Story 537: The Inferno Zone

The dying sun cast a blood-red hue across the ruined cityscape. Shadows stretched and danced among the buildings, weaving through crumbled streets littered with corpses and abandoned vehicles. But as the last rays of light dipped beneath the horizon, the real terror emerged—a wave of feral zombies sprinting out from the darkness, their twisted forms illuminated by the faint glow of flames engulfing the nearby district.

ZETU barely had time to regroup after escaping the hospital inferno. The sewers had delivered them into an abandoned square at the edge of the district now aptly called “The Inferno Zone.” The blaze in the area had started days ago but wasn’t accidental. Someone—or something—was using fire as both a weapon and a distraction.

“What’s the plan, Captain?” Riley “Quick Shot” Bennett asked as she adjusted her scope, scanning the streets ahead. She paused, eyes narrowing. “We’ve got movement.”