CHAPTER 11
Anna looked around the rooftop for a way to escape the creature walking towards them. There was a gap between the edge of the roof and the creature, but it was unlikely they could all make it. "I'll distract it." she stated to the others. "You run along the far side, jump to the next building, keep running." They looked at her.
"Are you outta your mind?" Henry asked. "That thing'll kill you!"
"If we stand here arguing, it'll kill all of us!" Anna retaliated. "Go!" She ran to the other side of the building, waving frantically at the creature.
"Shit!" Henry cursed. "Let's go!" They ran towards the gap. The creature turned to face them, and started over to them. Anna aimed her gun and fired several times at the creature.
"Over here!" she yelled. "Over here, ya bastard!" The creature felt the bullets hit it, and stopped. It looked at Anna, allowing the others time to run passed. Anna fired again. "Come and get some, mother fucker!" she yelled insanely. She fired a couple more times, and the creature started moving towards her. She noticed the others stop to see if she was still ok. "Go!" she ordered. Hesitantly, they ran along the rooftop, towards the edge of the building.
The creature took another step towards Anna, when suddenly the ground beneath it buckled. The thing looked down at it's feet just in time to see the roof collapse under it's wait, plummeting it through all the floors below before landing with a loud thud on the ground floor.
Anna watched this happen, laugh to herself, and run after the other people on the roof. They'd made it to the end of the building when they heard the noise and saw Anna run towards them. "Someone up there obviously likes you!" Lucy called, laughing at Anna's luck.
"Must do." Anna replied, reaching the group. "Can't imagine why."
George, Rachel and Alex carefully turned the next corner, aiming their weapons at anything that was likely to try and kill them. But they could save their ammunition this time, as there was an empty street in front of them. "The explosion must have been around here somewhere." George stated, looking around. "Maybe in the next couple of streets."
"Hey, listen..." Rachel said. The other two looked at her, silent.
"What are we listening to?" Alex asked her, hearing not a whole hell of a lot. Suddenly, all three could hear the blade rotations of a helicopter flying nearby.
"Shit." George cursed. "We better hide until it passes." As soon as he turned around, the army chopper flew over a building and into view. Without hesitation, it fired it's machine gun at them, tearing up the concrete walls and sidewalk. All three humans ran as fast as they could, the bullets missing them by small amounts. A large truck was parked nearby, and they all ducked down behind it, gripping their weapons tightly. The chopper flew over them, and past the building. George looked at the door to the apartment, and swiftly shot at the lock. The door swung open as the lock was blown apart. "Get in there!" George ordered, hearing the chopper turning in the air to have another attempt.
"But..." Rachel started to argue.
"Go! Now!" George shouted. "I'll meet you in there!" Alex grabbed Rachel's arm slightly, and they ran into the now open building. George lightly squeezed on the trigger to his assault rifle, being careful not to fire.
The chopper hovered overhead, and George jumped out from behind the truck so he was under the chopper. There he couldn't be shot at unless the crew noticed him and fired manually. He aimed up at the chopper to where he was taught the engine area was. Aiming as best he could in the short time, he held down the trigger, sending up a hail of bullets into the bottom of the chopper. They tore through the metal, and flames became visible through the holes. The chopper sent out a high pitched noise as it started to edge towards the ground.
George realized the chopper was about to crash, and stopped firing. He quickly started back to the building and threw himself threw the door as the chopper ploughed into the building opposite, sending debris all over the road. A sharp, large sheet of metal imbedded itself in the floor right next to George's leg, and he swiftly rolled behind a wall until the explosion was over.
Rachel and Alex ran through from the next room once the explosion was over, and over to George. "You ok?" Alex asked him, noticing him laying on the ground.
"Yeah." George answered. He laughed slightly. "That's the second helicopter I've destroyed in about an hour. It's gotta be a record." He pushed his arms against the floor, pushing himself up. He groaned slightly as he did so, holding his side.
"You ok?" Rachel asked, noticing George was in some pain. He nodded.
"Just landed on it badly. That's all." George replied. He looked around the room. "Anything interesting around here?" he asked, looking at the two civilians.
"Not really. Bunch of paperwork, stuff like that." Alex replied. George walked over to a nearby desk and opened the drawer. He searched through it. "What are you looking for?" Alex asked him as George threw pieces of paper out of the drawer.
"Aspirins." George replied. He slammed the drawer shut. "Shit..." he murmured, looking over the desk. He noticed an opened pack of cigarettes, and decided they'd do instead. He took one out and put the rest in his pocket. "Anyone got a light?" he asked. They both shook their heads.
"Those things'll kill you." Rachel told him. George laughed slightly at the irony, then walked out into the street. The other two followed. George noticed the wreckage was still on fire, and decided to us that.
"Hang on a sec.." he said, walking over to the burning metallic wreck of the helicopter. He put the end of the cigarette in the fire just as the other end exploded outwards. He jumped back, but then realized it wasn't an explosion.
"Oh, shit!" Rachel shouted. "I told you! What did I tell you?" George ran back to them as the massive creature that had haunted him before turned to face them.
"Run!" he ordered, sprinting past them. The other two swiftly followed as the creature started to lumber towards them.
An explosion lit up the street about four buildings away. The sudden noise in the quiet night surprised all the humans on the rooftops, and they all looked over to where it was coming from. "I can't hear the helicopter anymore." Henry stated.
"Maybe it's George." Anna added. "We'd better go check."
"How? The only way to do that is to go by road. We can't reach the buildings over the road." Kylie explained. Anna looked down the building they were on. No creatures.
"It's safe." she stated, then started towards the roof exit. The others started to follow. "We'll have to be quick." Anna told them, opening the door. As she did, a zombie turned around and grabbed her shoulders. Anna screamed, and pushed the thing down the stairs. It landed at the bottom, then began to stand up. Anna aimed down at it and fired a round into it's skull, and it hit the floor for good. Without saying anything, she walked down the stairs, ready for anything else that might be in the building.
They reached the top floor of the two story building, turned on the lights and quickly spotted a couple of zombies. Both Anna and Henry fired at them instantly, and they disappeared behind office desks. They all made their way towards the next layer of stairs, looking in all directions to avoid a surprise attack. Another zombie walked out behind the group, and Lucy spotted it just before it grabbed Kylie, and fired two shots at it's face, sending it flying onto it's back.
Out of nowhere, the windows on the far side of the building to the humans imploded, sending fragments of glass into the building, followed by three Marines, firing assault rifles aimlessly towards the five humans. They all ran towards the stairs, not wasting ammo on shooting back, in case they were hit by one of the Marines' bullets.
Anna smashed her shoulder into the door to the stairs, and it flung open, almost sending her down the stairs. She grabbed the door handle, and stood to the side, letting the others through first. Dave and Kylie ran past first, followed by Lucy, then Henry. Bullets punched into the wall directly behind them, sending plaster over the carpet. Anna slammed the door shut, and started jogging backwards down the stairs, aiming her gun up at the door incase anybody appeared.
Kylie burst through the door to the second floor, instantly slamming her fist into the light switch. There was a group of eight zombies on the far side of the room, and Kylie aimed towards them. Dave pushed her forward.
"Leave them to the army guys!" he ordered. Kylie nodded, and ran towards the stairs. She reached the door as Anna got to the bottom of the stairs, and she kicked the door, swinging it open. The door stopped half way, and Kylie heard someone fall down the stairs. She looked to the bottom of the stairs and saw a man in a Marine uniform picking himself up, seemingly dazed. She quickly fired at the man, missing him by centimeters. He dived into the ground floor as Kylie and Dave ran down the stairs after him.
Anna reached the stairs as the zombies almost reached her, when suddenly the three Marines ran into the room, straight into the zombies. The Marines quickly tried firing at the creatures, but weren't quick enough to aim at their heads, and the zombies all grabbed hold of them, and started ripping them apart with their teeth. Anna heard the men screaming as the zombies began to eat them alive, then ran down the last flight of stairs.
Kylie ran through the doors at the ground floor to the building, and searched the immediate area quickly. Suddenly, she felt something grab her shoulders. She screamed and pushed away, thinking it was a zombie, but the grip was too strong for her to free herself.
Dave walked through the door and spotted Kylie being held by a Marine as a human shield. The Marine had a gun pointed at Kylie's head, which Dave didn't notice until he had aimed his gun straight at the two humans. The others ran into the room and instantly aimed at the Marine. "Let her go!" Dave ordered, not taking his sight off the Marine and his hostage. Kylie looked at Dave, worried.
"Not bloody likely." the Marine replied, backing away in the direction of the door. "Not until you tell me what the hell is going on in this place."
"You're a Marine, they all were briefed about the situation before they arrived." Anna explained, remembering George's story.
"I had to take this uniform from one of them to avoid being killed." the man replied. "Who are you?" he added.
"We're trying to get out of here." Henry answered. "Now, if you're not a Marine, we'll help. But first you have to let her go." he explained. The man hesitated, then let go of his grip on Kylie. She ran towards the others and turned to face him.
"Who are you?" Lucy asked the man.
"I'm Trevor Campbell." Trevor replied. "I was on holiday here when this whole situation occurred."
"You're British, right?" Anna asked. Trevor nodded.
"My accent's a giveaway, isn't it?" he questioned. "Anyway, hadn't we better get out of here, before more Marines show up?"
"He's right." Dave stated. Trevor nodded slightly, then walked out of the building through the entrance. As soon as he took a few steps onto the sidewalk, somebody ran into him, knocking both of them on their feet. Trevor rolled along the sidewalk as the others ran out of the building. The man who'd run into him had already jumped up and was pointing his assault rifle at him, and two other humans were behind him, ready to fire.
"Don't shoot!" Anna ordered. The man looked over to her, and the other humans recognized him.
"Hey everyone." George said. "Miss me?"
"We thought you were toast." Henry stated, walking over to him. "You ok?"
"Yup. Found some more survivors. This is Rachel, and Alex." George explained, pointing at his new group.
"Hello." Rachel said. "There's more of us a few blocks away."
"Let's go find them then." Anna stated. Suddenly, the corner of the building down the street exploded out across the road in a cloud of brick and rubble. A Giant, one of the creatures that had been chasing George, Rachel and Alex emerged onto the sidewalk, and made it's way towards them.
"Shit!" Trevor shouted. "What the hell is that?"
"We don't know yet." Lucy explained. "But we don't really want to know, so can we just leave fast?" The others nodded, and ran in the opposite direction of the slow, giant thing.
"You do know where we're going, right?" Anna asked, looking around the deserted street.
"Course I know. I live her, for Christ's sake." Alex answered. Henry looked behind them quickly.
"I think we lost it." he stated. "But we'd be better off grabbing the others and getting the hell outta here."
"That's the plan." Rachel replied. They turned the corner to the next street. "It's just down here." The group picked up speed towards their destination, when several gunshots rang out into the night. They all gripped their weapons tightly and ran to the house, reaching it quickly. Suddenly, the door burst open, and something landed with a wet, slap sound on the sidewalk beside them.
"Holy shit!" Trevor exclaimed, looking down at the top half of a man, who still had a tight hold on his shotgun. His innards were splattered out across the road, and his blood was draining thickly into the guttering next to the kerb.
A roar echoed out from the building, and the humans saw one of the Giants heading down the hallway towards them. Alex noticed the fire extinguisher near the entrance, and yanked the shotgun from his dead friend's hands. He spun around and aimed into the building, waiting for the right moment. Anna realized what he was about to do.
"Fire in the hole!" she yelled, diving out of the way. The others didn't question her, and did the same. As soon as they did, the Giant was standing next to the extinguisher, and Alex fired off two shots. The shells punched into the extinguisher, igniting it and sending a fireball out the entrance, and knocking Alex onto his back, also spraying rubble onto the sidewalk.
Lucy looked to her side and saw the Giant's large, bloodied, ugly head looking at her. She screamed, jumping backwards. Henry walked over to her and helped her up, and Alex looked at his arm. A shard of metal, about the size of a dollar bill, was stuck into his arm. He groaned in pain as he placed his hand on it, then realized it was burning hot, causing himself to cry out. George and Rachel ran over to him.
"Jesus." Rachel muttered. George looked inside the building.
"In there, now!" he ordered, helping Rachel to help Alex stand up. The others ran inside, ready to fire in case any more monsters turned up. Alex walked into the kitchen and sat next to the table, resting his arm on it with the metal sticking up. He gripped the top of the chair next to him tightly, trying to stop the pain from registering as much. George grabbed a few cloths and wrapped them around the metal to avoid burning himself.
"Is this gonna hurt?" Alex asked, knowing it would, but just making sure.
"Yup." George replied, then instantly yanked it out. Alex shouted out, and Rachel and Anna wrapped more cloths around the large wound. His blood soaked through quickly as they tightened the bandage around the cut, stopping more from coming out. Henry, Lucy, Dave and Kylie started searching the house for any survivors.
The night rain fell down fast and hard, making it hard for the humans that were tired to sleep. Lightning briefly lit up the sky now and then, and thunder roared loudly shortly after each strike. Henry and Lucy sat in the living room while the others slept in the rooms with beds in upstairs. They had decided to take it in turns to sleep, and they had about two hours until Anna and George had to wake up and take over watching out.
"God I wish the TV still worked." Henry muttered, yawning at the same time.
"What about those?" Lucy asked, pointing at a pile of video cassettes next to the television. Henry got up off the couch and looked through them. He picked one up.
"Die Hard?" he asked, showing her the video case.
"That'll do." Lucy replied. Henry turned on the video machine and the television, and pushed the cassette in. He pressed the play button and sat back on the couch. Lucy layed her head on his shoulder and looked at the screen.
As Jake ran through the woodland, he turned around and fired his assault rifle at the pursuing zombies. There was a whole army of them, and every time one died, it seemed to be replaced with another. Anna turned around also to help, pulling a grenade from her belt. She pulled out the pin and lobbed it into the mass of the undead. It took a few seconds to detonate, then suddenly blood and limbs exploded into the air and showered down on the army of zombies.
Kylie ran ahead, but tripped on a hidden branch and tumbled down a muddy bank, out of site. "Kylie!" Dave called, but it was too late to tell what had happened to her. Dave looked behind him to see the other five battling for their lives. He looked down the slope, then noticed something in the corner of his eye.
It was the same size as a zombie almost, it's back was more arched. It's hands were giant, serrated spikes, and it's jaw was full of small, pointy teeth. It moved with incredible speed, and rammed one of it's spikes through Dave's chest. He screamed, and shoved the barrel of his gun directly in the creature's gaping mouth, and pulled the trigger. It fell to the ground, but Dave fell backwards, down the slope Kylie hell down moments before.
Anna noticed Dave fall. "Shit." she murmured. "We gotta get outta here! We've lost Dave and Kylie already!"
"How many of these buggers are there?" Trevor shouted above the gunfire, noticing more zombies coming from the side.
"Go!" Anna yelled, and Trevor nodded, running into the forest, disappearing from sight. Anna turned to Jake, who was still firing at the creatures. "We've gotta go! Now!" she ordered, grabbing his arm. Jake spun his head around, but what Anna saw made her heart stop beating.
His face was mutated into a grotesque image of death. His eyes had shrunk to small, purple, marble-like balls. His skin was a different shade of flesh, more gray than it should be. His teeth now pointed out slightly, and they were sharp and menacing, as was the hideous grin he was wearing.
Anna didn't have time to react as Jake grabbed her and kissed her. Only he sunk his teeth into her gums, biting hard. Anna tried screaming, but was muffled by Jake's snake-like tongue which was being forced down her throat, making her choke.
Anna sat up quickly as another lightning bolt hit the ground nearby. She was covered in sweat and breathing heavily. She looked around, she was alone in the room. She looked at the digital clock. She remembered she had to take over watching the house in almost one hour. She sighed, and fell back on her pillow, closing her eyes. Anna layed there for a while, then started to cry slightly. She didn't know why, but she couldn't stop it.
He opened his eyes slowly, everything was blurry. He couldn't make out what was happening. He couldn't even remember anything straight away, then his memories came back to him. Jake looked around, noticing he was trapped in a glass container. He could see through it, and noticed more containers with people in. They, like him, were all wired up to various machines. One looked like a heart machine, but if it was, it must be faulty. Everyone's heart had stopped, even his.
Jake moved his arms slightly, checking to see if they worked. They ached, but he could still use them. He pressed two of his fingers against his neck, checking for the pulse. He couldn't find it. He checked his wrists. Still no pulse. Finally, he checked his chest, where his heart was. No pulse.
Jake looked around frantically, wondering what was going on. He couldn't be a zombie, because he could think like a normal human, and didn't have the urge to eat human flesh. He noticed two people coming, so returned to his original pose, not moving. Maybe this was his chance to get out.
The two scientists walked over to Jake Foreman's containment tube, and checked the monitors. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. They typed in a code on the control panel, and the front of the tube hissed and slowly opened. As it did, Jake burst forward, falling onto the ground below. The two scientists jumped back from shock, then tried to pull out their tazers to stun him. Jake was too fast though, and grabbed the nearest scientist, twisting his neck and throwing his lifeless body at the other scientist. Jake wondered how he was so strong, then realized the other scientist charge at him with two tazers.
Jake dodged him, grabbed the scientist's arm, and spun him round. He grabbed the scientist's head, and rammed it into the corner of his cryo-tube door. The blunt corner pierced through the scientist's skull, impaling him and leaving his dead body standing. Jake Searched the two scientists and found a key card on each of them. He took them both and started to run past countless tubes of bodies, all of which seemed dead. Jake wanted to know what had happened to him, but first knew that he had to get out of wherever he was. Suddenly, he remembered the others. Especially Anna. He stopped suddenly, remembering his friends, and the woman he'd fallen in love with. He put on a burst of speed much faster than before, determined to find them fast, despite not having a clue where they'd be.
Anna looked around the rooftop for a way to escape the creature walking towards them. There was a gap between the edge of the roof and the creature, but it was unlikely they could all make it. "I'll distract it." she stated to the others. "You run along the far side, jump to the next building, keep running." They looked at her.
"Are you outta your mind?" Henry asked. "That thing'll kill you!"
"If we stand here arguing, it'll kill all of us!" Anna retaliated. "Go!" She ran to the other side of the building, waving frantically at the creature.
"Shit!" Henry cursed. "Let's go!" They ran towards the gap. The creature turned to face them, and started over to them. Anna aimed her gun and fired several times at the creature.
"Over here!" she yelled. "Over here, ya bastard!" The creature felt the bullets hit it, and stopped. It looked at Anna, allowing the others time to run passed. Anna fired again. "Come and get some, mother fucker!" she yelled insanely. She fired a couple more times, and the creature started moving towards her. She noticed the others stop to see if she was still ok. "Go!" she ordered. Hesitantly, they ran along the rooftop, towards the edge of the building.
The creature took another step towards Anna, when suddenly the ground beneath it buckled. The thing looked down at it's feet just in time to see the roof collapse under it's wait, plummeting it through all the floors below before landing with a loud thud on the ground floor.
Anna watched this happen, laugh to herself, and run after the other people on the roof. They'd made it to the end of the building when they heard the noise and saw Anna run towards them. "Someone up there obviously likes you!" Lucy called, laughing at Anna's luck.
"Must do." Anna replied, reaching the group. "Can't imagine why."
George, Rachel and Alex carefully turned the next corner, aiming their weapons at anything that was likely to try and kill them. But they could save their ammunition this time, as there was an empty street in front of them. "The explosion must have been around here somewhere." George stated, looking around. "Maybe in the next couple of streets."
"Hey, listen..." Rachel said. The other two looked at her, silent.
"What are we listening to?" Alex asked her, hearing not a whole hell of a lot. Suddenly, all three could hear the blade rotations of a helicopter flying nearby.
"Shit." George cursed. "We better hide until it passes." As soon as he turned around, the army chopper flew over a building and into view. Without hesitation, it fired it's machine gun at them, tearing up the concrete walls and sidewalk. All three humans ran as fast as they could, the bullets missing them by small amounts. A large truck was parked nearby, and they all ducked down behind it, gripping their weapons tightly. The chopper flew over them, and past the building. George looked at the door to the apartment, and swiftly shot at the lock. The door swung open as the lock was blown apart. "Get in there!" George ordered, hearing the chopper turning in the air to have another attempt.
"But..." Rachel started to argue.
"Go! Now!" George shouted. "I'll meet you in there!" Alex grabbed Rachel's arm slightly, and they ran into the now open building. George lightly squeezed on the trigger to his assault rifle, being careful not to fire.
The chopper hovered overhead, and George jumped out from behind the truck so he was under the chopper. There he couldn't be shot at unless the crew noticed him and fired manually. He aimed up at the chopper to where he was taught the engine area was. Aiming as best he could in the short time, he held down the trigger, sending up a hail of bullets into the bottom of the chopper. They tore through the metal, and flames became visible through the holes. The chopper sent out a high pitched noise as it started to edge towards the ground.
George realized the chopper was about to crash, and stopped firing. He quickly started back to the building and threw himself threw the door as the chopper ploughed into the building opposite, sending debris all over the road. A sharp, large sheet of metal imbedded itself in the floor right next to George's leg, and he swiftly rolled behind a wall until the explosion was over.
Rachel and Alex ran through from the next room once the explosion was over, and over to George. "You ok?" Alex asked him, noticing him laying on the ground.
"Yeah." George answered. He laughed slightly. "That's the second helicopter I've destroyed in about an hour. It's gotta be a record." He pushed his arms against the floor, pushing himself up. He groaned slightly as he did so, holding his side.
"You ok?" Rachel asked, noticing George was in some pain. He nodded.
"Just landed on it badly. That's all." George replied. He looked around the room. "Anything interesting around here?" he asked, looking at the two civilians.
"Not really. Bunch of paperwork, stuff like that." Alex replied. George walked over to a nearby desk and opened the drawer. He searched through it. "What are you looking for?" Alex asked him as George threw pieces of paper out of the drawer.
"Aspirins." George replied. He slammed the drawer shut. "Shit..." he murmured, looking over the desk. He noticed an opened pack of cigarettes, and decided they'd do instead. He took one out and put the rest in his pocket. "Anyone got a light?" he asked. They both shook their heads.
"Those things'll kill you." Rachel told him. George laughed slightly at the irony, then walked out into the street. The other two followed. George noticed the wreckage was still on fire, and decided to us that.
"Hang on a sec.." he said, walking over to the burning metallic wreck of the helicopter. He put the end of the cigarette in the fire just as the other end exploded outwards. He jumped back, but then realized it wasn't an explosion.
"Oh, shit!" Rachel shouted. "I told you! What did I tell you?" George ran back to them as the massive creature that had haunted him before turned to face them.
"Run!" he ordered, sprinting past them. The other two swiftly followed as the creature started to lumber towards them.
An explosion lit up the street about four buildings away. The sudden noise in the quiet night surprised all the humans on the rooftops, and they all looked over to where it was coming from. "I can't hear the helicopter anymore." Henry stated.
"Maybe it's George." Anna added. "We'd better go check."
"How? The only way to do that is to go by road. We can't reach the buildings over the road." Kylie explained. Anna looked down the building they were on. No creatures.
"It's safe." she stated, then started towards the roof exit. The others started to follow. "We'll have to be quick." Anna told them, opening the door. As she did, a zombie turned around and grabbed her shoulders. Anna screamed, and pushed the thing down the stairs. It landed at the bottom, then began to stand up. Anna aimed down at it and fired a round into it's skull, and it hit the floor for good. Without saying anything, she walked down the stairs, ready for anything else that might be in the building.
They reached the top floor of the two story building, turned on the lights and quickly spotted a couple of zombies. Both Anna and Henry fired at them instantly, and they disappeared behind office desks. They all made their way towards the next layer of stairs, looking in all directions to avoid a surprise attack. Another zombie walked out behind the group, and Lucy spotted it just before it grabbed Kylie, and fired two shots at it's face, sending it flying onto it's back.
Out of nowhere, the windows on the far side of the building to the humans imploded, sending fragments of glass into the building, followed by three Marines, firing assault rifles aimlessly towards the five humans. They all ran towards the stairs, not wasting ammo on shooting back, in case they were hit by one of the Marines' bullets.
Anna smashed her shoulder into the door to the stairs, and it flung open, almost sending her down the stairs. She grabbed the door handle, and stood to the side, letting the others through first. Dave and Kylie ran past first, followed by Lucy, then Henry. Bullets punched into the wall directly behind them, sending plaster over the carpet. Anna slammed the door shut, and started jogging backwards down the stairs, aiming her gun up at the door incase anybody appeared.
Kylie burst through the door to the second floor, instantly slamming her fist into the light switch. There was a group of eight zombies on the far side of the room, and Kylie aimed towards them. Dave pushed her forward.
"Leave them to the army guys!" he ordered. Kylie nodded, and ran towards the stairs. She reached the door as Anna got to the bottom of the stairs, and she kicked the door, swinging it open. The door stopped half way, and Kylie heard someone fall down the stairs. She looked to the bottom of the stairs and saw a man in a Marine uniform picking himself up, seemingly dazed. She quickly fired at the man, missing him by centimeters. He dived into the ground floor as Kylie and Dave ran down the stairs after him.
Anna reached the stairs as the zombies almost reached her, when suddenly the three Marines ran into the room, straight into the zombies. The Marines quickly tried firing at the creatures, but weren't quick enough to aim at their heads, and the zombies all grabbed hold of them, and started ripping them apart with their teeth. Anna heard the men screaming as the zombies began to eat them alive, then ran down the last flight of stairs.
Kylie ran through the doors at the ground floor to the building, and searched the immediate area quickly. Suddenly, she felt something grab her shoulders. She screamed and pushed away, thinking it was a zombie, but the grip was too strong for her to free herself.
Dave walked through the door and spotted Kylie being held by a Marine as a human shield. The Marine had a gun pointed at Kylie's head, which Dave didn't notice until he had aimed his gun straight at the two humans. The others ran into the room and instantly aimed at the Marine. "Let her go!" Dave ordered, not taking his sight off the Marine and his hostage. Kylie looked at Dave, worried.
"Not bloody likely." the Marine replied, backing away in the direction of the door. "Not until you tell me what the hell is going on in this place."
"You're a Marine, they all were briefed about the situation before they arrived." Anna explained, remembering George's story.
"I had to take this uniform from one of them to avoid being killed." the man replied. "Who are you?" he added.
"We're trying to get out of here." Henry answered. "Now, if you're not a Marine, we'll help. But first you have to let her go." he explained. The man hesitated, then let go of his grip on Kylie. She ran towards the others and turned to face him.
"Who are you?" Lucy asked the man.
"I'm Trevor Campbell." Trevor replied. "I was on holiday here when this whole situation occurred."
"You're British, right?" Anna asked. Trevor nodded.
"My accent's a giveaway, isn't it?" he questioned. "Anyway, hadn't we better get out of here, before more Marines show up?"
"He's right." Dave stated. Trevor nodded slightly, then walked out of the building through the entrance. As soon as he took a few steps onto the sidewalk, somebody ran into him, knocking both of them on their feet. Trevor rolled along the sidewalk as the others ran out of the building. The man who'd run into him had already jumped up and was pointing his assault rifle at him, and two other humans were behind him, ready to fire.
"Don't shoot!" Anna ordered. The man looked over to her, and the other humans recognized him.
"Hey everyone." George said. "Miss me?"
"We thought you were toast." Henry stated, walking over to him. "You ok?"
"Yup. Found some more survivors. This is Rachel, and Alex." George explained, pointing at his new group.
"Hello." Rachel said. "There's more of us a few blocks away."
"Let's go find them then." Anna stated. Suddenly, the corner of the building down the street exploded out across the road in a cloud of brick and rubble. A Giant, one of the creatures that had been chasing George, Rachel and Alex emerged onto the sidewalk, and made it's way towards them.
"Shit!" Trevor shouted. "What the hell is that?"
"We don't know yet." Lucy explained. "But we don't really want to know, so can we just leave fast?" The others nodded, and ran in the opposite direction of the slow, giant thing.
"You do know where we're going, right?" Anna asked, looking around the deserted street.
"Course I know. I live her, for Christ's sake." Alex answered. Henry looked behind them quickly.
"I think we lost it." he stated. "But we'd be better off grabbing the others and getting the hell outta here."
"That's the plan." Rachel replied. They turned the corner to the next street. "It's just down here." The group picked up speed towards their destination, when several gunshots rang out into the night. They all gripped their weapons tightly and ran to the house, reaching it quickly. Suddenly, the door burst open, and something landed with a wet, slap sound on the sidewalk beside them.
"Holy shit!" Trevor exclaimed, looking down at the top half of a man, who still had a tight hold on his shotgun. His innards were splattered out across the road, and his blood was draining thickly into the guttering next to the kerb.
A roar echoed out from the building, and the humans saw one of the Giants heading down the hallway towards them. Alex noticed the fire extinguisher near the entrance, and yanked the shotgun from his dead friend's hands. He spun around and aimed into the building, waiting for the right moment. Anna realized what he was about to do.
"Fire in the hole!" she yelled, diving out of the way. The others didn't question her, and did the same. As soon as they did, the Giant was standing next to the extinguisher, and Alex fired off two shots. The shells punched into the extinguisher, igniting it and sending a fireball out the entrance, and knocking Alex onto his back, also spraying rubble onto the sidewalk.
Lucy looked to her side and saw the Giant's large, bloodied, ugly head looking at her. She screamed, jumping backwards. Henry walked over to her and helped her up, and Alex looked at his arm. A shard of metal, about the size of a dollar bill, was stuck into his arm. He groaned in pain as he placed his hand on it, then realized it was burning hot, causing himself to cry out. George and Rachel ran over to him.
"Jesus." Rachel muttered. George looked inside the building.
"In there, now!" he ordered, helping Rachel to help Alex stand up. The others ran inside, ready to fire in case any more monsters turned up. Alex walked into the kitchen and sat next to the table, resting his arm on it with the metal sticking up. He gripped the top of the chair next to him tightly, trying to stop the pain from registering as much. George grabbed a few cloths and wrapped them around the metal to avoid burning himself.
"Is this gonna hurt?" Alex asked, knowing it would, but just making sure.
"Yup." George replied, then instantly yanked it out. Alex shouted out, and Rachel and Anna wrapped more cloths around the large wound. His blood soaked through quickly as they tightened the bandage around the cut, stopping more from coming out. Henry, Lucy, Dave and Kylie started searching the house for any survivors.
The night rain fell down fast and hard, making it hard for the humans that were tired to sleep. Lightning briefly lit up the sky now and then, and thunder roared loudly shortly after each strike. Henry and Lucy sat in the living room while the others slept in the rooms with beds in upstairs. They had decided to take it in turns to sleep, and they had about two hours until Anna and George had to wake up and take over watching out.
"God I wish the TV still worked." Henry muttered, yawning at the same time.
"What about those?" Lucy asked, pointing at a pile of video cassettes next to the television. Henry got up off the couch and looked through them. He picked one up.
"Die Hard?" he asked, showing her the video case.
"That'll do." Lucy replied. Henry turned on the video machine and the television, and pushed the cassette in. He pressed the play button and sat back on the couch. Lucy layed her head on his shoulder and looked at the screen.
As Jake ran through the woodland, he turned around and fired his assault rifle at the pursuing zombies. There was a whole army of them, and every time one died, it seemed to be replaced with another. Anna turned around also to help, pulling a grenade from her belt. She pulled out the pin and lobbed it into the mass of the undead. It took a few seconds to detonate, then suddenly blood and limbs exploded into the air and showered down on the army of zombies.
Kylie ran ahead, but tripped on a hidden branch and tumbled down a muddy bank, out of site. "Kylie!" Dave called, but it was too late to tell what had happened to her. Dave looked behind him to see the other five battling for their lives. He looked down the slope, then noticed something in the corner of his eye.
It was the same size as a zombie almost, it's back was more arched. It's hands were giant, serrated spikes, and it's jaw was full of small, pointy teeth. It moved with incredible speed, and rammed one of it's spikes through Dave's chest. He screamed, and shoved the barrel of his gun directly in the creature's gaping mouth, and pulled the trigger. It fell to the ground, but Dave fell backwards, down the slope Kylie hell down moments before.
Anna noticed Dave fall. "Shit." she murmured. "We gotta get outta here! We've lost Dave and Kylie already!"
"How many of these buggers are there?" Trevor shouted above the gunfire, noticing more zombies coming from the side.
"Go!" Anna yelled, and Trevor nodded, running into the forest, disappearing from sight. Anna turned to Jake, who was still firing at the creatures. "We've gotta go! Now!" she ordered, grabbing his arm. Jake spun his head around, but what Anna saw made her heart stop beating.
His face was mutated into a grotesque image of death. His eyes had shrunk to small, purple, marble-like balls. His skin was a different shade of flesh, more gray than it should be. His teeth now pointed out slightly, and they were sharp and menacing, as was the hideous grin he was wearing.
Anna didn't have time to react as Jake grabbed her and kissed her. Only he sunk his teeth into her gums, biting hard. Anna tried screaming, but was muffled by Jake's snake-like tongue which was being forced down her throat, making her choke.
Anna sat up quickly as another lightning bolt hit the ground nearby. She was covered in sweat and breathing heavily. She looked around, she was alone in the room. She looked at the digital clock. She remembered she had to take over watching the house in almost one hour. She sighed, and fell back on her pillow, closing her eyes. Anna layed there for a while, then started to cry slightly. She didn't know why, but she couldn't stop it.
He opened his eyes slowly, everything was blurry. He couldn't make out what was happening. He couldn't even remember anything straight away, then his memories came back to him. Jake looked around, noticing he was trapped in a glass container. He could see through it, and noticed more containers with people in. They, like him, were all wired up to various machines. One looked like a heart machine, but if it was, it must be faulty. Everyone's heart had stopped, even his.
Jake moved his arms slightly, checking to see if they worked. They ached, but he could still use them. He pressed two of his fingers against his neck, checking for the pulse. He couldn't find it. He checked his wrists. Still no pulse. Finally, he checked his chest, where his heart was. No pulse.
Jake looked around frantically, wondering what was going on. He couldn't be a zombie, because he could think like a normal human, and didn't have the urge to eat human flesh. He noticed two people coming, so returned to his original pose, not moving. Maybe this was his chance to get out.
The two scientists walked over to Jake Foreman's containment tube, and checked the monitors. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. They typed in a code on the control panel, and the front of the tube hissed and slowly opened. As it did, Jake burst forward, falling onto the ground below. The two scientists jumped back from shock, then tried to pull out their tazers to stun him. Jake was too fast though, and grabbed the nearest scientist, twisting his neck and throwing his lifeless body at the other scientist. Jake wondered how he was so strong, then realized the other scientist charge at him with two tazers.
Jake dodged him, grabbed the scientist's arm, and spun him round. He grabbed the scientist's head, and rammed it into the corner of his cryo-tube door. The blunt corner pierced through the scientist's skull, impaling him and leaving his dead body standing. Jake Searched the two scientists and found a key card on each of them. He took them both and started to run past countless tubes of bodies, all of which seemed dead. Jake wanted to know what had happened to him, but first knew that he had to get out of wherever he was. Suddenly, he remembered the others. Especially Anna. He stopped suddenly, remembering his friends, and the woman he'd fallen in love with. He put on a burst of speed much faster than before, determined to find them fast, despite not having a clue where they'd be.