Story 539: Sunset Siege

The blazing sun hung low in the sky, casting a blood-red glow over the city as the undead emerged from the shadows. The Titan was gone, but the destruction it left behind had drawn more zombies than ZETU had anticipated. They came in waves, pouring through shattered streets and broken alleyways like a tide of death.

Captain Marcus Kane stood on the roof of an abandoned diner, surveying the chaos below. The streets were alive with the grotesque movements of the horde, their hollow eyes glowing faintly in the dim light. Marcus clenched his jaw. The survivors they had come to rescue were barricaded inside a nearby church, and time was running out.

“Status report,” he barked into his comm.

“East side’s swarming,” Riley “Quick Shot” Bennett replied from her vantage point. Her sniper rifle cracked as she took down another zombie. “If we don’t move soon, they’re going to breach the church.”