Chapter 9
Requiem of Hopelessness
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belongings of Capcom. This is a work of fiction and any similarities or likeness to real persons is purely coincidental.
The mood in the car had not improved in the 10 minutes since the movie had ended. Dan had taken the laptop back, inserted the disk he had downloaded his father's files into, and was pawing through useless reports, trying to find something that could be of use, Dylon was calmly driving, staring ahead and cautiously avoiding all the random obstacles littering the road, never speaking and never averting his gaze from the road, Taylor was sitting on the couch with her legs pulled up to her chest, sobbing silently into her own knees, Cameron was sitting in his chair and digging through the bag, taking inventory of all that was left of their supplies, Alex was sitting in the back, the dark rear of the car seeming to swallow him up as he sat perfectly still, and the ride continued in this fashion for 10 extra minutes before Dylon broke the conversation,
"Oh no..." Dylon said causing Dan and Taylor to lift their heads up, "…look," Dylon said as he pointed ahead, peering out of the windshield. A terrible sight greeted Dan's eyes, rising out of the horizon like a twisted, foreboding snake was a pillar of acrid smoke. As Dylon rose over the next hill the smoke revealed it's depressing source: down the hill Dylon had parked upon was El Molino High School, only it was in ruins, smoke rising from the twisted and gore drenched wreckage of several Chinook helicopters. Fires blazing across the entire campus, with hundreds of undead patrolling the ruins like the grizzly creatures they were, perhaps most disturbing were the many children who had been reanimated, most feasting on a large mass of red gore and military clothing. "No…" came Taylor's voice. Dylon angrily shifted gears and raced away from the horrible scene.
"Well this is fucking WONDERFUL!" Dylon screamed, about half an hour after they had sped away from their last hope of salvation, "This is all your fault Alex, you…you… ARGH!" Dylon said as he spun around and started hitting and kicking everything around him. "Dylon show some Damn respect!" came Cameron's voice, "If it weren't for Alex or Dan or me or even you Dylon, then we could all be dead!" Cameron finished, Dylon looked away and stomped off while Cameron sat down on the hood of the car and heaved a huge sigh, Alex stood up and took a few steps away from the van to get a better view of the large twisted black cloud, the moans of the undead reaching over the hills like a hellish choir. "So what are we going to do?" came Dan's calm voice. "What?" Alex replied angrily. "What's your next plan Alex?" Dan continued, "Oh, MY plan?" Alex said in pretended surprise, "Oh, well why the fuck would we follow my plan, huh? Why do I have to make a plan, why fucking me, huh? HUH!" Alex screamed. He fell to his knees and started panting heavily. Dan said nothing and the silence seemed to last a lifetime until taylor spoke. "Look, it's been a long 2 days ok? For everyone. Why don't we spend the rest of the day finding a safe place and bed down for a while?" Taylor said reassuringly. "I'm in," Cameron said quickly, eager to resolve any more conflict. Alex paused for a minute before taking one last glance at the spiraling cloud before nodding and heading back toward the van, "Alright then guys, let's get in the Van. Maybe we can find a haven of sorts, but we should be careful, if there are survivors there, they might fight us, and If I've learned anything here, it's that I'd rather take on 20 zombies un-armed then one human with a gun..."
After about an hour the van was low on gas. The ride had been un-eventful though tricky, the free-way was crowded with the remains of cars who had attempted to flee the area before the outbreak gripped the area. As it seemed, not many had succeeded. The need for gas had become critical when a gas station appeared over on a small off-ramp. Dylon turned the car and coasted into the town. It was a small highway dwelling, the whole town consisting of gas stations, fast food restaurants and a few rural homes. The entire town was deserted, the center street containing only refuse and an overturned car, the absolute silence was unsettling. Dylon slowly pulled up to the gas pump and proceeded to exit the car. Alex opened the side door and hopped out double time, gun at the ready. Alex swept the area while Cameron and Taylor exited the car slowly and cautiously walked over to the gas pump where Alex, Dan and Dylon were discussing the plan, "Ok, the power is still on, friggin miracle, but it's a new system. To turn on the flow of gas a button has to be pressed behind the register," Dylon said. "How do you know that?" Dan asked. Dylon then proceeded to point to the pump, where a pictorial instruction illustrated exactly what Dylon had said, "Ok, Dan and me will go in and flip the switch and the rest of you guard the van, it's quiet but I want an escape route outta here," Alex said, "Dylon, when the light goes on, start pumping the gas," Alex said sternly pointing at Dylon, Dylon scoffed and leaned against the van, muttering a "fine" under his breath, Alex looked at Dan and nodded, Dan pulled his gun out, flipped the flashlight on and dashed towards the dark gas station as Alex turned on his UV-light, lifted his Ruger to the ready and followed suit.
The gas station was completely dark inside, snack wrappers were strewn around the store and several of the shelves were turned over, broken glass and random items littered the floor as Alex and Dan searched the area, Dan saw the cashier's desk and jogged behind it and began to frantically look for the button. He saw a button that was labeled "Master Pump Control".
Dan looked underneath the label and saw several switches and a key hole, Dan flipped all the switches to on and pressed the button…..nothing happened. "Alex," Dan said over his shoulder. "Yeah," Alex said looking away from the novelty "Enjoy Sunny California" burlap bag he was filling with snacks, water and other random items "We need a key…" Dan said while standing up "Great," Alex said, "Well, where the hell are we gonna get a key?…" when suddenly a large bang shook the door of the employee bathroom.
"What do you think is taking them so long?" Taylor asked, "I don't know. Dylon, you think we should go in and check on them?" Cameron said. "No," Dylon said coldly, "he wanted us to stay out here so we will stay here," Dylon said with a sneer. After a few seconds his eyes began to wander. However, his expression morphed to one of surprise and elation as his eyes fell upon a Red brick building with several barred windows that could only be a police station. "On the other hand…" Dylon said to himself silently, "Guys, who's up for a little trip?" he asked at Cameron and Taylor, "Wait, you just said-" Cameron was cut off by Dylon, "Yes I know but now it's different?" Dylon said innocently, Taylor was next to cut in, "But… how can we just leave Alex and Dan alone?" Dylon then began to speak in a voice that insinuated that Taylor was much younger than she was, "Taylor, they'll be fine. It doesn't even look like this place has power, nowhere else does" he said as he motioned to the gas station and the rest of the town, "and don't you think Alex and Dan would be surprised if they came back to a new stash of guns?" he then gave her a reassuring smile, but Taylor, sensing the lack of respect in his voice, turned and stared eagerly at the gas light. "Dylon, no. We can't leave them to fend for themselves. Besides, what if…" Taylor said worriedly, Cameron began nodding feverishly and turning to Dylon, "Well Dylon, what if all this doesn't work out and Dan and Alex are…."Cameron said "Cam, have you noticed that we have virtually nothing to defend ourselves? Those two are in there, fucking around, looking for a button, and we're sitting out here like a goddamn chicken waiting for the axe! Let's just go in quick and get some supplies!" Cameron pondered Dylon's logic for a moment, then reluctantly allowed himself to say, "Let's at least tell them what we're doing." Dylon, becoming aggravated, moved close to Cameron's face, "First of all, fuck Dan; all he cares about is his poor daddy. Second of all, fuck Alex; he's losing his mind. Third, I'm not wasting anymore time to go in there. Fourth, and most importantly..….. FUCK ALEX." Dylon got out of the van and slammed the door behind him and started toward the police station. "WAIT!" Cameron said as loudly as he dared, keeping in mind the importance not to attract any undead manifestations, "What about Taylor?" "Leave her there, She doesn't need to come in here, could be dangerous." Dylon called without turning back to the van. Taylor, finally tearing her eyes away from the back window and gas light, beamed fearfully at Cameron, "Ohhh no. No way are you guys leaving me here alone!" she got out of the van and waited to follow Cameron. Cameron hesitated, torn between keeping Taylor safe, making sure Alex and Dan would be alright, helping Dylon, and what he could do to make everyone happy. At last, he opened his door, grabbed Taylor by the wrist, and trotted after Dylon, "Wait up!"
Taylor, following Cameron's pull, took one last hopeful look at the gas light and the dark, decrepit building beyond it.
Dan and Alex had their guns at the ready, Alex put his UV flashlight under the gun and held both at the ready, Dan had his gun pointed at the door with the gun's light cutting a wide swath, Alex took a step towards the door and it shook violently, Alex took a fast step back and Dan couldn't help but flinch. Alex looked at dan at took a long deep breath, "ok" Alex whispered, " We kick the door open on three, alright, one….tw-" CRASH. Something large and fleshy burst out of the bathroom and off to the darkness to the right of the store. "What the fuck was that" Alex yelled in a frightened tone, suddenly, a crash behind the two made them jump, Dan and Alex scanned the room frantically lights flashing across the whole store, after a few seconds of this, Alex Lowered his gun warily. "Well, what ever it is it's gone now" Alex said, Turning back to Dan, "yeah maybe" Dan said as he looked down to holster his gun, he heaved a deep sigh after realizing that he had been holding his breath. He looked up at Alex and saw him staring at something above dan's head with his mouth open and a look of utter terror and disbelief on his face. Dan slowly and shakily began to turn his head around. Hanging on the ceiling behind Dan was a… creature that was anything but human, bulging muscles covered the majority of it's body, wickedly scythed claws clicked and cut chunks out of the tiled roof, but perhaps this monsters most horrifying feature was it's face, it was disturbingly human, but the head had swollen so large that it more resembled a basketball, only a basketball with no eyes and a 2 foot wide gaping maw filled with horrible yellow teeth and dripping saliva. Dan let out an almost inaudible gasp. The monster twitched, screamed and leaped at dan.
"What was that?" Taylor shrieked, "What was what?" Dylon asked "I heard something" Taylor said hurridly. "Yeah right" Dylon said " Stop saying shit for attention and let's keep moving."
OK guys there you go, Im sorry it has been so long but well, summer you know how it is, And I did wind up finishing it and…goddamnit dan get that shotgun outta my face, ok well stay tuned cause geuss what….IM BACK BITCHES