Shadow of the Red Flag: Part 1

by dcfefs

The year was 2277, 200 years after the Great War. the world was locked within a dark and quiet void. The US government was broken, unable to continue with the war with its enemies, nor could the enemies. China, with its government remained intact, sent out her most deadly force towards the capital wasteland... to execute protocol 614, a plan to end the war once and for all.

28. Chapter 28

Part 28:

Chen was one escalator away from the hordes of feral ghouls, Chen had no weapons or tools that can wipe them out, he decided to take his chance with the SFS function, and hoped that they would not see him. Chen walked slowly down the escalator, carefully placing each step and tried his best not to make a sound.

The feral ghoul in front of him was standing up right, with its arms crossed in front of his laps. Chen walked closer and closer to the end of the escalator, and then the feral ghoul twitched and held its head up high to sniff the air. Chen took a few steps backwards and took out his sword and held it in a blocking position. But the ghoul dropped its head down and went back to its previous position. Chen realized that the ghouls' sense of smell still remains intact, and even though the ghouls could not see him, it would be too much of a risk to sneak through the horde.

Then Chen noticed the wrecked, collapsed train that the ghouls were surrounding. The train was tipped sideways that the bottom of the train was showing. The circuit box of the train was showing, but the energy would have been disconnected a long time ago, it could not cause an explosion to eliminate the horde , let alone distract them. Chen took a while to study the position the train was in, and he observed that the train goes directly into the tunnel, and on top of the train, there were only a few feral ghouls. Chen thought that if he could get on top of the train then it would be much easier to pass through the metro. However, around 4 feral ghouls stood between him and the train, and Chen did not have anything on him that could distract them. Chen had decided to rely on his speed and expertise in his swordsmanship to clear an opening for his path to climb on the train. He must do it in such a speed that, he must get on top of the train before the horde notices him. He knew that no fire arm can be used in such situation, or else the horde would tear him to pieces before he could get near the train.

Chen targeted the four feral ghouls in front of him, and he took out his sword and lunged. The first one had its head sliced off before it could react, then Chen took aim and stabbed through the second ghoul's heart. The third ghoul smelt the air and knew someone was there, it opened it rotten deformed jaw to warn the horde, but its jaw was slashed in half before it could make a noise. The forth ghoul, which was right next to the train, saw its companions being killed and screeched with a horrifying high pitch noise which echoed through the whole metro station. Then the screech was responded with hundreds of screeches from the horde, the noise alone shook the whole metro station and Chen's bones. Then the horde all turned to look at Chen's direction. The forth ghoul ran and charged at Chen, Chen knew that he must get on top of the train, and he must do it NOW, before the horde could surround him. Chen jumped and avoiding the ghoul's attack, then stepped on the ghoul's skull and launched himself on top of the train. Chen had done it.