Chapter 3

Discovery

CJ awoke from his slumber, he had a bandage over his chest and he was topless. He went to sit up and pain rushed through his body, there were wires attached to him, probably for medical reasons. In agony CJ tore them off of his body and got off the cold metal bed. He looked at the room he was in, it was completely white, and not a spot of dirt anywhere, and next to the apparently obvious door there was a dark panel, probably a one-way window. CJ spotted his shit hung up on some kind of long metal railing. He picked it up and put it on, feeling the warmth of it upon his cold bear chest. CJ put his hand in his pocket, searching for his phone but it had been removed but he couldn't remember how, everything was a blank in his mind. CJ ran his hands through his hair and stretched, instantly feeling a pain in the centre of his spine. He straightened up and walked to the door, it opened by itself in a strange manner. CJ walked through quietly, it was a bright clean hallway. There was nobody around, not a doctor, not a patient, no one. CJ felt uneasy at this but he continued walking down the hall, as he neared the door he felt an odd chill. It was cold outside, so, taking a jacket from the clothes peg he put it on and walked outside.

CJ stopped in his tracks as he looked around, he was in a farming town in the desert and by the looks of it he was the only one there. He walked through the empty streets; the only sound was the wind and the odd lick of fire from a burning car. As the wind grew stronger the fires got bigger causing CJ to be more cautious of his surroundings but due to the wind a lot of sand was getting in his eyes so he walked into the nearest Cluckin' Bell.

The door closed with a loud bang as CJ walked in, rubbing the sand out of his eyes, he sat down and sighed as he took his jacket off. He looked around and half expected there to be someone in the restaurant but there wasn't. As CJ looked around, however, he noticed there was someone behind the stall, his or her back turned to him. So, he got up and walked behind the stall, "Hello?" He asked tentatively. The person didn't respond.

CJ tapped their shoulder and they turned round, CJ gasped in horror. The man had no pupils in his eyes, they were an icy white. His face itself showed no emotion, and there was blood hanging from his neck and mouth. The man lunged at CJ, trying to bite him, CJ jumped backwards over the stall and onto the floor, the man quickly followed suit. In desperation CJ kicked the man straight in the face, drawing blood from his nose. The man dropped to the ground quickly due to the impact but in a few seconds managed to stagger back onto his feet. CJ grabbed a chair and hit the man over the head with it, causing him to stagger up against a wall; CJ used this to his advantage and bludgeoned the man with the chair until he could no longer stand. CJ quickly rushed out of the Cluckin Bell and saw a motorbike, it was a freeway. He mounted the bike and sped off along the road at high speed, dodging burning cars and other bloody people. After a few sharp turns and close calls CJ parked along side an Ammunation store. He looked at the building, there were blood streaks on the walls and the windows had been shattered, taking a few deep breaths he sneaked in, closed the door quietly and shouted in fright at seeing the end of a 9mm handgun in front of his face. The handgun lowered to reveal the owner of the shop, a tall man in his forties, he wore a beige tank top and green jeans and below them he wore brown combat boots. "Have you been bitten?" The man asked sternly.

CJ shook his head, removing his jacket as proof.

The man put his gun back in his pocket and smiled. "Name's Alexander, I own the shop," He said.

"Carl Johnston, CJ" CJ replied with a smirk.

The man walked up to a door at the back of the room and opened it, CJ followed him curiously to see a room full of guns, and it had everything from Desert Eagles to M4 Assault Rifles. "Take your pick CJ" Alexander said with a smile, stepping aside for CJ. He walked in and took a Desert Eagle and a box of ammo, a Tec 9 machine gun and 3 boxes of ammo and finished with a shotgun and shotgun holster to put on his back. CJ walked out of the room well kitted out and looked out the window, observing some of the strange people.

"What are those things?" CJ asked Alex.

"Infected." Alex said with a sigh.

"With what?" CJ replies, concerned for his own health.

"Nobody knows, but they are as good as zombies" Alex said.

CJ looked confused and glared at Alex.

"They are immune to all pain and feast on the living, literally eating them alive." Alex explained. "The only way to beat them is to shoot them in the head."

CJ nodded and went for the door.

"Where are you going?" Alex asked desperately.

"I own an airstrip in the desert." CJ replied. "I'm gonna go there and get a plane"

"Can I come with you?" Alex asked.

CJ nodded and walked out, noticing a black Elegant left abandoned on the road and got in, he was in luck; the keys were still in the ignition. Alex got in, strapped up and sat back as CJ drove off into the distance at high speed, knocking down several zombies as they went, it was going to be a long drive.

CJ drove along the quiet road that the black jet he had piloted had landed on and turned right into some bushes and came out onto a sandy runway. He sped forward and came to a hanger, he got out the car and was followed by Alex. CJ got into the small cockpit of the plane and sat in front of Alex as the engine roared to life and moved the plane onto the runway. The plane engine growled loudly as the plane shot into the air at high speed and levelled off, heading towards San Fierro. As the plane flew at high speed the Base below didn't bother to shoot at them, probably no one operating the systems to do so which meant CJ and Alex could get to San Fierro quickly and efficiently and more importantly, alive.

As they were flying above the large bridge that connected San Fierro to Las Venturas there was a large fire below, as Alex looked down curiously he saw a flash come from the road and fly towards them. "Shit CJ! RPG!" He shouted but it was too late, the tail of the plane exploded sending sparks and metal everywhere as the rocketed towards the ground, alarms went off in the plane as CJ handed Alex a parachute and jumped out, Alex in tow as they pulled the parachute cords and floated down to the ground.

When the landed they immediately noticed that there were lots of zombies in this area, with their handguns drawn they shot their way through to a nearby building that had thick doors and walls. After they had barricaded the doors and windows they realised where they were, Zombotech. How fitting was that? In the middle of a zombie invasion what better place to be than a zombie lab. In all seriousness though this was where they both wanted to be, at least here they could learn more about them. The room was very dark as they walked towards the elevators, Alex pushed the button quickly but it didn't come on, obviously the power was off.

On the other side of the room there was a clang of metal, as if something heavy hit it. CJ and Alex looked around for the source of the noise but couldn't find it. There was 3 more clangs, each in different parts of the room, CJ shone a torch at a wall and spotted a crimson looking creature with large claws hop onto the wall and back off again. "What the fuck's that?" He said aloud.

"I have no idea" Alex replied, fear in his voice as two more creatures were spotted, jumping from wall to wall in the darkness.

CJ noticed one of them on the wall, unmoving so he started shooting at it, the creature jumped from wall to wall as it tried it's best to avoid CJ's gunshots, Alex was doing the same for another one of the creatures but the third one was nowhere to be seen as CJ and Alex shot at the other two. After a while the creatures vanished in the darkness.

CJ and Alex stopped to look around just as one of them dropped down in front of them, it was very bulky and had a crimson complexion, it's claws were at least half a metre long and it's fangs were the size of pencils. The creature moved towards them in a menacing manner and CJ tried to shoot it but he was out of ammo. Alex tried the same but he too was out of ammo as the creature came closer.

As the creature was about to lunge at them a far off window smashed as a motorbike with two people on it crashed through and ran over the creature, spinning on the spot at 360 degrees before speeding towards it again, both riders jumping off as the creature was knocked into the air. The main biker shot the bike with a Raptor Magnum, causing the engine to explode, killing the creature. One of the other two were about to pounce on this rider but the other person shot it to bits with two Tec 9 machine guns. The third creature pounced but was blown back by the first rider's sawn-off shotgun.

CJ walked up to them, "Who the fuck are you two?"

They took off their helmets. The one closest was wearing a tuxedo and had a Flattop hair cut. The other person had a Blonde cornrow; he wore baggy camos and a black tank top.

The first one walked up to him, "I'm Gavin and this is my friend, Steven."

Alex snapped his fingers, "The Devil Brothers!" He exclaimed, "Correct?"

"Correct indeed" Steven answered with an appreciative smile.

"Devil what's?" CJ asked confused.

"Long story puscuss and we don't have time for it, come on!" Gavin said, walking to the door.

CJ and Alex shrugged and walked with the two Devil Brothers.

Ah, another nice long chappy, that was hard to write and I didn't think I was going to get it done but here ye are. R/R.