A/N:
XD yes, I have a reason why I did not have an update yesterday. Because I had to choose which road to go from, my imagination made three roads for me to choose. And those chooses were how you say all good, I mean each had an action scene and Hiccstird. Yes, people a character death which I was trying not to go for since I'm a sucker for that but as I keep going and write more stories in the future, who know maybe someone will die :).
P.S: NO CHARACTER DEATH, WELL NOT YET XD. Don't worry its mostly bad guys but I'll say two will die in Harper's side that is. Spoilers :)
Replying to Ze comments:
LordPublisher: Are those supposed to be the cleaners from the division?
Great story so far btw.
Yes you guessed it xd, I just have to add them since there one of the few unique for me that is factions that had been created or idealized so far. And thank you for liking the story I hope you enjoy it as we go.
Anyways enough Authors Note jeez, Enjoy ladies and gents.o
So this has two P.O.V's in particular so here they are:
Group One: Harper, and Alek's
Group Two: Frank, Heather, Cami, and Rebecca's
So group one P.O.V is mainly Harper for the other group it's Frank.
Chapter Ten: We must Cleanse This World
(Group One's P.O.V)
We got in the hospital, the window led to one of the rooms so we checked first to see if there was an oxygen tank but we came up empty. I opened the door slowly before telling the girls to stay quiet. I went first to see the hospital was a quarantine zone.
"Shit" I muttered, I walked back to Alek with a questioning look.
"What's the matter?" she asked
"Well we got a problem, you guys can't go with me." I started.
"Why not?" Cami responded.
"Look there's a quarantine zone up ahead, that means their infected carriers. Even if the disease is not air based, those things carry spores or the carriers of the disease. FEMA tried to study them for a cure but looks like it failed really badly." I answered.
Alek looked confused., I sighed before getting a filter from my pack and connecting it to my mask. "Unless you have gas mask you guys can come with me if not you guys go back to the car, I'll get the oxygen tank." I told them.
They both looked at each other before Cami reached for her pack getting a gas mask lending it to Alek. "You take it Alek, you have more experience when it comes to this. I'll go back to the group good look you too." Cami said before going out of the window.
Alek wearied her gas mask, checking it if it's secure before I ushered here to follow. We started walking checking room to room for an oxygen tank, until we reached the quarantine area. It was covered by police tape along with a plastic curtain. I told her to ready her trigger finger before we went in.
I heard Alek gulp and gasp as she saw the dead bodies, mostly mutilated by the freak's. Other had plants growing from their skin, mouth, hell even a vein grew out of a nurse's eyeball.
Once we reached the second corridor, we headed to the reception desk of the floor. I told Alek to check the desk for a map, while I try to find a tank in the other rooms. Once I checked the last room I noticed scorch marks on the floor, along with piles of freaks burnt to ashes in the corridor beside the room.
"Military missed have tried to burn the carriers" I thought.
Then I felt some grab my shoulder I immediately retaliated with grabbing his arm spinning him around before pinning him at the wall with my knife at his neck. But I quickly pulled out realizing it was Alek, and she looked really pissed.
"You were about to kill me, the hell." She whispered loudly, gritting her teeth.
I gulped shit. "Well you could have at least called my name, you know this is not a public gathering anymore. I have to stay alert at all time Hofferson." I retorted.
Her eyes softened before I did the same thing. "Look I'm sorry for well almost killing you." I apologized
"Same sorry for well taking you by surprise." She said tucking her bangs back to her ear. Is she nervous?
"Well um…uhh…Should we get going then." I stuttered out.
"Well um yes..yes….lead the way." She stuttered back.
Why are we both stuttering and Alek Hofferson does not stutter? Never before in my lifetime I seen her as a shy girl. I saw her as an independent, strong, feisty, beautiful Valkyrie made by the Gods themselves. I kept on relaying in that hopeless fantasy that there would always be a Harper and a Alek.
Once we went up the stairs I heard radio chatter, I pushed Alek to the wall but before she can retort I placed my hand on her mouth. I peeked at the doorway to see of shit. Demsey was right, looks like cleaners are here. No wonder there was a pile next to the room.
Fuck and there to many, I saw at least four of them holding flamethrowers while the rest were your typical cleaners. Most of them holding military grade or civilian grade weapons. I saw one of them holding a radio before nodding.
They stopped piling up the bodies before burning them, I don't know how the hospital is standing after this. We needed to find the oxygen tank and fast, Alek was beside me peeking at the doorway before I pulled her out when one of them looked at our direction.
I heard footsteps coming in our direction, I motioned Alek to move back. I pulled out my knife waiting for him to peak, the footsteps got closer and closer. I was beside the doorway before he came in, I pulled him to my side. Slamming him against the wall punching him in the face using the butt of my knife, I stabbed him in the chest before pulling up his mask jabbing the knife in his jaw. He tried to push me off but instead held my body till he lost consciousness.
I pulled out using his shirt to wipe the blood of my knife, Alek looked at the body shocked from what I just did. I approached her placing my hands on her shoulder. "Alek, are you sure you want to be here. You can still go back to the gang and wait, what I did to him will happen to the others." I informed her calmly.
She looked up before nodding slowly. "I'm a Hofferson nothing is impossible even if I have to kill someone right in front of me with his eyes wide." She responded.
I nodded before going back to the deceased cleaner, I checked his pockets to find a lighter. I got it just in case I needed it, once I checked him one more time. I got his shotgun along with the shells strapping it to Alek's pack. She complained thinking I was trying to get well near her, but I just told her to use it in case of emergencies.
I gave her the shells to which she placed inside her jacket, once we we're ready we went up another floor, once there we checked the rooms but still no luck. But I heard Alek yelled my name, I ran out of the room to see her with an oxygen tank and it was on wheels which made our liver easier.
"Well now we got it, problem is how are we going to bring this out without those guys on our tail?" Alek asked.
"Shit" I swore, I looked around before hearing footsteps. We we're about to hide before they came in. The cleaners looked at his before advancing forward with their flamethrowers.
"Alek get the oxygen tank out, there has to be an emergency exit somewhere. Take this, tell the gang you got it. Once you get out drive back to Berk." I told her pulling out my M4.
She looked at me surprise. "There no time to act hero Drake, we can get out of here. We are not leaving you!" She exclaimed standing beside me.
God why do you have to be persistent. "Look if you don't get that out, the Mayors wife will die. I finish my job no matter what happens. Now go!" I told her.
She looked at me before nodding pushing the cart to the staircase. I sighed looking at the cleaners as the advanced. I pulled the trigger opening fire.
(P.O.V Switch)
I ran down the stairs along with the oxygen tank, I was heavy but luckily, I only had to drag it. I went to the floor where we entered before I heard the radio buzz.
"Alek, we have a problem outside!" Fish yelled.
I pulled the radio from my hip before answering back. "What kind of problem?" I asked.
Then Rebecca's voice buzzed in. "Uh guys with flamethrowers are coming towards us!"
I groaned before reaching the room peeking out the window to see the guys hiding behind the SUV taking potshots as the cleaners, what Drake called them moved forward.
"Aim for propane tank, it will explode on contact but try to shoot it when there close!" I buzzed in before lifting up the oxygen tank into the dump truck. With a slam, I jumped out of the window to see one of them aiming at me. I pulled out my handgun before he pulled out his. I shot him three time before he fell.
(Group two P.O.V)
Gods this isn't happening, first we ran over freaks, then we got into a car chase, now guys with flamethrowers are trying to burn us alive. I saw Heather and Cami trying to take pot shots. Ruff on the other hand had a bottle with a rag on top of it.
"Fish you have a lighter?" She yelled taking me by surprise. I checked around my pockets before telling her none. She asked the others before Cami pulled out her light tossing it to Ruff. She grinned before lighting the rag. "Fire in the hole!" She yelled throwing the bottle to the guys with flamethrowers.
We hard glass break but not screaming in pain, we peeked to see them walk through the fire as if nothing. Before they got closer one of them exploded causing the other one to fly back slamming on the pavement.
We looked around before another shot came in shooting another one of them trying to shot at us. We saw Alek come down with the oxygen tank but I don't see Drake with her.
"Where's Drake?" Cami asked as she ran forward helping Alek.
She pulled of her gas mask, she breathes in before speaking. "He's still in the hospital, he told us to leave but I'm going back for him." She said before handing the oxygen tank.
"Wait Alek, we have to leave. Val needs this we are running out of time!" Heather reminded.
Alek glared at her. "Are you serious, we can't just leave him!" She retorted.
But before anyone could speak, we heard glass break to see a body fall down from the building. Another one fell before we saw lights flash inside the windows. Then an explosion came from the hospital which is now in flames. Then we saw Drake come out of window clutching his side.
Alek ran to him helping him up as they both walked to us, Heather came beside him helping him up.
"Well that could have gone better." Drake joked before coughing.
Before we could talk he continued. "This is nothing to me come on let's get back to Berk." He said before holding out the keys.
"Who knows how to drive?" He asked which Cami grinned grabbing the keys from his hands going to the driver's seat with Ruff beside her. I helped Drake up placing him in the car slowly before taking my seat at the back with Alek and Heather beside him.
Once we got out Drake removed his pack, poncho, and vest giving it to me. He lifted up his long sleeve before swearing silently. He told me to give him his pack, while going through his pack he told Alek to apply pressure to his wound. She nodded but I could have sworn she was blushing?
I ignored that as I saw Drake pull out a first aid kit, he got some bandages along with some morphine, he got his pocket to pull out a lighter. He pulled the cap of the morphine stabbing his shoulder before he groaned. He got pulled out his knife before telling Cami to stop driving.
She pulled up the road looking behind her seat, she had her eyes wide as Drake pulled out his knife. He got a bottle of water, giving it to Heather along with his knife. He gave her the lighter telling her to place water on the knife before light it up. She nodded doing what exactly what he said before lighting the tip of the knife.
Once done he told me to hold his shoulders which I did shakily. He pushed the knife him is wound yelping in pain adjusting the blade going around as he gritted his teeth in pain. After five minutes, we heard him sigh as he pulled out a bullet from the wound.
He got the lighter lighting up the wound before he bandaged himself with the help of Alek. After that he told me to give me his gear, he wore everything and sat there acted as if nothing happened.
"Are you serious" Rebecca asked.
Drake had a brow up questioning what she said before Heather spoke out. "What she's trying to say is after that, pulling out a bullet in front of us if I might not add. Your sitting there as if nothing happened?"
He shrugged. "I'm already used to it, as I said five years outside could teach you something you thought were impossible."
He grabbed a flask from his pack before chugging slowly, he stopped offering anyone to which we declined. He shrugged as he muttered more for me as he drank a little more before closing the flask and placing it back to his pack.
A/N: For the healing scene or whatever you what to call it, I do apologize since this came from my imagination so I'm not sure if this is accurate or inaccurate.
