Part Fifteen

Eden: Paradise Lost

Part Fifteen

Elsewhere, Near the Prime's

Hockmeyer stands on the roof of a building near the Prime's, Hockmeyer looking at the Prime's as he then surveys the area, his two cases near him as he gets in a multi wave radio. 

Hockmeyer: Everyone in position?

A quartet of voices confirm to him that they are.

Hockmeyer: Begin phase 3, Radio once all of you have been picked up. 

One of the men lowers his radio and looks through a scope of his rifle, taking out four border guards. 

Another is at the computer back at the hangar as he initiates a countdown code of 5 minutes before packing up and leaving the hangar altogether. 

The last two inside of the jets are waiting for the third member to lock up the fences around the hangar, blocking it off as the third man hops inside of the second jet and the pilot takes off as he begins to prep the bombs. 

The fourth terrorist Snipes the guard as he quickly grabs the hanging ladder from one of the jets that was idling above as they take off to join with the other her as the clock was counting down to it's last 2 minutes.

The clock reads 1:58pm

Elsewhere, Prime 1, President's Suite

President Geer and Finch sit across from each other, a grin across Finch's face as the President looks distraught as two agents step in along with General Marcus. 

General: I know everything. 

Finch: About?

General Marcus punches Finch as Finch drops. 

General: You have no right to be smiling. 

The President sits down with a look of defeat, General Marcus turning at him as Geer gives him an apologetic look.

President: This wasn't supposed to turn out like this. 

1:59pm

Elsewhere, around EDEN

Miles and Lyndsey sit on the couch holding hands as Amber and Lily were watching an old tv show on DVD.

Brianna comes and sits down next to Kris as everyone was lounging about back at the fallback spot. 

Brianna: You were right. 

Kris casts her a look. 

Brianna: About everything recently being my fault, you're right. 

Max is steady deleting the pornography files off of his computer that Collin had downloaded

Max: Goddamnit, Collin, you fat fuck…

Collin grins as he bites into an apple on the roof, his sniper rifle across his lap. 

Terry is teaching Mandy how to fire from her hip as Makayla and Dustin are talking close by as Shane polishes his rifle. 

Lance continues to read a new book as he keeps his Red9 in his lap now. 

General Marcus shakes his head. 

General: There is no excuse for what you've done behind my back!

President: I had too! you knew nothing and what me and mine went through when Lacy was bitten. You knew not of the untapped potential this research had! I was trying to save lives by finding answers  in dealing with them!

General: Under martial law and the power given to me all those years ago at the. Beginning of the outbreak, I, General Marcus Weaver, relinquish you from the title of President of the United States, and as some guardian over EDEN. I hereby condemn you a traitor punishable by death and strip you of your military commandments. If your army does not cooperate they will be put down by my forces which will arrive tomorrow morning…

The timer on the countdown clock reads "5...4...3...2...1... complete". 

In the control hub on the outskirts of fools landing, the device two of the Terrorists planted were activated and suddenly the power breaker towers and everything else begins to shut down as sparks fly everywhere as the sensors and computers within all the surrounding hub overload. Lights, devices, TV's, computers, anything electrical are all suddenly either fried or completely shut off as the black out occurs swiftly and simultaneously. 

Max jumps back as his computer sparked and died instantly as the lights and everything else shut off, as everyone becomes extremely alert as Lance runs out of the study

Lance: Blackout??

Max: Fuck no, blackout's don't fry systems in one sweep, no, we were just hit with a goddamned EMP!

Brianna and Kris stand, abruptly ending their conversation as the rest of the 23rd come together. 

 Nick: This can't be good. 

Kris: Cells?

Mary: Dead. 

Kris: Son of a bitch...not again…

Lyndsey grips Miles' arm as Amber and Lily come towards them as people are coming out of the apartments and into the Square in confusion. 

Amber: What's happening?

Miles: I don't know…

General Marcus looks around as he draws his beretta and aims at the President who had grabbed his .38

President: I…

General: What have you done!?

President: This isn't me...this ..

President Geer looks at Finch who hasn't moved from the floor as the President sneers and screams as he aims at Finch. 

General Weaver fires twice and hits the President in his sternum, but he reacts to late as the Agents in the room fired at him, hitting him in his flak as he's able to get off two precise headshots to the Agents foreheads, dropping both men as he fell over and coughed up some blood as a bullet pierced through the jacket as he was struck multiple times. The general breathing shallowly as President Geer tries to keep himself awake but eventually closes his eyes as he falls back and slumps in his chair as he does. 

There is a silence before Finch slowly lifts his head and looks about with a smile as he surveys what has been done. 

Finch: Well. 

Finch stands as he comes and pokes at the president, making sure he was dead. 

Finch: Sorry, Andrew. I was hoping to do that myself. 

Finch turns as he hears the general coughing as he bends down in front of him as he looks to see he had been shot in both shoulders and the one in the chest that went through the jacket. 

Finch: You don't look so good, General. 

Finch leans in.

Finch: Sorry about this, but EDEN, need a little cleaning. Tell you the truth, I didn't even really do it for political gain, or spite. you probably never thought other countries still want to see us fall. No matter what hell we are all living in, the hatred from the world still rages on. They paid me millions, hundreds of millions for this to happen. Patriotism is dead. This is the way of the world now. 

The general just glares at Finch as Finch pats his gunshot arm and stands. 

Finch: Well, I'm off. Gotta be getting out of here before the zombies arrive. Ciao, Mr. Weaver..

Finch turns to leave and grabs one of the agents .45s and a few reload clips as he smirks and whistles as he heads out. But a lone gunshot rings out and Finch hits the wall as he screams, Finch looking down to see his ankle had a hole in it as he looks back to see General Marcus had his gun leveled from a prone position. Finch curses him as he begins to crawl out of sight as the General's shallow breathing goes a little ragged as Finch crawls into the upper floor hallway where the commotion from its residents was still raging. 

Elsewhere, Misfits Hangout

Lance tosses Shane and Terry a two way radio as everyone was fully geared up and armed as Max was only carrying a crowbar and a katana in a holder across his back as he also has a spiked baseball bat in hand. Mandy looks at him with a raised eyebrow.

Mandy: No gun?

Maxwell: No thanks, never have to reload with these. 

Lance: Terry, your channel is 6, Shane you're 3. I'm channel 8. Max, you're sure these two ways work?

Max: Different frequency, they'll work fine. 

Lance: We need to head to the bank, it's the only place the others know where to meet us. 

Max: Boss, I propose an alternate destination for myself. 

Lance: Why?

Max: Most electronics in the Square and Fools Landing are probably fried but the Prime's are well more structurally secure and since they're in a central location, it can be possible that EMP didn't render everything there useless. 

Shane: Get to the point.

Max: If I can salvage a laptop or a notebook computer, a tablet something, I could easily get it fixed and turned on, back a satellite directly and get us some electrical eyes and info. I could find the source of the emp and could possibly route some power back into Eden. 

Lance: How sure of this are you?

Max: At the moment, let's say 70 percent. 

Terry: We could use power again, only a matter of time before the dead fucks  realize the torrent guns are thinning em out. 

Lance: Dammit, Max I can't send you alone. 

Terry: I'll go with him. 

Mandy: Me too. 

Cody: As will I. 

Lance: You four get what you need and get your asses back to the bank ASAP. 

All: Yes, sir. 

Lance: Let's…

Collin: boss!

Everyone turns as Collin comes running down the stairs. 

Collin: You need to come see this!

They all rush up behind Collin as Collin hands Lance the scoped sniper rifle and points it out as Lance looks to see the Jets coming into view near fool's landing. 

Lance lowers the rifle as he looks confused. 

Lance: What the hell, how are there jets in the air?

Max: Either escaped the emp blast radius or had a built in amplifier to augment the security fail-safes. 

They soon are silenced as a line of explosions trail the jets as the Misfits scream in shock and horror as the shockwaves and the heat can be felt as the barrier walls around Fools Landing and Eden are completely destroyed in the giant explosion. Shane and Lance watch mortified as the military outposts are bombed and sent running as the Jets continue dropping bombs all along the outer perimeter. 

Elsewhere

Kris and the others are outside  as they watch the explosion draw closer and appear all around them 

Millie: They just took out the barrier…

Mary: Means Eden's... wide open…

Rebecca starts to chant "no" as Brianna comes over to Kris. 

Brianna: This place is going to be overrun…

Kris: It's happening again…

Kris looks lost in thought as his face is frozen in fear but Brianna smacks him. 

 Brianna: I said this place is going to be overrun! what are we doing, sir?

Everyone looks at Kris as Kris nods and collects himself. 

Kris: To the bank, now!

The unit hops into the two Jeep's as Kris, Brianna, Mary, Millie and Jared are in one as Nick, Rebecca, and Krista are in the other. 

Mary: I hope miles remembers the plan for the fall back. 

Elsewhere, Lyndsey's Apartment

Miles gathers some things for Lyndsey as the explosion causes her to scream.

Miles: Amber do you have a gun!?

Amber: Yes. 

Miles: Get it. Lily?

Lily: No.

Miles cocks his handgun and hands it to her as Miles grabs Lyndsey's hand as she is riddled silent. 

Miles: We have to get to the bank before the city is overrun. 

Amber: This can't be happening…

Miles: panic later, let's go!

Miles runs out of the apartment with Lyndsey in tow as the streets are crowded with chaos and confusion.

Elsewhere

Hockmeyer watched as the jets dropped the final bombs, Hockmeyer grabbing his walkie as it crackled. 

Voice: On our way to take you back to your jet, sir. 

Hockmeyer: I read ya. 

Hockmeyer raises a heat seeking rocket launcher and aims at the jet as it comes towards his direction. Hockmeyer takes aim as he fires, watching as the Rocket sailed through the air and goes directly towards the Jet head on. 

Lance and Shane watch from their rooftop as they see the rocket collide with the jet as the Jet quickly catches fire and free falls in a massive explosion as it crashes into a nearby building in the Square as the building explodes from the impact which causes a small fissure.

Shane: Preemptive sabotage. 

Lance: Somebody wanted EDEN to fall and  know they're taking out their own men to cover it up. 

Terry: We better get our asses moving. 

Everyone slowly looks as Lance and Shane look at the scene with the most intensity across their faces. 

The Horde of hundreds of thousands of zombies pouring into the wide open can be seen like a swarm of locusts as shadows of corpses can be stretching from every end of the outskirts as they began to pour inside as Runners finally had space to run freely as nearby people and military were trying to run or stand their ground. 

Terry: They'll reach here in ten minutes tops. 

Lance: You meet us at the bank...alive…

Terry: Yes, sir. 

Lance: Move out!

The Misfits hurry out as Military men all around are firing and being overwhelmed and torn apart by the neverending waves of living dead as some are bitten and others are tackled and ripped apart. 

One military man's head is split open from carnivorous and ravaging hands as they tore through his skull and  and began to fight over his brain matter as a couple of men throw grenades and and destroy a few dozen zombies  that were clumped together but they are soon overwhelmed by runner's as the chaos of the fall of EDEN was beginning to sweep further and further inside. 

End of Part Fifteen.