Part Nineteen

Eden: Paradise Lost

Part Nineteen

Elsewhere, The Square

Kris pulls the Jeep up next to Lance's, looking relieved as Mary gets out and fired an arrow into a shuffler's head as the others hurry out and grab their gear, Lance opening the doors as the clock read 4: 56pm, the sun beginning to set as Collin covers them from the Roof of the bank, Kris coming in as Shane sits alone with a distraught look. Kris noticed it. 

Kris: Shane, what happened?

Lance: General weaver is dead. 

Kris: Jesus Christ…

The other hurry inside as Dustin locks the doors up Brianna and Kayla hugging.

Brianna: Wait...where's Mandy?!

Shane: With Terry and Max. 

Kris: And where the hell are they?

Shane: At the Prime's... salvaging for anything Max can use to get power back. 

Lance notices the depleted numbers. 

Lance: You've got people missing?

Kris: Nick's vehicle overturned with Rebecca and Krista in tow. I assume they're still alive but, I don't know. 

Shane: Shit. 

Kris: Miles and the girls?

Lance: No, not yet. 

Kris: You have a radio, some sort of short form frequency?

Lance: Got two here. 

Kris: Let me see one. 

Shane hands Kris his as Kris puts it on channel 22. 

Lance: Why that channel?

Kris: If any of my men were to be separated and needed a way to get a hold of me they'd use a short wave on channel 22. 

Kris waits for a moment as all he gets is static. 

Kris: Miles, Nick, Rebecca, Krista...are any of you on this channel? Please respond…

Again, nothing but static. 

Kris: Please respond!

Nothing. 

Kris: Fuck, I'll check every 20 minutes. 

Shane declines taking it back as Kris holds onto it. 

Shane: Best you keep it. 

Brianna: So what do we do?

Kris: Wait for word from our people, and hope they reach us. 

Kayla: There's a lot of deader activity out there, only going to get worse. I know we're all keen on staying here, but the more body heat that drops throughout this night and into the morning, the more we become a sitting buffet. 

Mary: She's right, they can smell and sense our flesh, the more of it in one area...the easier the meal. 

Kris: this is the meeting point, not the holding point. When we have to move we will, but we are not stronger apart when dealing with the undead. 

Lance: I agree. 

Shane: But their point is valid. The longer we hold up the easier it is for them to eventually find us and back us into a corner. 

Dustin: So what are you suggesting? just run in different directions and hope for the best?

Jared: It's more pressing and dire than a simple "let's run for it".

Kris: no one is going anywhere right now, end of story!

Terry: (over radio) boss…

Lance quickly pulls up his radio as everyone goes quiet. 

Lance: Terry, give me some good news, please. 

Terry looks solemn. As the runners continue pounding against the barricades.

Terry: Not so much. 

Lance: What's up?

Lance's face drops as he listens to Terry 

Terry: Cody's dead, Mandy got...taken by a couple of guys I've never seen but they were working with Finch...boss he was responsible…

Lance shakes as everyone looks about concerned as Kris sneers as he balls his fist. 

Kris: Finch...that son of a bitch…

Lance: What about you and Maxwell?

Terry: Were okay...for now. 

Lance: What the hell does that mean?

Terry: Maxwell found a laptop he was able to fix, but we're trapped Sir...in a break room on the top floor of Prime 1, runners got us pinned...they've got us pinned good. and I don't think we're going to have a say out…

Terry wipes his eyes as Max looks somber, the laptop in his lap as Lance closes his eyes, everyone unsure of what to say. 

Lance: I'm coming to get you…

Shane looks at Lance. 

Shane:What!? No…

Terry: Boss...it's not worth it. 

Lance: You barricaded well enough to hold out for an hour?

Terry: Yes, sir but..

Lance: I'm coming, just be ready when I get there…

Lance turns the radio off as Shane grabs him. 

Shane: They are trapped on the top floor of an area swarming with runners and walkers, and you're going to try and get them!

Lance: Yes. 

Terry looks at Max as Max smiles, Max reading over some files as Terry nods. 

Terry: Looks like the boss is on his way. 

Max: And he'll wanna see what I found. 

Max and Terry look at each other before looking at the screen. 

Lance brushes Shane off as Kris thinks 

Lance: I'm going to get my men, no one has to join me. 

Dustin: You're crazy boss, but you know I'm going. 

Kris: Me too.

Mary: Seriously?!

Jared: Boss…

Shane: Kris, I can't let ..

Kris: Not your choice, Shane. 

Lance: With all due respect, Kris. I can't allow you to come with. 

Kris: You can't stop me. 

Lance: Yes I can. Your men need you here, and you have to be here to make sure your men that are still out there know that you're here. Don't do this. 

Jared: Yeah, let me go, boss. 

Kris: Lance…

Lance: You stay, the meathead comes. 

Kris stars Lance down as Lance winks at him, Lance grabbing his scythe as Jared cocks his shotgun. 

Millie: Jared, be careful. 

Mary: Don't you die on us you fucking jock. 

Brianna: Watch y'all's asses. Get our people back. 

Dustin: Yeah, we got this. 

Kris: Channel 22, Lance let us know…

Lance: Be ready for us. 

Kayla unlocks the door and the three storm off as Lance gets to the Jeep and starts it as Dustin and Jared ride in the back as Collin snipes a runner that was heading towards Lance's side. 

Elsewhere

Miles rummages through the building as Lyndsey stands close by, Lily and Amber  sitting near the stairs as the zombies are still beating about the door. 

Lyndsey: What are you looking for?

Miles: a CB radio, or something short waved, just anything that I can use to contact my…

A window breaks somewhere inside the building as Lily screams as Miles quickly pulls a dagger up as he puts Lyndsey behind him. 

Miles: You three, up the stairs now!

Lyndsey: Miles, no…

Amber: Don't argue just listen!

She pulls Lyndsey up as Miles turns and aims his mag light about, searching the area from the sound where the glass breaks as the sun has set, Miles a bit skittish as noises and sounds are all around him. Miles comes up to an area with a lot of desks and pillars as Miles stops as he shines the light in an office door where the glass has broken. 

Miles turns and tosses the blade he held, hitting the zombie in the head as it was shuffling up behind him. Miles breathes a sigh of relief and heads back as he doesn't notice a Runner appearing from his right until it's screeching right next to him. 

Miles moves his head as the runner snaps at him, Miles kicks his knees up as he pushes up and frees a hand as he pulls a bowie and from the left leg holster and stabs it through the Runners left eye. 

Miles moves his head as blood drizzles all over him as he kicks the dead body aside and off of him as he wipes the knife clean and holsters it. 

Lyndsey: Miles…

Miles looks to see the three girls looking at him as he is covered in blood, each had a different look on their face as Miles nods to himself. 

Miles: We gotta find a way out of here…

Elsewhere

Hockmeyer pushes the back door to the Prime leading into the tunnels, Hockmeyer aiming about as Adam helps Finch down as Adam had set Mandy down, Hockmeyer quickly signaling to them as he can see clumps of Walkers all over the area as Hockmeyer smacks Mandy across her face to wake her as Adam surveys. 

Adam: Shit…

Hockmeyer: Are there vehicles near the pier?

Finch: Maybe some in the pier warehouses down by the docks?

Adam: That's reassuring…

Hockmeyer: It's better than nothing. 

Finch: You don't expect me to go all the way there on this foot do you?!

Hockmeyer: No, I'll take care of this, you two stay inside watch the girl, I'll be back. 

Hockmeyer takes off as Adam grabs Mandy and pushes Finch back inside as Hockmeyer easily evades and drops walkers as he makes a path. 

Elsewhere

Nick and a limping Rebecca along with Krista quickly head down a street but still as they run across hundreds of walkers that are shuffling about, the three looking about to see the way they came was covered by closing in runners that had been on their tail. 

Krista: Where do we go?

Nick: I don't…

Rebecca: There!

Rebecca shows them a nearby building and the three hurry towards it as Nick and Krista quickly lock and barricade up the door as Rebecca winces as she down just as the runners came slamming up against the door, Nick and Krista aiming at it as the barricade began to falter, Rebecca readying her rifle as the door begins to budge…

Nick: It's gonna give!

Miles: Nick!

Nick turns as Miles and the women appear, Nick looking relieved as the door moves again, the girls screaming as Amber and Lily help Rebecca up as Miles, Nick and Krista prepare for the door to finally give way. 

Nick: Anywhere in this place, safe?!

Miles: Upstairs, but I broke the door open earlier to get down here. 

Nick: Shit!

Rebecca: What do we do?!

Nick: Go with the girls upstairs, and protect them! if we fall, you're all the got!

Rebecca: I'm not leaving you…!

Nick: go, now! 

Krista: I've got movement!

The door cracks open and a runners head allears as Miles tosses the dagger into its forehead and kills it as Amber and Lily lead Rebecca away as Lyndsey comes up behind Miles

Lyndsey: I'm not leaving you…

Miles: Lyndsey, you have too!

Krista: Here they come!

The door finally gives way and Nick opens fire as Lyndsey screams and stays behind Miles ad Krista and Miles join in and help drop the ones Nick doesn't take out as Krista kneecaps a few to clog up the door as Nick looks about

Nick: Grenade!?

Krista: My bag!

Krista throws the bag off and kicks it back towards Nick as Miles quickly unzips it and grabs one out as Nick reloads as Walker begin to step over the dropped runners some burst through the nearby windows, Krista screaming from the suddenness of it all as Nick kills a few near the closest window before miles throws a knife into a crawling runners skull as it reached for Nick's legs. Miles pulls up another grenade and tosses one to Nick as they both pull the pin and toss it into the nearby door frame, the grenade sends a giant clump of flesh, bone, and blood. The building rocks as the girls near the roof squeal as they don't know what was going on below.

Nick fans the smoke as the three listen as the groans and screeches continue to draw closer. 

Nick: Reload, they're coming back. 

Nick and Krista quickly reload their machine guns as Miles tosses two daggers that kill two walkers at a nearby window as Nick fires and drops more that appeared near the door

Nick: How far are we from the bank?!

Miles: Two blocks!

Krista: I hope to Christ the boss can hear us..

Nick: Me too. 

The three draw closer together as Lyndsey stays behind Miles as their building is being surrounded.

Two blocks away

Kris, Shane and the others listen to the intense gunfire and then the grenade explosions, Kris holding his hands together.

Shane: those guys are fighting hard…

Mary; They're not far from here, we could help them. 

Millie: That's an offly big risk. 

Kris: Listen to the trade off, the explosion, the tactical approach between each silence and them resuming firing, that's our guys

Kris grabs his guns as he goes to the door.

Shane: How can you…

Kris: I know my men, that's them. 

Brianna: You can't be sure…

Kris: I know my men, it's them, so who's coming with?!

Mary, Millie, Kayla and Brianna step up as Shane remains complacent.

Kris: Hold down the fort?

Shane: You know it. 

The group head out as Shane stays put, Collin watching them head to the last Jeep as he looks from his scope. 

Collin: The fuck is everybody going?!

The Jeep takes off towards the sounds of gunfire as Collin snipes a Walker and reloads, doing what he does best. 

End of Part Nineteen.