Z stands for Zimbabwe - Part 12

This entire fight lasted for a solid three minutes. And this whole time while these three survivors fought for their lives, the ones who are inside the house has finally managed to contact one of the many bases of The Organization.

"Hello." said Abeni to the radio after she heard the voice from the other side picking up. "We need help! We are in danger and need help to be rescued!"

"Hello!" says the voice on the other side in English. "Who am I speaking with?"

"Abeni Sama." says Abeni. "Member of Zimbabwe National Army, sir! First Brigade, sir!"

"What is your motto?"

"Our swords are the shield of the nation!"

"Aha… Where are you located?"

"In Municipality Park, Mutare, Zimbabwe, sir! We need help!" says while the shooting outside continues because of survivors who are killing the upcoming zombies. "There are many zombies in here!"

"Municipality Park? That place still stands?"

"Negative, sir! The place got overrun days ago because of two class F zombies. They've taken us unprepared."

"Only two?" asks the person on the other side not believing this. "How can only two zombies from class F take down a safe house?"

"There were in a swarm that contained more than fie a hundred zombies! Listen. Send help! Please!"

"No can do, ma'am." says the voice in the other side sounding calm.

"What?" asks Abeni shocked. "No can do?"

"This is the order. We cannot risk sending men to rescue a group that is located outside o our areas. It is too dangerous."

"Wait? What base am I talking to?"

"You are talking to Pirate Greece Base, ma'am."

"What about Camp Lemonnier?" 

"Camp Lemonnier is still standing? Want to make a contact to them?"

"Yes, please!"

"Hang on." says the person on the radio who is closing the radio call.

"What happened?" asks Chidi going to Abeni who is still on the radio, waiting for the contact at Camp Lemonier.

"I contacted the wrong camp."

"What?"

"Hello! Camp Lemonier." say the caller on the radio. "I heard you are calling from what used to be a base in Zimbabwe. How can we help you?"

"We need help!" yells Abeni on the radio.

"I know you are stressed and scared. But we cannot help you. Orders are to lead you to nearest port and take a boat to one of our nearest camp in islands. Now I've heard you are located in Zimbabwe, the nearest available port from your location is at Mozambique. From there you get on a boat and sail toward the nearest base. Camp Lemonier is further than Europe Island."

"Europe Island? Is it safe?"

"Safer than Camp Lemonier. At this moment, the camp it is in full capacity for survivors. Try your luck to the one island we've told you about. And contact them when you get on the sea."

Then the radio caller closes the contact of the radio, leaving Abeni and Chidi looking at the radio, not saying anything. The gunfire outside has stopped, and the trio are entering the house, the three of them tired of fighting and having blood of zombies all around their clothes because some of them got too close distance to them.

"We finished them all." says Akinyi to the group who is standing around the radio, in awkward silence. "… What?"

"The Organization won't help us!" say Abeni to the group of nine people who have gathered. "We are on our own to get to the nearest camp."

"What?" asks Akinyi.

"These bastards won't help us?" asks Samuel sounding angry.

"No." says Chidi, then he looks at everybody. "They told us to go to another island since Lemonnier got has reached its limit population as they said."

"That's some bullshit." says Akinyi. "So, what? We go to another island?"

"Better than staying here." say Abeni. "Now. We have to find a way to get to Mozambique. I don't mean by walking. We need a transport."

"Found some keys." say Chimola noticing a pair of keys that were laying on the floor and hands them to Abeni. "You recognize them?"

"Yes." say Abeni looking at the keys and is happy. "These keys are from a military truck. And I know which one."

The soldier leaves the room without stating more details. The group of eight people are following her walking. When they get outside, they see many more zombies laying on the ground than they were at first when the group arrived here earlier.

"Damn." say Chimola looking at a bunch of zombies who got shot in the head and their heads blown. "You three did this?"

"Five." says Chidi to Chimola.

"it was tough." admits Eze. "But we made it."

The group of eight people are walking toward a car park of this place, where they see a military truck is parked irregularly there. Abeni looks at the truck worried, and she presses the button on the key to unlock it and deactivate the alarm. After the truck made that sound of unlocking, Abeni breath a sigh of relief and walks to the truck together with the group. Chidi, Abeni and Quanda are taking the front seats, while the other six survivors are entering the backseat, gets on their seats and take a good rest after a long walk and a fierce fight they've had.

"Check the map." says Abeni to Quanda as she is turning the vehicle motor and prepare for leaving.

Quanda takes the map and looks at it for a while. While he was trying top find where they are, Chidi asks.

"We are not taking the highways."

"Good call." say Abeni. "I've seen many highways being packed because of this apocalypse. We have to take roads that were never taken."

"Found one." say Quanda showing Abeni a possible road they could take to Mozambique nearest port. "But which port we can get?"

"Let's go for this one." says Abeni pointing with her hand at a city called Beira. "Here."

"Beira?" asks Quanda.

"Nice place." says Chidi. "Used to go on a holiday there or a week."

"Do you think we'll find a boat?" asks Quanda to Chidi.

"Hopefully."

Abeni drives the military truck from the Municipality Park, leaves the area and goes down the road toward the exit from Mutare city. They've taken the populated road with zombies who were walking after them, or were too busy munching on dead bodies. As the truck continues to move down the street, Akinyi notices a person that is running toward them, but that person is chased by five zombies. That runner continues to scream for them to stop the vehicle and help him, but the person trips over a dead body and the five zombies jumps on the unfortunate runner, eating him alive. Akinyi and the other six saw this incident and didn't say anything to about what happened.