Chapter 12
Barry was less than pleased when he entered the room, to say the place was a pigsty was an understatement. Everything was smashed up, equipment was strewn all over the floor, which was worryingly covered in feathers. They rounded the corner to find broken cages & mangled corpses, which belonged to the scientists that had worked there. The few computers that were on the desktop were smashed up so badly, they were nearly unrecognisable. Barry headed towards the door, which presumably adjoined the Alpha Laboratory to this one, when he got within two feet of the door, a strange looking bird jumped in front of it. Barry pulled out his magnum & aimed at the bird, though he did not fire, as the noise might incite any other creatures in the room to attack. The canary-coloured bird opened it's beak & emitted a high-pitched warble, the lab then came alive with the sound of rustling & a mass of the same warbling noise, they were now in the situation Barry had been afraid of causing, a second major battle against these new & devastating mutations, only this time, they were low on ammunition & still tired from their last encounter, things were not looking good.
A bird jumped at Barry & he was sure he was a goner, like the man outside had been but at the last moment, Chris smacked the creature against the wall with his shotgun.
"Thanks Chris, I owe you." Barry said, his relief all to apparent.
"It's still moving, so don't thank me yet." Chris replied hastily. Barry nodded & the fighting ensued. Barry put his magnum as close to the bird as he could & pulled the trigger, reducing the head to pulp, he then turned & noticed that Rick was, once again, covering him, Barry nodded his thanks & continued in the same routine as before. Everyone was soon falling back into exhaustion & their ammunition was very depleted, Chris had the most, as he had been using headshots most of the time, Barry was the least well off, as he only had his Colt, whereas everyone else had a pistol to fall back on. Barry shook his head, regretting not taking the other's initiative. Just as he was about to call it quits, having only one round left, Barry noticed a gas canister in the corner of the room, the propane gas was a refill canister for the burners on the worktop, Barry aimed carefully, taking the steps Chris had taught him & fired, the .357 round neatly entering the canister & igniting the gas, there was a huge explosion, considering the size of the canister & the deadly creatures were either incinerated, or smashed against the walls at such speed, that they became red smudges around the room. Barry sighed in relief & the group congratulated him before they continued into the next room.
Barry was less than pleased when he entered the room, to say the place was a pigsty was an understatement. Everything was smashed up, equipment was strewn all over the floor, which was worryingly covered in feathers. They rounded the corner to find broken cages & mangled corpses, which belonged to the scientists that had worked there. The few computers that were on the desktop were smashed up so badly, they were nearly unrecognisable. Barry headed towards the door, which presumably adjoined the Alpha Laboratory to this one, when he got within two feet of the door, a strange looking bird jumped in front of it. Barry pulled out his magnum & aimed at the bird, though he did not fire, as the noise might incite any other creatures in the room to attack. The canary-coloured bird opened it's beak & emitted a high-pitched warble, the lab then came alive with the sound of rustling & a mass of the same warbling noise, they were now in the situation Barry had been afraid of causing, a second major battle against these new & devastating mutations, only this time, they were low on ammunition & still tired from their last encounter, things were not looking good.
A bird jumped at Barry & he was sure he was a goner, like the man outside had been but at the last moment, Chris smacked the creature against the wall with his shotgun.
"Thanks Chris, I owe you." Barry said, his relief all to apparent.
"It's still moving, so don't thank me yet." Chris replied hastily. Barry nodded & the fighting ensued. Barry put his magnum as close to the bird as he could & pulled the trigger, reducing the head to pulp, he then turned & noticed that Rick was, once again, covering him, Barry nodded his thanks & continued in the same routine as before. Everyone was soon falling back into exhaustion & their ammunition was very depleted, Chris had the most, as he had been using headshots most of the time, Barry was the least well off, as he only had his Colt, whereas everyone else had a pistol to fall back on. Barry shook his head, regretting not taking the other's initiative. Just as he was about to call it quits, having only one round left, Barry noticed a gas canister in the corner of the room, the propane gas was a refill canister for the burners on the worktop, Barry aimed carefully, taking the steps Chris had taught him & fired, the .357 round neatly entering the canister & igniting the gas, there was a huge explosion, considering the size of the canister & the deadly creatures were either incinerated, or smashed against the walls at such speed, that they became red smudges around the room. Barry sighed in relief & the group congratulated him before they continued into the next room.