Nazi Zombies
Chapter 3
"Were all gonna die here," Marcus said, looking through the barrier at the dense jungle of Shangri La. "We need to escape and find help."
"How?" Jacob asked, he was tall and broad shouldered, dark skin with short black hair, and dressed in a heavy combat vest, camouflage pants and boots. "Were stuck here until whoever runs this death trap lets us out."
"Found the box!" Izzy said, she was slightly shorter than Jacob with long brown hair tied back in a pony tail, and dressed in a Kevlar vest that showed off her ample cleavage, camouflage pants and boots, a large grenade launcher was slung over her shoulder. "You guys might wanna use it before the next wave."
Almost immediately, the bushes started to shake, and glowing yellow eyes started to appear. Marcus began to sweat and shake. Jacob placed a reassuring hand on the other boy's shoulder, but; it was shook off as Marcus started ripping boards from the barrier.
"What are you doing?" Jacob exclaimed, as he grabbed Marcus and tried to restrain him, but; an elbow caught him square in the nose, sending him to the ground.
"I can't take this anymore!" he shouted, leaping over the barrier he made it only a few feet before several large, tawny shapes erupted from the bushes, and brought Marcus down. The other two could only look on in shock and horror as Marcus was clawed and bitten by a pair of lions. The big cat's hides were riddled with bit marks and stained with dried blood. Large holes showed off bones and organs. "Help me!"
A thick, wet, ripping sound filled the air, as one of the undead predators removed Marcus' leg, while the other seized him by the throat and dragged him screaming into the jungle.
"That is the fate of those who break the rules in my game," the voice said. "You will be teleported back to me, the next stage of the game is ready."
Soon, the remaining contestants stood before the wall of TV's again, this time, there was a table against the opposite was with food and drinks. The 8 immediately fell upon it and began to ravenously eat and drink.
"I must commend you all for surviving this long," the voice said. "Now there will be two teams of 4. You will only return here when the number has dropped by half."
"What!" Izzy exclaimed. "You mean four of us have to die this time!"
"Precisely, here are the teams,"
Team 1: Bren, Russell, Rommel, and Izzy
Team 2: Pete, Jacob, Raigar, Jaeger
"Remember, fight to survive, and make it interesting for the viewers," the voice said. "There is a special teleporter on both maps that will take you to a different map all together. I advise you to wait until you have no choice left to use it."
In a bright flash, they were teleported away.
"Where are we now?" Izzy asked, looking around.
"Asylum," Bren said. Rommel looked out the window at the full moon hanging low in the night sky.
"Do you think we'll survive?" Rommel asked.
"This shouldn't be too hard if we keep the windows covered," Russell said. "What's the worst that could happen?"
A sad, lonely howl cut through the darkness, and was soon joined by more.
"Oh fuck," Izzy said. "What was that?"
"It wasn't zombies," Bren said, as he raised the sniper rifle to his shoulder, and looked through the scope out into the darkness. "This may be bad."
"Run for the teleporter!" Raigar shouted, as zombies began dragging themselves up out of the mud of Area 51. "Come on!"
The horde began to grow as the four ran for the teleporter, Pete glanced over his shoulder to see a wall of zombies and hell hounds chasing them. Drawing his pistol, he took aim and fired. Jaeger fell to the ground clutching his knee.
"You bastard!" he exclaimed, as the throng of enemies engulfed him, and he started to scream. The three watched as he was devoured before they were finally teleported away. Holding their breath, Raigar and Pete immediately retrieved the masks from the locker. After catching their breath, Raigar grabbed Pete by the collar and slammed him against the locker.
"What the fuck is your problem!" Raigar shouted. "You left him to die!"
"It was either him or us," Pete said. "You saw those things, and how long it took for the teleporter to work. We would have been killed."
Glaring at Pete, Raigar tossed him away, accidentally sending him into Jacob, causing the black teen to drop his mask, causing it to crack on the floor.
"Oh shit! Here!" Raigar reached into the locker for the spare mask only to find it gone. "Where's the other mask!"
"Jaeger's dead," Pete said. "He doesn't need a mask."
Raigar watched helplessly as Jacob clutched at his throat for several seconds, before collapsing to the floor.
"Lets go find the power," he said. "Stay where I can see you. I don't feel like taking a bullet in the back.
"Why don't they attack?" Russell asked, as he glanced out through the window. He could make out great shapes moving back and forth quickly. "Can you see what they are?"
"Bren looked into the scope again, moving it back and forth, trying to catch one of the things standing still. "No, their too fast to see."
"So I guess we just sit back relax, and wait for the other team to-" Rommel was cut off as a shaggy arm covered in thick black fur shot through between the barrier, seized his arm, and pulled it back through. "AAAAHHHHHGGGGGGHHHHHHH! Get it off! Get it off!"
Izzy and Russell grabbed hold of Rommel and desperately tried to pull him free of whatever was holding him. Over the sounds of his screams, they could hear crunching and chewing, it was eating him. Bren reached past them, placed the barrel of the rifle between the boards, and fired. Immediately the tension was gone, and they were able to pull Rommel back in. his hand was mostly gone, his fingers and thumb were missing, only the heel of his left hand was there.
"Jesus Christ!" Russell removed his bandana, and wrapped Rommel's hand the best he could with it. "Hang in there buddy, you'll be ok."
"We need to find the teleporter," Bren said, looking out the window he saw several of the shapes moving towards the asylum at a fast pace. "Right now!"
Handing Izzy the rifle. Bren and Russell each got under one of Rommel's arms and hoisted him up. Opening the doors as they went the group could hear the barriers being destroyed and heavy things moving through the corridors behind them.
"We need to hurry!" Izzy said, raising the rifle she fired as one of the creatures came around the corner, causing it to step back. "Guys they're right behind up!"
"There it is!" Russell shouted, pointing to an open door at the far end of the corridor.
"Izzy cover us while we go get the power on," Bren ordered.
"Right!" she replied, firing again. Bren and Russell carefully sat Rommel down against the wall. Bren checked the power supply while Russell kept Rommel from falling asleep.
"He's losing blood fast," Russell said. "We need to find a med pack or something. How's the power?"
"Fully charged," he said. "Izzy lets go!"
Bren watched as Izzy started running, soon several large, shaggy forms came around the corner after her. When they moved into the moonlight Bren finally saw what they were.
"Werewolves," he muttered. "Izzy move it!"
The pack broke out into a full gallop, closing the distance with each passing second. Bren cursed under his breath as Izzy almost made it to the door, before he swung it shut.
"What are you doing?" Russell shouted, as Izzy started pounding on the door. "She was close!"
"Those things were too close!" he shouted. "We wouldn't have been able to shut the door in time!"
Pressing the teleporter switch Bren helped Russell move Rommel onto the teleporter, as Izzy began to scream, and the three teleported out.
The flash of light dispersed, allowing them to see that they were now in a hut.
"Shi no Numa," Bren said. "Stay here with him, I'll see if I can find anything."
Opening the stairs, Bren moved down and started looking for anything they could use to wrap Rommel's hand and disinfect the wound. Screams cutting through the air snapped him back, running back up the stairs he saw Rommel violently convulsing on the floor.
"What do we do?" Russell asked, "Hold him down? Or keep him from biting his tongue?"
"Kill me!" Rommel shouted, his lips curled back into another scream, revealing his teeth had become pointed. Rolling over onto his belly, Rommel's bones started to crack and reform, as his spin began to curve outward, his ears grew pointed, and his fingernail became claws. Running for the window he leapt, smashing effortlessly through the barrier, and landing down into the swamp below.
"Rommel! Come on lets follow him!" Bren said, leaping through the window after their friend, with Russell right behind him.
Rommel soon began to crawl on his hands and knees from the pain shooting through his skull and body. A red glowing light seemed to draw him towards it. His boots soon fell off as his feet began to shrink and change.
He came out to a clearing, where a red meteor lay in a large pool of bubbling water.
"Rommel!" he looked over his shoulder as Bren and Russell broke through the jungle. "Let us help you."
"I'm sorry Bren," he said, his voice deep and broken. "I can't go with you this time."
Without another thought, Rommel leaped into the pool. He surfaced after a few seconds. His skin was red and peeling, as he screamed in pain. Russell and Bren could smell his burning flesh and hair as the water cooked him alive. Soon his screams tapered off, and he sank down into the dark waters.
The two didn't take their eyes off the spot where their comrade disappeared, even after they were teleported away.
END CHAPTER 3
CHARACTER STATUS
Russell: alive
Bren: alive
Rommel(deceased) boiled alive
Kate(deceased) eaten by zombies
Jennifer(deceased) eaten by zombies
Pete: alive
Frost(deceased) decapitated by George A Romero
Jaeger(deceased) crippled by Pete and eaten by zombies
Raigar: alive
Jacob(deceased) suffocated
Marcus(deceased) devoured by lions for cheating
Izzy(deceased) killed by werewolves