Infestation Chapter 2
Posted By: Shadow hunter<Shadowhunter483@yahoo.com>
Date: 1 November 2005, 4:08 am
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Chapter 2
He woke to the cocking sound of a M90 shotgun.
“ Say something or I’ll blow your head off.” The man with the gun said
“ I’m human I’m human” Charles responded stumbling to his feet. The Man relaxed, but didn’t lower his shotgun.
“ You hurt?” said The Man
“ No” responded Charles “ Could you point that thing at something else?” gesturing to the shotgun. The Man lower his shotgun “Who are you”
“ My name’s Chris. Yours?”
“ I’m Charlie.”
“ Your Ghost still work?”
“ Well let’s find out.”
They walked over to his Ghost and they flipped it over.
“ Well try and start her up.” Said Chris
Charlie hit the activation switch and turned it access key. The Ghost started up.
“ Well the anti-grav system seems to be ok.” Said Charlie “ And the Power core alright and its still got some power left in her. You got a car?”
“ Yea its outside”
Outside there was a civilian model Specter. Known as a Screech, it sat 5 comfortably and it did not have a turret or a booster. There were 3 other people on the Screech. Chris introduced them as Steven, Spencer, and Tim.
“ You armed” the one called Tim said
“ Just with this.” Said Charles pulling out his pistol
“ It’ll have to do,” said Tim. “ We don’t have that many guns.”
They were armed with shotguns, a battle rifle, and an SMG.
“ So where exactly did you guys come from?” Said Charles
“ West side of the city.” Said Spencer “ We were headed towards the military base up north. There were about fifteen of us then and a couple of more vehicles.”
“ Did the flood overrun the base?” asked Charles
“ We didn’t get close enough to see. The Flood attacked us about a mile from the base. They killed the guys on most of the cars. It was brutal.”
“ So where do we go from here?” Said Charles
“ We were planning to head south towards the suburbs when we saw your ghost. We thought we could use it.” Said Tim
“ Don’t head there.” Said Charles
“ Why?” Said Tim
“ It’s overrun. I barley made it out alive.”
“ Alright then where do we go?” said Chris
“ How about the East side?” said Spencer “ Lots of buildings we can hide in, plenty of places we can get some more guns and ammo.”
“ Alright.” Said Chris
Then there was a loud high-pitched roar.
“ We better hurry,” said Steven “ Flood can smell fresh meat from miles away. Lets get going while there still trying to find us.”
Chris started up the Screech. Charles got on his Ghost. The group moved back onto the street searching for any other survivors. They saw none, none alive anyways. After about two hours of searching, they came across a Hydrogen and energy station. Low on energy for their vehicles they pulled in. The station was deserted. The glass for the windows was broken and the door stood ajar. It was clear that there had been someone inside because there were Flood corpses everywhere. As they entered the station, a deranged man with a shotgun jumped out from behind the counter.
“ Who are you people?” he yelled
“ Whoa hey were not one of those things.” Said Spencer
“ Oh thank goodness. Why are you here?” He said out of breathe but not lowering the shotgun.
“ We need power for our vehicles.” Said Chris
“ Right, right, power.” Said the station attendant “ I’m Dan by the way.”
“ I’m Chris. This is Steven, Charlie, and Tim. You here alone”
“ Well I am now. The Flood took everyone else.”
“ Well can you activate the station so we can fuel up.”
“ Uh sure.”
Dan started up the station and went out to help them charge the screech and the Ghost.
“ So where did you get the Battle Rifle and the SMG.” He asked
“ We found a case or two in a Warthog.” Said Chris
“ Just lying there?” Said Dan
“ Yea the Marines were dead. We killed the flood around it.”
“ So where are the guns?”
“ In the Screech. I’ll give you one if you want one.”
“ No thanks. I’ll stick with Old Betty here.” Said Dan gesturing to his shotgun “ Well your charged up and ready, you going to leave?”
“ Can we pick up some supplies first?” said spencer
“ Sure just let me go…” started Dan when suddenly a loud scream was heard “ Damn it Flood! Into the station quick.”
“ Wait grab the guns and ammo first!” said Chris
Steven grabbed the case of Battle Rifles and the case of SMGs while Charles grabbed the ammunition. They raced into the station and knelt by the broken windows and doors.
“ Charlie here.” Said Steven tossing Charlie a Battle Rifle “ You know how to use it?”
“ I’m a fast learner” Said Charlie cocking the rifle and staring down the sight
“ Here they come.” Said Tim
The first wave consisted of infectious forms. They group fired over and over again into the mass. The fragile forms exploded. Then combat forms attacked. Most were unarmed but several had pistols both Human and Covenant. After the combat forms came more infectious and after them more combat forms attacking the station over and over again and they continued through out the night.
To be continued
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