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"It's the far south brother *smiles*, no one survives for long in this damned place" he concluded killing himself. His gun had run out of bullets and the rest of his crew were rampaging. They had to find a way they all thought, the end was upon them and nothing they could do would stop it.
Soon after the floor shaked and rumbled and they were at deaths first seat. Nothing could be done now they cried filled with despair. They all died one after the other.
A TALE FROM THE SOUTH
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Zack could only stare at the guy in front of him, he had just fallen asleep for a bit and Chloe had added a new member to the group, wonderful ain't it he exclaimed sarcastically with a smirk so fake it one could tell by a glance.
"C'mon mate, what's up with that grin of yours" smoke asked taking a sit on the so called bed they had at the campsite. He then smiled not because anything was funny but because he found the heaps of papers and cartons they called a bed quite stupid even for a group with two members.
"This right here is what y'all sleep on............, damn....., if the infected doesn't get you the cold will eventually" he joked but Zack didn't really find his words funny at all.
"Look pal........., it's hard enough gathering resources for two...., I don't think we can afford Third member" Zack said getting straight to the point, no pretences, no hesitation, just him being frank and letting smoke know he was.
"Don't worry PAl.....,you don't have to, I don't plan on staying that long, Amma leave in the morning and I think you two should two, cuz if you don't" he paused then with an exhale he continued "you'll die when the horde gets here".
His words had had Zack go silent for a while, Zack didn't just stay silent he looked stunned, he had the expression which clearly asked what the horde was.
"What.....what is the horde?"Chloe asked, she had remained silent during their conversation but now something he said had caught her interest.
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"You heard the lady....what horde are you talking about and what do you mean we'll be dead if we don't?" Zack asked he needed an explanation, was there something going on that he wasn't aware of, of so what was it he really wanted to know.
After some minutes of silence smoke cleared his throat to speak.
"The horde...... they're an unstoppable force, a killing machine formed by a lot of non stop, always on the move group of infected, literally nothing can stop them" smoke Said his expression suddenly becoming serious.
"Just some nasty infected what makes them so dangerous ey..."Zack asked, he doubted just some group of infected could be this dangerous, yes when they were alot they could be a pain but he could tell from smoke's expression that that wasn't just it.
"Ever wondered how the last human encampment fell?, an encampment housing almost all if not all of the weapons we humans ever built, an encampment that lasted five good years and was used as the rendezvous point for the military and the government officials from around the world who managed to escape before each of their states got overrun?, have you ever wondered how something as mighty as that fell?" Smoke asked, speaking like he had been the one to experience such first hand.
"They got overrun like how each state did, ain't that some common question?" Zack answered
"Right and wrong brother"smoke exclaimed he then proceeded towards the scouting window where Zack and Chloe would usually stayed to observe.
"They got overrun by the infected, but not any infected, they got overrun by the horde....., imagine this, an infected wave approaching you, one so massive the floor shakes almost like an earthquake, one so plenty that even a missle launched at them would only get swallowed in while the rest just keep rushing at you non stop, that is how plenty they are and how large they approach....., nothing stops them bro, nothing I tell you" smoke explained.
Zack was shaken by what he heard, his face showed it, Chloe herself wasn't saved from the fear which had paralyzed her entire body while she gazed at smoke who then turner around to face them as soon as he was done explaining .
"Still need anymore explanation?"smoke asked
"That....that can't be, can it"Zack asked he could believe what he had just heard, it made no sense for a zombie swarm to be that large and plenty did it, or was smoke just trying to scare him he thought stealing a glimpse at smokes expression which had remained serious since he finished his explanation. He was dead serious with what he just said his expression confirmed it.
"Deny it all you want pal but if you don't move now......., not sure you will be able to do it ....ever" smoke ended his sentence with a heavy sigh as he sat down close to zack
"How sure are you this ain't just some rumor being passed down by individuals" Zack asked wanting to confirm the legitimacy of the information he had just heard
"Because I was there........, I experienced it goddamit.........,I saw it all I even barely made it out alive" smoke yelled losing control over himself then finally regaining control again.
"I ....was..... there, I've seen it"he pouted "and trust me if you wanna live you better get moving west I'd advice, the horde is already on the move. Not enough food for them in the south anymore"smoked sighed letting the silence rain down on them.
Where were they going to go now, how were they gonna get there this was the thought on their minds as they sat taken by the cold of the night.
While back at altera during the dead silence of the night when everyone was asleep Dave had just snuck out, he had some equipments with him like he was going camping. "They don't wanna find her........, I promise I will, I owe her just that" with this he ran off heading for the last place he had seen Chloe 'the port'.
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