I start to struggle for the bat not caring if it's going to help or not. All I know is with the bat I feel safer. A red liquid hits me and the wall in front of me with the sound of a gunshot. I am less then a foot away when something pulls on the back of my shirt.
"Get the fuck off me"
I grab for the bat as I get drug by it but inevitably it stays out of my reach. The pulling stops once I reach the kitchen. The checkered tiles are cold. I flip over onto my back.
"Chris, is that you"
The figure who I believe is Chris is covered in blood. His close have been torn and he is dragging around a 12 gauge. Something is attached to his back but I cant figure out what it is.
"Yeah its me. We have to get out of here. Some dumb ass broke the window in the lobby and let the zombies in. But anyways we are going to use the fire escape. It looks as if no zombies are down there"
I pull myself together and use the counter to hoist myself up. More noise is coming from down the hall.
"How do you open this god damn thing"
"You can't it's jammed"
"Damn it. I guess I am going to break the glass them. Think you can squeeze through"
"Yeah but what about the twins shouldn't we get them also"
"Trust me there safe. Now hurry up and get out here"
Chris was already standing on the fire escape. I crawled through the window. I managed to cut myself on a piece of broken glass on the way through. The wound was pretty deep.
"Here tie this around your arm"
"Ok… What the hell is that"
"A bomb we are going to have two minutes to get down this ladder and out to safety"
Chris then pushed some buttons and through the bomb inside. I finished tying the knot and quickly followed after Chris. He was already half way down. He knows how to slide down the ladder instead of climbing.
"Hurry up you don't have much time"
I looked up and saw zombies trying to crawl out the window. I jumped from about 7 feet up and begin to run.
"Over here"
I turn around and start following Chris. He jump into a truck and I follow. The truck is an ex-military transport vehicle. The thing is huge. It looks as if it could carry a tank. The wheels are like six feet tall. This thing is a monster.
We ride down the rode for a couple of hours and finally get to a warehouse. He honks the horn three times and the big metal door opens. Chris drives in backwards and parks. We both get out. I look around and see tons of cargo boxes made out of both wood and metal. There are also a few civilians armed with guns around the complex.
"This is our base. We have enough food to survive a couple of years"
"Were are we"
"This is a warehouse me and some of the guys bought a while back. We converted it into a bunker incase war broke out. There are only 3 ways into this building. One is the six inch titanium door you just entered through. The next is a steel door in the back and finally trap door on the roof"
I am still amazed at the sight I am seeing. A beautiful women catches my eye. She looks familiar.
"See that's Laura. I told you they were ok. Laura stayed with me while Jena used her intellect to get here. They are amazing aren't they"
"Cap. We have a distress call. It appears that there are people alive stuck in a mall"
"Lets get going. We have no time to lose. Hey Gene you better take this with you"
Chris hands me over a gun with a few magazines in a belt. I put it on and we all head for the truck. We hop in and set off for the mall.