Chapter 5
Slick, Miller, David and Robinson made their way out of the basement back into the motel. They shone their flashlights scanning the area and were shocked. The motel hallway was filled with infected. "David get behind us" Robinson said raising his gun. The infected started to run at the survivors. "FIRE!" Robinson shouted as they opened fire. The three mowed down the infected. "No, no, no heeeeeelp!" David shouted as he was dragged away by a long tongued infected. Slick fired two shots. One hit the tongue and the other hit the infected between the eyes. He ran over and helped David up. "Cmon kid we've gotta catch a ride."
"There's the stairs that can take us to the roof!" Miller exclaimed. "Roger, no time to lose get moving!" Robinson ordered breaking out into a full sprint. The four made it on to the stairs and made the short climb to the roof. "Miller go first and check" Robinson ordered. Miller moved slowly towards the door with his gun drawn. He opened the door revealing another horde of infected. Miller crouched and fired at the wave. Robinson fired over Miller's head. "Shit I'm out" Miller said staring at his gun. "Take my gun" Robinson said handing Miller a baretta 9mm. "We'll be there in 5 minutes" Miller's radio crackled.
The four walked on to the roof watching the sky. After a few minutes they heard the rumble from the engine. "Anybody else feel the ground shake?" David asked. All of a sudden a tan coloured fist shot through the roof narrowly missing David. "Open fire!" Robinson commanded unloading his AK 47 into the giant arm. Miller and Slick gave supporting fire but the creature wouldn't stop as it pulled itself on to the roof.
"There's the helicopter!" David shouted pointing at a ebony helicopter flew closer. It landed on the very edge of the roof. "Go! Go! GO!" Robinson ordered as he fired the last of the clip into the monster. David ran and jumped into the helicopter followed by Miller who was still firing at the infected monster. "Hey tough guy get on that goddamn helicopter" Robinson shouted at Slick. "You go, I got a beef with these bastards!" He shouted firing his revolver at the mammoth monster. Robinson nodded and ran towards the helicopter. "Go." Robinson ordered as the helicopter left the roof. Slick emptied his gun into the monster. He looked up towards the helicopter and met Robinson's eyes. Robinson saluted him before the monster crushed Slick with it's monstrous hands.
"We could have saved him!" David shouted angriliy at Robinson. Miller remained quiet tilting his head back and sighed. Robinson didn't turn to respond, he just stared at the carnage below him. After a few moments Robinson simply said "he lied, he cheated, he stole, he killed, but in the end he made the ultimate sacrifice." "It doesn't matter what he did in his past, it's what he chose to do." "And I will always respect him for that." Robinson didn't say a word after that as the helicopter travelled above the silent country road. Rural Route 3 had turned into hell on earth. But they had survived. As the sun set behind them Miller wondered if anyone else was alive....