Chapter 17

The four of us got off the boat and set foot on firm ground, Kennedy returned the AK47 and I saved it, he kept the machine gun in his hand and his gun was hanging on his hip with a case. I saw that Sera recharged his weapon and  as well my uncle, then I removed the magazine and only had two bullets left, so I recharged it.

We toured the island, it didn't look like any island, it looked like a military base. When we met some camps we looked at our surroundings, it was strange because there was nobody.

- What is this place? - Questioned Carlos.

Suddenly we heard some footsteps, we realized that a group of infected had surrounded us, at first I thought they were guerrillas but then I realized that they were not, by the way of acting of those men, they were los ganados, this time looked a little different. Well, after all, we weren't in a village anymore.

We set out to shoot, they were many, until arrived more of them but armed with machine guns.

- Shit. - I murmured.

Our enemies began to shoot at us and we quickly divided, hiding in different parts behind walls or pillars.

- Damn bastards! - Luis shouted in spanish shooting against the infected.

I simply covered myself, this was worse than a war game, my heart rate was accelerated. I felt a small tremor on the ground and heard the sound of a helicopter.

I turned to see one side of the pillar and I noticed that it shot against los ganados. Then I took the opportunity to run to the other side of a wall where my uncle was.

- Who is? - Carlos asked as he reloaded his gun.

- Not idea, but it seems that it is on our side. - I answered agitated and sweating leaning on the wall.

Then I reloaded my pistol and we both positioned ourselves and continued firing at those who were still standing.

I covered myself again and saw that from the other side Luis was screaming but I couldn't hear him because of the shooting, he made a sign with his finger and I turned around. There was one infected with a missile launcher and he fired at my direction.

- Run! - I notified my uncle by stretching his arm.

We both tried to dodge but the force of the explosion caused our bodies to go out driven.

I heard a loud buzzing, there was a lot of dust and I had a cloudy vision, I had fallen on the surface.

Leon tried to get close to me but they shot him and he had to hide, I looked to the side and saw my unconscious uncle and with his forehead bleeding. Some infected got close to me, I tried to move but my movements were in vain, I started coughing a lot, they grabbed us and put us in a van until I lost my notion. Everything went black.

When I regained consciousness, I realized that I was lying on the floor.

Where the hell am I?

I looked at my surroundings, it was a not very large room, there was nobody but me and some empty boxes in some furniture, I touched my ear but I didn't have the headphones to contact Leon.

I got up and felt pains all over my body, but I recovered, I shook, my clothes were full of dust until I sneezed. I sighed and turned my gaze to an iron door that had a small window with grates.

I approached and observed through it, my uncle was on the other side. He was awake tied to a table, I saw him very tired.

Suddenly a hideous face with luminous eyes appeared in the grid, I jumped up and took a step back until I fell to the ground. The door made a noise, it was opening.

Desperately with a glance I tried to locate my backpack but I didn't find it, when the door opened completely I saw two infected ones, let out a moan of fright and swallowed my saliva.

- Bring her! - He ordered to one of them.

I got up and looked at them, they were armed and they had those blood red eyes.

- I don't like to be touched. - I spoke pointing at him with my finger and he looked at me surprised but then ignored my warning.

That guy tried to grab my arm but I pushed him with all my strength and threw him on the ground. The other hit me with a hook but I dodged it and kicked him in the knee so hard that I even felt his bone break.

He released his hook to the ground and I took it, crossed the other side of the door and with all my strength I closed it, I barely managed it.

I smiled victorious to see them complaining, when I turned to see my uncle another attacked me trying to stab me with his knife but, thanks to my quick catch, I managed to stop his attack with the hook and with a kick I knocked him down while I took advantage of to take away the knife of his hand and I decided to save it for me.

I ran to untie my uncle before he got up.

- You're fine? - He wondered.

- Aha and you?

After releasing him, he grabbed the hook and threw it straight at the head of the infected man that I had knocked down, apparently the ganado had already risen and ran to our direction. I smiled and my uncle too.

- Just in case you know where my backpack is? - I questioned him.

- I think it's that one. - He pointed.

I saw my backpack, it was intact, luckily they didn't took off anything inside. I removed two weapons and a handkerchief that I dipped with disinfectant, then I put it on my back and approached my uncle.

- We must hurry and flee immediately. - I said reloading a gun and handed it to him with the wet handkerchief. - Clean the blood on your forehead ... really, these are a nice vacation. - I recharged the AK47.

- Stop joking and give me that. - Carlos said asking for the AK47.

- First of all it's not a joke, it's called sarcasm and second I gave you a gun. Are you not satisfied? - I answered and he discarded the handkerchief and made a gesture with his hand, so I rolled my eyes and changed weapons.

Suddenly someone opened the main entrance, my uncle and I pointed it with our respective weapons, it was an infected one and when he saw us he shouted, so we finished with him.

- Let's get out of here better. - Carlos commented.

We both started jogging leaving that room.

- Wait. - He made a sign with his hand.

We watched cautiously, there was a group of infected people guarding the place.

- What will we do? - I asked.

- Let's get rid of those damn ones. - It was the only thing he said.

- Sure, you say it because you have an AK47 and I have a handgun.

Then my uncle ran to shoot at our enemies and so did I, when it seemed that we had control, a man of almost three meters high, was huge and to be worse he was carrying a minigun machine gun.

My uncle didn't notice and that guy was aiming to shoot him, then I shot him with my gun and he turned to my direction.

What was I thinking to do that?

I scared because the face of that guy, with his physical complexion was quite scary and even more so with that kind of weapon.

When the man shot at me in that moment an infected was going to attack me and put in front of me being killed by the bullets of that arsenal, then I began to run dodging the bullets, until I covered myself behind a pillar.

- Oh my God, my God, my God. - I mumbled.

I could see that my uncle noticed that guy and started shooting him, the infected guy didn't suffer much damage from the bullets of the AK47.

When my uncle stopped firing knowing that it was useless, he ran to hide and that man started firing at his direction.

I noticed that where Carlos was wasn't very safe, so I made a quick calculation, saved my gun and removed the knife.

I inhaled and started to run with a lot of adrenaline, on my way two infected with crossbows shot me, I made a turn in the air dodging their arrows, I fell on my knees in front of them and cut them on their legs knocking them down.

I got up and ran again, being close to that guy with the minigun, I pushed myself to a pillar, I kicked the wall to get a higher jump and in the air I held the knife with both hands, reaching his back I stuck my knife in the back of his neck and the sharp knife pierced his throat.

I fell to the ground and I could see that the guy dropped his machine gun and tried to take the knife off. Then I got up quickly.

- Run! - I exclaimed guiding my uncle.

He ran next to me and we managed to cross an iron door and then lock it.

- You saved me. - Carlos murmured.

- It seems. - I said exhausted. - Woow! That was adrenaline. - I sighed and recovered my breath. - That guy was giant! Has he been able to take the knife off of his neck?

- Let's find out. - My uncle answered pretending to open the door.

- No no no no! - I exclaimed holding his arm and then he made fun of me. - Stupid.

Then we decided to continue, there was no one else to fight, for the time.

We toured a part of the island, had a very large base. On the way my uncle started to feel bad, he coughed a lot and he looked weaker, so we stopped for a moment.

- You okay? - I asked him and I realized he was spitting blood. - No no. - I murmured worried.

Definetly, he was infected by the parasite. I tried to act as quickly as possible, in the backpack I looked for the pills of the drug that the spanish had given us but I didn't find it, then I remembered that the blond man kept it in his pocket and damned to myself.

I turned to my uncle, and I had him sit on a rock.

- Breathe. - I said as if I knew what I was doing. - Relax, I know that you can, Carlin.

- You know I don't like you calling me like that. - He said and continued coughing.

- Whatever, Carlín. - I bothered him trying to hide my worry.

Soon he stopped coughing and we both saw that in his arms ran a strange mark, it seemed some dark liquid running through his veins that reached his face, it was when he screamed in pain and knelt on the floor.

- Uncle. - I mumbled worried and I crouched down. - You feel good? - I asked and slowly he turned his gaze to me, his eyes turned red.

He looked at me angrily and I looked at him stunned. He jumped on me leaving me on the ground and tried to scrag me, I didn't have my gun with me and his AK47 was on the side of the rock.

I was fighting trying to free myself, but little by little the air was running out. Suddenly I heard a shot and blood splashed down my face.

They had shot my uncle right in the head, his dead body fell on mine, I put it to the side and I was in shock.