I have the high ground

Jon: Eric, you guys need to move out of there. The horde is coming towards you guys.

Looking behind us, I saw the horde slowly shorting the distance between us and them. I knew that we had to do something or we will be surrounded by the zombies.

Eric: Amanda and Olivia are safe?

Jon: Yes, both of them are at the Humvee. You should move. I will try to cover you guys for a bit before I'll make way back to the car.

Eric: We will take the tank.

Tanaka: Ha?? How? We don't know how to drive this thing!

Jon: Are you sure?

Eric: Yes.

Jon: I'll cover you guys. Find a way to start the tank then. Paul, Lee, Amanda, and Olivia will also cover you guys from the Humvee.

Eric: Tanaka, go inside and try to start this tank. There should be a button or something like that.

Tanaka: Don't die on me. I'll start this thing as fast as I can.

After Tanaka entered the driver seat, I walked in front of the tank to pick my shield.

Looking at the massive number of zombies that were slowly making their way towards me, I didn't know what to think anymore. One month ago, I was just a normal teenager and now… I'm fighting an entire army, just live for another day.

Going melee will be suicidal, thus, the only way for me to survive will be to use my pistol against the horde. I quickly climb on the tank to have the high ground against the incoming zombie army. Just as I climbed on the tank, the Humvee parked right next to the tank.

Paul: We will fight this horde together. No man left behind.

Lee: We have a chance if we fight together.

Olivia: Can't have you die on me.

Amanda: At least we will take a bunch of them with us if we somehow fail.

Eric: Lee on the Machine gun. Paul, Amanda, and Olivia climb on the tank. Jon starts killing them. Tanaka, how much time do you need to start this thing?

Tanaka: Almost ready. Just one minute and the engine will be ready.

Eric: Ready the gun. We will fire once.

Paul: This will attract more trouble than it's worth.

Eric: We don't a choice here.

Tanaka: Go through them? The tank should be able to withstand some weak bodies under him.

Jon: INCOMING!

When we heard Jon's shout, we turned to look at the horde and it was twenty meters away from us.

Lee didn't need any orders from me. He starts shooting tens of bullets into the incoming horde. The machine gun was the perfect weapon for defense against a large number of enemies and just like that, in ten seconds tens of zombies were destroyed by Lee.

Jon picked any stranglers that decided to somehow flank while I and Paul took the right side killing any zombies that were unfortunate to come on our way. The girls took the right side which had fewer zombies thanks to Lee's help, but that didn't mean that the zombies weren't slowly gaining ground and in just one minute they were in front of our vehicles.

I was out of ammo.

Eric: I NEED SOME AMMO!

Paul: I'm out.

Olivia: Same!

Amanda: No ammo left!

Well, the same can be told for the rest of the team on the tank.

Lee should still have some ammo in the Humvee, while Jon has enough ammo to continue killing zombies for a while. I took my ax and begin to kill any zombie that managed to climb on the tank. The rest of my team followed my example and soon we were fighting for our lives on the tank.

Soon our bodies begin to show signs of exhaustion which was a bad sign for us. As the exhaustion become worse, our killing speed slowed down considerably.

Just as we thought that this may be the end, the tank engine was heard.

Tanaka: HOLD ON SOMETHING.

The tank rammed through what was left of the horde easily and in five more minutes all of the zombies that were following the Volatile were dead.

Now that all of the zombies were killed, we can rest without worrying too much about the dangerous situation we are in.

Jon: Eric, we should leave. Our fight was so loud that at least half of Atlanta heard it. We need to retreat to the Station. We can't afford another fight.

Eric: I know. Let's move people.

When I was about to enter the tank, I saw a person on top of the nearby building.

Eric: There's someone on the roof of that residential building.

My team looked at the person and that person froze. Jon looked at it through his scope before he laughs.

Jon: Ha-ha, Eric that's our Asian friend from Macon.

Lee: Glenn?

Eric: Yes, Glenn. GLEEN COME DOWN!

Glenn was surprised when he heard me shouting at him, but he recognizes the voice and two minutes later he and three other people approach us.

Glenn: Eric, nice to meet you. That was one hell of a fight.

Eric: Glenn, Officer Grimes, MORGAN, hello.

Rick: Hello Eric. How did you end up in this city?

Morgan: You still hate me for beating you.

Eric: Safety and of course I'll hate you. I'd like to stay here and talk with you guys, but we have to move. Our fight will surely attract unwanted attention and we aren't battle-ready anymore.

Glenn: I'll take you to our place, but that tank will make a lot of noise.

Eric: Tanaka, what do you say about going back to the station with the girls? Jon you too.

Tanaka: No problem here. Girls?

Amanda: Sure.

Olivia: Too tired to care.

Jon: Some rest will be good.

Eric: See? We can take the Humvee to your hiding place.

Glenn: Ok. Let's go.