Part Twenty
Eden: Paradise Lost
Part Twenty
Elsewhere
Lance parks the Jeep a few meters from the Primes as the area was crawling, Jared looking through a scope to see the lobby of the prime was overrun.
Jared: Lobby's crawling with deaders. That's a no go.
Lance without looking aims out the window with his Red9 and fires a round into a walkers head that had quickly shuffled up towards him as Lance turns the radio on.
Lance: Terry, Max we need a way inside.
Terry looks at Max who looks through a schematic on the laptop.
Terry: We're checking, boss.
Max: All the Prime's are connected, does he have eyes on prime two or three?
Lance looks at Jared who scopes out as Max could be heard through the radio.
Jared scopes out the other two Prime's spotting that Prime threes lobby was bare as no zombies were around it.
Jared: Prime three seems clear enough.
Lance: Prime three is a go.
Max scans a 3d layout.
Max: there's a crossover sub tunnel in floor 12, mid level, it leads through all three Prime's, sorta like a quick transit for the president, you'll be able to get in through there.
Lance: 12th floor...hang on comrades, we're on our way.
Lance fires another round without looking as he blows a hole through a runners head this time.
Lance: We better hurry.
The three get out of the Jeep and head down the back way towards Prime Three. Lance halts them as they hide behind a building that rests adjacently near the Prime's.
The three survey the street, two meters away they can see walkers spread pretty thin but plentiful.
Lance: Side arms, no heavy's, too much rapid fire will draw them all here.
Jared and Dustin switch to their sidearms as they shoulder their main guns as Dustin pulls two .45s up as Lance keeps his Red9 out and nods at the other two.
Lance takes off down the street as Jared and Dustin follow, the three running and quickly jumping away and dodge run past the lumbering dead as the shufflers reach and snap at them but to no avail as Jared shoots one down that got too close, alerting a few towards them as Lance puts one down that was directly in front of the doors. Lance pushes the dead walker over as he goes for the door as Dustin and Jared look about and cover Lance as he yanks on the doors.
Lance: Locked!
Lance grabs the walkie and pulls it up as he fires from his pistol and drops a walker. Lance: Max! The lobby doors to prime three are locked! I need them opened!
Terry holds up the walkie as Max types away at the computer as Terry pushes his legs against the soda machine as the Runners relentless banging against the door causes it to finally budge a bit, as Max brings up the security override system.
Max: on it…
Lance: Now, Max!
Jared and Dustin reach the doors as the walkers begin all clumping together as they surround the three as Jared fires four times as he drops three as Dustin looks to see Lance waiting for the confirmation as the zombies come closer.
Dustin: boss!
Lance: Max open the door, now you (cursing in Russian)
Max types a sequence im and begins shaking as he tries to override the locks.
Max: I can't...boss…
Terry: Max…
Lance: Goddamnit, Max now or never!
Dustin holds his pistols as he swings his machine gun around.
Dustin: Fuck this…
Dustin opens fire, mowing down a few zombies before he carefully takes a few out.
Jared: Shit!
Lance: Max!!
Max watched as the screen flashed and Max entered yes and hit the enter button
Max: Unlocked!
Lance thgs at the door and feels it swing open as he grabs Dustin and yanks him inside as Jared quickly runs in and grabs the door, slamming it closed as the horde of undead walk into it as Jared and Dustin aim at the door.
Lance: Lock it back up!
Max types away and enters a different sequence as the doors automatically lock, the three backing away from the doors as the shufflers bounce against it repeatedly.
Lance: These doors gonna hold?
Jared: Should be Shatterproof…
The glass seems to bend from the excess weight as the three jump back as Lance curses
Lance: 12th floor, let's go.
The three hurried off to the elevator as the power was still on due to the backup generators.
Elsewhere
Nick tosses a Miles a loaded MP5 from the bag as Krista takes point on the windows as the back door is now being pressed and knocked inwards from the overwhelming numbers.
Miles: That door isn't going to hold!
Nick: Then get to it and make sure it does!
Nick goes back towards the door as the bodies were now three feet high and stacked upon each other but more and more kept coming as Nick tosses another grenade and watches chunks of flesh and bone go everywhere. Miles runs and slides to the front of the back door, kicking his feet against it as Lyndsey stays close to him as it cracked in a bit, Miles aiming at the door as Nick and Krista held ground, trading off headshots.
Rebecca keeps her aimed stance at the stairs as Amber had a gun raised that Rebecca had given her.
Rebecca: Hey…
Rebecca eyes Amber
Rebecca: don't aim that unless you know how to use it…
Amber looks at her as Rebecca turns back to the door frame as Amber hesitantly lowers the gun.
Rebecca: Come on, baby…
Nick screams as he unloads on a few zombies as he reloads, Krista covering Nick as he checks the ammo bag.
Nick: We're running low here…
Krista: I can see that!
Miles: They're breaking through!
Nick turns as the back doors bursts in as Miles opens fire as Rebecca jumps from the suddenness of the extra gunfire.
Nick curses as Krista fires and kills a few trying to climb through a window as Miles stacks the first few bodies that were pushing through the back door.
Nick: we can't hold them back!
Miles: You guys get out of here!
Nick: we're not leaving without…
An arrow hits a zombie near Nick as Nick watches the zombie drop as he turns to see Mary firing again from her compound bow outside, Nick smiling as Miles watches as the zombie outside his door turned into swizs cheese as he covers up as Lyndsey ducks and pulls Miles closer towards Nick and Krista as Brianna, Kayla, and Millie were unloading on the horde.
Kris blows a zombie's head off as he steps over one and double taps it as he walks inside, Nick coming up to him as Mary fires and hits the last visible walker in sight as it rounded the corner as Miles gets up and opens the door to let the girls inside as they all regroup.
Nick: knew you'd come, what took?
Kris: Traffic.
Krista grins as she and the others don't notice a crawler crawling moving towards her.
Rebecca listens as the gunfire subsides as Lily clutches Amber.
Rebecca: Nick!?
Nick looks up as he hears Rebecca and runs to the middle of the stairway
Nick: We're okay! Kris and the others arrived so bring everyone down!
Amber and Lily cheer as Rebecca sighs Z she has them help her up.
Rebecca: Thank God.
Nick comes back down as he notices something moving closer to Krista
Nick: Krista!
The crawler grabs her leg
Nick: Krista look out!
The crawler bites into her leg, tearing flesh and tendons away as she screams, Kris moving as Brianna akmd and blows the crawler's head open with her .44 as Krista screams in pain and cries at the realization as Kris grabs her and holds her as her ankle spurted blood.
Nick: No...no!
Millie: Krista…
Mary: Baby, girl…
Krista labors as Nick paces back and forth
Nick: no!
Krista tries to sit up as Kris helps her as Rebecca and the girls come down as they slowly come in to see what is happening as Rebecca grabs Nick as Mary comes and kneels down in front of her.
Mary: Krista…
Nick: this can't happen! we just...after everything we just…
Krista: I was careless...fucking crawler got me...stupid.
Kris: It's not your fault…
Krista: You don't have time to waste...please..let's just do this…
Mary: No, Krista...honey…
Nick is beside himself as Rebecca holds him as Kris looks at Krista smiling.
Krista: You came for us…
Kris: Of course, you're one of mine…
Brianna folds her arms as Kayla looks upset as she could feel their pain.
Kayla: Is this it...is this all we have left in the world... headache, and pain…
Brianna nods
Brianna: That's all we as a species ever deserved.
Brianna turns away as Krista touches Kris's face and then Mary's as she wipes one of Mary's tears away. Lyndsey hugged Miles from behind as he was fighting back his own tears. Krista nods at Mary as they both begin to cry as Mary watches Krista close her eyes.
Krista: Do it…
Mary puts her 9mm to her temple as Krista shakes
Krista: Do it!!
Mary fires and drops the gun as she sobs j to her hands as Krista goes limp as Kris stands and looks away as Nick moves from Rebecca and throws something across the room as he grabs the back of his head as blood poured from the gushing gunshot wound. Kris looks visibly shaken as the only one not affected by this was Brianna.
Brianna: We have to get going, all this noise is going to attract a lot of dead heads.
Brianna coldly leaves as Kayla helps escort Amber and Lily out along with Millie who grabs one of the bags as Rebecca grabs Nick who nods as he composes himself and helps her out towards the Jeep as Miles and Lyndsey walk together. Kris helps stand Mary up as the two leave the building together as Krista's body slowly slumps over, lifeless.
Elsewhere, Prime 3
The 12th floor dings as the three step out, guns leveled as Lance looks about and begins down the hallway first.
Lance: Shouldn't be any surprises…
Dustin: Boss you know when you say stuff like that bad things happen, right?
Lance: For once, I am hoping otherwise.
The three hear a noise as they all stop, Lance looking about as the shadows play tricks on them.
The three continue on as they head towards the area that Max told them about as Lance sighs in relief.
Lance: See, easy enough.
Lance opens the door as a body falls on him. Lance quickly pushes it off and aims at it Dustin moves it over as he can see it's covered in knife wounds.
Jared: He wasn't bitten...just stabbed… shit ton.
Dustin: So a person killed him? Who?
Lance stands up as he looks about.
Lance: I don't know, but be on your guard.
The three head on and go across the hall, opening the door that lead into the sub level tunnel
Elsewhere
Hockmeyer runs and slides to a nearby outside brush as he can see the backlot of the Primes, Hockmeyer eyeing the pier as he notices walkers and runners roaming around, Hockmeyer taking inventory as he then spots the warehouse on the docks.
Hockmeyer smirks as he begins towards it but he stops as he suddenly spots a Hooded Figure slam a pipe across his head, knocking him out cold.
End of Part Twenty