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Chapter 3
Nighttime fell upon the island of horror. Tracy and her group sought refuge in a storage building after taking down a plethora of zombies. While Daniel desperately tries to contact the commander about the situation on his walkie-talkie, Tracy had taken out her kodachi and was sharpening it with her military knife.
"Commander Dean!" Daniel almost shouts into the electronic black box. "Come in Commander Dean! Commander Dean please respond!"
His efforts were rewarded with nothing but scratchy static.
"Why won't anyone respond?" he whimpered slightly.
"Most likely he and the others were greeted by a similar welcoming committee," replied Hiro.
"Then the only thing left for us is to get back to the 'copter," said Kenneth. "We've got to get off this island as soon as we can!"
"Fine; does anyone know how to build a helicopter?" asked Tracy, putting away her knife and kodachi. "You've must have forgotten that the 'copter left as soon as we disappeared. It won't be back until tomorrow."
"Shit," sighed Daniel. "We're screwed."
"Only if you think like that," said Tracy as she stands up and brushes her long, black ponytail from her shoulder. "Personally, I'm more curious to see what's been going on here."
"Ever heard of the phrase 'curiosity killed the cat'?" chuckled Hiro.
"One too many," sighed Tracy. Slinging her gun over her shoulder, she looked down at her still sitting comrades. "So, who's up for some info hunting?"
"You're kidding, right?" asked Kenneth. "After what we saw, you still want to investigate this damn place?"
"I have a feeling that what we saw is nothing compared to what could be in those laboratories," replied Tracy.
"Women's intuition," chuckled Daniel. "How I love it yet despise it all at once."
"Well," sighed Hiro as he stood up. "Since it's quite apparent we're all going to die here, why don't we go see what it is that's going to kill us? Who knows? Maybe we'd just might get off this island alive."
"What the hell," exclaimed Daniel, standing up as well. "Why not?"
Tracy smiled as she and the rest of the guys looked down at the still sitting Kenneth. The marine gave an exasperated sigh and then stood up.
"Heh, I guess you can count me in too," he finally submits.
All of a sudden, their walkie-talkies all started crackling with static at once. Through the static, they heard a very familiar voice.
"Hello, hello? This is Thomas reporting. Is there anyone else out there?"
"Son of a bitch," exclaimed Tracy in surprised awe. "Those fools are still alive."
"Let's meet up with them," suggested Hiro. "Safety in numbers."
"As much as I hate to see Lawrence's stupid mug again," began Tracy. "Our survival is dependant on our group size."
"C'mon," said Kenneth, heading for the door of the storage building. "Let's go find them."
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"Heh, whaddya know," chuckled Thomas. He looked at his fellow marines. "Apparently we're not the only ones who are still alive."
"Who else is out there?" inquired Robert.
"Looks to be Daniel, Kenneth, Hiro, and Tracy," answered Thomas.
"Great," exasperated Lawrence.
"What's your deal?" demanded Thomas. "Why are you so iffy about Tracy?"
Without a word, Lawrence got up and went outside of their hiding place with his gun.
Thomas turned to his other two group mates.
"What's with him?" he asked them.
"Eh, something about him dumping her back in high school for some reason he won't tell her and now they pretty much hate each other or something," responded Memo nonchalantly.
"They're not going to shoot each other once they meet, are they?" asked Thomas nervously.
"Don't worry about it," assured Robert with a sigh. "Whatever happens is between the two of them. We just have to hope they sort things out before something bad happens."
"Hope!" exclaimed Thomas, his eyes wide with fear. Now he was really worried.
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"Hurry, through that door!" yelled Hiro as he points to a nearby building.
He turns around to see the mob of zombies behind him and the others start to gain some distance on them. Tracy blasts the head off of one lunging at Hiro.
"You can thank me later!" said Tracy as she grabs his arm and pulls him into the building with her.
She watches as Kenneth and Daniel hurriedly shuts the door on the incoming mob of the undead. The two of them collapsed on the floor near the door as the first zombie crashes into the door on the other side.
"Thanks Tracy," panted Hiro.
"No prob," responded the young woman.
She looks around at the items that surrounded her and her fellow marines. It seems that they've stumbled into another storage building, only this one was different. Instead of seeing walls of stacked boxes, this one housed a dozen or more mysterious drums with skull and crossbones icons on them all.
"Heh," chuckled Kenneth nervously. "At least we didn't stumble upon an unsightly laboratory with nasty-looking monsters in tanks."
"Wonder what that door goes to," exclaimed Daniel, pointing to a door on the other side of the building. The fully lit lightbox above the door served as a beacon of hope through the darkness of the storage building.
"Well, let's go find out," suggested Tracy as she began walking towards the door.
"You're not thinking of going through that, are you?" asked Kenneth.
"Would you rather shoot through those zombies?" retorted Tracy, turning around to motion her eyes at the door the marine was leaning on. Outside, the zombies were still ramming the door to get in at the marines.
With a nervous laugh, Kenneth reluctantly decides to follow Tracy. Daniel and Hiro gave each other a nod of agreement as they too decide to follow the young woman as well.