"So why are we heading towards the military sector?" Nebula asked as they were all running down the street. Nebula's house was about .3 miles away from the military sector, so it wouldn't take them long to get there. The problem was no one knew why they were going there, except Winston.
"It'd take too long to run to the garden center, so we're going to borrow crazy Dave's car, spaceship thing." Winston replied as they headed towards a small house away from all the military buildings. When they arrived at the house, Winston clicked open the garage door to reveal an RV. "Come on, Grace you're driving." Winston opened the door and threw the keys at Grace.
They all piled in and Grace started the RV. When she cranked it, the engine roared to life and wings began to unfold from it. The driveway transformed into a ramp and the vehicle blasted off.
"We'll be at the Garden Center in five minutes." Grace called back to the rest of the group. They were all busy mentally preparing themselves for what lied ahead. Grace put the RV on autopilot and walked towards the back. She saw Static blankly staring at the floor and Winston preparing the supplies for the garden. She looked over and saw Nebula nervously spinning her leaves around each other.
She understood why she was so nervous, but she still felt bad for the sunflower. Grace took a seat next to her "You nervous?"
Nebula looked up and gave Grace a small smile "That obvious huh?"
"You've got nothing to worry about. Listen I know it's going to seem intimidating, but once you vanquish that first zombie everything gets so much easier. You graduated at the top of your class so it's not like you have anything to worry about. Plus, you've got us!" Grace gestured to Static and Winston.
They both looked up from what they were doing and smiled at Nebula. Nebula laughed at them before standing up with a new look of determination on her face "Alright, let's do this."
Grace went back to the driver's seat and opened the hatch doors. The floor split apart and revealed the land below them. It was completely abandoned and there weren't any zombies in sight.
Winston gave a nod to them before jumping out. The rest of the team followed suit and began scoping out the area as soon as they landed.
After making sure it was clear, Winston turned and addressed the team "The zombies have already left, they think there's no reason for them to stay once they've forced us out. As soon as I get the garden planted, they're going to realize that plants are still here and come back. They'll come back in waves with each one being stronger than the last."
"How many waves where there be?" Nebula asked.
Winston thought for a second before responding "About ten, after that the garden will have taken affect and plants will have an easier time moving back and taking defensive positions."
Grace spoke next "The RV will pick us up after the tenth wave, we'll have to defend the pickup zone for a bit though. Make sure you're in the zone or else you're getting left." Static and Nebula looked nervously at each other before Grace jokingly punched Static in the arm "I'm kidding you two, but it makes it a lot harder if you two aren't there."
"Let's go plant the garden and get this over with." Static sighed, not looking forward to fighting ten waves worth of zombies.
Winston led them over to Garden park, which was located on the outskirts of the Garden Center. It was a friendly looking place, there was a lovely fountain and a gazebo for celebrations. But there was an eerie feeling in the air that put every team member on edge.
Winston picked the spot for the garden and started planting. The rest of the team stood guard until he was finished. When he was almost done, he looked at them and uttered "Remember your roles and don't get taken down." Then he finished the garden and the ground brightened up.
Thirty seconds went by and nothing had happened yet. Static finally broke the silence "Well that was lack luster." A zombie suddenly lunged at him from behind and Winston made quick work of it with one shot to the head.
Grace looked around and saw the horde beginning to form. She looked at Static and grinned "I think you spoke to soon."
They all went to work dispatching of the zombies. Winston took off and began taking out the groups of zombies, between his mixture of peas and radioactivity they didn't last long.
Static took a different approach and started chasing zombies down, blasting any groups he saw and eating the stragglers.
Nebula stuck with Static, cleaning up any zombies he didn't kill and making sure he was at full health the whole time. The only time she left his side was to make sure Grace and Winston were alright, then she'd immediately go back to helping Static.
Grace had found a safe and comfortable spot away from all the action and began picking the zombies off one at a time. She made it a priority to take out any zombies who were getting too close to her teammates, and she directed Winston to any groups that had appeared.
"That's the last of them." Grace sighed in relief as she watched Static pop out of the ground and swallow the last brown coat.
"The second wave will be filled with tougher zombies, don't let yourselves get overwhelmed." Winston called out to them.
Grace looked into the distance and saw the next wave approaching. She could already tell there were more zombies, and she could also make out cone heads and bucket heads mixed in with the brown coats.
The team worked with a slightly different dynamic for the second wave, with Static targeting the tougher zombies and Grace making sure no one got near him. Nebula was now running back and forth between Winston and Static, only healing Grace if she asked for it.
Wave two took longer to finish then wave one, but it was just as easy for them to complete. The next zombies began charging and when Grace zoomed in on them, she found that wave three was almost the exact same thing as wave two.
"Strange that they would send the same zombies for wave three, maybe this is all they have." Grace thought to herself as she started shooting at the zombies. Suddenly she noticed a foreign object heading towards her.
She quickly jumped out of the way as the entity blew up behind her. She looked around for the source and spotted a zombie on the rooftop. He was wearing a army hat, and had a gun in his left hand. He began opening fire on Grace, hitting her a few times before she found cover behind a tree. She noticed another one taking aim at Nebula and she shouted "Foot Soldiers! Watch out for the rockets!"
Nebula noticed in just enough time and ducked under the rocket. Winston began firing at the second solider while Grace concentrated on the first. Static and Nebula cleaned up the rest of the regular zombies and made sure there were no more foot soldiers.
Grace surprised her opponent by freezing him in place before delivering a spike to the head to take him out. Winston almost had the other one beat but the soldier jumped off the roof and landed behind a building. He didn't expect Static to be waiting for him though. The chomper suddenly burst from the ground and swallowed the foot soldier whole, not giving him the chance to escape.
It felt like no time had passed when wave four arrived. Grace was on the lookout for anymore special class zombies when she noticed fluffs of white hair approaching them. "Scientist." Grace mumbled to herself before locating Static and Nebula. "Static, focus on eating the scientist. They're gonna make things a hell of a lot worse if they're given the chance to heal the other zombies." Grace shouted.
Static gave her a nod and plunged into the Earth to seek and destroy the zombie healer. It didn't take him long to find the first one and capture it in his jaws, but the second one had alluded him. He finally found him sneaking up on Nebula when an ice shard came crashing into his head, freezing him in place. Static came up from behind and finished him off with his electric blast, not wasting his time eating him.
The attack seemed to have stopped and the group gathered around the garden. Grace made sure to keep a lookout while Winston addressed the team "They must be planning to launch a heavy assault. We'll stick together for this next wave, Do Not stray outside the park."
Nebula nodded and Static smiled at Winston "Got it boss, but it's not like we've got anything to worry about. None of these zombies are strong enough to-" Static didn't get to finish his sentence as he was knocked away by what looked to be a powerline. The rest of the group turned to find a huge zombie standing behind them, and he did not look happy.
"GARGANTUAR! SCATTER!" Winston directed the group and they all split off in different directions. Nebula looked around and saw Static lying unconscious by the fountain and rushed over to him. She quickly began working to get him up before she was noticed by the Gargantuar. She got him up and began firing on the beast while moving away from Static.
Winston noticed this and began formulating a plan. "If we can keep diverting his attention and confusing him, then we can keep doing damage until we knock him down." Winston thought to himself. He hurried over to Grace and told her his plan before setting off towards Static.
"Static, keep any other zombies away from the Gargantuar. We'll deal with him from afar, just don't let yourself get hit again." Winston firmly told Static.
He just nodded at him before setting off to find the rest of the zombie wave. Winston turned to see Grace and Nebula going back and forth at distracting the monster of a zombie. The bigger zombies tended to be the stupid ones, and they were playing that to their advantage. Nebula would wait for him to turn around, then she'd start firing at his back. As soon as he'd turn to face her, she'd hide behind the fountain and Grace would come out from behind the tree and start pelting him.
Winston smiled to himself at the teamwork before deciding he needed to help finish the zombie. He activated his hyper and took off running at the Gargantuar. He timed his jump perfectly and landed on his head, balancing himself and readying his toxic pods. He began rapidly firing into the zombie's head, and the Gargantuar became extremely confused as to where the peas were coming from.
Nebula and Grace both took this opportunity to pop out of their hiding places and begin unleashing hell upon the zombie. Between all three of their assaults and the damage he had already taken, it wasn't long before the Gargantuar stumbled and fell.
The three looked at each other and took a sigh of relief, happy that the biggest threat had been taken care of. They were about to go and help Static until they noticed that he was already walking towards him, the last of the zombies currently in his mouth.
They looked at each other before Nebula spoke "Still think that there isn't a big enough zombie to take you out." She was looking straight at Static who just stuck his tongue out in reply.
Winston looked over at the garden then back to Grace and grimaced "We're only half way done with this shit."
Well that took longer than I hoped, and I still have to do the other half. I'll make time for it though and I'm going to try and get the next chapter out by Wednesday, but we'll see. Also if anyone wants someone to do Garden Ops with in PVZ Garden Warfare 2, my gamer tag is Tropical T rekt.
