"Were are they? They should have been back by now"
I sat at the truck wondering were they are. Could they be dead? No, Gene is to smart for that. The kids got potential. I guess there is only one thing left to do. Looks like were going back in.
"We're going back in. Everyone get your gear and restock on ammunition"
"Yes sir"
We stepped through the doors and started walking inside. Luckily no zombies have found us yet. This whole mission was a mistake. The survivors, if there were any, died or left a while back. No one is here but zombies. A sudden crash came from behind us. I turned around ready to fire.
"Charlie. The fuck… Charlie"
A zombie had already ripped Charlie's head clean off his shoulders. The crash was when his body collided with the ground. I took the Zombie out with my pistol and ran over to Charlie's body. I knew he was dead but I needed the ammunition. I grabbed his belt and put it over my shoulder. The guns I tied to my back using rope I grabbed from the truck. By the time I was done a zombie had seen us. This is not good. If one zombie sees you all of them do. In a matter of seconds we were surrounded.
"Get to the upper levels! They have to be there"
I lobbed a grenade into the mob. It exploded and sent burning bits of flesh flying every direction. We all charged for the stairs. I continued to throw grenades in front of us to clear a path. We reached the stairs and continued on. The zombies were right behind us. I blew up the escalator to by us some time. The group continued on.
"Why did you blow up the escalator? That is our only way down you know"
"What about the elevators"
"No power"
"Shit I forgot about that. I guess we will have to improvise"
It seemed the farther we went the more of a mess the zombies made. Human flesh and blood lined the walls and pooled on the floors. Bits of bodies laid motionless on the ground.
"Look"
A zombie was laying on the ground. It had been partially eaten but it did not look like humans did it. The cuts were clean and to big for a human mouth. No one in their right mind would do this to a zombie. Something else was here but what?
"C'mon we have to keep moving. They could be anywhere"
We continued to move down the mall checking the stores that we could.
"Hold on I hear a noise"
I slowly crept to a turn and peered around the corner. I heard crying and saw hundreds of zombies gathering around a shop. It looked as if they were trying to get into it. The crying could only be coming from there. I signaled for the others to come quietly.
"Look around the corner. Do you hear that"
One by one they peeked around the corner.
"Crying, there has to be some one in there"
"No shit. We need to save them"
"How about a grenade"
"But it's my last one"
"What's more important Sir, your grenade or the lives of civilians"
He made a point. I pulled the pin and threw the grenade into the crowd. It exploded with a fury.
"What the fuck was that"
It cant be, that voice is Genes.