World of the Dead: The Zombie Diaries Page #2

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- You got a sidearm?

- No.

You know how to use it.

- We need find Carter!

- I haven't seen him.

See if you can grab anyone

from the other side of the barracks.

If Carter's there, get him.

We're leaving.

OK. OK.

Maddox!

Maddox!

Quick. Give me a hand.

- We can't leave her.

- We can't. She's a liability.

What, you want to be

a murderer? Just... Just help her!

All right, stand back.

Listen to me!

We are getting out of this place.

I need you to do as I say.

You understand?

Understand?!

OK. Let's go.

Maddox!

Where's Andrews?

We're taking the truck!

Last time I saw him,

he was on the other side.

And the main gate's been breached.

We need to bug out.

We're not leaving

without Carter!

I can't see sh*t out here, Kayne!

There he is! Carter!

Stop!

Andrews!

Oh, f***, they're everywhere.

Nicholson, what the f*** are you doing?!

I'm gonna draw them away

so you can get the truck out.

You're f***ing mad.

All of you, back to the truck, now!

Stay behind us!

Jonesy, move it! Move it!

Jones, come on, come on, come on.

We need to wait for Nicholson.

We gotta go.

We gotta go now.

Nicholson! Nicholson!

Nicholson!

We're just leaving the base.

We left Nicholson behind.

F***... Oh, God, Nicholson.

He's left behind.

Um... Someone left the gate open.

I don't know who the f*** did that,

but the gate is left open.

Are you OK?

We shouldn't be taking her.

She wouldn't have

made it otherwise.

That ain't my problem.

The girl was locked up.

She's crazy.

- She'll slow us down.

- Knock it off.

She's with us now, so get used to it.

You sure you're OK?

I'm Corporal Maddox, by the way.

What's your name?

Leeann.

Here. Put this on.

You were quite

handy back there.

You almost took my head off.

You've met Jonesy already?

This is Kayne.

She's a good soldier,

same goes for Carter up front.

They'll protect you.

We're gonna try and find

somewhere safe, OK?

This place should be all right. It's in

our recon area, if the others make it.

Too dangerous to drive

with those things around, Corporal.

Yeah, I agree. They must be

all over the place by now.

The truck's out of sight.

Gone down quiet, though.

Yeah, too quiet.

And the weather's closing in.

We need to gain entry.

Don't worry. I've got a key.

Go. Go.

Kayne... check the place out.

We need to secure the location,

make it as hard as possible

for those things to get in.

Area clear.

Pretty hairy back there, eh?

- Seen worse.

- Mm.

She does speak.

So, Jonesy tells me

you're some kind of reporter.

That's right.

Where from?

London.

So how did you end up out here?

Leave her out, Carter.

Her friends were attacked.

My friends were murdered.

No one here is gonna hurt you. OK?

Yeah. Whatever.

Hm... It's beautiful.

What is?

Snow.

I've never seen it before.

Oh, wow. I didn't realize.

Uh, Maddox needs you inside.

Let's go.

I want you to see this.

You, too, Leeann.

This involves all of us.

I managed to take this from the base

before it was overrun.

Now, I'm sure you all heard

about the messages we'd been receiving.

Well, Andrews worked out it was coming

from Hope's Point on the east coast.

- Survivors?

- Yeah.

- There's no one there.

- That's what we thought, but there are.

- And there's a lot more in Holland.

- Holland?

There's a large community over there

who have got a plan

to sit this thing out over winter.

Now, ten klicks from our position

is Hinxston Forest.

It's the best way to avoid the towns.

If we take the road through the forest

and stick to the country route

to the coast, then regroup

with the survivors at Hope,

then we get over to Rotterdam

and hold out till spring.

This is Andrews's last orders.

Andrews is gone, Maddox.

We should be heading north,

not to the coast.

You need to forget about Manchester.

- We've all lost people, Carter.

- Hope Point is crazy.

There's nothing left for us here.

And look at what you're wearing.

We're more hated than those creatures.

After what happened in the beginning...

We had orders. So did you.

- I didn't wanna do it.

- Yeah, I know, none of us did.

But people blame the likes of us

after what happened.

We run into a group of survivors

who have all lost loved ones,

they'll most likely lynch you.

We're a symbol of that old authority.

Whether you like it or not,

we are better off moving now.

- You're wrong.

- This whole country is f***ed.

What are you gonna do?

You gonna throw down your rifle

and pretend you're a civvie

like everyone else?

Use your head, man.

Rotterdam? Uh...

F***.

Carter.

Keep it down, mate.

They're outside.

Sh*t.

Started coming by about an hour ago,

just hanging around.

They better not try and get in.

They don't know we're here.

What was that?

Stay on me.

It's coming from down there.

I hear it, mate.

Keep it down.

Be careful, Carter.

There's a door.

On three.

One... two... and three.

Slowly. OK. OK.

I'm not sure about this.

Shh.

It's not good.

Leave it.

OK. OK.

Jonesy, what's that sound?

Carter, sh*t!

- F***.

- Behind me, out.

Go, go, go, go, go!

Behind me.

Jesus.

We need to get out of here.

- It's a f***ing death trap.

- I know. They're everywhere outside.

- They'll get in.

- OK, we've got no choice.

We're bugging out.

Head around to the truck.

- Don't engage with weapons.

- Got it.

Jonesy, get in the back.

Look out!

- F***.

- What's happening?

- The ride is over.

- All right, everyone out.

- Truck's totaled.

- F*** it.

- Oh, Jesus.

- All right, on me. Let's move.

Kayne, watch from the tree line.

I don't think they're

gonna come this far.

Christ.

What now, man?

- Are you OK?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

F***.

Hold the perimeter.

There's a shallow river up ahead,

and make sure everyone gets

their canteens filled.

- Jonesy, use the purifying tablets.

- Yep.

- How's everyone down at the camp?

- Yeah, not bad.

You get any sleep?

A little bit.

Damn weather though.

Yeah, it's f***ing cold.

This is no good.

We stand out like sore f***ing thumbs.

So you really want

to leave the country?

Don't get me wrong, mate.

I understand people wanna find out

how their loved ones are, but...

We have to assume they're dead.

I want to show you something.

It's just down there.

Jesus.

We are not alone out here.

Somebody didn't just kill this creature.

They enjoyed it.

OK. Let's head back to the camp.

Jones, keep this between ourselves,

yeah?

Where'd you get that thing?

My grandfather was a collector.

Been in the family for years.

All right, so what have we got?

Got the two SA80s with four mags,

one pistol, one clip, one shotgun,

several shells,

my rifle, my Mauser.

No grenades, though.

Not much, is it?

Best way to deal with these creatures

is to avoid them.

That should be enough

to get us to Hope's Point.

Then what?

We'll be OK.

- I can shoot.

- You?

Used to go shooting with my dad.

Made the county finals a few years back.

Now I've heard it all.

Leeann, you're under

our protection for now.

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