Chapter Two-Leaving
Garth P.O.V
"Garth how are we gonna leave there's way to many of them?" Zane asks. I go to the edge and see one punching the door. "I don't know but it has to be soon." I say. After that I look back down and the crawler is still there. So I took out a knife and throw it into its head killing it. "If we are leaving we need to have a plan before we tell the others." I say. Then Zane walks over to me and looks me strait in the eyes. "I have an idea, but it involves someone as bait." He says.
I look at him as if he was crazy. "Bait. Are you mad?" I say. He looks at the crawlers then back to me. "It will work, but we need someone fast." he states. Then at the same time we both look downstairs. "Humphrey. He is the fastest out of all of us he can do it." I say. Zane looks at me and nods. "But the trick is getting him to agree and getting Kate to let him." Zane said.
(Downstairs)
Kate P.O.V
"What do you think they're talking about?" I ask. I look around and see Yasmin waiting at the door to the roof. "Probably what we are going to do with all them crawler your team brought back." Yasmin said. I glared at her and she glared back. "It was an accident." I say. "Ya that it may be, but there's hundreds of them maybe even thousands." she shot back coldly.
"I know that." I say. Just then the door to the roof opens and Zane and Garth come in. "We have a plan but you may not like it." Zane says. I give him a look of concern. Then I look to where he's looking and realize he's looking at Humphrey. "We have decided to leave." Garth says also looking at Humphrey. "But the plan involves someone as bait." they both say. "Hell no." I say in anger. "We know that it's very dangerous, but he won't be alone." Garth says.
I look at him in question. "Who else will be going?" I ask. Then Zane steps next to Humphrey. "Huh?" Yasmin says. I look at her and grin thinking well if mine goes down so does yours. She looks at me and glares at me. Then Zane walks over to her and takes her to the roof.
Then Lilly goes over to Garth and hugs him. I can tell she's upset, because I can hear her sobbing. I look at Humphrey and he looks worried. So I walk over to him and give him a deep passionate kiss. After I pull away he looks disappointed that we stopped. Then I look over to Garth who is trying to convince Lilly that this isn't her fault, but she keeps saying it is. I can see he is getting frustrated with her now. He never gets frustrated with Lilly. So go over to them and tell Garth that I will talk to her. "Hey." I say to Lilly.
"It's my fault that Zane and Humphrey are putting their lives in danger." she sobbed out. I pulled her into a hug and said "No, it's not your fault. They have decided this because its what's best for us. Not because of what happened."
"Alright" she says softly. Just then Zane and Yasmin come in and say we have to go now. "Why?" I ask. They both give me a death glare and say "They are getting mad and attacking." they explain annoyed.
Zane P.O.V
Humphrey and I get our gear ready so we can hopefully get to where it is the rest of the team will be waiting in the semi. "Ready?" I ask. They all just nod. I look at Humphrey and see that he really doesn't want to do this. "Humphrey stay here I can see that you really don't want to do this." I say. The others just look at me like I'm insane, but Humphrey looks sorry he couldn't do it. "Hey, don't be sorry I can do it." I tell Humphrey.
Then Garth comes up to me and wishes me the best of luck. Then one by one they all do the same. Once it comes to Yasmin she walks up to me and hugs me crying. I feel bad I'm doing this to her, but I know it must be done. So I whisper into her ear. "It's gonna be ok. I'll see you on the other side of the city." I reassure her. She just nods and keeps crying into my chest.
"I have to go now. I promise I'll make it." I say to Yasmin. She lets go and I grab my rifle and my new pistol I found in one of the rooms. Then I go to the back door and slip out.
Once out I look around the side of the building and see the crawlers. "Here goes." I whisper to myself. Then I pull out the pistol and shoot the nearest crawler in the head. Just as I expected this got all their attention. So I take off running towards my extraction point. I look back and see that they are a ways back, but still chasing me. After I notice this I slow to a jog. After 30 minutes or so I start walking at the pace that they are chasing me.
What I wasn't even considering was the ones still with in the city. Surly the large crowd of other crawlers would draw them. Since I'm pretty sure that I've gotten them far enough away from the others I decide to cut through some buildings to try and lose them. Sure enough after about 30 minutes I manage to get rid of them, but when I'm about halfway to the other side of the city one sees me and attacks me. I had no trouble killing it, but the commotion drew the others attention. "Son of a bitch." I say to myself.
(Back with the Others)
Yasmin P.O.V
I was really stressed out about Zane doing this in the first place, but then he has to go out alone. I was really upset. Then Garth says it's time to go and that all the crawlers are gone. So we head out to the semi and get in. Once we are all in Garth starts it up.
Now we are heading the other side of the city to pick up Zane. Once there we stop and wait.
(With Zane again)
Zane P.O.V
I had been going through ammo like crazy. I have to have killed at least 100 crawlers. If it wasn't for the fact that I promised to come out alive I would have givin' up already. I was getting close to the semi so I decided I would try to lose them again. I was running when I saw a building that looked like a good one to lose them in. I got to it and ran inside. Once inside I went up the stair with them still following so I got to an elevator shaft and jumped to the cables.
Then I began to climb until I got to an open elevator door. I climbed for a long time till I found one. After swinging and getting enough momentum I let go and flung myself though. Then I realized I was on the top floor. I began looking for a way to the roof. I looked for probably 20 minutes before I found the way to the roof. Once on the roof I found the ladder down. I saw the semi at the bottom. So to let them know I was alive I shot the ground next to the drivers side.
Garth looked out the window and started looking for where the shot came from. Getting annoyed that he wasn't looking up I shot again, but not to close so I wouldn't hit his head. I laughed at his reaction when the bullet went flying by his head and into the ground. Then finally he looked up and saw me on the roof about 30 ft. up. After he saw me I began climbing down at a very fast rate. Soon I was at the bottom and climbed into the semi. Once I was in Garth started up the semi and took off.
We were driving down the highway and I was explaining what had happened. After about 30 minutes of explaining I finally finished by saying "Next I ain't gonna do it alone." Then Yasmin hugged me. "I didn't think you made because of how long it was taking you." Yasmin cried into my chest. "I know it took me a bit longer than expected, but I'm here and I'm safe." I say trying to comfort her.
Well there's chapter two. Hope you enjoyed it. Like before all review appreciated. Thanks and Later.
Mountainboy out.