Since I have absolutely nothing interesting to say, here is the next chapter. Enjoy.
Dark Sanctuary
Campaign 2: Death Toll- Part 4
Chapter 4: The Town
After about ten minutes of resting, the Survivors had cleaned up their wounds a bit and reloaded their weapons.
"We should get going," Takuya murmured.
Kouji sighed. "I'm so fucking tired, though... Can't we just rest for the night?"
"It's too dangerous to stay in the church," the soldier replied.
More of the infected had since flooded the crumbling building, trying their best to break down the safe room door. As exhausted as everyone was, even Kouichi, they all knew that they had no choice but to leave.
"Hopefully we can rest in the next safe room," Zoe said with a yawn. "And maybe with any luck there'll be a sink where I can wash all of this blood out of my hair..."
Tommy jumped as the infected continued to bang on the door. "I don't care what it has, let's just get out of here."
Located in the safe room was a large, metal door that had been barred off. The room that it led to was small and empty, containing only a window. Takuya heaved the bar off and flung it aside, then pushed the door open. He led the others into the small room and opened the window, climbing out onto the ledge that brought them outside. From below, several infected humans were lurking around, swaying unsteadily. Takuya shot at the them while the others joined him on the ledge, then all of them dropped down to the ground.
"Well, this is going to be a fucking blast," Kouji said sarcastically as he fired at the infected.
"It always is," Tommy added with a wry smirk.
Kouichi leapt from one zombie-like person to another, tearing their throats out in the process. Takuya led the group down the street as they all continued to fire, coming up to a large truck seconds later. Inside the truck, there were six infected men ready to jump at them. Takuya and Zoe shot them down while the other three took care of the surrounding enemies.
"Come on, this way! We don't wanna get ambushed!" Takuya yelled above the gunfire.
The others complied willingly, following him down the road towards an alley. They shot at a few infected along the way, though the area seemed relatively deserted. The alley led them into a courtyard, where they came up to a large building containing several storage rooms.
"I think we should check those out to see if we can find any ammo," Kouji said.
"Yeah, but we shouldn't stay too long," Takuya replied, scanning their surroundings. "It seems to be a bit too quiet around here, and I'm not exactly liking it..."
The Survivors headed into one of the storage rooms, finding ammunition, pipe bombs, and molotiv cocktails. They gathered the items up, reloading their guns hurriedly. Two infected humans stumbled into the room, only to have their heads blown off immediately after.
"I think we better go." Zoe aimed her pistols towards the doorway, then fired as another infected person ambled in.
Without a word, the five of them ran out of the building and down the road, seeing several more of the infected in the distance. As they drew closer, they passed many run-down buildings, most of them looking as though they were a century old due to the damages since the epidemic. The zombie-like savages lunged at them just as the gunfire began again, riddling them with bullets. Amongst the horde were a Jockey and a Spitter.
"Oh, fuck," Tommy muttered as he aimed at the Jockey. "Those things give me nightmares."
The Jockey laughed hysterically, hopping closer to the Survivors before Tommy shot at him. While he concentrated on taking down the insane infected man, Kouji shot at the Spitter.
"You're not spraying me with that acid, you bitch!" he cried out as he shot her through the head. "See! I told ya!"
However, while her head had been shot, a tiny bit of acid had spurted out near Kouji. A tiny drop of it landed on his shirt, causing him to cry out in annoyance as it burnt a tiny hole.
"Ah, goddammit!" he exclaimed.
Tommy frantically shot at the Jockey, unable to get a clear shot as the infected man hopped towards him in a zig-zag pattern. With a manical laugh, the Jockey bounced at Tommy, intending to jump onto his back. Yet at the last second, Tommy managed to shoot him direcly in the face with his shotgun, destroying it. The Jockey collapsed to the ground in a bloody heap while Takuya and Zoe continued to shoot at the other infected humans. Once they had taken down the last one, Takuya motioned for everyone to follow him.
"Come on, this way," he told them.
The others followed him down the the road and approached a street corner where a news van had been parked. There were a few more storage rooms nearby, indicating that there could be useful items around.
"We'll take a quick look, but I don't wanna stay long," Takuya said.
"Unless we want to get ambushed," Tommy added with a sigh.
The five of them checked only one of the rooms, being fortunate enough to find a bit of ammunition. Once it had been gathered and distributed, they headed back outside on the street.
"Shit! I see them coming!" Kouji exclaimed. "Where should we go?"
"This way," Takuya replied. "Around the building. If we go any other way we could run into a horde of them."
They ran to the corner of the building, shooting a few of the infected along the way. Just as they reached a courtyard, an entire swarm of them were running out of the shadows.
"Yeah, going this way didn't cause us to run into a horde of them," Kouji snapped, firing at the group.
"Hey, give him a break," Zoe shot back. "He's not a psychic, so it's not like he knows where they're all hanging out."
Takuya smirked as he fired his sniper rifle at the infected, getting as many head-shots as possible. "See? Zoe knows what she's talking about."
At the same moment, a Tank ambled in from the street, catching the Survivors off guard. The behemoth swung his huge arms, hitting Takuya and Kouji from the force. The two of them slammed into the building, groaning from the impact.
"Takuya!" Zoe cried out. "Kouji!"
She jumped out of the way as the Tank tried to hit her, barely missing his giant arm. She shot at his face, then heard a yell coming from Tommy. The boy had been the only one shooting at the horde, which was proving to be extremely difficult as the number of them grew. Kouichi began to attack them as quickly as possible, but was still having trouble keeping them at bay as well. With Takuya and Kouji reeling from the shock, she couldn't bring herself to just leave Tommy and Kouichi to fend for themselves while she checked on the other two.
"Guys! Get up!" she called to Takuya and Kouji. "Shit!"
Zoe dodged another blow from the Tank, and she attempted to shoot him through the eye. She succeeded, partially blinding him. As much as she wanted to take him down at that very moment, Tommy was about to be overcome by the horde, so she ran to assist him.
"There are too many of them," he told her, his voice filled with worry.
A second later, the Tank grabbed Tommy and swung him into the building, causing him to crash through a window. The hulking infected man was about to do the same to Zoe, but missed as Kouichi grabbed her and jumped away.
"Tommy!" Zoe cried out, afraid of how injured he was. "Takuya! Kouji! We need you to get up!"
Groaning, Takuya and Kouji finally began to heave themselves up, their clothes smeared with a bit more blood. Kouichi set Zoe back down and jumped onto the Tank's shoulders, trying to tear his other eye out.
"Are you guys okay?" Zoe asked as she rushed over to the other two. "Tommy just crashed through that window so one of us has to get him."
"I'll do it," Kouji replied sluggishly as he climbed through the window.
Zoe turned back around and resumed her shooting. She took down several of the infected and noticed as Kouichi tore the Tank's remaining eye out. He then slashed his neck, causing his jugular vein to be lacerated. Blood squirted in every direction, and the Hunter jumped back down as the Tank collapsed. Takuya joined Zoe in her effort to fend off the horde, still a bit disoriented.
After another minute or so, they had finally finished off the last of the swarm, just as Kouji assisted Tommy back out of the building. Takuya fell to his knees, dropping his rifle.
"Takuya, are you okay?" Zoe dropped to her knees in front of him, then glanced over at Kouji. "How's Tommy?"
"I'm fine," Tommy answered before Kouji could. "Just a bit scratched up."
The blond turned her attention back to Takuya, placing her hands on his shoulders. "Are you going to be alright?"
Takuya flashed her a smile. "Yeah, I'll be fine... Just a bit dazed now..."
He grabbed his gun and heaved himself up with Zoe's assistance, trying to shake his head to clear it. Takuya then wordlessly led them inside a nearby building, though they were unable to find anything useful. The five of them exited through a different door that brought them into second courtyard.
"I see an open window in that building," Takuya told them. "Let's get up there and hopefully avoid the hordes in the street."
"And how the fuck are we going to manage that one?" Kouji scoffed.
The soldier ran onto the hood of a nearby van, hopping onto the roof of it. From there, he jumped over to a ledge that led to the building, reaching the window seconds later.
"Show-off," Kouji muttered.
Kouichi leapt up easily, while the other three used Takuya's tactic to reach the window. They climbed into the office building, their guns aimed and ready to go.
"Alright...I think we should go to the other side of the building and see how mobbed it is outside," Takuya said after a moment. "Hopefully it won't be as crowded."
"Or hopefully we find a safe room soon," Zoe added with a sigh. "But I doubt that we'll get to one just yet. That would be too easy for us."
Tommy chuckled. "I'd have to agree with you on that one."
Kouji glanced at his twin brother, who stood there expressionless. With a sigh, he diverted his attention away from Kouichi, realizing that the chances of Kouichi acting like his old self again would be slim to none. But I should be grateful that he's alive in the first place, he thought to himself.
He and the others headed through the office building, making their way over to a large meeting room. Gazing out the through the windows, they could see a group of the infected outside.
"Well, we might as well get out through here," Takuya speculated. "It's better than running into a horde while trying to find an alternative exit."
The brunette took a pipe bomb from his belt and opened one of the windows, tossing it down to the infected. It detonated seconds later, wiping out at least half the group. He then climbed out of the building and onto a ledge, shooting down at the remaining zombie-like enemies.
"Shit! Everyone get out!" Kouji shouted, trying to usher the others out the window as quickly as possible. "We've got company!"
"Dammit!" Zoe climbed out through the window to join Takuya, followed by Tommy.
Kouji was about to shoot at the oncoming swarm inside the building, when his brother hurriedly ushered him out the window instead. Kouichi followed him out a moment later, climbing onto the side of the building to escape their reaching hands through the window. He then leapt down to the ground just as the others lowered themselves down as well, until all five of them were on the street once again.
"Hey, there's a fucking table in the middle of the road," Kouji commented, drawing closer to the said-object. "What kind of idiot puts a table in the fucking street like this?"
"Well, Kouji, ever since that epidemic, people aren't exactly in their right minds anymore," Takuya said dryly.
Kouji rolled his eyes. "Fuck you... Well, at least there's ammo on it."
"Good, because we're going to need it." Zoe loaded her pistols with a sigh. "And right now for that matter."
"Oh, great...another horde," Takuya grumbled. "This is fucking pissing me off..."
The horde drew closer, only to be immediately attacked and gunned down by the Survivors. As Takuya and the others shot at the swarm, they quickly headed down the road, not wanting to get caught up in that area. As they neared an alley, they were all suddenly grabbed by Smokers.
"Fuck!" Kouji fired his combat shotgun at the Smoker that had wrapped its tongue around his waist. "Let me go!"
The Smoker squealed, releasing him a second later. The others managed to fight off the remaining Smokers by shooting at them. However, one of them wrenched Zoe's pistols away from her, rendering her defenseless.
"You bastard!" she shouted at it angrily. "Dammit...now what am I gonna do?"
Takuya handed her a pipe bomb. "Hang onto this for now until we come across another gun. Just stay behind me, okay?"
Zoe nodded solemnly, hating the fact that she needed to rely on someone for protection. Without a word, she followed Takuya down a tunnel, along with the others. A Witch stumbled out, trying to impale them with her long claws. Yet her head was blown right off from Takuya's sniper rifle.
"Hey, let's go this way," Tommy said. "Around the building."
"I hope this ends soon," Kouji muttered. "I'm seriously on the verge of passing the fuck out..."
The five of them made their way around the building, making a surprising discovery along the way. Littered on another wooden table, was a machine gun and several rounds of ammunition.
"Well, Zoe, it looks like you're in luck," Takuya said with a grin. "That didn't take long, now did it?"
"Nope, guess not." The blond quickly loaded it while the guys took the remaining bullets that went to their guns.
Takuya reloaded his rifle. "But do you know how to use it?"
No sooner were the words out of this mouth, when Zoe pulled the trigger. Takuya spun around to see an infected woman collapsing to the ground, her face filled with several bullet holes.
"Does that answer your question?" Zoe asked with a half-smile.
"Yup," Takuya replied, returning the smile.
Kouji snorted. "Okay, enough of 'Happy Hour'. Let's the get the hell outta here. I suggest that we go up those stairs right there."
"Wow, for once you have an idea," the brunette quipped. "I'm impressed."
"Eh, shut up..." Kouji mumbled.
They sprinted up the stairs, hoping that they could at least avoid the infected for a few minutes. Once they had reached the landing, the five of them headed down the hallway, coming up to a large window. Of course, there were a few infected men and women lurking around, all of them clumsily making their way over to the Survivors. However, instead of shooting them down, Takuya and the others simply climbed out of the window, where a wooden plank stretched from that building to the one right next to it. All of them except Kouichi walked across it, while the Hunter simply jumped over to the other side.
"Damn, I wish I had Kouichi's abilities," Tommy commented as they reached the next building. "It would make things way easier..."
"I think I see a safe room!" Zoe suddenly exclaimed. "Over that fence right there!"
Kouji squinted and looked at the door. "I hope it's strong enought to be considered a safe room..."
"Only one way to find out," Takuya replied.
In order to get over the fence, the five of them were required to jump over to the next building and then climb down. Since the spaces between the buildings were only a short distance, all of them made it over without much difficulty. They then climbed back down and ended up in a small courtyard. A few of the infected were lurking around, yet they were all shot down before they could pose as a greater threat.
"Everyone inside," Takuya commanded them as he pulled the door open. "Now!"
After the other four had entered the small building, Takuya joined them and locked the door behind him. He then pulled his bloody coat off and cast it aside, his body glistening with sweat. After checking the premises, the building contained two separate rooms with no other exits. There were also no windows for the infected to break through in order to attack them. A snack and soda machine were against the wall, and there was also a large sink, four couches, two recliners, and a television set. The building seemed to be a private breakroom for one of the larger companies.
"Okay, I think we should rest up for a few hours," Takuya said tiredly. "We all need it. If we keep going around like this, we'll be too tired to concentrate and will probably be killed."
"I say we just stay here," Kouji said with a smirk. "This is the nicest safe room we've been to. I really don't feel like going back out there."
"None of us do, but we'll have to eventually," Zoe told him. "If not, then the infected could eventually break the walls down and attack us that way."
Tommy went to the snack machine and smashed it open, taking out several packets of junk food. "We better eat something to get our strength back up as well."
Takuya took a package of cookies. "Yeah...we're going to need it..."
Okay, the next chapter will answer ALL of the questions and mysteries that haven't been revealed yet. Well, about everyone's pasts I should say. Also, the next chapter will contain a lemon scene, so either be prepared or skip over it when you get to it. Well, I hope you liked the chapter, so let me know. I tried to get as much detail as I could without making the chapter freakishly long, so hopefully I did a decent job of doing that.
