Chapter 33: Fall of crystal lake (part 12)
Tank jumps out of the way as the pissed off and hungry zombie panda charges and smashes head first into the truck knocking Rat back a little. "I'm going to use the gun!" Tank yells. 2 arrows fly into the side of the zombie panda's head burrowing a little deeper since Jessica and Rat are only a few feet away. The monstrous creature roars and tears after Jessica now. The girl rolls out of the way and sprints over to Tank who is struggling to aim the gun. "Incoming zombie's guys!" Rat yells. "What the fuck was that?!" Alex yells over the radio. "Zombie panda can't talk got murder to do." Rat quickly answers before launching 2 more arrows into the zombie bear. "Why won't you die damn it?" Rat growls. Slim rushes forward to fight the human zombies while occasionally watching the others struggle against the bear. As the bear charges Tank again he takes a deep breath and shoots a few times into the bear. One shot strikes its shoulder and another hits the jaw. Tank waits a few moments as it gets closer and leaps to the side as it yet again slams its head into the truck. "Tank we got a shotgun loaded and will have it out to you okay." Alex says over the radio. " Me and Jessica will piss it off. You go get that gun so we can waste this fucking panda!" Rat yells as he fires another arrow into the bear. Tank scrambles under the truck and crawls as fast as he can into the gun shop. Tank rolls and sits up. "Guns we need them there is a little bit of a shit storm brewing out there." Tank says panting blood seeps from a scrape on his face from diving away from the vicious zombie panda."How many?" Alex asks. Tank grabs a metal case of 12 gauge buckshot and the shotgun offered to him. "Alex I will never ask you this again, but can I have your fanny pack?" Tank asks holding his hand out. Alex hands him the pack and Tank empties it out filling it with shells. "You guys get a rifle and fuckloads of ammo to Rat and Jessica and shotguns to me and Slim. I'm sorry guys, you're gonna have to move the guns. I need to get back." Tank says diving under the truck. When Tank crawls out of the truck he nearly gets crushed by the zombie bear chasing after Jessica. Tank gasps in pain as he scrambles out the rest of the way and stands forcing air into his lungs through the pain. "Jessica, get on the roof and shoot with Rat!" Tank yells. "What abo-" "Just do it!" Tank roars, shooting the bear in the side with the shotgun. The monster charges after Tank and the boy takes a deep breath and stands his ground unloading into the beast's face. It starts stumbling as he fires. Tank tries his best to calmly load as the bear slowly stumbles towards him. Tank side steps the evil pandas last swipe and sticks the shotgun in a hole in the eye pulling the trigger. "Here are the guns, holly Mary fucking Christ that is a panda!" Alex and Marcy yell. "Yup and now it is very dead." Tank says shooting the hole once more.
"Hey Sunny wanna make a deal?" Riley asks, noticing the child's interest in his gun cleaning. "What kind of deal?" The boy asks cautiously. "I teach you to shoot you teach me sign language." Riley says handing the boy a 9mm. "Okay sure I can do that." Sunny says. "Good cause I need to get my kill fix." Riley says finishing his work on the horde buster and standing up. Riley points at Kyle and gestures for him to follow while picking up a bag of ammo and guns. "Tell your sister we are going to the roof to shoot some dead fucks." Riley says walking up the stairs. On the way up to the roof Riley glances back to see all 4 siblings following. "Good this is about to get fun." Riley says to himself. "How is it going to be fun?" Sunny asks. Riley is startled by the fact he had spoken aloud and makes a mental note to try not to do that. "Because little man I now have competition, and I am eager to play who is gonna kill more." Riley pauses. "O kill cooler either way this is gonna be fucking fun." Riley says happily. On the roof they find that Riley has lined the roof's waist high wall with severed heads. "Did you plan this from the start?" Sunny asks. "The shooting yes the sign language no." Riley answers, handing Kyle a gun as well. "Sid and Nancy can grab a rifle and start killing zombies away from where we are shooting you 2 stand on the x's" Riley sits pointing at 2 dark red x marks on the roof. "Is that blood?" Sunny asks "Yep." Riley says handing the boys a box of ammo. "Alright step 1 release the mag and load it with freedom seeds." Riley says smiling. "With what?" Sunny says laughing and signing to his watching siblings who also laugh. 'Freedom seeds' Riley signs picking up on the signs for the words. Sunny grins. "When you speak to me as well, use sign so I can learn. I tend to pick things up quickly. Correct me if I get it wrong immediately." Riley says. "Yes sir" Sunny says as well as signs. "Good then let's get started with the fun part, shooting dead guys cut off heads." Riley says grinning.
Tank kicks a zombie on the ground's head, sending it back with a grunt as he reloads the shotgun again. Rat and Jessica lift their AR's and try to help the large boy while he reloads. Jessica switches to help Slim as she also reloads. The group was facing their own horde for the first time and Jessica had a newfound respect for Riley. The 3 clan 13 members were not afraid they had no time between reactions and reloads for such emotions. All they could think was aim, fire, reload and check companions. In a strange and deadly game of keep away they continued as the members inside loaded the vehicle. Jessica watches Slim for a moment as the large though not nearly as big as Tank boy used his large bowie knife to move Corpses into each other or out of his way as he shot the next. He moved in a sluggish and less refined manner similar to Riley making the girl curious. Her next shot strikes a zombie dog dropping it quickly. Jessica and Rat struggle with their rifles but keep at it hoping to get arrows soon. "We got this guys just keep at it!" Tank huffs. Drawing his own large knife. Tank begins stabbing zombies and swinging his ax, having tossed his empty shotgun atop the truck. "Are you alright brother?" Rat asks, standing just above him firing into the crowd of zombies. "I feel amazing, probably have a broken rib, but that aside I get it." Tank says dropping zombies surprisingly faster than he had with the gun. Also completely forgetting the pistol in his belt. "Alex, how are we doing?" A sweaty Rat asks reloading. "We actually move faster every time you ask." Alex snaps. "200 zombies are swarming us and Tank has broken ribs and no bullets so, I'm going to ask, how long Alex and for your safety answer then keep at it." Rat returns curtly. "We have half this shit loaded so far." Alex answers. "Are you okay Tank?" He asks quickly looking at the other 3 who share a concerned look. "This is the best workout I've ever had." Tank chuckles prying his ax free. "Rat can you help me clear this side a bit more?" Jessica asks as the horde begins surrounding Slim more. "You good for a sec?" Rat asks Tank. The massive boy closelines a zombie and drives his knife in its head. "Save him, I'm good." Tank says. Standing he rushes the horde slamming into them pushing several back before returning to his previous position right beside the truck. A fast zombie rushes at Tank hopping over his fallen comrades. Tank hooks its neck with his ax and slams its head into the side. As it falls back he releases it with the ax and buries it in its skull. "You aren't so good." Tank says spitting on the corpse. Blood spatters his face and he looks over to see a zombie he hadn't noticed falling. "Sorry about the spray brother." Rat says with Jessica at his side helping unleash hell upon their undead enemies. "No problem." Tank says wiping the blood away and returning to the fray. For an hour they fight until the horde is no more. "Alex brother we need a restock for Jessica and rat." Tank says sliding down against the gun shop wall cradling his ribs. "Why don't you go inside and rest a little?" Jessica asks worriedly. "Not happening, I'm just going to sit here for a moment." Tank says. Then he remembers the pairs arrows and groans rising to retrieve them. It takes him about 15 minutes and many of the D.I.Y arrows are broken. "Thanks brother." Rat says passing half of the arrows to Jessica as Tank passes the new bullets from Alex to them. "Not bad though I'd say." Tank says admiring their parking lot graveyard.
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