Link of the Dead II
Chapter 8:
Behind the gang stood a large crowd of Redeads. Link recoginzed several of them as the people they lost in the park.
"Holy shit!" said Sal, "We are royally screwed!"
"Not yet," said Link, "We can still make it to the bomb shop if we hurry!"
"I can't!" said Aryll, "My leg hurts! I'll never make it."
"Don't say that, Aryll," said Link, "Come on, I'll give you a hand."
"We all will," said Mila.
A small group of people rushed to Aryll and helped carry her through the town. As the gang ran faster the Redeads fell more behind. They eventually passed the town gate and ran into the grassy area that surrounded the bomb shop.
"We're almost there!" said Lenzo.
Just then, a Redead came at them from the side.
"Dampa," said Link.
Link pulled out his bow and fired an arrow into Dampa's head.
"Hurry!" shouted Link.
All of a sudden, something jumped up and tackled a random man down.
"What the fuck was that?" asked Mila.
"I don't know," said Link, "What just happened?"
Just then, another man was violently struck down.
"What's going on?" asked Sal.
"You're fucking kidding me," said Link.
Link turned to where the last man was knocked down and saw a pig eating his face. Only this pig had rotten flesh and red, glowing eyes, like a redead. Link pulled out his bow and arrow and aimed for the pig.
"Watch out!" shouted Mila.
Link stepped out of the way as another pig jumped at him from behind.
"How many of them are there?" asked Mila.
"I don't know," said Link, as a random woman met her bloody end to another Redead pig,
"Everyone spread out! Try to get to the bomb shop!"
People began running in different directions. With the group spread out, it became easier to see where the pigs were hiding, despite how dark it was outside. Link saw exactly three of them.
"Mila," said Link, "Find Aryll. Keep her safe."
"Okay," said Mila.
Mila ran off as Link pulled out his sword.
"I never like Dampa's pigs," muttered Link, as he charged towards one.
Unlike the human Redeads, who were slow, the pig redeads were fast and vicious. Link attempted to strike one pig with his sword, but missed every time. The pig suddenly jumped up and bit into Link's sword and held on.
"Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin!" snapped Link, who began to shake the sword and slam in into the ground in a futile attempt to get the pig off. The pig eventually let go and fell to the floor, where it made another attempt at Link.
"Bacon anyone?" said Link, as he swung his sword, slashing the pig's eyes out, spilling blood all over the ground.
Meanwhile, Sal, who was running to reach the bomb shop tripped over a person and fell to the floor.
"Oh," he said, "Sorry, I...OH MY GOD!"
The man Sal tripped over had his entire torso torn open, revealing all of his innards. A pig walked next to the man and began to eat his insides. Sal began to run, but that immediately caught the pig's attention, who came running after Sal. Sal made it to the bomb shop, where Lenzo had already successfully made it inside. The pictographer quickly shut the door, locking Salvatore out.
"Help!" shouted Sal, "Help! Let me in! Please!!!"
"No," said Lenzo, opening the door a bit, "It's too dangerous!"
"There are people who need to get in," he continued, "For the love of God, I NEED TO GET IN!"
"Sorry," said Lenzo, who shut the door.
Sal stopped pounding on the door and turned around. He saw the fat ugly, pig glaring at him, and gnashing its teeth.
"N-nice p-p-piggy," said Sal, "G-g-good boy..."
The pig began to charge for Sal. Suddenly, the door swung open again and Lenzo pulled Sal into the bomb shop. Lenzo slammed the door right as the pig leapt for them, and they immediately heard a loud "Crack!" When they opened the door again, they saw a blood stain on the door and the pig lying dead on the floor.
"Heh, heh," chuckled Lenzo, "Worked like a charm..."
"Wait a minute," said Sal, "You planned this? You were using me as fucking bait?"
"Sort of," admitted Lenzo.
"You motherfucker!" snapped Sal, "If we get outta this alive, I'm gonna kill you!"
"Hold that thought..."
A large group of people arrived and began to push their way into the bomb shop.
Meanwhile, not too far from the bomb shop, Mila and Aryll tried to make their way to the shop.
"Come on, Aryll!" said Mila, "We're almost there!"
"My leg hurts!" said Aryll, "I'm not gonna make it!"
The two then heard a growl. When they turned around, they saw another pig approaching them.
"What do we do?" asked Aryll.
"I don't know," replied Mila.
"DUCK!" shouted a voice.
The two girls did as they were told. As the pig began to charge for them, an arrow flew straight into its mouth.
"Are you okay?" asked Link, holding up his bow.
"Big Brother!" said Aryll.
"Let's go!" said Link, "Those Redeads are right behind us!"
Aryll and Mila turned around and saw the swarm of Redeads from before closing in on them. The two girls stood up and ran to the bomb shop with Link. They were the last ones in.
"Is everyone here?" asked Link.
"Link!" said Mila, "I can't close the door!"
"What?"
"Actually," began Lenzo, "That's kind of my fault..."
"You idiot!" snapped Sal, "Your 'plan' doomed us all!"
"Shut up!"
"This is no time for fighting!" shouted Link, "Now, let's get some bombs!"
"But how can we hide in here when the door won't close?" asked Mila.
"We can head to the roof," replied Link.
The gang headed to the backroom, walking past Cannon's half-eaten corpse. They opened up several barrels and pulled out some bombs. One by one, they headed towards the rooftop with the supplies.
"We can't hold them off anymore," said Anton, who, along with Aryll, Mila, and several others were holding back the door.
"There are too many!" said Mila, "They're gonna get in!"
Just then, the Redeads began to break open the windows and crawl in.
"Come on," said Link, "Let's go upstairs!"
Link then picked up a bomb and lit the fuse.
"Ready?' he said.
The people holding back the door ran for their lives towards the stairs. When there was no one left in the room, Link tossed the bomb at the oncoming swarm and ran as well. However, Link's green shirt had gotten caught on a nail in the wall, and he found himself stuck.
"Shit..." muttered Link.
"Need help, buddy?" said Anton, who came running back down the stairs.
"What are you doing?" asked Link, "Go upstairs! It's dangerous here!"
Anton ignored Linkand helped to tear off the piece of shirt that was stuck. Unfortunately, a Redead suddenly grabbed Anton.
"Anton!" shouted Link, "Don't worry, I'll save you!"
"Just go!" said Anton, "The bomb's gonna blow!"
Link watched in horror as the Redeads surrounded Anton and began to tear him limb from limb. Link could hear Anton saying, "Tell Linda I love her!" just before he died. Remembering the bomb, Link ran from the oncoming Redeads and ran upstairs. Just then, the bomb blew.
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"LINK!" shouted Aryll, "Oh no!"
The bomb had just blown up inside the shop and the people on the rooftop felt a violent rumble.
"He didn't make it," said Mila, "I-I don't believe it..."
All of a sudden, the door burst open, and Link, who was completely black, appeared. Much of his shirt was burned off and he had a large cut on his forehead. Other than that, he was fine.
"Damn," said Link, "My ears are ringing..."
Aryll ran up to link and hugged him.
"I'm so glad you're okay!" said Aryll, "I love you..."
"Where'a Anton?" asked Mila.
Link looked at her and shook his head. Mila put her hand hand on her mouth.
"Come on, guys!" said Link, "It's the time to blow the shit outta these guys!"
The crowd cheered and began to light bombs, which they hurled at the hundreds of Redeads that surrounded the bomb shop. Within a minute, every Redead had been blown to pieces. Body parts and blood filled the once clean grassy area near the docs.
"So," said Aryll, "It's over?"
"There may still be more in town," replied Link, "But most of them are dead. We better head back to city hall and get the others. We have to evacuate them!"
"And," said Sal, "With these bombs we'll be invincible!"
Link chuckled. The gang made their way down the stairs into the now-destroyed main room. After heading outside, they walked back down the long path towards the town gate. Aryll, however, noticed something at the docs.
"Link," she said, "Was that boat always there?"
Link turned his head and saw a large vessel parked not too far from the King of Red Lions. Link did not remember seeing that before.
"I don't know..." said Link.
Just then, a group of men jumped from all places. Some were hiding in bushes, others behind the trees, postboxes, etc.
"Stay right where you are!" ordered one of them.
They wore tight black bodysuits with grey armor on top. Aside from the helmets on their heads, they also wore veils that hid much of their faces. They were armed with mainly crossbows and spears. The strange men immediately surrounded the gang and pointed their weapons at them.
"This is not good..." muttered Link.