Okay, get ready for yet another long-ass chapter ^_^; I'm really fucking tired so there might be a lot of typos. But I'll fix them tomorrow, so you guys can just ignore the typos for now...

Dark Sanctuary

Campaign 1: No Mercy- Part 3

Chapter 6: The Sewer

"Guys?"

Takuya, Zoe, and Kouji looked over at Tommy, who had a large grin on his face.

"Yeah?" Kouji asked, impatient.

"I think I found our ticket out of this room," Tommy said.

Takuya smiled, rising to his feet. "Good, where is it?"

"See that this wall is completely covered by cardboard boxes and stuff?" Tommy asked, making his way to the indicated wall.

"Yeah," the other three replied unanimously.

Without a word, Tommy knocked the piles of boxes away, revealing a barricaded door. The knob had been broken off and there was a metal bar secured directly across it.

"Tommy, you're the best," Zoe said excitedly.

"Yeah, good to know that we don't have to go back out that way," Takuya added, nodding his head to the door they had come in through.

By now, the metal door was badly dented and groaned in protest as the infected try to push their way through.

"Okay, then let's get the fuck outta here before we end up as zombie food," Kouji griped, casting an annoyed glance at Takuya as he did so. "And I'll call those fuckers 'zombies' if I feel like it."

Takuya merely shrugged, moving the metal bar away from the barricaded door. He then kicked it open and cautiously entered the connecting room with the others close behind. The adjoined room appeared to be a type of storage closet, which was filled with several shelving units and cardboard boxes.

"Well, it looks like we have company," Zoe said as she held up her twin pistols.

A small group of the infected were lurking in the shadows, clumsily making their way over to the survivors. They were immediately gunned down almost effortlessly and their bullet-filled corpses crumpled to the floor.

"Okay, now what?" Kouji rudely asked. "There's no way out of here."

Takuya quickly scanned the dark room, flashing his light over the floor and walls. A moment later, he lowered his flashlight and walked over to one of the shelving units. With Tommy's help, he managed to moved the heavy object away from its designated spot.

"What the hell are you doing?" The raven-haired man demanded.

Zoe smiled at the working pair and looked at Kouji. "They found a hole."

"Yup, so now we can jump down into the floor below us," Takuya added proudly. "It's a bit of a drop, so be careful. I'll go first."

The brunette sat at the edge of the hole and swung his legs over, using his arms to carefully brace himself as he lowered himself down. Once most of his body was almost completely through, he let go of the edges and dropped down. A billowing of dust blew up around him and he waved his hand to get it away from his eyes.

"Okay, you guys ready?" He called up.

"Uh...yeah...." the others replied hesitantly.

Tommy went next and carefully copied what Takuya did, trying his best not to lose his grip ahead of time. He shakily dropped down and Takuya grabbed him to steady his landing.

"I'm okay," Tommy said somewhat deleriously. "But I think I have a newfound hatred of heights..."

Zoe followed suit, her heart pounding a mile a minute. "I can do this....I can do this...and hopefully not crack my head open...."

She, like Tommy, also had an unbalanced descent and fell to the lower floor. However, Takuya quickly caught her in his arms, holding her to his chest.

"You okay?" He asked.

Her face slightly red, she nodded and waited for him to set her down. Once he did, she couldn't help but look away from him and stared at her guns like they were the most interesting things in the world.

Takuya looked up at the hole above them. "Your turn, Kouji."

"Yeah, whatever..." Kouji mimicked to the others and lowered himself to the lower floor, landing steadily. "Haha! I did it without any problems. How do you like that?!"

"I'll be sure to give you a gold star later," Takuya replied sarcastically, leading them down towards a door.

The door led outside, to an array of alleys. Under the moonlit night sky, shadows seemed to be lurking in every corner, threatening to reveal themselves to be more than mere shadows.

"What's with all the friggen alleys?" Kouji muttered.

"Better than the open street where we can be seen," Tommy speculated.

They hastily rushed down one of the alleys, shooting at the infected humans who jumped out at them. Men and women ambled over to them, their tattered clothes clinging to their bodies with sweat and blood. Their bodies littered the ground within seconds as they were gunned down, twitching as they succumbed to their wounds.

"In here!" Takuya shouted above the gunfire as they ran. "There's a building right there with an open door. Just go in there for now!"

The survivors sprinted into the into the building, slamming the heavy wooden door shut behind them. They were standing in the kitchen of a restaurant, which was in ruins. Pots and pans were scattered over the floor as well as eating utensils, spilled food, and rotten leftovers.

There were only three common infected in the kitchen, and they were quickly shot dead before they had a chance to attack.

"I think I hear something," Zoe said suddenly, signalling for the others to keep quiet.

A moment later, a Witch stumbled out from behind one of the counters, her white miniscule articles of clothing barely covering her. In one of her long clawed hands was an empty bag of sugar. She used her free hand to lash out at Zoe and the others, who hastily jumped back from the attack.

"Dammit!" Kouji exclaimed, her nails barely missing him.

The Witch threw her head back and wailed, slashing out a second time.

"You still wanna hook up with the Spitter?" Takuya asked Kouji with a laugh. "This bitch seems to be more your type."

"I'll consider it," he replied, shooting at the infected woman.

The Witch screamed louder, her shrieks piercing deep into their ears. She dropped the empty bag and charged at them wildly.

"Shut her up!" Kouji exclaimed.

The Witch's head suddenly exploding, sending brain matter to fly across the kitchen.

Zoe lowered one of her guns and sighed. "Only way to quiet one of these down is to shoot them in the head."

"Good shot," Takuya said with a smirk. "Now let's get the hell outta here. I'd rather not deal with another Witch...."

The four of the headed out of the kitchen, into the seating area. Contrary to the destroyed kitchen, the restaurant dining area was almost completely intact minus a few overturned tables. There were six infected humans stumbling over to them and they were immediately shot to death. A severed hand flew onto the counter, its fingers spazzing slightly.

"Eh...let's go," Tommy said uneasily.

They ran out of the ominous restaurant and made their way outside to the parking lot. There was a large horde of the infected, much to their dismay.

"Eh, dammit," Takuya muttered, aiming his assault rifle at the approaching swarm. "This is gonna be fun...."

Tommy grabbed a pipe bomb from his pocket and hurled it across the parking lot, hoping to steer several of the infected humans away. The flashing light and alarm attracted about half of the horde, giving Tommy and the others a better chance against them. While many of the infected were annihilated by bullets, the bomb went off, killing dozens more. Blood and dismembered limbs flew in every direction, pieces of skin and muscle sticking to the sides of the surrounding buildings.

"Head this way!" Takuya told his allies. "Head to that building over there!"

"Why?" Kouji asked, following him nonetheless. "What would be the point of that?"

Zoe glanced back at the zombie-like humans stumbling after them, shooting at them when they became too close. "Anything is better than being out here in Zombie City!"

"Yeah, I'm with her!" Tommy agreed, shooting a deranged woman in the face.

Takuya led the group into the building, slamming the door shut behind them.

"Now what?" Zoe asked nervously, quickly reloading her guns.

"Uh...head this way," the brunette replied. "Unless of course, someone doesn't like that idea..."

Kouji, knowing that the comment was directed at him, snorted in response. "Whatever. I don't fucking care right now. Let's just hurry the hell up."

"Well, it looks like we can just cut through this building and go back outside," Takuya speculated as they noticed a door at the end of the corrider.

"Hey, hold on a sec," Tommy said, pausing for a moment.

He opened a door that was to his left and quickly entered. Seconds later, he emerged with a first aid-kit, and an auto shotgun.

"Damn, good work," Takuya told him, nodding in approval. "Know how to use that thing?"

Tommy shook his head. "No and now's not the best time to learn. Here, Kouji, you can have it."

Kouji grinned, taking the weapon from the younger boy. "Fucking awesome."

"Okay, let's go," Zoe said, glancing behind her. "I can hear them coming."

The others nodded in agreement and they hurried out of the dimly-lit building, feeling the light breeze as they made their way back outside. In the distance they could see yet another building, only its wall had been completely destroyed.

"Head for that building," Takuya said. "Don't ask me why, but I have a good feeling about it."

Kouji shrugged. "If you say so. But if we get infected, I'm killing you first...."

"I'll keep that in mind," the soldier replied dryly.

As they sprinted to the designated building, another swarm of the infected rushed over to them. Amongst them was yet another Witch, who was screeching and charging at them. She managed to evade their bullets and tackled Zoe to the ground.

"Hey, get off of her!" Takuya shouted, aiming his rifle at the woman's head.

However, before he could fire, Zoe shot the Witch in the face, killing her. She shoved the corpse off and stood back up, brushing herself off.

"You okay?" Takuya asked her.

"Yeah," she replied nonchalantly. "No problem."

Seconds later, they were running towards a ramp. They hurriedly ran to the end of it and grabbed onto a nearby ledge.

"Okay, just climb the fucking ledges and walk across that beam to get inside," Takuya said, heaving himself up.

"We have to do to the second floor?!" Kouji demanded.

"Sorry, but the wall on the first floor was intact and there's no door. On the brightside we're running away from those bastards," he replied.

Kouji snorted. "Brightside my ass..."

The four of them climbed two more ledges, then ran across the metal beam, carefully jumping into the room.

"Now what do we do?" Tommy nervously asked. "The door is completely blocked."

"Go down," Takuya said, jumping down a hole in the floor.

Zoe dropped down after him with a sigh. "So many drops...."

"Get used to it," he told her, though not in a rude manner. "These friggen buildings are collapsing at a pretty quick rate."

Once Kouji and Tommy had descended to the lower floor, the four of them ran down the closest corrider. They made their way to the end of it, coming out into a large room. Waiting inside was a horde of the infected, as well as a wobbly Boomer.

"Ugh, not another one," Kouji complained.

He and the others began to fire at the oncoming group, backing away slowly as they did so. Blood misted before them, slightly clouding their vision. The Boomer took this opporutunity to to spit a mouthful of bile at them.

"Ah, shit!" Takuya jumped away as the disgusting liquid sprayed over his coat. "Fucking asshole!"

"Ew!" Zoe looked down at her red jacket, a look of repulsion on her face. "That's just gross...."

The horde rushed over to them at a quicker pace, attracted to the sickening bile. They were shot dead before they became too close, however.

"Okay, now shoot that thing!" Tommy said, gesturing to the Boomer.

The bloated human looked as though he was getting ready to spit out yet another mouthful. Before he could, his head was blown completely off, leaving behind a gushing stump of a neck.

"Alright, let's get the fuck outta here," Takuya told them as they ran over to a staircase.

The four of them descended the steps, constantly checking over their shoulders. At the bottom of the landing, they came to a dark storage room. The room was adorned with several shelving units, all of which were being crammed with cardboard boxes. There were also about a half dozen of the infected, who came lumbering over.

"Dammit, can't we go anywhere without these bastards popping out every thirty seconds?!" Kouji angrily began to fire his shotgun.

"Not anytime soon," Takuya replied, shooting the infected as well.

With the help of Tommy and Zoe, the small group of zombie-like humans were annihilated. With that deed done, the survivors made their way down a dark hallway. The corrider walls were covered with graffiti, blood amongst the spraypaint. As they cautiously walked down the hallway, guns tight in their hands, the area became more unsightly. The floor was almost covered in dirt, and a sickening odor filled the air. Small puddles were at every corner, and steam burst through pipes near the ceiling, giving off a hot, nauseating affect.

"This is fucking gross," Kouji muttered.

"What did you expect when we're coming up to a sewer? For it to smell like roses?" Takuya shot back, somewhat annoyed by the constant complaints.

Zoe sighed, making a disgusted face. "No, but it would be nice...."

They slowly descended several flights of stairs, each filthier than the last. As they made their way to the bottom of the last staircase, a group of the infected attempted to rush up at them. Unlike the infected above ground, they were much more dirty. Their clothes were stained with sewage water and dark stains.

"I don't even wanna know what the hell is on their clothes," Kouji mused.

Takuya shot at the ambling horde, a crooked smile on his face. "Not even gonna say anything to that...."

Zoe fired her pistols and shot two of them point-blank in the head. Tommy shot the leg off of an infected man, then fired another bullet into this throat. Once that particular swarm had been finished off, the four of them walked into the nearby room connecting to the staircase. As they scanned the area, they discovered that it was a boiler room. To their relief, there were only a few common infected. Unfortunately, there was an adversary in which they did not wish to fight.

"Eh, great," Tommy groaned. "There's a friggen Tank with them."

As if in cue, the hulking behemoth charged at them, a low gutteral snarl escaping from his throat. Evading the Tank's attacks, they shot at him from behind the boilers, weaving in and out between them to avoid him. He was finished off easier than they expected, as did the rest of the infected.

"Okay, I don't wanna stick around." Takuya nodded to an open manhole. "We're going down."

"Into the sewer, right?" Zoe asked.

Takuya smirked. "Yup, so try not to pass out from the lack of clean air."

With that, he jumped down the hole and into the sewer. The others reluctantly followed, shaking their head in disgust.

"Damn, this is nasty," Kouji said.

"Then let's move our asses and get the fuck out as quickly as possible," Takuya replied.

The four of them rushed down the path, trying their best to not choke on the repulsive aroma. They took a left at the end of that path, only to find yet another horde rushing at them.

Takuya grabbed a grenade from his belt and hurled at at the oncoming group. It exploded seconds later, sending blood and chunks of flesh flying in every direction. Just as they began to continue to venture down the path, a Hunter lept forward, tackling Tommy in the process.

"Fuck!" He cried out, on the verge of falling into the stream of sewage beside them.

However, Zoe and Kouji quickly grabbed onto him, while Takuya shot the Hunter through his empty eye socket. The bullet shot out through the back of his head, and he fell into the stream instead.

"Th-thanks," Tommy stuttered, clearly surprised. "Would've sucked if I fell into that."

"Would've sucked for us, too. We would've been stuck traveling with you," Takuya said with a laugh.

The four of them continued to make their way down the path, finally exiting from the tunnel. They came out into an opening, much wider than the path they had been traveling through. To their dismay, there was another horde waiting for them as they walked through. The infected group lunged at them, trying to mash their teeth down into their flesh.

"Shit!" Kouji jumped away, as did the others, shooting the vicious humans as he did so.

They fired their weapons, barely dodging the attacks from the horde. One managed to bite down onto Takuya's arm, though the brunette's jacket was too thick for his teeth to go through. Takuya slammed the butt of his rifle into the man's face, crushing his nose back into his skull. The soldier then shoved the barrel of his gun into the man's mouth, where he proceeded to pull the trigger. The back of the man's head exploded in a sickening mess, blood splattering every which way.

When the swarm had finally been finished off, Zoe noticed something as they reloaded their guns.

"Hey, guys? I think I found our way out," she told them. "There's a ladder that leads up to a manhole. You think It'll come out near the hospital?"

"It's worth a shot," Takuya speculated.

Kouji snorted. "Then let's get the fuck out. This place is making me sick to my stomach...."

The four of them rushed over to the ladder, where Takuya climbed to the top of it. While Zoe held his gun for him, Takuya pulled an extra pistol from his waist and held it in his hand in case of an attack. He then pushed up against the heavy lid of the manhole, grunting as he did. It finally gave away and he slid it to the side of the pavement above him. Quickly peeking his head out, he discovered that they were, in fact, right next door to the hospital.

"Well, you were right, Zoe." Takuya climbed out of manhole. "There's no one around, but hurry up and get out of there."

The others complied and began to ascend the steps. Zoe went first, handing Takuya his rifle as she made her way up. The brunette quickly grabbed her and pulled her up the rest of the way.

"Sorry, but we need to move," he told her. "Not saying that you're slow but-"

"It's okay," she cut him off. "I know."

Kouji and Tommy rushed up after them, squeezing out of the manhole just as yet another horde appeared out of the shadows.

"Fuck! Run!" Takuya shouted.

He and the others sprinted towards the hospital as fast as they could, not taking the time to stick around to finish off the swarm. They rushed through the doors of building, the horde close behind.

"In that room!" Tommy exclaimed. "Hurry!"

As they rushed towards the indicated room, Zoe's eyes darkened and she shot at the infected who had drawn too close to them. She slowed her running pace, taking down the zombie-like humans as she did so.

"Zoe, come on!" Takuya grabbed her arm and and yanked her into the room just as one of the infected leapt at them.

Tommy and Kouji slammed the door shut before it could reach them, causing the infected person to crash into the outside of the door. Takuya and and Zoe had collapsed onto the floor, and the brunette turned to give the blond an angry look.

"What the hell were you thinking?" He demanded, roughly pulling her up. "You could've gotten yourself killed."

"They were catching up," she retorted. "I had to do something."

"We would've made it though," Takuya shot back.

Zoe rolled her eyes in aggravation. "Fine, whatever."

She walked away from him and began to silently rummage through the items on a nearby table, while the guys took this time to barricade the door with a vending machine.

Kouji then broke the machine open, taking a bottle of soda from it. "Hey, after all this shit, I deserve a fucking drink. Too bad it ain't alcohol."

Takuya and Tommy nodded in unision, grabbing one for themselves.

"Want one?" The soldier asked Zoe, still somewhat annoyed.

Zoe didn't turn around, but shook her head instead. "No, thank you."

"Suit yourself," he replied with a shrug, taking a swig of his Coke.

The blond simply sighed, moving her hair out of her face. As she did so, the thin gold chain around her neck broke. Zoe cursed, grabbing the necklace in her hands before shoving it into her jacket pocket. She did not wish to look at it.

Yeah, sorry for the loooooooooooooong ass chapter. But the next will not only be a bit shorter, but will slow things down a little as well. I thought it was funny how they didn't spend much time in the sewers, but the chapter is still called 'The Sewer'. Oh well, who cares? I know that I don't. In the next chapter you will find out....information! Yay! So please let me know what you think and the next chapter will be out in a few days.