Chapter 12
Hiro scanned the papers on the clipboard. "According to this, these trucks can fit into that elevator." He pointed to a massive cargo elevator. "One at a time. The elevator will automatically lead to the surface. And then automatically come down."
Erika and Elza were testing to see if the trucks could work. Elza was moving like a robot.
"This one's fine," said Elza, her voice distant.
"And so is this one," said Erika.
Hiro nodded. "Good. We should start loading survivors into them."
Elza looked at her equipment, which she had retrieved from Terra. All of her stuff was there, except the disc she saved the data on. She ran to it and started strapping on her guns.
Erika saw her doing this. "Elza, what-"
"I'm getting Alex back," said Elza. She was glad she had so much ammunition.
Hiro walked up to her. "But that Neo Tyrant is loose!! You might not come back alive!!"
Elza finished strapping on her equipment. "I know, but he's my responsibility. I have to take care of him."
Hiro slowly nodded. "I understand. C'mon, I know a way down there."
He led her to a small step elevator. "This'll take you down there, but the battery is VERY low. You'll manage to get down there, but it won't have enough juice to bring you back up."
"Shit."
"However..." He flipped through the clipboard papers. "Here's a file on the main elevator."
Elza took the clipboard and read the file. It said:
How to operate the main elevator:
The main elevator's main purpose is to go from the surface to the very bottom floor. However, it requires...batter...red...
Elza narrowed her eyes. "This is incoherent."
"I know," said Hiro. "But what it means is it needs a red battery to be put into it at the bottom floor. And that battery is located somewhere on that floor."
"Got it," said Elza. She stepped into the elevator. "I'm going now."
"Wait!!" cried Erika. She ran over and shoved a map into Elza's hands. "You'll need it!!"
"Thanks."
"Good luck," said Hiro. "And be careful."
"I will." Elza pushed the blinking button and the elevator descended. She didn't tell them that if she found Alex dead, she wasn't coming back up.
"And you just let her go like that?!" demanded Erika.
"She cares for the kid," said Hiro. "How could I refuse her? It would be like forcing a mother to abandon her own child."
"...I see your point. Let's get the survivors into these trucks and start heading for the surface."
"Right."
Elza readied her magnum as the elevator continued to descend downward. As she arrived on the bottom floor, the elevator lurched to a stop two feet above the ground.
"Shit." She jumped from the elevator and onto the ground, hearing the shuffling of footsteps and moaning. There were zombies. LOTS of them.
Elza shot one of the zombies in the head, and started running. She didn't have time to kill off the undead. Alex needed her.
Please be alive, thought Elza. Oh God, please let him be alive!!!
She kept running, only shooting a zombie if it got too close. She kept looking at the map as she scanned each room. No Neo Tyrant. And no Alex.
Finally, she came to the biggest room. She took a deep breath and opened the door.
Alex was at the front of the room, tied up with messy rope to the wall. Neo Tyrant WAS smart!! It tied Alex up!!
"Alex!!" Elza cried as she ran over. She pulled out a knife and started cutting the rope. Alex just hung there, completely unconscious.
Once all the rope was cut, Elza pulled Alex from the mess of rope. She lay him down on the floor and checked him.
He wasn't breathing.
"No!!!" Elza tried to find a pulse, but knew the result. She started performing CPR on the boy, praying that it would bring him back.
After five minutes, and Elza was tiring out, Alex started breathing again. He coughed and choked, trying to get in a fresh breath. Elza felt herself shaking with relief.
Alex opened his eyes. They weren't glazed over. He was back to normal.
"Elza?" he whispered softly. "Where am I?"
Elza hugged him tightly. "You're alright! You're alright!!"
Alex nodded. "Of course I am..." he stopped and his eyes grew wide. "Elza, what's that?"
Elza turned to see what he was staring at. Neo Tyrant was advancing on them, looking completely grim. Elza drew her shotgun.
"Stay back," she commanded. Alex complied.
Elza fired several shots into its torso. It didn't even flinch, and it kept coming at her. She kept firing rounds until her shotgun was empty. She slung the empty gun over her shoulder, and started firing her magnum. One of the bullets hit Neo Tyrant in the eye. It yelled out and clutched its eye. Elza then noticed a red battery in a charger on a counter. She ran and grabbed it and then ran and grabbed Alex.
"Whatever you do, don't leave my side!" she told Alex.
Alex nodded and the two ran from the room. Neo Tyrant was still clutching its eye.
"Oh shit," said Elza. There was even more zombies than before. Alex grabbed a fistful of her shirt.
She started firing, shooting the zombies in the heads. It was the only way to clear a path to the right door. It would lead her to another hallway, and then another, and then to the elevator. Once there was enough space, she grabbed Alex's hand and they ran for the door. They ran inside and Elza slammed the door behind them.
More zombies were here. She used the last of her magnum rounds on them, and started using her handgun. She put Alex between her and the door, so the zombies wouldn't get him. They reached the right door and ran through it.
There was even more zombies in there. Elza shoved her handgun into its holster. She didn't need to waste ALL her bullets.
"Come here, Alex," she said softly. Alex got out from behind her. She scooped him up into her arms. "You still got the battery?"
Alex nodded.
"Good. Just hold onto that." She paused and kicked a zombie away. "And hold onto me. We'll be out of here soon."
Alex nodded again. Elza took a deep breath and started running. She kept an iron grip on Alex as she ran, and was barely able do maneuver around the zombies. They managed to get through the door.
The hall was empty. Elza set Alex down and they headed down the hall, where the elevator waited at the end. Elza took the battery and inserted it into the slot.
"Battery A now inserted," said a monotone voice. "Please insert Battery B."
"WHAT?!?!?!" screamed Elza. She grabbed the clipboard off the wall and scanned the pages. She found the file, and it was coherent.
How to operate the main elevator:
The main elevator's main purpose is to go from the surface to the very bottom floor. However, it requires two batteries: Battery A, red, and Battery B, blue. Battery A goes on the bottom floor, and Battery B goes on the top floor. With these two batteries, the main elevator will be operational for a long time. Each battery is located on their respective floors.
"DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Elza. She punched the elevator door. "SON OF A BITCH!!!!!!!!!!"
"Elza, are we gonna get out of here?" asked Alex.
"Yes," said Elza. She stared up the enormous shaft. The elevator was up there. "HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Alex tugged at her shirt. "Elza!"
Elza turned. Neo Tyrant was walking slowly down the narrow hallway towards them. Elza put herself between Alex and Neo Tyrant and pulled out her handgun. She knew she couldn't defeat it.
The surface looked just like a huge garage. The survivors were ready to go. Except...
"Um, Hiro?" said Erika. "I think you should see this."
Hiro walked over to her and took the clipboard that was by the main elevator. His blood ran cold as he read it. "Oh my God!!!"
"I'm really concerned. They're down there with that...thing!!!"
Hiro looked around frantically. "We need to find a blue battery ASAP!!!!"
Elza kept firing her handgun. Neo Tyrant didn't even flinch as it advanced on her. It swung its claw against the wall, leaving a huge scratch.
Elza realized she was out of ammo. Completely. She needed to protect Alex, but now she had nothing to fight off Neo Tyrant.
"Here it is!!!" cried Tyler. He thrust the blue battery into Hiro's hands.
Hiro slammed it into the slot.
"Battery B now inserted," said a monotone voice. "Elevator is now accessible."
Hiro readied his rifle as the elevator doors swung open. He ran inside.
"Give me five minutes!!" he told Erika. "If I'm not back, then get out of here!!"
Erika nodded. "Be careful."
Hiro didn't respond as the doors closed. The elevator descended down.
Elza drove the knife into Neo Tyrant's chest, but it didn't faze it. He slammed his fist against the side of her face. Elza felt a numbing pain in her jaw as she slammed into the wall. She could still move it, so it wasn't broken. But it hurt like hell.
"Elza!!" cried Alex. He started towards her.
"Get back!!" Elza ordered. The boy stopped in his tracks.
Neo Tyrant looked at Alex. It started to advance on him.
"No!!!" Elza stood and kicked Neo Tyrant in the kneecaps. It growled angrily at her and swung its claw. She was barely able to avoid it. She jumped away and rolled, landing in front of Alex.
Neo Tyrant knew it was gonna win. It advanced on the two, readying its claw. Elza started stepping back, putting Alex behind her. She didn't know what else to do...
Suddenly, the elevator doors swung open. "Elza!!! Get down!!"
Elza complied and shots rang through the air. Rifle bullets pierced Neo Tyrant's torso, and it was REALLY affecting him.
Elza turned her head. Hiro was standing in the doorway of the elevator, holding a rifle. He fired one more shot and it blew off half of its head. It fell down and didn't get up.
"Let's go!!" said Hiro.
Elza got up to her feet, as did Alex. She walked over to Hiro and planted a huge kiss onto his mouth.
"Thank you," she said briskly. He stared stunned at her. She motioned to Alex, who walked inside the elevator after her. Hiro felt very relieved that Alex was better.
The elevator doors closed and the elevator ascended.
"So, we're getting out of here?" asked Elza.
"That's right," said Hiro. "We've got everyone together. Now it's time to leave this hellhole."
It's close to the end!!!! Just two or more chapters to go!!! (I promise it's not many) Please tune in to chapter 13!! ^_^
Hiro scanned the papers on the clipboard. "According to this, these trucks can fit into that elevator." He pointed to a massive cargo elevator. "One at a time. The elevator will automatically lead to the surface. And then automatically come down."
Erika and Elza were testing to see if the trucks could work. Elza was moving like a robot.
"This one's fine," said Elza, her voice distant.
"And so is this one," said Erika.
Hiro nodded. "Good. We should start loading survivors into them."
Elza looked at her equipment, which she had retrieved from Terra. All of her stuff was there, except the disc she saved the data on. She ran to it and started strapping on her guns.
Erika saw her doing this. "Elza, what-"
"I'm getting Alex back," said Elza. She was glad she had so much ammunition.
Hiro walked up to her. "But that Neo Tyrant is loose!! You might not come back alive!!"
Elza finished strapping on her equipment. "I know, but he's my responsibility. I have to take care of him."
Hiro slowly nodded. "I understand. C'mon, I know a way down there."
He led her to a small step elevator. "This'll take you down there, but the battery is VERY low. You'll manage to get down there, but it won't have enough juice to bring you back up."
"Shit."
"However..." He flipped through the clipboard papers. "Here's a file on the main elevator."
Elza took the clipboard and read the file. It said:
How to operate the main elevator:
The main elevator's main purpose is to go from the surface to the very bottom floor. However, it requires...batter...red...
Elza narrowed her eyes. "This is incoherent."
"I know," said Hiro. "But what it means is it needs a red battery to be put into it at the bottom floor. And that battery is located somewhere on that floor."
"Got it," said Elza. She stepped into the elevator. "I'm going now."
"Wait!!" cried Erika. She ran over and shoved a map into Elza's hands. "You'll need it!!"
"Thanks."
"Good luck," said Hiro. "And be careful."
"I will." Elza pushed the blinking button and the elevator descended. She didn't tell them that if she found Alex dead, she wasn't coming back up.
"And you just let her go like that?!" demanded Erika.
"She cares for the kid," said Hiro. "How could I refuse her? It would be like forcing a mother to abandon her own child."
"...I see your point. Let's get the survivors into these trucks and start heading for the surface."
"Right."
Elza readied her magnum as the elevator continued to descend downward. As she arrived on the bottom floor, the elevator lurched to a stop two feet above the ground.
"Shit." She jumped from the elevator and onto the ground, hearing the shuffling of footsteps and moaning. There were zombies. LOTS of them.
Elza shot one of the zombies in the head, and started running. She didn't have time to kill off the undead. Alex needed her.
Please be alive, thought Elza. Oh God, please let him be alive!!!
She kept running, only shooting a zombie if it got too close. She kept looking at the map as she scanned each room. No Neo Tyrant. And no Alex.
Finally, she came to the biggest room. She took a deep breath and opened the door.
Alex was at the front of the room, tied up with messy rope to the wall. Neo Tyrant WAS smart!! It tied Alex up!!
"Alex!!" Elza cried as she ran over. She pulled out a knife and started cutting the rope. Alex just hung there, completely unconscious.
Once all the rope was cut, Elza pulled Alex from the mess of rope. She lay him down on the floor and checked him.
He wasn't breathing.
"No!!!" Elza tried to find a pulse, but knew the result. She started performing CPR on the boy, praying that it would bring him back.
After five minutes, and Elza was tiring out, Alex started breathing again. He coughed and choked, trying to get in a fresh breath. Elza felt herself shaking with relief.
Alex opened his eyes. They weren't glazed over. He was back to normal.
"Elza?" he whispered softly. "Where am I?"
Elza hugged him tightly. "You're alright! You're alright!!"
Alex nodded. "Of course I am..." he stopped and his eyes grew wide. "Elza, what's that?"
Elza turned to see what he was staring at. Neo Tyrant was advancing on them, looking completely grim. Elza drew her shotgun.
"Stay back," she commanded. Alex complied.
Elza fired several shots into its torso. It didn't even flinch, and it kept coming at her. She kept firing rounds until her shotgun was empty. She slung the empty gun over her shoulder, and started firing her magnum. One of the bullets hit Neo Tyrant in the eye. It yelled out and clutched its eye. Elza then noticed a red battery in a charger on a counter. She ran and grabbed it and then ran and grabbed Alex.
"Whatever you do, don't leave my side!" she told Alex.
Alex nodded and the two ran from the room. Neo Tyrant was still clutching its eye.
"Oh shit," said Elza. There was even more zombies than before. Alex grabbed a fistful of her shirt.
She started firing, shooting the zombies in the heads. It was the only way to clear a path to the right door. It would lead her to another hallway, and then another, and then to the elevator. Once there was enough space, she grabbed Alex's hand and they ran for the door. They ran inside and Elza slammed the door behind them.
More zombies were here. She used the last of her magnum rounds on them, and started using her handgun. She put Alex between her and the door, so the zombies wouldn't get him. They reached the right door and ran through it.
There was even more zombies in there. Elza shoved her handgun into its holster. She didn't need to waste ALL her bullets.
"Come here, Alex," she said softly. Alex got out from behind her. She scooped him up into her arms. "You still got the battery?"
Alex nodded.
"Good. Just hold onto that." She paused and kicked a zombie away. "And hold onto me. We'll be out of here soon."
Alex nodded again. Elza took a deep breath and started running. She kept an iron grip on Alex as she ran, and was barely able do maneuver around the zombies. They managed to get through the door.
The hall was empty. Elza set Alex down and they headed down the hall, where the elevator waited at the end. Elza took the battery and inserted it into the slot.
"Battery A now inserted," said a monotone voice. "Please insert Battery B."
"WHAT?!?!?!" screamed Elza. She grabbed the clipboard off the wall and scanned the pages. She found the file, and it was coherent.
How to operate the main elevator:
The main elevator's main purpose is to go from the surface to the very bottom floor. However, it requires two batteries: Battery A, red, and Battery B, blue. Battery A goes on the bottom floor, and Battery B goes on the top floor. With these two batteries, the main elevator will be operational for a long time. Each battery is located on their respective floors.
"DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Elza. She punched the elevator door. "SON OF A BITCH!!!!!!!!!!"
"Elza, are we gonna get out of here?" asked Alex.
"Yes," said Elza. She stared up the enormous shaft. The elevator was up there. "HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Alex tugged at her shirt. "Elza!"
Elza turned. Neo Tyrant was walking slowly down the narrow hallway towards them. Elza put herself between Alex and Neo Tyrant and pulled out her handgun. She knew she couldn't defeat it.
The surface looked just like a huge garage. The survivors were ready to go. Except...
"Um, Hiro?" said Erika. "I think you should see this."
Hiro walked over to her and took the clipboard that was by the main elevator. His blood ran cold as he read it. "Oh my God!!!"
"I'm really concerned. They're down there with that...thing!!!"
Hiro looked around frantically. "We need to find a blue battery ASAP!!!!"
Elza kept firing her handgun. Neo Tyrant didn't even flinch as it advanced on her. It swung its claw against the wall, leaving a huge scratch.
Elza realized she was out of ammo. Completely. She needed to protect Alex, but now she had nothing to fight off Neo Tyrant.
"Here it is!!!" cried Tyler. He thrust the blue battery into Hiro's hands.
Hiro slammed it into the slot.
"Battery B now inserted," said a monotone voice. "Elevator is now accessible."
Hiro readied his rifle as the elevator doors swung open. He ran inside.
"Give me five minutes!!" he told Erika. "If I'm not back, then get out of here!!"
Erika nodded. "Be careful."
Hiro didn't respond as the doors closed. The elevator descended down.
Elza drove the knife into Neo Tyrant's chest, but it didn't faze it. He slammed his fist against the side of her face. Elza felt a numbing pain in her jaw as she slammed into the wall. She could still move it, so it wasn't broken. But it hurt like hell.
"Elza!!" cried Alex. He started towards her.
"Get back!!" Elza ordered. The boy stopped in his tracks.
Neo Tyrant looked at Alex. It started to advance on him.
"No!!!" Elza stood and kicked Neo Tyrant in the kneecaps. It growled angrily at her and swung its claw. She was barely able to avoid it. She jumped away and rolled, landing in front of Alex.
Neo Tyrant knew it was gonna win. It advanced on the two, readying its claw. Elza started stepping back, putting Alex behind her. She didn't know what else to do...
Suddenly, the elevator doors swung open. "Elza!!! Get down!!"
Elza complied and shots rang through the air. Rifle bullets pierced Neo Tyrant's torso, and it was REALLY affecting him.
Elza turned her head. Hiro was standing in the doorway of the elevator, holding a rifle. He fired one more shot and it blew off half of its head. It fell down and didn't get up.
"Let's go!!" said Hiro.
Elza got up to her feet, as did Alex. She walked over to Hiro and planted a huge kiss onto his mouth.
"Thank you," she said briskly. He stared stunned at her. She motioned to Alex, who walked inside the elevator after her. Hiro felt very relieved that Alex was better.
The elevator doors closed and the elevator ascended.
"So, we're getting out of here?" asked Elza.
"That's right," said Hiro. "We've got everyone together. Now it's time to leave this hellhole."
It's close to the end!!!! Just two or more chapters to go!!! (I promise it's not many) Please tune in to chapter 13!! ^_^