Cult Following
"Fuck" turning to Ryuji with a deadpan, Takashi brought out his own flashlight, Takashi walked forward with Ryuji watching him before flinching as the door behind them gained a loud hit that echoed, making the two turn to it with bated breath before hearing footsteps rushing away with a roar.
Allowing them to relax before Ryuji followed after Takashi.
Carefully walking through the darkened service tunnel, Ryuji spotted a few pools of blood before they turned at hearing an intercom in the top corner, emitting an odd sound, like a slow deep pulse… almost like a heartbeat.
Frowning at the sound before the immune found they're vision pulsing in tune with the beat, leaving them both confused and worried before the speaker cut itself off, leaving the two standing frozen as they're vision slowed in it's pulsing before they relaxed but remained confused.
"Ok, what the fuck was that, that felt like my mind was being hit like a drum" Getting a confused side eye from Takashi, he spoke with a firm but cautious tone.
"Let's just focus on catching up to the others for now, with Majima we'll figure it out with more heads than ours" Getting a nod of hesitant agreement from Ryuji, the two began traversing the tunnel, finding a few walking corpses that they dispatched with little issue, with Ryuji finding a stockless Spaz 12 Shotgun while Takashi found a Howa Type 89 service rifle, fresh magazines abandoned by the previous user.
Moving forward with even less difficulty due to possessing fire power.
The two stopped at hearing the odd Beat once again from the intercom, choosing to ignore it in order to get out of the tunnel… before stopping at the tunnel opening up to show a sinkhole had torn it apart, the road exposed with little sunlight giving little visibility.
Looking over the filled sinkhole, Ryuji spotted a lot of wires leading to the bottom.
"I don't see any way around this" giving Ryuji look, Takashi sighed as he began climbing down, bringing his radio out, he spoke hopefully.
"Saya, I know you had a radio, please tell me I still have the right channel?" Waiting for a response, Takashi sighed as he tried another channel as they climbed down the debris from the sinkhole.
"Takashi to Saya do you read, Over?" looking around for another minute to wait for a response, Takashi grumbled as he changed the channel, moving to speak it came to life with a voice… a Man's voice.
/WHOSE USING MY CHANNEL!?/ jumping at the voice from the device, Ryuji and Takashi shared a glance before looking back to the radio.
"Uh, Komuro Takashi, whose this?" waiting for a voice to respond in the static, the voice spoke in shock.
"/How are you not turning, that damn rhythm is causing anyone listening to explode into a frenzy!?/ wincing as the sound echoed again from the intercom, Takashi ignored it even as his vision pulsed at the edge of his sight.
Moving to speak, the man's words registered in his and Ryuji's mind.
"Wait what do you mean this sound has people turning?" waiting for a response from the unknown's voice, it spoke with urgency.
/These guys in hazmat suits came down here with some orb looking thing that gave me the whirlies, they hooked it up to the speakers that connect to the subway system and BOOM, everyone within hearing distance exploded into rabid people, eating each other, and worst of all… / looking up at the intercom pulsing again, Takashi turned around slowly at hearing a groan from the floor. Showing a man in a torn hazmat suit climbing to his feet, only the parts exposed bubbled violently.
/They couldn't contain the ones who mutated/
Leaving Takashi staring at the mutation before he and Ryuji groaned as another pulse roared from the intercom.
The sound itself triggering the poor bastard as it's eyes stared at Takashi.
"KiIlLlL MEeEeeEEE!" Ducking away as the zombie exploded, Takashi and Ryuji shared a glance before more zombies sprouted from the debris.
Looking down to the ground as it rumbled as several zombies exploded, Ryuji moved to help Takashi to his feet as the floor began to collapse, showing the subway tunnel beneath.
"MOVE IT!" jumping over cracks as they made they're way to the ledge, Takashi landed on his feet before he felt his feet sink. Feeling his lungs emptied from the impact of hitting the ledge, Takashi spotted Ryuji running to him along the ledge.
Reaching up to Ryuji who grabbed his hand, the two were half way up before the floor below them inched down, making the two freeze before the floor collapsed with them both screaming.
Landing on fleshy floor with a wet splat, Takashi looked up as his vision pulsed due to a massive speaker sitting on a spire of flesh and bone, Takashi gave a growl as his head pounded, Takashi grabbed his head as the ground vibrated with an odd rhythm while zombies crowded into the tunnel, seeing an easy meal as Takashi felt a growl escaping his throat.
His head snapped to the zombies with his eyes taking on an eerie yellow as he let out a roar of rage, the second roar of hate beside him told him Ryuji had gone through the same change.
Staring at the small horde within the flesh covered tunnel, Takashi surge forward with a inhuman snarl as he grabbed one zombie by the head to smash it against the one behind it, showering him in blood while Ryuji grabbed one by the legs and proceeded to use it as a human sized steel chair, Takashi had moved on to another zombie that he held by the throat as it's skinless mouth tried biting him, he grabbed it by the cranium before ripping upward with the spine attached to the head, using it as a bone flail, Takashi lunged to his left to trip a zombie to bash it's head in, feeling his rage draining ever so slowly, another pulse echoed with Takashi and Ryuji yelling at hearing whispers now, the two in the blood phage, tore the masses of moving flesh apart until only they remained, with the two breathing heavily with blood painting them head to toe, the growled at one another, ready to fight in desperation before the speaker on the wall sparked and shut off, silencing the sound along with the whispers as Takashi and Ryuji released sighs of exhaustion.
Panting tiredly as he looked to his hands, Takashi looked up to see Ryuji standing on shaky legs while giving him a cautious look, Takashi gave a shaky thumbs up before they both frowned at hearing a train horn to the left… down a tunnel.
Hearing another much louder horn, the two spun in alarm at another train coming down the other tunnel, the two spared a look before Takashi spotted a ladder for staff.
"LADDER!" rushing to the wall, Ryuji followed tiredly, giving Takashi a nod of thanks as he let him climb up first, the two horns blared erratically as lights shown in the tunnel. Takashi climbed quickly before the tunnel shook from the impact of two trains, looking down in time to lift his legs to his chest as the ladder became deformed from the collision, screams of terror echoed from with the train cars as zombies were thrown violently.
Staring at the scene with winces, the two climbed up the ladder to find themselves on a scaffold.
Moving away from the carnage, Takashi and Ryuji found themselves entering a employee lounge… with guns aimed at them.
Seeing men in military uniform, Takashi and Ryuji relaxed as the soldiers stood firm.
"State your name and Blood type!" perking up at the commander of this platoon, Takashi and Ryuji spared a glance before he spoke.
"Komuro Takashi, Blood type O Negative"
Sakamoto Ryuji, also O Negative" with that the soldiers stood at ease with one approaching.
"Than you will need to come with us, we have a nearby checkpoint recaptured for survivors, are you the only two?"
"No, we have a group we got separated from with others who are immune, I have a radio but I cant reach them due to being underground" getting a nod from the commander, he turned to a young woman who perked up.
"Lieutenant Kurotsuchi, radio base that we have a group of survivors on the way with Immune among them" getting a nod from the woman, the man turned back to Takashi and Ryuji.
"We will escort you back, you're both more important than ever in containing this" Getting a nod from Takashi, Ryuji sighed while sitting on an office chair.
"Oh thank god, I need a fucking bath and a shower after the mess we went through" Getting a chuckle form Takashi, the Commander spared a smirk.
"Bravo team form up and move out, we're returning to Base"
"HAI!"