It was all hopeless, they were never gonna make it out alive, while the searched for an exit the infecteds got closer and closer, the blade it wielded could be heard tracing itself on the floor, that was no ordinary infected., it was a nightstalker as soon as the had realized this they all lost hope, no man had ever escaped the nightstalker......, not even an army could, although they'd stand a chance.

  How were they to outrun that, why was it there and why did it stay there, their info on the nightstalker had reported differently while the nightstalker acted differently..., they had believe that info before exploring this far that was a mistake.

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  THE TUNNEL

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  They had heard all they needed to hear about the danger to come, about the zone and about another type of infected they never thought existed, but something felt off that day, they couldn't quite explain this feeling.........., the car drove speedily past the desert like area and no one had uttered a damned word since finding out about the zone, surprisingly enough even smoke.

  "Anyone ever wondered why this had to happen?,............, ever asked if I could change one thing that has happened to me what would it be?" Brie asked breaking the silence, she wasn't wrong they had all thought about it, not once, not twice but alot and her words just reminded them of the darker side of the world which they had tried to reject.

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  "Maybe I can go with you?" That was the last sentence he had heard from her before her death, it hasn't lasted twenty minutes since he left for to scavenge but this all happened, why? Why now? He could only ask crying on his knees as he stared at the undead walking towards him, it was his sister. He killed every other undead they had met why couldn't he muster up the courage to kill her, just why?, he picked up his handgun and aimed it at her, for several minutes he struggled with the trigger and finally he did it, the corpse fell, he fell alongside her,his eyes swollen with grief. He realized if he had a chance to change anything at that moment I'd be bringing her back.

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  "She gonna love it, even got her a present" Zack smiled scavenging. The lower apartment had better stuffs to raid than the higher ones had, e had saved himself enough supply to last them a week, ow all he had to do was go back to his sister who he had left alone four blocks behind from where he was.

  Done with the raid he started heading for the base but what he saw shocked him, his heart raced and his worry got the better of him, the apartment building where he had left his sister had now been overrun, the entire building was crawling with the Infected, he knew for sure if he didn't do anything his sister was going to die.

  Without thinking or strategizing he rushed I to the building killing every single infected he came in contact with. Slowly he was heading up but at this speed he was sure he couldn't be able to save her.

  "Please be safe, please hide....., don't ty to shoot, fucking hide.., I'll get there soon, endure for now" he prayed heading up the stairs. While he still had some flight of stairs to go, he had gunshots, that was his sister shooting he knew as there were no one else In The building with her.

  "Emily!"he yelled raging through the infected until he was finally in the apartment where he left her, the scene in front of him irritated him and left him speechless, he felt a mixture of both agony and vengeance. The gunshot he had heard wasn't from his sister but it was used on his sister, she had two gun wounds on her legs, there were three men standing beside her, four men In total but the fourth was on top of her, she was being molested.

  "Who the hell are you?"one man asked his hands placed on the handgun slightly moving it to make it easier to move.

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  "If you came to have fun with her, you might as well wait... , we're all done, James right there just couldn't get enough so he went in for a second time"the other laughed zipping his pants.

  "How did you get in?, why did you do it?"Zack asked he reage was building up and he was trying so hard not to keep himself in check. When he heard his sisters voice,

  "Run brother...... please"she bagged her voice was lower than a whisper, she had blood on her face and was bleeding from her head. Had they tried to force her theb injured her by mistaken he thought stareing at the men in front of him, no they intentionally did it for fun........., Zack could hold in his rage anymore, he attacked the first guy killing him with a direct shot to the head, he had killed before this would be no different than The last he tried so hard to believe his word while he stabbed the second guy through the throat. Done with those two all he had to do was kill the third guy but he was out of bullets and was only holding a dagger, James hadn't even moved, he was still having his fun with the girl on the floor, Zack felt he didn't pay much attention to him because he thought the third guy was strong enough to stop him, but that was a waste of time, the third guy fell dead, his death brutal than the two he had killed. Realizing he was at a disadvantage James stood wanting to reason with Zack but Zack was in no mood to listen to anyone, he picked up the handgun his last victim held and made a hole through James head. With that done he approached his sister who laid on the floor only to find her lying dead in the floor, her head was heavily injured, one of her eyes had been slammed violently, Zack knew because it was swollen, she was lying there undressed with not one, not two, but a total of five injuries including gunshots on her legs.

  "You bastards!!" Zack yelled angrily releasing all the bullets in the handgun on James. He then turned around crying, he had just left for twenty minutes and she was dead already, why?........he thought hearing some movements behind him but when he turned around he found his sister standing, not as a human but as an undead.

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  "You've gotta make it out pal, live for us" those words repeated itself within him "damned commander" smoke let out a sigh, he thought of that day he escaped the last encampment, barely though.

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  "It's all falling apart, we've got to go, move it soldier", voices surrounded the huge walls of the encampment, the horde outside was a menace and soon if something wasn't done the would break down the walls and overrun the encampment, smoke didn't plan on dying there, he still had things he wanted to do and would do anything to do it, holding the map of the encampment in his hands he noticed something strange, there was a straight line underneath the architectural drawling of the base what was it he wondered *sounds of massive explosions in background*

  "Move move" the commander ordered

  "All soldiers are you head in now, engage.....,fire at will hold back the enemy no matter the cost" he yelled again

  That was suicide, anime knew he'd die if this dragged in so he planned on escaping, taking of his uniform smoke followed the wats the map led him to until he fund an entrance to some kind of underground tunnel, this place hadn't been used for years smoke laughed getting into the tunnel and shutting it as soon as he was in. He then explored further trekking down the darkness of the tunnel until he was alas at the other side just in time to caught a glimpse of the last great encampment exploding as a last resort, they had killed themselves in hopes of getting rid of the horde but it didn't work out, the horde was barely touched by that, smoke knew those things were dangerous and he had to move in if he didn't want to share the same fate as his comrades..

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  "What the hell are y'all thinking about?"brie asked, her voice had brought them back, they were already deep in thoughts and would've ended up staying there if she hadn't uttered a word.

  "You asked me a question before right?" Zack asked stareing at Chloe,

  "What?"Chloe responded, she wasn't sure what he was saying or where he was getting at.

  "You asked me a question before........, the reason why I never wanted to leave that apartment building right?"Zack asked again his gaze fixed on Chloe,why was he bringing that up now, she wondered giving him a reply

  "Yh ...., yh I did but that was like weeks ago"Chloe replied, although her tone felt wrong she still wanted to know why he held that place so dear to him, why he protected the building like it was a person and not a building.

  "My sister died there..., I also buried her there......, she was raped and murdered by some guys........, I couldn't save her and I could control my urge for revenge either......, I killed them"Zack explained "I only stayed there because it made me feel closer to my sister than any other place ever would" he concluded, his eyes teary as he turned away.

  "She was the only one I had., the only family I had left and I just let her die......, I couldn't save her" Zack blamed himself, he still blamed himself for not being able to save her, if I ky he was faster or haven't left her that day, she might still be there with them.., there with him.

  "You have me Zack....., I'm here for you no matter what....so you don't have to feel alone, you did your best to save her, I wasn't there but I'm sure of it, and I'm also damn sure your sister wouldn't want you whining like a baby all because of her, you're a great guy Zack trust me....... there's no one else i'd trust to have my back of not you" Chloe comforted, she had never comforted anyone before this was her first, so she didn't really know what to say, she just let the words come out of her.

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  "What the hell?, did I think about?" Chloe's mind raced, she was in a lab of some sort, filled with scientists and her blood were being drained from her slowly.

  "Catch her, find her.....if she goes missing humanities list every hope completely" she recalled those were the words of the lead Scot when. She escaped the facility. What did he mean by that?, how has she forgotten those memories, no this was different, she didn't lose it ...., it was quite the opposite, she understood, she had forced herself to forget but why?, why did they drain her blood, why was she kept tied up? Those memories worried her but what worried her the most was something she saw In the lab, the was an infected a huge one, bugger than the tank which she had fought some months back, what the hell was that in the lab for? She thought her concentration returning.

  "Welcome back, thought you wouldn't snap out of it"Brie joked pointing a finger Infront

  "We're here, sartist city......or as y'all know, the far fucking west"brie smiled while the car drove past the billboard with sartist written on it.