11 : 06 AM

15 days later...

Day 16 - Sergei's POV

Sergei and William Davenport are infiltrating a forest by crouching down into the bushes. They are walking very quietly. Sergei holds his Makarov while Will has an iron baseball bat.

" How long are we gonna walk again ? " Will complains silently.

" As long as we're not sure if it's guarded. "

" Listen,the birds are singing like they have just passed the best orgasm in their life. I don't think there's anyone else but us in here. "

Sergei turns around and faces angrily his friend.

" Listen,smartass,when I was in the army,I learned how to camouflage myself in a huge forest. We used to master the art of facial painting. Imagine if one enemy viciously hides among those leaves there. " He points at a few bushes located far away in front of them.

" I understand what you're saying and I know you care about me,but it's been five minutes,man ! It's pretty obvious that they surely gave up and returned home. "

" To do the war,we have to be very patient. "

" Well we're not in war anymore. " Suddenly,Will finishes whispering,stands up and walks to the middle of the forest,still facing Sergei. " Look ! Do you hear any gunshot ? Do you see any blood on me ?! It means we're safe ! "

" Or maybe they are well hidden and wait the perfect time... " Sergei explains gently,worried.

" Stop your paranoid military shit ! There's no one he... "

All of a sudden,a big jaguar jumps on Davey and tries to eat him quickly. This one,unharmed for now,tries to shove him with his bat but the animal is stronger than expected. Will,lying on the leaves and mounted by the feline,pushes as hard as he can but he begins to fear for his life as his own bat nearly chokes him and the jaguar tries desperately to chew his skull. Sergei grabs firmly his Makarov and,without hesitating,shoots the animal down.

He falls down next to William who destresses by lying on the floor and panting. He still holds his baseball bat. Sergei comes to make him get up; Davey accepts instantly the help.

" Even if that cannibal nearly ate me alive,that doesn't change what I said : no super soldier will be waiting for us into these fucking bushes. Now let's go and find some real food. "

William walks further in the woods,determined,while Sergei unwillingly follows him. After a minute of walking,Will gestures to the ukrainian to hide behind a tree. Davenport gets into a bush and spots a fawn eating some red flowers. Silence reigns at that moment. Will gestures Sergei to not do absolutely anything. He takes out his signature Desert Eagle. But as he aims at the head,Sergei tries to convince him to not do it because of the noise it will make. He doesn't care about that fawn's life but he doesn't want to alert anyone hostile.

Despite the warning,Will orders him to stop what he's doing. Then he takes all his time to focus on his shot. After a while,he pulls the trigger and shoots his gun. The fawn earns the bullet right at his cheek. The sound has made all the birds in the horizon fly away. The dead animal lies onto the eaten flowers. Sergei goes to take him and carry him on his shoulders.

" Now we're talking. We may feed at least five or more people with that little guy. " Will comments.

" Congratulations,genuis. " His friend answers sarcastically. " Now let's get the hell out of here before someone comes. "

" Come on,man. You gotta stop thinking about it. For the last time,there is no one here. Now come on. "

Will leads Sergei and the dead fawn to the opposite direction to return to the hotel. They walk peacefully while Sergei looks around for anyone hostile. Davey enjoys the good view of the landscape while closing his eyes and dodging the incoming trees.

" Hey wanna know something funny ?! "

" Try. "

" It was into a plane,some guy asked... "

BOOM !

A falcon falls in front of Will's feet. Sergei dives forward,lands behind a tree and aims with his gun to search the shooter. Meanwhile,William checks the falcon and concludes that he died instantly from the shot. He picks him up and gets behind another tree.

" Still no one ? " The european asks jokingly.

" That must be a friendly hunter who only wants his falcon. " Davey answers,frustrated. " I'll give it to him. "

As he says that,he gets out of his cover,gently walks forward,holding the animal in his arms,and faces to where the shot comes from.

" Friend ! " He yells,scared. " Don't shoot ! We got your falcon ! I'll come to give it to you ! Don't... "

BOOM !

" WIIIIIILL ! "

This one suddenly falls on the floor,dropping the falcon who flies unconsciously to the air to land next to the flowers. Sergei,fearing the worst scenario,runs to him and checks him. He discovers that the bullet only brushed his skull but has left a pretty short wound to the side of the skull next to the ear. After Sergei puts a piece of paper on the bleeding wound,Will finally wakes up and looks at his partner,with eyes of fear and worry.

" Sergei ! Listen to me ! "

" What is it,partner ?! " He asks,worried of what he'll say.

" ... Where is the fawn ?! "

" Sonuvabitch ! You nearly died and you only care about eating ?! " Sergei reacts with a mixture of joy and anger. " You're right ! Where did I leave him ? "

After searching with his eyes everywhere,the ex-soldier spots him lying into some bushes. But at the moment he goes to pick him up,a bullet passes right in front of his eyes to pierce the tree at his left. Instantly,Sergei falls back,crawls away and hides behind the tree again.

" Whoever that is,he's a good shot ! " Sergei allows himself to do that comment.

" Hey I'm a good shot too ! " Will retorquates. " You know what... Hand over the rifle. "

" I don't have a rifle. "

" Well your second pistol. "

" I only have one pistol. And I ain't giving it. "

" Well... A throwing knife... "

" I don't have that. "

" Do you have at least a slingshot ? "

" Nope. "

" You know what... " Will concludes,frustrated. " Here's the deal : you distract him,I pick up both corpses and I dash to the hotel. "

" Seriously ?! "

" Yes ! More than serious. We need that food. And if there's no one to cover us,we're both dead. "

" But if you try to run to the exit,he'll shoot you down in one second. "

" I am fast. "

" Not that fast. Here's the real plan : Cover me with your gun. Meanwhile I get the fawn before to run to the opposite side to escape him. After I got out of the forest,you join me while being careful. "

" Alright. But my plan is still better. "

" Don't pout. He's going to kill us. At my signal you shoot. "

" Alright... Wait ! What signal ? "

" 1,2,3. "

" Alright. Wait,at 3 or at 3 Go ? "

" What ?! "

" What ! Sometimes I do that do get ready. "

" You know what... At idiot you shoot. "

" O...kay... "

" Alright. At idiot. 1 ! 2 ! Idiot ! "

Sergei runs while William instantly gets up and shoots various shots at the tree where the sniper hides. Sergei slides then takes the fawn before to run further.

William's POV

Davey quickly reloads then shoots before the sniper regains his composure. After he has seen that his friend was out of sight,he prepares to flee. But then he realizes... Sergei isn't here. The sniper is alone. They are in a forest. He's a master of stealth.

So,after thinking,he decides at the last moment to go to face the sniper. He prepares to move but the enemy shoots a bullet next to his feet. After,Davenport runs going tree by tree to hide himself from the motherfucker. Each time he takes the risk,a gunshot erupts. At the end,he sneaks behind the asshole. He takes out his combat knife and grabs his shoulder to turn him around and fuck him up. The surprise comes up when he sees instead of a human... a rotten human dead body holding a M1 Garand.

He doesn't understand at start. He questions himself about how it is possible. Then he remembers the movies he saw and the heists he did and he recalled that back in the day,robbers used mannequins to trick their enemies. After recalling that,he quickly understands that he has been trapped. So he fears the worst scenario for him : sudddn death. He quickly turns around,preparing himself to avoid the danger,when a knife comes to stab his left shoulder.

He gets face to face with a masked man who had a mask inspired of Kaonashi and which was put correctly to his face. He hasn't time to analyze more the mask,especially because of the knife which was plunged into his body. So he tries to take it off but the Kaonashi man uses his left palm to deeper the blade into the wound. Will suffers more than he has ever suffered in his entire life. After a dozen of seconds of weakness,William Davenport headbutts the enemy out of nowhere. Then he quickly takes the knife off before he comes back.

He notices that his headbutt has formed a little fissure at the corner of the mouth. But no time to celebrate; Kaonashi man tackles him against the tree,his shoulder against Will's belly. He quickly chains fast punches to the belly,the chin,the cheek and also the wound to the shoulder. Will cries of pain. He realizes with those punches that this jerk has done boxing in the past. While he keeps gaining his punches,he waits for an opening.

Suddenly,after eleven seconds of domination,Will... stabs him in the belly. It was a weak stabbing. But that move makes the person scream and run away. The strangest thing about it is that the person had a female voice. Will feels sad and also frustrated to be humiliated by a woman. After this intense fight,he fastly runs to meet Sergei at the outside of the forest.

" Where have you been ?! " Sergei asks.

" I wanted to deal with that clown... " He answers,putting his hand onto the new wound.

" Wait what's this ?! Injured again ?! "

" That sucker stabbed me. But I stabbed her back. "

" Was it a girl ? Girls don't shoot like professionals. "

" Trust me,it was a girl. I heard her when I stabbed her. "

" Alright I trust you. "

" We did it. "

" We fucking did it ! "

" And... We can return ho... "

" They weren't here before. "

A horde of walkers arrive at our heroes' direction,empty from sense and always wanting for someone to pay. Sergei and Will have no choice but to flee out of the forest.