Chapter 3
"Shit!" shouted TheBee as zombies came from every direction. He kicked one away into the lake below, then punched two who tried to approach him. Shadow Troopers at his command were slowly backing up towards a dead end, trying to kill the undead. "PUT ON!" announced the TheBee Zecter as the armor hit the approaching zombies and formed back on TheBee.
It was two weeks after the incident at the Los Angeles ZECT facility. TheBee was sent along with two other riders to assist Bat in trying to clean up Los Angeles before the outbreak went anywhere else. Clearly, the attempt was failing.
Elsewhere, Bat and the two other riders, Masked Rider Luchs and Masked Rider Leopardo were having their own battles. Bat ducked under a zombie's incoming 'karate chop' and threw a batarang at the zombie's head, exploding it into pieces, two more approached him, and he sprayed explosive gel from his gauntlets and detonated it, blowing the other two up. Luchs used his Rider Claws and slashed at two zombies' heads, then did a sweep at another, tripping it before Luchs jabbed at the zombie's head with a claw. Leopardo used his claws and jumped on a zombie's back, then ending its 'life' with a swipe at the head. Leopardo threw the corpse at several others, bringing them down as well.
TheBee remembered how those two became riders, they had been street thugs. Their names were Garfield Jones and Sylvester Lynns. TheBee had been the one to apprehend them when they tried to break into a house. Weeks later, TheBee was captured by a villainous rider, but it was Jones and Lynns that had broken him out, and the Bobcat and Leopard Zecters chose the duo. During the time, TheBee wasn't very experienced himself, as the last two owners of the Zecter had gone rogue and their whereabouts currently unknown. James Perez (TheBee) himself used to be a delinquent, until a rider had arrested him but decided to ship him to the ZECT academy, a place for training people to be ZECTroopers. Perez 'graduated' and became a trooper, soon rising to a captain, until one day the TheBee Zecter had chosen him, and his mentor decided to further train him.
But then, his training was cut short because he was sent to Los Angeles. He promised his mentor he would return in one piece, but now Perez was uncertain.
Back to the battle, Bat grunted as a zombie flew straight at him, making him stumble back into two zombies, who tried to chew threw his armor. Luchs finished stabbing one in the brain when he saw Bat being ambushed.
"Haku!" Luchs cried as he jumped into the herd of zombies, then after freeing Bat from the zombies' grip, they both stood back to back as they fought the zombies. Bat used his grapple gun and as it hit a zombie's head, he swung the zombie towards a few others, sending them tumbling towards the ground. Luchs got out a ZECT Claw Gun (based on the designs of the Kunai Gun) and started to shoot at the zombies, finding the weapon much more efficient.
On the other side of the battlefield, Leopardo got his own Claw Gun out and shot a zombie's head at point-blank range. Leopardo also shoved his claw straight threw the neck of a zombie before twisting his hand upwards towards the skull. TheBee did a left cross on the head of a zombie, and then round-house kicked another. TheBee then got out a special device and attached it onto his leg. As he made a kicking motion, a strong laser bolt struck several zombies in the head, killing them instantly. Inside his mask, James grinned. The device was a Wave-Motion Leg Cannon, where when a kicking motion is made towards the opponent, a strong laser is sent out to decimate it.
"Hey Perez! Need…some help over here!" Leopardo shouted. TheBee cursed himself; more zombies had approached the other riders while the riders on TheBee's side of the battlefield had diminished.
"RIDER CHARGE" announced the Leg Cannon as TheBee pressed a button on the cannon. Energy began to form around TheBee's right foot. TheBee pressed the button again. The energy on his foot began to refine itself until it shaped itself into a giant yellow ball of energy. The leg cannon announced "RIDER WAVE"
"Hi-yah!" TheBee shouted as he round-house kicked the energy ball. The energy ball started to form itself into a wave-like object made of pure energy.
"Get out of the kill zone!" TheBee shouted. The three other riders nodded and began to roll away. The wave hit the rest of the zombies and a very big explosion ensued with a lot of zombie guts flying everywhere.
Bat and the other two feline-based riders ran up to TheBee. At almost the same time, they took off their Zecters and the armor started to deform. As they went back to normal, James raised an eyebrow over the clothes they wore.
Sylvester Lynns was wearing a tuxedo with very dirty but recently polished shoes. Garfield Jones was wearing a tank-top with boxing gloves on the side of his pants, and Haku Kamijo was wearing a ZECT uniform. James himself was only wearing jeans with a ZECT T-shirt. He had found it surprising ZECT actually made T-shirts with the logo on the front.
Haku then got out a phone, which was ringing. As the other three stood quietly around, Haku then cursed.
"What's the story?" James asked.
"More zombies spotted throughout different locations in Los Angeles. I told Mr. Kagami to tell ZECT officials to quarantine the city in case of anything else," Haku said.
"And how long will that take?" Sylvester asked.
"About a few days at least…" Haku sighed.
"Zombies would escape easily…" Garfield replied agitatedly.
"That's only if they do it the complicated way. But they are setting up force-fields, even then, the delivery would take about a few hours," Haku said.
"Zombies can still escape easily," Sylvester groaned.
"The zombies are at three separate locations, we can split up and approach them by Clock Up," Haku said.
"That's actually a good idea," Sylvester said, and Garfield nodded.
"The worst part is…Mr. Kagami wants me back to escort the transport plane," Haku said. "You guys have to deal with this on your own."
"We got it, don't we?" Garfield said.
Haku nodded, then he light-sped away after transforming back into Bat. James then pulled out his phone after receiving a text.
"Hey guys, the three locations. Squads of zombies are at Hollywood. Another group is settling in on Griffith Observatory, apparently attacking humans. Wait a minute…there are even more groups at separate places, but ZECT's sending riders in," James said, and then sighed with relief. But Sylvester and Garfield's faces were filled with horror.
"Wouldn't that just make more riders vulnerable to zombie bites?" Sylvester asked.
"Then it's a trap," Garfield said.
"But we can't freakin' convince Mr. Kagami, we just gotta take down riders who are infected," Sylvester growled.
"Bruce just sent me the other locations…Olvera Street's being invaded, the Walt Disney Concert Hall's burning, some are lingering near the La Brea Tar Pits, and some are entering the Capitol Records Building…" James said before Garfield put a hand towards his mouth.
"Just. Stop," Sylvester growled.
"Okay, okay got it," James said.
"We gotta clock up over to those places," Garfield said. The other two nodded, then all three of them transformed, then clocked up away.
Up in the air…
"James, you gotta stop them," Haku said. He was in a fighter jet, flying next to the large transport plane carrying two forcefield generators that would be activated in two separate places, the La Brea Tar Pits and Disneyland.
"You think I am not doing that? There's too many, where the hell is that transport plane!?" James asked while grunting.
"An hour away! You guys think you can last?" Haku asked.
"Yeah sure, maybe with a tank, these guys really hit hard, they can somehow detect our
Clock Up movements!" Garfield shouted.
"What the hell…" Haku said.
"Good thing is Sasword's leading a squadron of riders across the other locations, but who knows if they'll last?" James asked.
"James…the reason for bringing the force field is…Mr. Kagami intends to nuke Los Angeles within the forcefield so the threat doesn't get to anywhere else…" Haku said.
"So that's what it's all about…he's really going to fucking nuke Los Angeles?" James shouted. Haku then hung up the phone, he had enough. He sighed, thinking about the possibility of something else happening after Los Angeles.
"What's the story down there?" a female voice asked. It was the pilot of the transport plane.
"I don't think you have clearance for that," Haku said.
"It's just us both in the air, what's wrong?" the pilot asked.
Haku then cleared his throat, "You mind telling me who you are exactly? I can tell you're not from ZECT."
"Oh, how'd you figure that out?" the pilot asked.
"I have my ways," Haku said, smiling.
"Alex Walker, formerly Special Forces," the pilot said.
"I see," Haku said.
"You got something wrong for once, I've heard of you, Haku Kamijo," Alex said, smiling.
"Everyone makes mistakes, Ms. Walker," Haku said, smirking.
"Anyway, I just got into ZECT a month ago. Now they're telling me to transport a forcefield generator to the middle of Los Angeles without giving me details," Alex grumbled.
"ZECT does have a lot of new people, after the worm incident. I was one of the first new ones to join though," Haku said.
"Hmmph, and you're even a rider," Alex scoffed.
"We're approaching Los Angeles, we better get ready. And stay behind me, there could be something you don't want to see," Haku said, changing the subject as well as giving her a hint of what was coming.
"Gotcha," Alex said.
La Brea Tar Pits
Sasword backed up as a zombie brought a fist downward, then ducked under another's arm then sliced the two zombies' heads off.
"God, this just keeps getting better and better," he thought to himself as he brought his sword down on a zombie's head, splitting it into two. Two zombies then approached him from the side, but Sasword cut off the torso of one and kicked the other away.
The other riders at his command dispatched themselves all over Los Angeles. Sasword had just recently found out about the zombies' abilities. He forced himself to go back into Masked Form after the zombies almost chewed threw his armor. Before that, he was clocking up and beating the hell out of some unaware zombies until a few had stopped it, clearly being able to see his movements. Sasword found himself not used to fighting in this form, but it was something he would have to make do with if the zombies had to continue. But he knew soon that the transport plane carrying the forcefield generator would arrive.
A zombie then head-butted Sasword into a pool of tar, but he got up and stabbed the zombie's head. Sasword then put the Sasword Zecter's tail down and then reset it to its default position, and energy and venom started to circulate around the Sasword Yaiver. "RIDER SLASH"
Sasword let out a battle cry, then started slashing at the zombies, at which they all soon exploded.
"That was fun, let's do it again," Sasword said sarcastically. Soon, the transport plane had arrived and landed. Bat then hopped out of his fighter jet and nodded at Sasword.
"Where's the thing?" Sasword asked.
"It is right here, heh," Alex Walker said.
"You let a pilot go out on the battlefield? I thought the agreement was only drive and then fly back," Sasword asked with a surprised voice.
"You can't keep a good soldier down," Bat said, shrugging.
"Well, what happened here?" Alex asked.
"In a nutshell, zombies," Sasword said.
"Oh…so that's what it's all about…" Alex said.
"Come on, we gotta set the generator," Bat said. The three then ran to an area where there wasn't much tar, and soon set the generator on the ground. Bat then set the codes to activate it. The top of the generator, a satellite dish-like object started to glow. The screen on the generator started uploading energy contents.
"Um…guys?" Alex stammered.
"What?" Bat asked.
"I think some zombies are here!" Alex shouted, and then got out a gun. Bat sighed.
"Tsurugi, I think you better help her…" Bat grumbled.
"With pleasure," Sasword said, and then he got up and sliced a zombie's head off. As Alex and Sasword started killing the zombies, Bat saw a mass army of them approaching from the hills. Another small group started to "run" over from the other side.
"Shit," Bat said. Hoping that the generator would stay safe, Bat then got up and clocked up around the zombies, spraying some explosive gel in a circle. Bat then got an exploding batarang and threw it at the gel, exploding several zombies and stumbling several more. Bat got two more exploding batarangs and hurled them at the zombies. Bat then threw a small grenade-like object towards the other zombies, and soon after, several of them flew up in the air.
"Bruce!" Sasword grunted as he was kicked in the shin by a zombie. Alex screamed. Bat then growled and hurled himself into a zombie attacking Alex, Bat then started to beat up the zombies with his shock gloves. As a zombie had its hands on Alex, Bat came up from behind and ripped its head off, tossing it to the side.
"You hurt?" Bat asked Alex.
"No, they didn't get me," Alex said, breathing in short huffs.
"Watch the generator, I'm helping Sasword," Bat said.
"But the zombies over there!" Alex pointed at the hill. It turned out the batarangs hadn't lessened the crowd of zombies, and as Bat rushed back towards the generator, many of the zombies were closing in.
"Get your hands off that generator!" Bat yelled as he did a flying kick which knocked a zombie down. Alex reloaded and then went back towards Sasword, shooting one that was aiming to bite Sasword's arm. The fight went on, but too many zombies had arrived and soon they were trashing the generator, destroying it.
"No!" Bat yelled as he ripped a zombie head off. He rushed over to the generator, but it was already in ruins. TheBee, Luchs, and two other riders then appeared next to Bat.
"What are you guys doing? Help Sasword!" TheBee said to the other two riders, who then rushed over to help a struggling Sasword.
"Bat, what are we gonna do?" Luchs asked.
"The nuke plan is still going, but we have to improvise without the force fields. Most remaining humans here are already evacuated, with a high chance some of the damn civilians are infected, but we can't stop them all. It's better to eliminate most than none. Mr. Kagami will most likely launch a rider force to stop the stragglers," Bat explained.
"Is it best to keep to the plan?" Alex asked, coming over.
"It's our only option. Better having a hundred zombies than a thousand," Bat replied. Alex rolled her eyes in response, and Luches shifted uncomfortably. Just then, Sasword and his helpers rushed over.
"We took care of them, some others escaped," the first rider said.
"One almost bit me, those things are dangerous as hell!" the second exclaimed.
"It's good you're safe, but we have to notify Mr. Kagami. He'll know what to do," Bat said confidently.
Alex sighed, thinking to herself, "Does he really think Mr. Kagami will know what to do?"
Main ZECT Base
A large group of riders were walking to a giant auditorium. In the back, Riku Kagami and a well-built man in a ZECT uniform were lagging behind.
"We need to keep up, Mr. Kagami," he said.
"Excuse me for my age, Draco," Riku retorted, with Draco shrugging.
Draco Stark was a very strict, but compassionate ZECTrooper hand-picked by Riku Kagami himself, knowing 7 different martial arts styles and being an expert with most weapons, Riku Kagami decided to promote him to a rider general. He was the leader of an expert rider group. Over time, their skills in combat were near rivals to Gatack's.
"What's the plan?" Draco asked.
"I'll tell you all once we start," Riku simply said. They soon came into the auditorium, with Draco's Dragon Team and another general's group already seated. Riku Kagami got onto the podium, with Draco standing next to him.
"Riders, just recently a worm had crashed down onto Earth, and infected eleven scientists and one of our riders. They turned into what we'd call zombies. One escaped, and infected a few people. In the course of twenty-four hours, the infected go through a course where they turn into a zombie. The few turned into the many, the many turned into a herd of thousands. Our original plan had to be canceled, but we have a new plan!" the riders below started to get interested and were murmuring.
"Our original plan was setting up two forcefield generators and creating a barrier around Los Angeles and then launching a NK-1000, one of the most powerful weapons on this planet. Unfortunately, the first generator was destroyed, with the second having no use. To improvise, we'll find an area in Los Angeles where the zombies are strongest. To that point, we will set a 15-mile radius mark around the area where we will then launch a nuke and slay them. You will hunt any stragglers or survivors," Riku Kagami finished then stepped off for Draco.
"Today...today...at the edge of our hope, at the end of our time, we have chosen not only to believe in ourselves, but in each other. Today there's not a man nor woman in here that shall stand alone. Not today. Today we face the monsters that are at our door and bring the fight to them! Today we are canceling the apocalypse!" Draco announced, and all of the riders below cheered.
"If we are going to stop them, we're gonna stop them now!" all the riders got up, and they started to head out into clock up ports.
ZECT Main Facility Clock-Up Ports
"I never really got to know how these worked," a rider said.
"Never actually been in one, or used it, or however you say it," another rider shrugged.
"You never went on one of these? We use these to transport us on missions across the globe," a third said, showing confusion in the two.
"Well, it's kinda like a portal. While we're at the port, the managers activate the railings. The railings are systems to like give us a jumpstart for about a short while. We enter the portal via Clock-Up, and the railings just kinda push us and we fly away. It's kinda like Hyper Clock-Up," a fourth said.
"Ha, like when you're fast, you still needa go faster," the first one said.
"Amazing how you two are part of Unicorn Team and you never went into one of these. Your team has all the missions for themselves," the third grumbled.
Most riders are put into teams, where the most powerful riders are leaders who handpick their subordinates and comrades themselves. There are 6 teams in all, with Unicorn and Dragon teams the strongest, with Lion, Bat, Griffin, and Scorpion as the others. The original riders who fought the worms don't have teams, with the exception of Sasword, who leads Scorpion team.
"I never understood why Mr. Kagami had to put riders in teams anyway, we work just fine individually," said one of the Unicorn members.
"Draco doesn't like it when we don't get hard missions sometimes," a Dragon member said.
"Speaking of which, where is he…" a rider asked.
"He's on a shuttle with Faisal Dunkshovie, the Unicorn team leader," another explained.
Just then, Draco's voice was heard very loudly.
"GO TO YOUR PORTS AND BLAST OFF, MEETING AT THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN."
Soon, all the riders went into the ports and were off the facility. Unbeknownst to anyone, a rider based off a Japanese rhinoceros beetle was spying on the riders for the whole time. The rider shakes his head slightly.
"They're heading for a trap, they have no idea what's going to happen." The rider then escaped out of the facility and out of sight. The rider then looked at the Drake Grip, wondering who to give it to…
Hollywood
As the riders all approach the Hollywood sign, some zombies were lurking by, and they finished them off without any injuries. Just then, Draco and Faisal landed.
"Alright, the nuke's coming in a few hours later. Over the course of this time, while me and Faisal plan and prepare, I'm going to make a change for you guys. Route the zombies to Griffith Park, which is where the nuke is going to be launched. I'd rather have all than some," Draco said. "Do what you gotta do now, and let's finish the fight. Who's with me?" the riders chanted "Aye" in agreement. Just then, Sasword appeared with Alex, Bat, and Luchs.
"Took you long enough," Faisal grumbled.
"Everywhere on the streets are these zombies, you expect us to get here in a heartbeat?" Luchs said.
"Where's James?" Draco asked, James Perez was in his team.
"Out with Kaeru and Raptor, they'll be here a bit later," Sasword said.
"Why's a girl here? She has no clearance," Faisal said, staring at Alex with narrowed eyes.
"Enough with the clearance, she saved Sasword's life," Bat growled.
"I'm just gonna walk around near here a bit," Alex said. "I won't be long."
"Be careful, you got a gun?" Bat asked.
"Here, use this," Draco said, then tossed her a ZECT Kunai Gun.
"Thanks," Alex said, then went off. She walked into a clearing, where she started to look at the ruins of Los Angeles, she thought it was surprising to see the Hollywood Sign still intact. She sat down with the Kunai Gun on her lap, and started to think about the Special Forces. She missed her friends there, and started remembering her missions there. She also thought of that one day it was under attack by a criminal group. Debris was about to crush her, but a mysterious man in strange bug-like armor had saved her but ran off before she had the chance to say thanks. She looked up, and then saw several zombies headed towards her.
"Goddamn it, I was lost in my thoughts," Alex thought. She picked up her Kunai Gun but before she had the chance to fire, something very fast hit the zombies and after a few more hits, guts were on the floor. Alex recognized it immediately, a rider in clock-up.
"Um…Haku? Tsurugi?" Alex asked.
"I'm not any of them," the rider said. His Zecter announced "CLOCK OVER". Alex immediately recognized the rider.
"You're the one that saved me and the Special Forces!" Alex said. She walked over to the rider, but he stopped her.
"Don't try to thank me, it was merely a matter of looking for worms. Amongst the special forces there was a worm hiding, Benton Rackham. He was destroyed, fortunately," the rider explained.
"Why are you here? Are you helping Draco and Faisal?" Alex asked.
"I have nothing to do with them, I came to give you this," the rider said. The Drake Grip was in his hands.
"Why, why me?" Alex asked, with surprise in her mind.
"I see determination within you. Don't tell your superiors just yet, they'll figure out themselves," the rider said.
"Aren't you going to help them against the zombies?" Alex asked.
"Unbeknownst to them, zombies are already appearing in another place, Reno. I'm stopping the zombies there, good luck to you," the rider said.
"Um...thanks?" Alex asked uncertainly. But the rider was already walking away, with his hand near the Clock-Up pad.
"Wait! Who are you anyway?" Alex asked.
The rider glanced back at Alex, and then he said, "Walking the path of heaven, the man who'll rule everything." And he was not seen again.
Hollywood Sign
TheBee and the other two riders arrived at the Hollywood Sign, and the other riders greeted them.
"What's the story down there James?" Bat asked.
"They're routing them alright, but it'll take a bit longer than expected. Some zombies already made their way out of the city, and we thought it was better to eliminate them before they got away. So I told some others to go search for zombies out of the city…" TheBee said.
"A good move, I grant you that," Faisal said, playfully punching Draco.
"Hmm," Draco nodded slightly in agreement. Alex then walked back over.
"So, how was your little rest?" Sasword asked.
"It was good, I was just observing the city and thinking about stuff," Alex said, clearly leaving out the details of the rider who gave her the Drake Grip.
"Okay, well when the riders are done, and the nuke is about to drop, we should get you back to the facility," Bat said.
"Why? I kinda wanna stay here and help," Alex said.
"It's too dangerous for a non-rider, and I don't want to risk losing one so inexperienced," Sasword said.
"Alright fine," Alex said.
"I'll go with her," TheBee said, taking his Zecter off his brace.
"Ha, good. The lady needs an escort anyway," Draco said.
"We'll see you, once victory is assured," Raptor said. Kaeru nodded in agreement. James started to walk with Alex, and waved towards the group.
"So, you remember where you parked?" James asked Alex.
A few hours later…
"Zombies are routed sir," a rider said. "No reported casualties."
"Good. Alrighty guys! The nuke's in the air and we're going in!" Faisal said. The riders then clocked up towards a hill near the blast zone.
"Alright riders, visors up to see what goes on after the nuke," Draco said. "It'll be hard seeing through all that dust."
The plane with the nuke hovered several thousand feet above the zombies, and then dropped the nuke.
"Oh yeah, and watch out for incoming objects," Faisal said, then he got his Unicron Spear and put the Unicorn Zecter in the Zecter slot. "HENSHIN!" The armor materialized onto him, turning him into Masked Rider Unicron. Draco then got his Dragon Staff out, and saw the Dragon Zecter flying towards him. Draco grabbed it, and put it on his staff. The Zecter announced "HENSHIN!" and the armor materialized onto him as well, turning him into Masked Rider Drago.
"Riders, get into Masked Form," Drago commanded, about twenty-five Zecters announced "PUT ON".
The nuke hit the surface, and a giant mushroom cloud rose up in the air, many zombie screeches were heard, and everyone cheered. Drago then viewed the dust through his visor along with some others, and they were shocked.
"Holy shit! Are you seeing this crap?" a rider asked.
"The fucking zombies are mutating!" another yelled in anger.
"No, this isn't supposed to be happening…" Faisal said.
The nuke had eradicated and vaporized some of the zombies, but the rest were mutating and started to show forms of more strength. Some grew spikes on their arms. More regular zombies also started marching behind them.
"Riders! We'll clock up down the hill then use Put On. Then we fight as hard as we can! Use your Rider Form only when necessary!" Drago shouted. The riders let out a cry and rushed down the hill.
Many riders then used their finishers and wiped out the first wave of zombies, but more were incoming. Draco then pressed the button "One" on his staff. The ends of the staff started to glow red.
Drago's Dragon Staff had a unique weapon system. There were four buttons with each one having a different function. 1 would power up the staff ends, 2 would enable one of the ends to fire a laser beam, 3 would release ZECT Mizer bombs that attack the enemy, and 4 would make the staff operate as a javelin, where one end of the staff grows a blade.
Drago swiped the head of a zombie, then started to throw punches and kicks to two others, Drago found it hard to deal some damage, as the mutated zombies' skin was now a rough armor-like skin. Drago roared and pressed 3, launching out Mizer Bombs on some of the zombies fighting other riders.
"Use the Mizer Bombs!" Drago yelled in the chaos. Some riders shot out the little bombs, while some zombies were heavily hit or destroyed, others were unfazed by the little critters. Over elsewhere, Unicron was swinging his spear wildly, decapitating some zombies and "injuring" others. Other riders were fighting valiantly, but Drago clearly knew the aftermath.
Drago then gathered a group of riders and the ones with fire-related weapons tried to keep the zombies at bay, but the mutant zombies seemed to not have the fear. Drago then pressed "2" and started firing lasers at the zombies, doing massive damage. The battle went on for 2 hours, and in the meantime, few riders were bitten by the mutant zombies. The bite of the mutant ones didn't turn their victims into mutants, but just regular zombies, although the zombie-turning process was alarmingly faster. Drago found himself pitting against Luchs, who was bitten and soon trying to infect Drago.
"So much for honor and skill!" Drago yelled as he sliced Luchs's head off and killed another zombie. Drago was getting tired, and he knew what he had to do.
"Dragon Team, retreat! I repeat, Dragon Team, retreat!" Most of his team and some Unicorn team riders clocked over to Drago.
"We gotta get outta here, where's Faisal? Where's the rest of them?" Drago said to the riders.
Unicron gathered the rest of the riders and they were soon surrounded on a large hill.
"Never give up! Fight until the end!" he yelled.
"Faisal! We gotta retreat!" Drago screamed.
"That is for fucking losers! Fight on!" Faisal retorted.
"You stupid piece of shit! We can't win this fight!" Drago walked up the hill, knocking zombies away. Unicron then pulled off his finishing move, "RIDER SLASH" and he swiped Drago back towards the other riders.
"I'm not leaving this fight," Unicron shouted. "You can retreat if you want you coward! But that's not stopping me!"
"You're fucking insane!" Drago shouted. "You'll die!"
"Then I will die fighting!" Unicron shouted, and then he rushed towards another zombie. Drago knew he couldn't convince anyone else, they were too focused on the battle and driven on revenge and blood and victory. Drago was in great pain from Unicron's move.
"Come on, we have to go," Drago groaned. Several of the Unicorn riders stuck a middle finger at Unicron.
"You fucking traitor!" one shouted.
They managed to make it back to the shuttle and the nuke carrier, but out of the thirty riders that went to the mission, only eighteen would make it back.
"What happened?" the nuke pilot asked.
"We lost, the impossible happened. Now get us outta here," Drago commanded. The nuke pilot agreed and started the plane. Drago was uncertain of the future, but all that mattered was the safety of the rest of the riders and getting back to report to Mr. Kagami. Drago felt like he lost hope. He felt like he failed his team and the rest of ZECT.
"What's going to happen now?" a rider asked.
"We gonna attack them back?" Raptor asked.
"I'm not sure what Mr. Kagami wants…" Drago said. Drago knew the zombies would be spreading across the United States, and soon the rest of the world.
A/N:
Alex Walker is a character borrowed from iceangelmkx, credits to her and thanks for letting me use her.