Code Zulu Alpha: Nerd in the Apocalypse!

In any case, we finished breakfast without issue though Raphael and Anthony were already itching to show me the finished product of the thing they kicked me out of after deliberating over and over with it. At the same time, our trainees/cadets/DS—fuck it we'll just call them trainees for now—were waiting for what I'd do with them since I had them for the day.

But yeah, I made my way to our engineer's main workshop—which was Anthony's house among a few other dwellings inside a smaller compound—and saw the finished product.

For a brief description, it's what would look like if a minecart was stretched in a photo editing app and had a rebellious phase. It weighed over a thousand pounds—maybe even past double that number—and the side bumpers and the stoppers can fucking do their jobs as intended.

JP took a closer look, "So, we're going back to Monumento?"

Tatiana replied, "Kind of but everyone's already made it to Abad Santos station."

"That fast?"

"We're not babysitting you cadets so yeah, *points at me* he's not there too to 100% each area so they definitely are faster."

June added, "So by the time we get there they're probably a station or two away?"

"Probably."

She replied, "Got plenty of time, I'd just look around in here more— We'll leave tomorrow though so please come back tonight."

"Okay, we'll be back by sunset—"

"Wait, can I just come? I can fly another drone with June?"

"Umm…"

"You can say no, it's just an idea."

"If Harold allows it—"

"Pfft— Harold?! He and Mylene can't say shit to me now, I'm free as a bird! I'll be in that Raptor of yours so don't worry about me sneaking out."

"Uh-huh. Do remember if you do something stupid and disappear on us I'll have June shoot you in the leg before doing so—"

June couldn't believe her ears, "W-What?! I-I can't shoot her!"

"Just the leg with a.22—"

"Hey! I'm not stupid! I have other reasons I came here, alright?! I won't wander alone with those walking corpses."

"Alright, alright…"

With that said, it didn't take long— I mean, it took a couple of hours before we reached Abad Santos Station which was already locked up as suspected and one radio call told us that Artem and the rest were already clearing the way to get to Blumentritt Station.

However, it was already apparent from the number of burn piles that the groups ahead were facing more and more of the dead so our smaller convoy decided to cut into a parallel road a block away from them to lessen the burden on at least one side of the road.

It was very easy to spot where they were currently picking off dregs and from our side, we had a portion of the dead where their heads were turned back to us so we quickly took advantage as Tatiana took another group to face the other half head on.

Using my TX22, I ran and gunned down a cluster at a time while lopping off heads with my katana—and I only paused to either wipe my blade with a torn cloth or reload. I would've assumed we'd face fewer dregs in this joint but we still underestimated the number of informal settlers around the area plus the way each of them migrate just by walking around aimlessly.

In a sense, there were times they were like spreading butter on plain bread that came from the fridge or the way the water in a pail reacts if you took a small cup from it.

This time, it was the latter because the ones everyone else took care of last time were replenished by the ones on standby. It might seem neverending just from the way they keep coming but let's just say we were trying to empty a bowl of water using a fork.

A cluster of two dozen or so deadheads was just a drop from the entire population around these parts and we just have to keep digging deep to make an obvious dent or impression.

However, what we didn't take into account around this area was an elevated expressway that's even higher than the Blumentritt Station and the noise we were making were making some of them drop down for the most fucked version of calling in reinforcements. And even if we could dig deep and see who'd run out of bullets or meatbags first, it wouldn't hurt to get some information.

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"June! Can you—"

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[T-There's a lot! At least a few hundred concentrated on our point and almost the same number from the— HOLY SHIT! THE ONE NEAR THE STATION SUDDENLY CAUGHT ON FIRE!]

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"Ah fuck— That's probably napalm! Nevermind! Just keep a closer look on our blindspots!"

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[WILL DO! WILL DO! THERE'S MORE ON JP AND SEB'S SIDE THAN YOURS ALREADY! RUBEN COULD HOLD IT WITH BRIAN OR BROWNIE!]

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[Jesus, it seems you guys don't even need me here— Oh! There's a fast one coming from the high school! Give them backup!]

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[NAH! JUST STAY THERE! WE CAN HANDLE THE DEAD HERE! WE'RE JUST A LITTLE SLOW BUT WE GOT IT!]

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[THEN SEND SOME HANDS OUR SIDE! SPACE IS GETTING STEEP!]

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[WOAH! DON'T SHOOT OVER OUR HEAD, KALEY! WE KNOW YOU'RE GOOD BUT FUCK! IT'S SCARY AS HELL!]

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[DON'T MIND HIM! THANK YOU, KALEY! YOU SAVED ME!]

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[I'M SORRY! HAD TO ACT QUICK!]

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[AH— T-THANKS THEN! JUST GOT SPOOKED!]

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Obviously, I just didn't bring the trainees with me since I had two other vehicles with us full of people including a truck wide enough to carry the mine cart—and yeah, like Ilana, Harold and Mylene came as back up including Matthew having another field trip with Lois and Olivia.

And while we were taking care of the more important ones below, Lois had already started aiming for the ones in the expressway above because Kaley and his brother Jared already had a lock on the intersection.

In any case, I had already advanced past the chunk of dead bodies on our side so I just ran to the area where a larger group couldn't fit in one street, and being on one side behind a few buildings was enough cover to not get clipped by the ones shooting from our main spot.

But yeah, I noticed that the drone Ilana was flying was sticking close to me, but my attention was caught by a literal waterfall made up of corpses from the farther side of the expressway.

'Not again…'

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