Chapter 10: Decimated.
4.15 pm
Ryo, Ayano, Yukiya and Leila had just arrived in front of the control room.
"Let us in!" Ayano shouted.
Behind her, Leila was coughing.
"Hey, miss ... Are you sure you're okay?" Yuki asked.
"Yes ... Just a little cough." The blonde answered, who had also begun to sweat.
"Let them in!" Oscar ordered.
"Yup!" Joe replied.
After a few moments the door opened and the quartet ran into the room.
"As far as I can see, you have found survivors." Akito said, pleased.
"Yeah ..." Leila replied, sitting on the floor.
"You look fine?"
"Yes, Lieutenant Hyuga ... I'm just tired from the race ... And I also had to face a couple of zombies ... Now I need a rest."
"Ok, commander."
The girl lay down on the floor, closing her eyes after a while.
"Major Hammel, we have a communication from General Smilas!"
"Pass it on, Joe!"
"Immediately!"
Smilas appeared on the main screen.
"How's the situation?" He asked.
"We recovered three survivors, the Eleven prisoners." Oscar replied.
"We are Japanese!" Ayano said angrily.
Oscar paid no attention.
Smilas squared the trio, then snorted.
"Nobody else?"
"Nobody, general. It pains me to say it, but the W-0 unit is now annihilated."
"Where's Commander Malcal?"
"She is resting now, general."
"I understand ... I am happy to inform you that one of our commandos, the Bonaparte team, is headed for Weiswolf. Its mission is to eliminate the infected and bring you to safety."
"Excellent news. When them come?"
"Within an hour, maybe less. You just have to wait for their arrival and avoid contact with the zombies."
"We will wait anxiously."
Communication ended.
Akito sighed, then turned around. Leila stood and stared at him impassively.
"Commander Malcal ... Are you already awake?"
In response, Leila roared, jumping on him and tearing his throat with bites, under the horrified gaze of those present.
"Damn!" He cursed Hammel, drawing his gun and firing several times at the girl, but without getting results.
Ayano drew her sword (which she had recovered on the way) and beheaded Leila. The blonde's head fell to the ground as streams of blood came out of her neck. After a few moments the body collapsed on the ground, dead. For several minutes no one moved or spoke. It was Ayano who broke the silence.
"Why? Nobody had bitten her!"
"She must have ingested infected blood during one of the clashes." Yukiya replied.
Fuck ... Leila was Smilas' pupil! I just hope he doesn't take it out on me.
Major Hammel thought nervously.
And now what do we do?" Joe asked.
"Simple, let's stay here and wait for help ... AH!"
Oscar screamed in pain, because Akito had suddenly bitten his leg. Furious, he shot him in the head, killing him. Silence fell again. Oscar stared at the others present, who looked at him with a mix of anxiety and fear. Aware of being now passed off and not wanting to become an infected, he took the gun to his temple and pulled the trigger, committing suicide. He collapsed on the ground, now lifeless.
"We have to get rid of the corpses before they get up! Ayano, Yuki, help me!" Ryo exclaimed in alarm.
"Yup!" The two answered in chorus.
The trio opened the door and, grabbing Akito and Oscar's bodies one by one, dragged them out of the room, holding them by the legs. They had just finished the job when Sophie and her assistant Midori emerged from around a corner. These slingshots on Yukiya, pushing him to the ground and biting him in the left arm and right side.
"YUKI! NO!" Ayano shouted, shocked.
Furious, Ryo grabbed the pistol taken from Oscar and killed the two women.
"Kill me too ..." Yukiya begged him, with tears in his eyes.
"I can not!" His friend replied.
"You have seen what happens to those who are bitten! If you don't do it soon I'll change, and I don't want that to happen! "
"Yuki ..."
"JUST DO IT!"
Although reluctantly the young man obeyed, killing him.
Ayano, at that scene, fell to her knees, bursting into tears.
"Ayano, we have to go back inside."
She ignored him and continued to cry. He then slapped her furiously.
"AYANO! If we stay here, more of those monsters will come and attack us! You want to die?"
"No…"
"Then lift your ass off the floor and come back in with me!"
"Please ... Let's bring Yukiya inside too! I don't want those creatures to eat!"
"Are you crazy? It's too risky!"
"I understand…"
Having said that, the girl, with her face streaked with tears, got up and went back to the control room, followed closely by her friend. When the door was closed Joe asked them:
"Don't you throw that out?" He was referring to Leila's corpse.
"She's beheaded, I doubt she'll get up." Ryo replied.
"Right ... I raise the anti-deflagration bulkheads, for security!"
"Okay, but hurry up!" Ayano urged him.