Richey and Brad had been forced to re-route through the Shopping Mall because of the crazed driver in the tank.
The 2 had began the short walk to the shopping mall when Brad suddenly said
"Damn fool , nearly killed us the dumbass..."
Richey looked at Brad in equal parts shock and disbelief. Richey answered Brad by yelling
"YOU JUST KILLED A MAN AND YOU HAVING A CLOSE ENCOUNTER IS ALL YOU CAN WORRY ABOUT!?!"
Brad gave an innocent look and carried on walking.He said nothing and Richey resigned himself to following him in the hope it led to somewhere better. He caught up with Brad , who was taking aim at a zombie police officer. The monster wore the tattered remains of a traffic officer and from what was left of the chest, was once a woman.
Brad fired off 2 shots and 1 hit the head and the other lodging itself in the creatures gut. It gave a final moan as blood ran down it's distorted features and fell to the ground.
Brad smirked as he commented,
"I always did hate traffic police. Given' me tickets for parking." He began to walk ahead and suddenly scared Richey by jumping backwards. He motioned Richey to look around.
A strange lizard-like monster patrolled the doors to the Mall. Several bodies lay around the area. Mostly civilians but some military types as well. Brad went to shoot at the monster when a "corpse" began to crawl towards the men's position, moaning in an unearthly way. The lizard thing suddenly turned with speed and bound towards the men's place. It crushed the zombie in an attempt to reach the food when a single shot , fired from what seemed to be above hit it directly in the spinal cord.
The lizard rasped out a croaking noise and died silently. Richey and Brad looked up and saw a lone figure kneeled against the roof. Richey began to run for the doors and Brad followed closely. The door had been barricaded but the creatures that lay around the area had managed to take most of it down.
Richey used the butt of his rifle to smash the door down and the 2 entered the Mall. Nothing spectacular , the corpses seemed very dead and as the 2 made their way to the stairs , the noticeable bullet wounds to the temple of some of the dead people made Richey think about the "containment" efforts made by the Mayor as the outbreak began.
"It's chaos out there. The only way to stop the virus is to shoot victims in the head, thus eliminating the brain and stopping the people coming back as the dead. Shoot anybody, carrier or beginner stages. When this is over my quick-thinking decisive acting will surely keep me on as Mayor for another year or so,"
Richey didn't know of the Mayor's fate. Or really care for that matter. Brad had taken the lead and while Richey was thinking , had found something of nightmarish proportions.
A giant mutant spider. 6ft long and hairy as a grizzly bear. A shotgun blash to the body and eyes had seemingly done the trick , as it was very dead. It had also created a web , which spanned most of behind the stairs. Bodies were strung up in this , most were dead from wounds but some had been drained of blood. A sudden movement in the web alerted Brad and Richey and both aimed their weapons in the direction.
A woman , she was struggling to free herself. Richey took his knife and cut her free. She gasped a single sentence , most of it 't hold them....." before passing out.
Brad hoisted her in a fireman's carry and began to walk up the stairs. Richey covered him and they carried the woman into a room named "Storage".....