all at bay as they stormed upon them.
Zoey was taken back as a tongue lashed out at her, missing her by inches as she dodged out of the way, gritting her teeth in anger as she scoped in searching for the offending smoker however it must have sensed she was looking as it quickly scurried out of harms way. The creature realigning itself at the window by Louis, hissing loudly as it spotted the man firing spat the horde trying to come in through his windows, it screamed loudly as it shot its tongue again. Grabbing hold of the man and dragging him through the window kicking and screaming as he dropped down to the ground outside, "hang on I'm coming for ya" Francis shouted seeing his friend in peril. He jumped from his window blasting the smokers head off with a clean shot as it released Louis who screamed as he relished he was surrounded by the horde. He fired as best as he could as infected began to punch and kick at him, he yelled out as Francis blasted his way through the infected menace. Zoey coming to the window as bill ran down the stairs firing from the front door as Zoey fired from the window above clearing the infected off of Louis.
Finally the horde was cleared from Louis as Francis tossed a bile bomb in the opposite direction, the horde dissipating as Louis was pulled to his feet, "thanks man I owe you one" he said as Francis simply nodded. Bill and Zoey joining them at the front of the house as the gunned down the last of the infected scrambling around each other to gate at the pipe bomb. "We've got about 6 minutes til the truck gets here, there will be more coming we've just gotta hold out until then and be there when it gets here" Bill said as he grunted loudly as a loud roar broke the silence around them. "Ah shit here we go again" Francis cursed as a huge log flew through the air as they all ducked underneath it standing back up to see a tank standing before them roaring angrily. "Light the bastard up" Bill cursed as he tossed a Molotov at the gigantic beast who was quickly engulfed in flame, it pounded its meaty fists into the ground before charging forward as the survivors opened fire. The tank giving chase as the group backed up another group of infected on the way as they charged around the outside of the house playing a game of cat and mouse with their much larger opponent. Francis not eager to get gut punched again kept his distance but still kept the tank close enough that his shotgun could still do a decent amount of damage to the beast.
The tank hurling debris and punching logs and bits of tree in an attempt to stop the survivors running away, but they were aware of their surroundings knowing what the tank could and couldn't hit them with and using it to their advantage as they continued to unload round after round into the massive figure. Louis and bill using their automatic gunfire to keep the other infected who were joining the fight at bay while Zoey and Francis used their slower firing weapons that packed more punch on the tank slowly whittling its ability to keep on fighting as they continued to do circles around the house. The tank then had a change of strategy as it punched a hole in the wall of the house and charged inside, this caught the survivors off guard before suddenly the wall right next to them caved in. The beast emerging as it sucker punched Zoey into a shed, causing her to yell in pain as she collapsed to the ground dropping her sniper rifle, "smart enough to to learn from his mistakes, tough bastard" Bill cursed drawing it's aggression as he and Francis continued to attack the monster as Louis ran to Zoey gunning down infected rushing her that saw her as an easy target. He helped the girl to her feet as a hooded figure leapt on top of him, Zoey turning sharply at his distressing Yelp as the creature began to try and tear him apart, she yelled in anger kicking the hunter off of Louis as she kicked her sniper rifle up to her, blasting its head into fragments with only bits of spine and blood and meat showing where its head was.
She returned the favour pulling Louis to his feet as he nodded his thanks she also nodded, they both turned around in shock as a horde came charging towards them screaming in fury, "the truck will be here nay minute now we just have to keep them back for a little bit longer!" Louis shouted over the screaming and roaring and gunfire that occurred all around them. Bill cried out as the tank punched him straight into the side of the barn, he gingerly got back to his feet seeing the tank chasing Francis down as it got close enough to it swung knocking the biker to the ground a few feet away. Francis screaming girlishly as the tank advanced on him, but Bill was having none of it, he had worked man hard to keep them safe and get them this far, he wasn't going to let one over side limp dick son of a bitch ruin that now. He rushed forward jumping onto the tanks back as it swung around trying to shake him off, thankfully the flames that had previously engulfed its body were gone, as he went to town with his scar firing round after round into it before it managed to shake him off knocking him into a tree where he grunted staggering to his feet.
"Go to hell you mother humper!" He roared as he unloaded a full mag the tank finally succumbing to its injuries and collapsing into the floor in a large pool of blood, its body riddle with gunshots and its skin a dark shade of brown as it had been burnt by the Molotov. Bill collapsed to his knees breathing heavily as Francis ran over to him, "come on grandpa that rescue truck ain't leaving with out you, we've come too far to leave a man behind" he said pulling the war veteran to his feet. Bill nodded, for the first time he was I pressed by Francis's show of caring and the fact that he now valued them as a team, Louis and Zoey came rushing over gunning down the last few infected before also breathing heavily clearly exhausted by the constant running and gunning. Suddenly a loud horn went off, as a large black armoured personnel carrier charged through a wooden barricade and pulled up next to the barn, "everyone get in that truck now go, go, go!" Bill shouted as the wail of another approaching horde sounded. The group entering the back of the truck, however before it could close the back door, a smoker grabbed hold of Francis and began pulling him out, Louis however quickly reacted grabbing hold of the bikers arm as the smoker continued to try and wrestle its prey from Louis.
The biker screaming like a girl as Zoey aimed her sight at the smoker's head and squeezed the trigger blasting it ahead to bits as its body exploded leaving a green cloud in the tree where it previously was. Bill banged on the front of the truck as the biker climbed back in, "we are good to go" he shouted as the driver sealed the back door and began to drive away. Infected being crushed under the vehicle as they charged straight at it, the rest being unable to catch up as it rammed through another fence and speed away towards the military outpost. The group cheering save for Francis as they sat down in the back, "we made it, we actually made it!" Louis said, "oh thank god we are finally out of here" Zoey said resting her head on Bill's shoulder as they sat entered to each other. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, don't expect a hug" bill said as Louis and Francis laughed, "I'll believe we are safe when I see it with my own eyes" Francis suddenly said coldly causing all the other members of the team to look at him, Louis and Zoey shocked while Bill simply frowned. "What is it gonna take for you to admit we are gonna be alright, we are in the back of a military vehicle Francis, we are home free" Louis said pleadingly as the biker shook his head, "look at the facts Louis, helicopter crashed, truck didn't get us that far, boat people, stole our stuff and kicked us off, plane crashed" he said using his fingers to count their previous attempts at escaping the infected.
"So what, we are with the military now, ain't no way anything like that will happen again Francis just give it a rest" Louis said agitated by the bikers appalling sense of happiness. "Louis like I said when we get to the safe zone and I'm guzzling 12 bottles of booze then I'll believe ya, until then we are not out of the woods yet" Francis finished crossing his arms as if to say he was done talking. Zoey and Louis were utterly shocked, how could he be soo depressing after all they had been through, Bill however remained unfazed, for deep down he had a nasty feeling that the biker had a point, even if he didn't want to admit it openly. In the front of the of the truck were the 2 army soldiers who had come to rescue them, the driver of which was the captain of Millhaven base, his passenger then spoke into a mic. "Rock this is rescue 9 we've recovered four tango mikes please advise over" he spoke as a voice came back to respond, "rescue 9 bypass echo and head to Millhaven" the voice said, "rock, copy that over and out" he finished placing the mic down. Louis sat back in his seat as the driver closed a window allowing him to see into the front of the truck, "see we are donned" Francis said quietly as Louis suddenly had a sad expression, he hoped to god Francis was wrong.
End chapter
Authors notes: Well damn, guess that means we are done with blood harvest now huh, we'll actually no, reason being, I said I was going to do the Millhaven base segment of the sacrifice comic, so the next chapter which will be on the train journey escape from Millhaven to the Florida Keys will explain everything that happened. After the next chapter it will be time for the finally part of the story, the sacrifice, with that said thanks for reading and I will see you all in the next one.
Goodbye