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Chapter 6: The Road to Dr. Albert Wily's house (safe?)

Part 1


"HAAA!"

Another zombie's head splattered against the wall, and then another one came from his back, only to have the same fate as the last one

"Ceh! Almost there!"

Zero wiped the sweat from his chin, looking toward the street ahead of him he realized that the chance of him arriving to his destination on time would be impossible, not to mention a few more chasing him

He clenched his bloodied fist and tighten the grip around his wooden sword, he really doesn't care about his chances but all he know is that he have to keep fighting his way to that kid

He glanced toward his back, three zombies are limping their way towards him, and there are two at his front, he decided to keep pushing forward in order to keep his distance against the chasing zombies, and there are still many more ahead of him…


Back at Hirondelle's house, X explained to the gang of the current situation, realizing how grim it was X didn't put much thought of what to do once they reach Zero. But it is most likely that they have to rescue that kid as well

"Ciel and Miss Cinnamon should stay, we will be back once-"

"I'M GOING!" Ciel yelled, causing X to flinch and nearly dropped his rifle "Umm, are you sure?" X asked, his words stuttered

Ciel didn't answer but instead gave X a glare that metaphorically, bore right through his soul

"Alright, alright! Just stay back when we reach him, Roll!"

Roll turned around and raised her eyebrow "Is the jeep ready?" X asked, Roll nodded twice while spinning the spanner she is holding

"It's in top shape!" She replied then took off her gloves, covered with black stains

Cerveau took of his glasses, then wipe the sweat from his forehead with a napkin, after taking a deep breath, he says "We took off the trunk cover so all of us can fit"

X nodded "Good, but you should stay here Mister Cerveau"

"Very well, be careful out there"

X tighten the strap across his torso, balancing the weight of the rifle at his back so it doesn't accidentally slumped from his shoulder, Bass too carries a rifle, but it is slightly smaller than what X carries, the rest is only holding a handgun

X closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then released it slowly, as he tries to reassure himself that everything will go smoothly, but he can't be at ease, as the thought of them arriving too late will…

'No no no! That won't happen!' X shook his head, once more trying to not let his mind bothered by such thought

"Alright, Bass and Enzan get on the trunk, Roll you drive!"

At X order the gang moved to their respective position, Enzan jumped on the back with one leap, Bass does the same, but his leg tripped on the tire, luckily Enzan were quick enough to support him, preventing Bass face from hitting the metallic surface

Roll rotated the key, and with one jump the car sprung to life, grey smoke burst out from it's exhaust

Cerveau pressed a remote attached to the garage's metal door, as he does the door steadily slid upward, slowly revealing the scene outside

"Be careful guys and girls!" Cinnamon yelled, but her loudest voice is still covered by the noise of the jeep's engine

As the garage's door went fully opened, Roll lightly stepped on the gas, steadily driving it outside of the gate. When the jeep reach the street Roll kicked the pedal until it hits the surface, making the jeep's engine roared while leaving a huge trail of smoke behind

As the sight of them gone, Cerveau closed the door, a heave of his breath were heard loudly by Cinnamon "What's wrong?" She asked

Cerveau shook his head "Nothing, nothing at all…"

Cinnamon frowned, but she decided to not press it further, even she is unsure of what would become of those students fate


"Turn left there!"

Roll turned the steer until it reached it's limit, resulting in the car nearly drove on it's two wheels, and the passenger flew to the right side of the jeep

Bass grunted, as he push Enzan away because he felled on Bass chest after the turn "Can't she be a bit easy on this thing!?" Yelled Bass, as he is trying to sit straight while resting his back on the jeep's safety bar

Enzan slid back to the left side, and grab on the safety bar on his side, just as he about to reply the jeep suddenly accelerate, almost throwing his grip off

"Guess not…"

Roll turned the wiper on, only to make blood smeared across the glass, she smirked, finally knowing how it feels to ram many humans against the front of the car like they did on the movies

After 'crushing' their way through, beyond the crowd of zombies X managed to catch a glimpse of Zero's blonde hair

'He made it that far?' He thought, starting to doubt that what he see ahead is actually Zero

About a hundred meter ahead from the jeep, the blonde student kept on killing one zombie after another, quickly closing his distance toward the kid in distress

Zero quickly turned around when his eye caught a glimpse of light, realizing that must be his friends, chasing him with a car. However Zero decided to keep pushing forward, he still have a lot of energy left and there is not much time for that kid

At the sound of a groan, Zero swung his sword to the back, stopping a zombified man that is much taller than him, the impact of the sword toward the zombie's liver managed to make him paralyzed, Zero turned around, facing the taller men then pulled his sword all the way toward the back of his head. After a deep breath, with all his might he swing the sword down, hitting the zombie's neck with such impact that his neck are crooked

With that finished, he continue running and evade any zombie's arms that are trying to grab him. At times, he felt like he is either really lucky to survive all this or maybe he is already wounded but he didn't realize it…

'… Ahh… it's that house right?'


"Hey… Hey… Wake up!"

The man remained still, his face are already pale, the red stain on his shirt are getting bigger and bigger

"… Are you dead?"

. . . . . . .

The little girl sighed, she moved her hand on the man's eyelids, and close it. She clasped her hand, and closed her eyes

After a minute she stood up and looked toward the stars… Or, that's what she hoped for, all she can see are grey cloud stretched as far as her eye can see

"What should I do…?" She whispered, she looked at the door behind her, then shook her head, there is no way approaching that door again will be a good option

*Grrrh*

That noise made her body froze, it sounds frightening, and it sounds alien. It is the same voice that made her run as fast as she could, and the same voice that made her… Scared

She slowly turned around, until her eyes are fixed toward the pair of eyes that is empty, looking at nothing and randomly spun around the socket

But she can't look away from the ugly sight, she tried her hardest to think, to move, to escape…

She took a step back, her right arm reflexively rose up and covers her face. But would that help? Would that change anything at all?

He moves closer, though slowly, but surely, closing his distance. One arm pointed toward her, his fingers are twitching constantly, as if he already know that he will get his prey soon enough…

Her legs began to tremble, and just as she realized that, she suddenly tripped, barely able to held the impact with her right hand

*Hgghhh*

She shut her eyes, unable to bear witness of what would become her fate

. . . . . .

"Huh?"

When she opened her eyes, she felt like her fear vanished in an instant, it was replaced with surprise, because there is no longer a walking corpse in front of her, but instead…

Another man, stood silently between her and the zombie, his shirt have blood splattered all over, and a sword is pointed toward the zombie's neck

The next second he brandished his sword to the side, then he quickly swing it upwards hitting the zombie on the chin

The zombie flew, until he crashed on another zombie behind, only then she realized that there are more than one in front of her

She can only sat silently, watching as the strange man in front of her stood there, keeping the walking corpses from getting anywhere near her

He went onto the next one, but just as he about to a car suddenly screeched to a halt, flinging zombies right off it's front and stopped right in front of the opening of the gate

"Zero!"

A man came out from the back of the car, then thrusted his arms to the front with his finger pointed

"FIRE!" He shouted, and at that moment, the people standing on the back of the car fired their weapon, while the one who orders it shoot at the zombies near her, hitting them right on their temple

She put both her hands up and close her ears, shutting it as tight as she can, unable to bear all the noises that would otherwise make her feel sick

"Took you long enough…" Zero said, the person he is speaking with frowned, then stomp his foot on something, resounding a crack beneath his feet

"And you are crazy enough to run through all this… Honestly I couldn't believe that you are still standing on your two feet" He turned around, as he does another person came out of the car, she seems younger than the others, and her hair is also blonde

"I though you won't let her outside X" Said Zero with a sigh, X only raised his shoulder

The girl who came out of the car approached the two, carefully stepping across the corpses

She stopped once she realized that she is in front of Zero, looking at him from head to toe

"… My… A-are you hurt?" She asked, barely audible to anyone but near her

"… I'm fine, and these are not my blood" Zero replied, glancing at his stained shirt

The girl nodded "I- I see" She said again with a husky voice, it seems that she was about to cry, but she tried her best to held it

She reach into her cardigan's pocket, then pulls out a pink handkerchief

"Here"

Zero waved his hand, and shook his head "No, I can clean it lat-"

"Just… Take it, please" She insisted, pleading as she stared at him with teary eyes

Realizing that she is about to cry Zero quickly took the handkerchief "Alright… thanks"

She wiped her eyes with her finger "You're welcome!" She replied happily, then rubbed her nose

The girl glanced to the side, and her eyes met the little one, she quickly approach her and squatted in front of her, leveling both of their sight "Are you hurt?" She asked

The little girl didn't answer, but nodded meekly, refusing to look at her savior in the eyes

"I found her running from the zombies with a guy earlier, and I'm guessing that's him" Zero pointed toward a corpse, one that is not as torn up as the others

"Hey! We can use some help here!" Zero and X turned around, then looked at each other, with a solemn nod they went toward the jeep, and joins the fight

"What's your name?" The older girl asked, smiling

The little girl cast her eyes aside, she stayed like that for a minute, but the older girl wait patiently and now curious of why the little girl haven't said her name

"Umm, well… How about me first? My name is Ciel" She said, then offered her hand

Once again the little girl only cast her eyes aside, refusing to look at Ciel in the eyes

But even with such response, Ciel keep smiling, knowing that this child won't believe in strangers that easily

'She seems kind, but everyone is like that at first'

"Hey, listen, how about we get out from here first?" Ciel offered, softly holding onto the little girl's shoulder

"It must have been tiring for you, and I know that everything looks bad. But let me, no, us protect you…" She pull her hand back, taking a deep breath as she glanced toward a deceased man with a hole on his chest, reminded by Zero saying that man is the one that protected the little girl "… I'm sure that he wants you to live on, even if his hope to survive is only a glimmer, he tried his best to protect you…"

Ciel offered her hand once again, while putting her other hand in front of her chest "… So please, come with me and… We will try our best to protect you"

". . . . . ."

The little girl went out to reach Ciel's hand, but she stopped suddenly, as if a thought resurfaced to her mind and made her hesitated

'Can I really… Are they really not going to… abandon me?'

'But if I didn't follow them…'

. . . . . . .

Seconds later, the little girl grabbed Ciel's hand, making her heart jumped with joy

"Thank you! Thank you for believing me!" Ciel said happily, then slowly pulled the little girl up

"Promise me"

"Huh?"

The little girl offered her hand, with her pinky finger pointed toward Ciel "Promise me that you will protect me" She said again, staring at Ciel while waiting for her response

Ciel looks dumbfounded at first, but then suddenly giggled, feeling silly for being surprised by the little girl's act

"Promise" Ciel linked her pinky finger with the little one, then shook it once, sealing their promise together

"So, what's your name?" Ciel asked, confident that now the little girl would reveal it

"I don't know" She replied bluntly

". . . . . . Ehhh!? Really?"

The little girl nodded, Ciel rubbed the back of her head, so this is why she didn't want to say it

"How come? Did your-"

"I forget it" She cutted off, and brushed off the dirt from her skirt

Ciel's eye widen by her response, she definitely didn't want to explain the reason why. Ciel put her finger toward her chin, then rose it up to the air "I know! How about I give you one then?"

The little girl stared at Ciel for a moment, then nodded with the same, flat expression as before

"… Alouette! Sounds good?"

"… A bird?"

Ciel laughed sheepishly, while scratching the back of her head "Well, I thought it was fitting because, you are-"

"Sounds good…" The little… Alouette, cutted off, her face remains expressionless, but Ciel felt like the corner of Alouette's lips rose up a bit… A tiny bit

"Umm wait here" Ciel said, then jog lightly to the jeep


"How many ammo you have left!?" X asked

Enzan's left hand rubbed around his waist "Three!" He replied, then quickly shoot at the last zombie near them

"Alright stop! Hold your fire!" X rose up his hand, and the shooting stopped simultaneously

Zero swung his sword to the side, spraying blood to the ground "Finally…"

X looked around, after awhile he confirmed that the area is clear then approached Zero

"Hey Zero"

X tapped on Zero's shoulder, it made him flinched but not much, his awareness is still strained after running through a horde "Easy there, you okay?" X asked, looking at Zero's eyes but Zero refused to look back

Zero merely nodded, then breathed out slowly, trying to calm all his nerve

With a closer look X realized that Zero's white shirt is barely visible underneath the red stain, his face have a few blood splattered around both of his cheeks.

Zero wiped the blood from his face with his shirt's sleeves, but that only smear it away

'Just what did you went through to get here…?'

"Hey guys!"

Both Zero and X looked toward Ciel, who is smiling as she approach them "Listen, she agreed to come with us!"

X nodded "Good" He turned toward the road toward their home, confirming that the remaining zombies are still far away he turned toward the others "Listen up everyone, I have a plan"

Enzan jumped down and stands beside X while Bass remains on the jeep's back, X looked around, seeing that everyone is close enough, he began "Now, these zombies are sensitive to sound, so in order to not lead them to our house we have to remain as quiet as possible. However, that can only be done if we push the car all the way back…"

The boys frowned at the end of the sentence, so X immediately continue "… Which, it won't go well considering how heavy this thing is. So, Roll will drive backward until we reach that corner which lead to our home…" X pointed to the mentioned spot "… Once we reach there, Roll will took the left turn, so we will have the jeep facing toward our house…"

"… From there, Roll will cut the engine off so Enzan, Bass and Zero will push it to the garage. Now, to distract them…"

X opened a pocket of his bandolier, then revealed of what seems to be an explosive

"… This, is a claymore. It is not as powerful as the other explosives since it's a fragment mine, anyway I will set this up about 50 meters from our house so the sound of the explosion will lead them there instead of our house" X putted the claymore back to his bandolier

"So, you are on your own?" Enzan asked

X nodded "Yep, but I won't engage them since they will be distracted toward you guys. Here is the hard part, we need to do this carefully, and to not let any stragglers near our house, you must clear any zombies that is… Approximately 10 meters from the house, this is where Zero, Enzan and Bass come in…"

X took a deep breath, then continues "… DO NOT, use any of your guns once you are near the house! Once Roll cut off the engine, Bass and Zero will secure the front while I and Enzan will secure the back of the jeep WITHOUT our guns. It's risky but it must be done as such, that's why we can't afford to go solo here…" X glanced at Zero, which he responded by rolling his eyes

"… Once the road toward our house is cleared, the three of you will push it toward the garage while I set the explosive, so I will go back on my own. Then I set off the explosive on my way back. Got it?"

Zero raise his sword, tapping it on his shoulder "Kill all zombies on our way quietely, got it"

"Now get in! It won't be long before they swarm us!"

Everyone quickly moved inside, while the boys stand on the back, from afar another horde of zombies are starting to rush toward them, quickly closing in from the front

With the loud thud of the doors Roll stepped on the gas, looking at the back of the car as they went on reverse

The jeep constantly bumped on the corpses they squish through earlier making it harder for Roll to drive straight

Nearing the corner leading to their house X tap on the jeep's roof twice, ordering Roll to stop

Roll step on the brake lightly while the engine has been turned off. Once they reached the designated corner X taps on Zero's shoulder "Go, Enzan with me!"

The boys nodded then jumped off from the jeep, soon realizing that their biggest threat is still far from them, still there are only a few walking around their house so even Zero alone can take care of them

'… No, I still have a promise to keep…' He thought, restraining himself from the risk

"Hey Zero"

Bass tapped on Zero's shoulder, "Don't doze off, and cover my back will you?" He said, still looking at the three zombies in front of their house

"… Alright" Zero took a deep breath, loosening his grip on his sword, once he let out his breath along with a stern look he tightened his grip again "Let's go!"

Bass charge straight at the zombies, jumping them from behind with his bare fist then continue on slugging them

Zero can only shook his head while looking at the recklessness of his brother, then directed his sight at the two zombies approaching Bass

Stepping lightly toward them Zero readied his sword for the blow, and joins the fight…


"Fuhh… Thank God, looks like my job is going to be a lot easier" Said X, smiling at the empty street ahead of him

"Good, then I should stay here on watch then?" Enzan asked, then glanced to his left, cringed at the swarming yet slow walking zombies approaching them

"Yep, if I didn't come back. Don't go to our house but just drive to Zero's father house"

Enzan nodded at first, but then his eyes widen at X words "Hey you-" Enzan quickly covers his mouth, almost shouting his throat off to call X who is already running away from him

"You kidding me!?" Enzan said to himself, still not believing his ears of what he just heard


"Hey, hey"

Ciel turned around to see Alouette, tugging at her skirt "Where did you come from?" She asked, staring at Ciel

"France, in a town called Marseille… I really missed that place. Hey you know that if you-"

"How come you live here?"

"Uhh… Well it's because of my father's work, he is a scientist who love everything about cybernetics. Since there is a project of it in Japan, we move here. That was when I'm about 8 years old"

Alouette nodded silently, then looked outside of the window, the horde are still far and they are very slow, but still scary

"So kid, mind telling us where you come from?" Roll asked, smiling as she does

She stays quite for awhile, only staring outside without even giving a glance, making the others feel awkward

Just as Roll about to ask again, Alouette spoke "I came from a home where a dozen of children are under the care of a single women that changes once every 5 days, and usually the brightest and the prettiest amongst us tends to live only for a few days in our home. But they are always replaced shortly after they leave, of course that means that our home are always lively with all the new friends that comes and gone from our home"

. . . . . . .

"Sooo… You're from an orphanage?"

Alouette didn't replied nor nodded, she went back to staring outside. "Well, I don't know if kids these days knows sarcasm as well as you are, and we can't blame you for hating your orphanage. But even-"

"I didn't hate it" Alouette cutted off and shook her head

"No matter how much I dislike my home. Its home, my home. Even if it's a small world that I live in I get to enjoy life better than those who doesn't even sleep under a roof every night" She said again, her blue eyes glimmered from the moonlight

The two older girls went quite, only staring at Alouette and occasionally at each other. "You… You know, I'm pretty sure that you are the smartest amongst your friends, and definitely not as naïve as any kids of your age… Why parents haven't take you for a child?" Roll asked, resting her chin on the seat's shoulder

Once again, Alouette stays quite for a few seconds, as if thinking of an answer. But her eyes remains still, like staring at an emptiness

"… I don't' know… I'm just unlucky… I guess" She replied, casting down her gaze

And once again, silence fell on the three of them, not knowing what to say next they went about staring outside, watching the boys does 'the plan'


'Let's face it here…, and this should activate the remote…'

X inserted a small, steel tube toward the mine's fuse, with that done X pulled out a remote. Two button were included, X pressed the one in the right

A click sound from the mine immediately follows, assured that it will work

With that done, X pulled out his... no it's Bass cellphone, then texted Enzan

To: Enzan Enzan

25/160

Its ready get everyone inside

X looked toward the house, his friends can be seen from afar. Enzan waved his hand toward his friends then Bass and Zero quickly pushed the jeep toward their house

"Alright, here comes the hard part…"

X ran away from the mine toward their house, sprinting as fast as he could

Once he reached several meters from it he peeked into a house to his left from the wall, after confirming that it was empty he continued to do the same thing toward the houses next to it and so on

When he is closer toward their house, a loud groan send shivers down X's spine, realizing that the horde are getting closer to their home X quickly ran back toward the mine

After he gets closer to the mine X turned back, his eyes widen that the zombie horde are already reaching the corner toward their home

"Shit!" He cursed, he quickly leap to a house through the wall, once he landed he quickly stick to the wall and pressed the remote

BOOOM!

The explosion isn't as loud as regular explosives, but even so that will get the zombie horde attention for sure

X peeked through the wall, and just as he planned the horde turned toward his direction

He praised himself for his successful plan, but now he have to return on his own. X climbs through the houses wall that is siding with each other, stepping slowly to not risk being detected

About 6 more houses to reach his house, the horde went pass him outside, X quickly stopped and watched the horde as it pass by

It would be lying if he wasn't scared by it, but he maintains his composure as much as possible, just one mistake, and it's over for him and his friends

There were so many that X had to wait for nearly 5 minutes for all of them to pass, his mind is already impatient to move out from there

Once the last one pass through, X proceeded to climb through the wall

'Almost there…' He thought, heart gladdened that the storm had passed

Or so he thought

GRAAA!

Just as X landed a zombie jumped right at him, though X was quick enough to block the jaw from biting any part of his body both he and the zombie fell, making X pinned under the zombie

X adrenaline surged throughout his body, doing the best he could to prevent the zombie's rotten mouth from biting his head off

Just as the zombie rised his head up, X quickly pulled the zombie's hair then pushed the jaw as hard as he could, thinking that the zombie is about to growl loudly

Once both of its mouth closed X grabbed the bottom of its chin while the other hand holds on to the zombie's head, with a swift motion he twisted them, making a chilling 'crack' sound

Even though it's not dead yet, the zombie can no longer control its head and body, X quickly pushed it away, then breathed deeply to calm his nerves

'Fuck… that was fucking close…'

Once he calmed down, he stood up then grab a pitchfork nearby, using it to hit the zombie's head until it stop groaning

With that done X proceed to return, and this time there are no more rotten obstacle on his way, just as he about to reach their house he noticed that Zero is waiting outside for him

He waved his hand, and Zero waved back both relieved that everything went fine

After landed on their house's yard, X took another deep breath, glad that he survived that close encounter

"Everything went smooth?"

X stares at Zero for a few second, then looked back at where he ran from

Chuckling he replied "Just a few bumps"


Alright, alright, alrigtht. Now from here on is where our favorite characters will have to fight the zombies that is much, much harder from what they previously thought!

Just think of it like how you beat every bosses in megaman's game, but then you have to fight Bass. Yes, the 'oh so powerful cameo' will definitely have you bite your nails off

I think you should prepare for some of them to die, I mean, even though there is no tragedy on the genre doesn't mean I can't kill the main character, right?

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See you in the next chapter! (If you're reading it…)