Chapter 9: The Start of the Exodus.

"So this it the plan, Me, Steven and Marcus will storm the car park, We'll also hold off any of the buggers who decide they wanna come and join the party. Quinn, Rebecca, Seth and Daniel you guys will come in behind us and take the ambulances, Seth and Daniel will carry the petrol that is stored in the cage outside by the door to the generator?" Phillip said and looked at Steven for confirmation.

Steven nodded.

"Quinn and Rebecca you will carry the bags of food that we have scrounged from the vending machines and the kitchen." Ben and Rebecca nodded.

"Right what guns do we have, lay them all on the floor."

The group was gathered in the ward they used to have their meetings in. They all had their stuff together the bags of food, which was four sport kit bags full of food and drink, which was enough to last them a week. If they needed it.

They all placed their guns in the center. Two standard police issued revolvers, Two Smith and Weston Revolvers, Three shotguns, One Lee-Enfield rifle, One sawn off shotgun and a desert eagle. "Right next the ammo," Phillip said.

All the ammo was thrown into the pile and after several minutes of counting they had the list. One clip for the Desert Eagle, thirty bullets for the rifle, two boxes for the police revolvers, which was about a hundred, One box for the Smith and Westons and finally forty shogun shells.

"Right every one gets to take one gun." Phillip said, "and we'll take it in turns" he quickly said looking at Seth.

"Steven goes first." Steven took one of the shotguns.

"Rebecca". She took one of the Smith and Weston revolvers.

"Marcus" Marcus took the sawn off shotgun.

"Seth" He eagerly grabbed one of the shotguns.

"Quinn " Quinn took the rifle. He'd heard somewhere it was one of the most accurate guns ever made so he thought he'd try it out.

"Daniel" Daniel took one of the police issued revolvers.

"Right I'll take one of the shotguns" Phillip said grabbing it. "Plus Daniel you get the other revolver, you should be able to handle two at once, Marcus you get the Desert Eagle as the sawn off only has two shells at a time. Finally Quinn take the other Smithy, you might need it, it takes a while to reload that rifle."

"Right I say we have half an hours break before we go for this just relax people then we can get to it, go and grab drinks quickly and toilet breaks." Phillip paused to laugh "God I sound like the mother of this happy band of soldiers." he chortled. "Right go and have a break meet at reception in half an hour"

The group then quickly scattered and Phillip collected the ammo together and placed them in the rucksack he'd carry.
"You want me to show how to use that thing?" he asked Quinn

"Sure thing."

He explained to him that the bolt on the gun had to be brought back and forth after each shot to load another bullet into the barrel. Also how to aim with it and get a proper shot with it. He also explained how to reload the gun, it evolved putting each bullet in separately, but once it was loaded it could hold ten bullets.

"It certainly seems an impressive gun," Quinn said looking it up and down.

"It is, right I just need to sort out the distribution of people and ammo on the trucks." Phillip said organizing the ammo again. "Do you mined driving one of the trucks, and I'll drive the other one." Phillip asked

"That's fine, I work several shifts in the ambulance while I was an intern so I can drive one quite easily."

"Okay, Right I think I'm going to put Steven, Rebecca and Daniel in your truck. Is that okay?" Phillip asked.

"That's fine" Quinn nodded

"It's just that Steven can handle a gun quite well and so can you, plus I think there might be something going on between Rebecca and Daniel." Phillip said smiling.

"Really?" Quinn asked. For the first time in four days he was relieved to hear a bit of nice gossip.

Phillip nodded. "Suppose we should get ready to get to the generator room. Oh yeah just thought I'd say, I'm giving your truck some ammo, you guys get all the pistol ammo and the rifle ammo, apart from the Desert Eagle. However I'm going to keep all the shotgun ammo with us as we've got three of the shotguns so Steven will have eight shots with his shotgun then he'll have to use your Smithy."

Quinn nodded. Phillip filled up and rucksack then he gave Quinn the ammo for his truck to him.

Quinn then lifted up two of the food bags and Phillip followed suit and the pair went to the generator room. There were there a while just sorting through stuff giving it the entire once over. Quinn also decided to go and get his suit jacket from the locker room just to complete his black suit and also he figured he'd need the jacket until they could get some better clothes.

They waited for about ten minutes after that and by then all the others had arrived. Rebecca arrived with two sets of keys as well. She gave one to Quinn and the other to Phillip. "Right, Okay the groups are, my truck is Seth, Marcus and Myself and with Quinn, Steven, Rebecca and Daniel."

Quinn looked at the reaction of Daniel and Rebecca and they both exchanged bashful glances. Phillip was right there was something going on.

"Right Daniel, Seth you guys need to be quick with the Petrol so don't hang around we don't know how many are wanna join the fun."

Daniel and Seth nodded. "Rebecca I want you to toss the food into our truck then high tale it back to your own"

She also nodded.

"Right Quinn, Rebecca grab the food. Steven, Marcus on me and get ready."

Quinn slung the rifle over his shoulder by the strap then he picked up the two food bags for his truck. Rebecca slipped the Smithy into her trousers and hoisted the bags up.

"Every one ready?" Phillip asked.

"Yes" Everyone replied.

"Right here we go!" he said and he threw the metal door open so fast the door clanged onto the other side no doubt attracting the attention of every undead in the car park.

Phillip was quick to fire a shell into the leading zombies face. Marcus and Steven followed suit-blasting holes into the zombies. The short skirmish lasted about twenty seconds and the car park was clear. Quinn and Rebecca were quick out through the door and ran over to their assigned trucks Quinn opened his quickly and threw the bags into the back area. He then quickly opened up the driving compartment and got in to start the engine. Rebecca ran over to Phillip who had also opened his truck.

She threw the bags in and was quickly over and in the back of Quinn 's truck.

Seth and Daniel were out to the petrol storage as quick as possible. Daniel went to open the door but there was a pad lock firmly holding it in place.

"Fuck" he uttered.

"What's wrong?" Seth asked almost bouncing up and down from the excitement.

The whole car park was then filled with shouts and loud foot echoes as some of the feral undead outside had heard the fight and were coming to get some food. The sound of their footsteps on the tarmac on the ramp into the car park was deafening.

"HURRY UP" Phillip shouted as he started the engine.

"MOVE" Seth shouted and he fired as shell destroying the pad lock.

Steven and Marcus were already shooting at the undead as they charged in through the entrance.

Quinn took his revolver out of his waistband and aimed out the window as a zombie advanced upon Steven's right flank. He fired the first shot catching it in the shoulder and scattering it to the ground. The zombies had now gotten close to Steven and he quickly flicked the butt of the gun into the leading one's face. Marcus was down to his Desert Eagle he didn't have time to reload the sawn off.

Quinn and Rebecca joined in fighting the zombies trying to slow their advance. Phillip blasted his shotgun into the advancing ranks.

"GRAB 'EM AND LET'S GO" Seth yelled over the fighting as he grabbed to tanks of petrol and Daniel followed suit. They ran to their trucks quickly However Daniel was in mid sprint when and undead noticed him and charged across the parking lot at him. Fortunately Daniel noticed the charge and he managed to turn using the weight of petrol tanks to smack it straight in the face. It fell back lifeless and he managed to get back to the truck quickly. Steven fired of the last shell in his gun and then ran to his truck. He quickly clambered in the back and shut the door. Quinn noticed Phillip's truck had started up and was leaving the parking lot. The rear doors were open and Marcus and Seth were fighting the undead off as they moved. Quinn started up the engine and slammed down the accelerator.

The truck jerked forwards and he rammed the undead out of the way as he charged up the ramp out of the car park. Charging after Phillip's truck.

They were out onto the street and Phillip lead them to the nearest Highway that would lead them to New York. They'd escaped and their journey to New York had started