I open up the ceiling latch and pull down the ladder that leads to the roof. Darla and Italy helo me carry up the bags of food, and we stuff the bags inside the helicopter. The pilot jumps out and tells us his name is Leo, although we can't see his face due to the gas mask he's wearing. We get inside, sliding the doors shut behind us. Italy and Darla sit behind us, and Devon to my left. Leo removes his mask and turns around, smiling. "Hey guys, what's up?"
"Oh you know, just surviving the end of the world." Devon shrugs.
Leo tilts his head back and laughs. "Well let's get going, shall we?"
He starts up the helicopter and we take off. It was a military issued aircraft, so I'm curious as to how he came into possession with it. Then my phone started buzzing. I dig it out of my pocket and hold it up to my ear. "Justin?"
"Hey lass, problem." He says matter of factly.
"What?" I ask, getting that uneasy feeling again.
"Kleff is missing. Wandered off when they were getting supplies earlier today." He explains.
"Justin you better be shitting me." I say through clenched teeth.
"Sorry." He sighs.
I squeeze my eyes shut and open them again, leaning my head against the seat in front of me. I lower the phone from my ear.
"Leo." I say.
"Yeah." He says from the front.
"What are the chances you can get me to Zone 9?" I ask leaning over his seat.
He nods slowly, "I don't think that'll be a problem."
"Germany? What're you planning?" Devon asks.
"I'm going to go get my brother." I say, determined.
Two hours later we were hovering over Zone 9, a worried feeling growing in my stomach. We aren't going down to land… why aren't we going down to land?
"Sorry, Germany. This is as far as I can take you." He says, reaching over into a compartment and pulling out a small remote like object. "Press the green button when you're ready for me to pick you up. Press the red button if there is an emergency." I nod. "Here," He hands me a parachute. "Good luck."
I slide the door open and look down. I clench my teeth and shudder. If the bag doesn't deploy… game over. Italy is on his own. Everyone depending on me…
But I have to save Kleff.
And so I slide the goggles over my eyes, and jump.
I open my eyes and look around at the sandy landscape. I'm alive… I'm alive… "I'm alive!" I yell out loud. I get up, dust myself off, shove the parachute off of me and start walking. I'm just outside the walls of Zone 9, and can probably get a signal if I stay put.
"Justin." I say as he picks up the phone.
"No, this is Pablo."
"Hi, Pablo. Can you put Justin on?" I ask.
"Oh, no can do. He left just a little while ago." He says.
"Where was he…" I almost drop the phone as I see two figures walking around in the distance. I wave to them and end the call. They wave back and we start running towards eachother.
"Germany!" One of them calls. It's not Kleff, but at least they know who I am.
"Hey!" I yell back as their faces become visible. They both are men with buzzed heads. The one on the left has blond hair and the one on the right has black hair.
"Oh man." The blond one says picking me up and squeezing me. I recognized his voice as Justin. "Man, I thought I'd never get to see your face."
"Nice to finally meet you." I say. The other one holds out his hand and introduces himself as Maksim.
We walk to the wall, them saying that the supplies storage was inside, and that's where Kleff disappeared. Zone 9 was split in half, the portion in which the storage unit was located was deserted.
"Here." Maksim says, handing me a rather large gun. "You'll need something bigger than that cute little pistol you're carrying around."
"Yeah, and where'd you get the military suit? As badass and all as it looks, it's illegal to where one if you aren't in the registered." Justin says. "Not saying you can't wear it."
"Kleff had one laying around in the closet. I don't know why." I say, taking off the jacket and tying it around my waste. Zone 9 was basically a desert, and it was starting to get hot.
"You know the suits have CBSs in them right?" Justin asks.
"No, shit." I say hiking along with them. They seem to be in much better shape than I.
"Yeah. You're better off wearing it." Miksam says.
I huff. "I think mine's broken." Or maybe I was just really, really, unfit… same thing.
"Whatever." He shrugs.
FINALLY we make it to the wall. Justin and Miksam push a vault door away from the tunnel that leads inside the city. I follow Miksam, with Justin behind me. The only sound is the water dripping from the ceiling, and the rats scurrying across the ground. Eventually we make it into the night, the two men looking both ways until realizing it's too dark to continue on.
"Follow me." Justin says, taking lead. We turn right out of the tunnel and enter a small building. "This used to be a resting place for the wall guards."
"What're we going in here?" I ask.
"We're going to wait here until morning." Justin explains. "It's too dark to go out and find Kleff right now. It's not worth the risk."
I open my mouth to protest but Miksam stops me."First thing in the morning we'll go look for him."
As soon as Justin is asleep, I roll onto my other side to see if Miksam is still awake. The book he was reading rests atop his face, fast asleep for the rest of the night. I grin to myself and stand up, careful to not wake either of them. I creep over Miksam, nearly tripping over his feet, and grab his gun. I take his bandolier and flashlight, and scurry up the ladder onto the rooftop.
"Too easy." I whisper to myself and I crawl down the side of the building. I swing the bandolier over my shoulder, and hold the gun in my right hand. The temperature had dropped immensely in that short hour, and I had left my jacket in the building. I shiver, knowing that there is no turning back now.
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