Part Thirty Four

Eden: Paradise Lost

Part Thirty Four

Everywhere

Miles takes a reload clip from Lyndsey as the hole was being covered by the Jeeps as the tanks nearby fired off another shell. 

Kris: There's too many!

Miles: Kris!

Kris looks to see the Tanks being overrun without the Jeeps being able to hold back to the Runners. 

Kris: Dammit, I need fire on the tanks! 

Some men turn and begin taking out the Runners as Mary switches to her MP5 as Lance shoulders his AK

Mary: What are you doing?

Lance: Cutting down the lines!

Lance draws his scythe as he swipes it along the rim of the barricade and severed two zombies into halves. 

Lance: Fall back!

Mary: To where?!

Lance: 30 feet from our current position, tight formation! Go!

Mary hesitates as Lance swipes at a Runner as another had grabbed and tackled a man as it pulls him over the edge of the barricade down to the corpses below. 

Lance: Now!

Lance slices one in half before stabbing the blade into another's head as Mary nods. 

Mary: Fall back! Fall back to Zone 2! Fall back to Zone 2!

Terry: My section has fallen! They're overrunning!

Terry along with the rest of his surviving men hold a line as the rest of their men are being torn apart on the barricade line as Terry blows one's head off as Rebecca lays cover for him.

Nick: Need some help here!

Brianna: Heading there now!

Shane reloads as Brianna takes off, Shane watching more and more zombies piling up and pressing towards them. 

Dustin listens to the chaos outside as he shakes his head as Amber touches him.

Amber: I'm sorry about Makayla…

Dustin: Hold your line, Amber...it sounds like they're breaking through…

Amber nods as she does as she's told as Dustin holds his emotions in check. 

Lance cuts more into shreds as Mary and the rest of their men cover him as Lance kicks one off and then smiles one's head off from his mouth up. 

Lance: You can't fuck with the Russian Grim Reaper!

Lance servers twos head off with another swipe and then one in half from its spinal cord as he then stabs one down across its head as it crawls at him. 

Kris watches the pile become too high as Miles pushes a runner away from him as Lyndsey screamed as the Jeeps ran out of bullets from the torrent guns. 

Miles: We can't hold!

Kris: Fall back; Everyone fall back!

Miles and Lyndsey hurry to group with the others as Kris glances about as he can hear Kolton screeching as the hole is overrun with runners and walkers alike as Zombies crawl along the tanks as Lance jumps down from his post as he's nearly boxed in. Nick nods to his men and covers their feigned retreat as Rebecca begins dropping zombies around him as he rejoins with his men. From the south where Makayla's post was, the men were all running for their lives as the area was completely overrun. Terry winces as he reloads his Winchester as Lance and the others come towards him as he has his AK in hand. 

Terry: What now!?

Lance: Stay alive!

The two go back to back as the zombies begin to flood in from all over. 

Miles and Lyndsey run by some men who run for their lives and try to hold some of the advancing runners at bay, but the men are being scattered about as the formations are breaking down. 

From out of nowhere, DJ and Anthony appear as DJ grabs Lyndsey and yanks her away from Miles as Miles turns only for Anthony to fire into his kneecaps, Miles screaming as he drops to his knees in anguish as Anthony puts a gun to his head as DJ has Lyndsey by the hair. 

DJ: Good catch. Won't have to go empty handed…

Miles: Don't you…

Anthony pistol whips Miles as Miles reels as Lyndsey begins sobbing as DJ smirks. 

DJ: Sorry, but we gotta have someone to repopulate with and she's ..

DJ ricks as three holes appear in his chest as DJ lets go of Lyndsey as Anthony aims at her only for Miles to toss a throwing knife into his cheek, Anthony screaming as Lyndsey scoops up his pistol and aims it at him as she unloads the entire clip into his head, chest and face. 

Miles grabs Lyndsey as she holds him as he tries to stand but can't as he was bleeding from his knees profusely as Kris aimed his M16 about before he came over to DJ who still had a shocked look on his face. 

DJ: Goddamn zombies break in, and I still get capped... by you…

Kris doesn't let him finish as he pulls his desert eagle up and blows his head completely off. 

Kris hurries to Lyndsey and tries to help her with Miles as Zombies begin to overwhelm everyone around them. 

Kris: Lyndsey...I'm sorry, we have to go…

Lyndsey: No...I'm not leaving him…

Miles: No. No you're not. I can't...I can't walk. I'm done. 

Lyndsey: Miles...you promised...you promised me!

Miles: I know...life is unfair...finish it ..

Miles pulls his sidearm up and puts it into her hands as he holds the barrel at his forehead. 

Lyndsey: No!

Miles: I don't wanna be torn apart...it has to be this way...Kris…

Kris: Miles…

Miles: Help her!

Kris nods and grabs his hand around hers as they both touch the trigger as Lyndsey was sobbing. 

Miles: Close your eyes….and remember that I love you...and I'll always love you...and be with you...one day, we'll see each other again…

Lyndsey: I love you, Miles…

Their fingers pull the trigger and his hand drops from the barrel as she screams his name as Kris pulls her away hurriedly. 

Kris: We have to go, Lyndsey, we have to go…

She wails as she screams his name as Kris pulls her away from his body as a hole was pouring blood as he soon disappeared behind a pack of ravenous dead as they began to tear and chew at his still warm flesh. 

Elsewhere

Brianna runs by an explosion as a few men open fire beside her in some runners as Brianna notices her path has been cut off by an oncoming swarm.

Brianna: Shit!

She breaks to her left and soon runs into Nick who covers her by mowing down some runners who followed her as she turns and opens fire to help now down the numbers as she then pulls her shotgun around.

Brianna: Got a plan pretty boy?!

Nick: Yeah, fucking survive!

The two fire and then begin to hurry off. 

Shane watches men hold the line as he slumps his shoulders and shakes his head as he slips away and heads towards the hangar gate which was still up. Shane takes aim and Snipes the first watcher, climbing the gate as he avoids the runners who had appeared and nearly got him. Shane pants as he knows how close that was as he lays his head back and then quickly stands as the runners attack the gate and begin to make it bend and rock. 

Lance drops a few as he turns to Terry who drops three as  the barricades are now completely overwhelmed, Rebecca unsure what to do or where to go as the horde swarms inside like never ending ants on march, before she feels the tower buckle against loud banging as she moves about. 

Rebecca: No, no no no no….

Rebecca pulls the SVD away and aims down at the staircase as she hears rustling and then loud screeches as a few runners appear, Rebecca dropping them as more and more appear, pushing and moving past the dead ones as Rebecca screams and pulls the trigger repeatedly in desperation. 

Nick pulls Brianna away as a grenade goes off near them, Brianna giving her thanks with a nod as suddenly there's a scream as Nick looks up at the tower to see there's figures flying off from the top, Nick running to the sight as he can see the figured lying dead on the pavement below. 

Nick blanks everything out as Brianna screams at him and fires at a runner that was running at him as Nick comes to the sight of Rebecca laying motionless, her eyes wide open but lifeless as her skull fractured as the two zombies around her were mashed together in gory bits from the impact as Nick just shakes and watches her as he balls his fist.

Brianna: Nick!

Nick snaps back to reality as Brianna drops another runner with a timed headshot as Nick screams in emotional agony as Nick opens fire and drops a few before he runs and bashes his AR into a runners teeth as he beats the thing down as Brianna runs and grabs at him pulling him away. 

Brianna: We have to keep moving...I'm sorry...I'm sorry Nick...come on!

She finally gets him to reason and he follows her as more and more zombies appear. 

Kolton walls the chaotic base with a smile as he watches runners and walkers whisk and shuffle past him, Kolton watching Kris and Lyndsey run by as they join up with Terry and Lance. 

Kris: We have to find somewhere to hold up!

Terry: There! 

Terry points to a nearby building as Kris nods and pushes the earpiece in. 

Kris: Everyone, meet at the northeast building, center area, now!

The four break for the building as Kolton screeches and directs the zombies towards them as Kris turns and sneers as he watches Kolton with a burning hatred. 

Dustin aims at the doors to the building as there was an intense and sudden bashing against it as screeches and moaning appear all about as, tearing at the bearings as children cry and scream as mother's try and keep them calm and quiet as Amber was shaking as Lily had gone feetile as Dustin watched as the doors buckled as windows began to give way and burst inwards as Runners rammed themselves through as Dustin opens fire, the others doing the same as other parts around the warehouse where being attacked with never-ending ferocity as Dustin directs the men as best as he could as the ravenous heads and bodies of the undead begin slipping inside as Amber opens fire and kills two with a haul or bullets as Dustin has some men go and cover as the women who were supposed to be covering her back areas were tending to their kids. 

Dustin watched as the door was being filled and bashed into relentlessly and his face soured with the grim realization of what was about to happen. Still, he gripped his gun and made the last few men to aim at the doors as they finally gave way and a flood of runners, Dustin firing as he roars his final battle cry as Amber and Lily come together as the warehouse is overrun as people scream and run and fight for what remained of their lives.

Elsewhere

Nick and Brianna run as they see Mary running near them as she and a few men make cover but the men are taken down by Runner's as the swarm was converging around them quickly as Mary fires and is grabbed by Nick to hurry as three run past a chasing group of runners as the Walkers converged on the area as Kris and Lance stood by the door and opened fire to cover the three as Terry leans against a wall and coughs up blood as his wound was more serious than earlier as he hasn't treated it. Lyndsey was alone in a corner as she rocked back and forth as Kris scans about. 

Kris: Anyone? Anyone else please come in...Dustin!? Shane!? Rebecca!? Someone!?

Nick runs through the door as Mary and then Brianna get in ad Brianna turns and blows a hole through a runner that almost had her as Lance and Kris run inside and begin to close the door but a clump of Runners buck and bash into the door, snapping wildly as Kris screams and shoulders his weight into the door to try and close it as Nick and Mary help get the doors close as they begin to barricade it as Brianna comes over to Terry as he spits up blood. 

Lance pulls his Red9 out and shoots the walker that fell inside dead as the others step away from the door as it was being mercilessly bashed against. 

Lance: Everyone okay!?

Kris: No…

Lance looks over as Kris holds up a bloody gloved hand to show he had been bitten. 

Lance's eyes go big as Kris nods and looks away, upset and angered at his carelessness. 

End of Part Thirty Four