War tank

They arrive at the King County town park, the only one there is. Rick stops the car.

-Don't come down, I have something to do-

Rick doesn't want Daniel to accompany him for safety.

-Don't joke, if I'm not here, it will take years to finish-

Daniel gets out of the car without doing what Rick said, with all those things walking it was dangerous to go alone.

Rick can't stop him so they both walk towards the half-game zombie in the middle of the park that Daniel bio before crawling.

-I want to end it, it shouldn't be like this-

Rick looks at it for a few seconds and takes his Colt Python out of the holster and prepares to shoot.

-Wait Rick !, let me do it, it's not because he doesn't think you can but there's something I want to do near here, I don't want you to attract Walkers-

Daniel hastily stops Rick.

Rick just nods and steps away, he doesn't really care who does it and treats Daniel like an adult who can carry the burden of responsibilities with him.

-Well madam, I hope you move on to a better life and meet your loved ones-

Daniel removes his combat knife from its sheath and plunges it into the head of the Walker who is desperately trying to eat it.

Daniel wipes the dirty blood from Walker's clothes and puts the knife away from him again. They both get into their front seats again.

-What was that you wanted to do? - (Rick)

-Do you remember the military vehicles we saw at the hospital exit? - (Daniel)

-Yes, how can I forget, it was from a movie- (Rick)

-The helicopter that was there is in perfect condition, I don't know how to fly it but I want to save it to come back for it when I get a pilot or have enough strength- (Daniel)

-But how do you know it works? If I did they would have flown away (Rick)

-Because it has no signs of forced landing, the covers are fine, the engine is not open or there are pieces scattered around it, so I imagine the military died before taking off or escaped. Also, it is not known when I will be able to get a helicopter in perfect condition that I can call my own- (Daniel)

Rick cannot refute and they arrive at the scene.

Daniel checks with Rick and indeed the black transport helicopter is intact.

But they cannot take it with the car, so Daniel and Rick start the military cars, which luckily have the keys, but little fuel and also spend a lot.

They attached the chains behind the military cars to the base of the helicopter and dragged it to a junk shed where Count covered the vehicles with large tents and on top of them junk to camouflage it.

...

On leaving Daniel tells Rick to remember this place. They then get in the police car and continue their journey to Atlanta in search of Rick's family.

...

-Hey Daniel, if you want ... -

Rick, who is driving, speaks to Daniel next to him in a low and soft voice, his face is of concern.

-Quiet, shooting that zombie girl is not going to cause a trauma-

They had just exited a gas station they found on the highway at the King County exit. But they ran into a mishap. Luckily they got some fuel.

-I'm glad, I was a little worried. This is all new to both of us, but we'll get through it, that's what I think-

Rick is positive, or so it appears, inside he is sad and looks with little hope to be able to meet his living family.

-We better not talk about that anymore. I'll turn on the radio to see if there is any-

Daniel turns on the police radio to see if he can hear anything.

-I'm Officer Villalba, here I request help from a person, can someone listen to me?

It can be anyone, they should not be shy. Change-

-That?. It's just to give more respect-

Rick looks at him with dubious eyes when Daniel claimed to be a police officer, which in fact he is not. Daniel responds, people must not have lost all their respect for authority yet, at least not all.

Daniel spoke for a few minutes, but no one answered him, so he decided to try again later. The radio on consumes more fuel, you cannot keep it always on.

Daniel grabs his backpack from the back seat, drops it on his lap, and opens it.

Inside it is his photo album, Don Quixote's book, 2 bottles of water, 2 cans of food, 3 Wonka chocolate bars, medicines, a small flashlight with a battery box, his satellite phone and

A Glock pistol with 4 full magazines.

The Glock 23 gen 4, a compact weapon for sight or discreet carry, a minimum weight, but also a high capacity of magazine in caliber .40 with a lot of firepower.

It is one of the newest and best Glock models this year, it arrived at the police station as new equipment about 5 months ago but the old officers prefer their 'reliable' weapons that they have had for years and that is why Daniel was able to get them to let him practice with her.

This and the world-renowned reliability of the Glock pistol

Its magazine holds 13 rounds each.

Daniel can shoot up to a 30 meter range with the pistol and hit the target with concentration, although that is only on still objects, he has never shot a person until now.

-I see you liked me a lot- (Rick)

-It's my favorite, besides how could I forget it, if it's my first weapon- (Daniel)

-Do you remember how to use it? - (Rick)

-Only when we shoot will we know, I feel that my hands itch to try it now that I have it in my hands- (Daniel)

-You will have to wait until we are in an emergency, because right now if you shoot you will only attract those Walkers- (Rick)

-I know, while I'll use the radio

you only drive- (Daniel)

Daniel places a magazine in the gun, leaves the pistol in his holster and a magazine in the police belt, the other two magazines he keeps in his backpack. The police badge is in his jacket pocket. Rick and the other policemen helped him to get his own clothes as a helper, but Daniel did not like to use them so now he only brought the police belt with the pistol and magazine holster, the badge could not be used because the law does not It allows…

Wait, Daniel realized that the law makes him, so he took the plate out of his pocket and placed it on his left chest in the place of his heart, on top of the cassette music player.

-You look good, Officer Daniel-

Rick makes fun of Daniel because he looks like a cop with the badge.

-Of course, I strictly comply with the Daniel law and all his regulations-

Daniel plans to follow his rules as a law.

But then Daniel uses the radio on his way to Atlanta, he's already familiar with it from the times Rick let him use it.

What he does not know is that on the other side of the signal there is a group of survivors who heard him and are arguing about going to help them.

...

-Hey, what happened to your bike? -

Rick asks Daniel as he walks down the road on foot. They ran out of fuel and there is no choice but to go to the house in the distance. Daniel carries his backpack on his back and the bag of weapons in his right hand.

-I gave it to little Duane, I think he will use it better-

Daniel lies, he forgot the bike in Morgan's truck but he doesn't mean that or it would be embarrassing to admit.

They arrive at the house after a few minutes of walking.

-Hello! This is Officer Daniel, open the door-

Daniel puts his ball down and knocks on the door, using his voice a little thicker than normal.

-What are you doing?-

Rick grabs his arm because Daniel, receiving no response, prepares to kick the door.

-He thinks they are people in an emergency and we have to get in quickly-

Daniel makes up an excuse for a self-righteous Rick and kicks the door. A rotten smell hits it and the interior is revealed.

It looks like a horror movie, blood, rotten meat, pieces of brain scattered everywhere, two bodies sitting on chairs with the words "God have mercy on us."

-Oh, my God-

Rick sees this and a man who shot himself in with a shotgun in his mouth and destroyed his entire brain.

Daniel covers his nose and his face turns pale, he walks away quickly and leans against a tree to take big breaths of air fresher than the interior of that house of terror. Rick sits next to him while he holds his mouth like he's going to throw up.

A few minutes go by like this and they both seem to have recovered.

They walk around the house and see a truck, Daniel the magazine but it has no fuel.

A horse whinny is heard, they both look at each other and walk to the back where they find a tan horse in a round horse pen with tall grass, the pasture was almost done.

-I leave it to you-

Daniel lets Rick saddle the horse, but he will have to catch it first.

Rick grabs the rope and approaches the horse, somehow convinces him and the horse is not scared.

-It was easy-

Rick walks with the horse next to him and taunts Daniel, then saddles him up and they go to the front of the house.

-There is no other-

Rick sits as the driver, with the two bags of guns and ammunition held by Daniel behind his back stacked on top of each other. With Rick leading and Daniel behind him, they began to move toward Atlanta on horseback.

They move down the national route towards Atlanta, just a few miles to get there, on the left side, there are hundreds of abandoned cars trying to get out and trains overturned to the right.

When you reach the entrance, all you can see are imposing and very tall modern buildings with burned streets and some destroyed, as if the streets had exploded, scattered garbage, dumped military vehicles, hundreds of cars that only have burned carcasses left and Walkers very scattered.

They both observe this city that seems to have fewer Walkers than they imagined, Rick thinks it is because of the good cleaning job of the military, and Daniel thinks that they destroyed everyone with explosions so that the virus does not spread.

They continue moving and the horse is scared because two Walkers want to get closer, but Daniel calms him down and Rick continues trotting.

Some crows eat the meat of a dead person, a sign of bad luck, let's hope that is not true.

They pass a pale brown tank in good condition.

A helicopter that appears to be from the government flies by. Rick gets excited and runs to him with the intention of knowing what his destiny is, he could lead them to his family.

"No Rick, don't do it!"

Daniel tries to stop him but it is too late, Rick rushes through the streets and reaches a corner where he turns left, but the horse is surprised and stops short.

Daniel feels cold sweat running down his back, hundreds or thousands of Walkers densely packed together were in front of him creating a brutal scene.

The horse gets scared and stands on two legs, Daniel almost falls over.

4 seconds pass in silence as if neither side understands what is happening, but Daniel wakes up and pulls the reins from behind, the horse turns and runs where they came from, the Walkers wake up and see how their precious food after weeks not eating escapes them, it is unacceptable and they run after them.

But just dozens of meters away dozens of other Walkers appear surrounding them and cutting off their escape route.

The horse is hit by the Walkers and in an attempt to free himself from these monsters he stands on two legs and tries to kill them, but in the process Daniel and Rick fall backwards. All seemed lost.

-Shit!-

Daniel sees how they grab the horse, throw it to the ground and begin to devour it with the sad neighing of the horse echoing throughout the streets. Perhaps he wished he hadn't followed these humans now.

-Daniel !, what do we do? -

Rick can't think of anything in this situation and he asks Daniel.

-I don't know! ... Wait! Look at the tank, let's go upstairs! -

Daniel, with a quick thought, the only thing he can see is the tank, reinforced with thick layers of metal.

Rick looks fast and jumps up to get into the tank.

Daniel looks at the bag of weapons near him that is stepped on by many Walkers who want to eat it, raising his arms to grab it, his breath is rotten and full of the essence of death.

-Rick, catch her! -

Daniel gives up retrieving the weapons, removes his backpack and throws it at Rick, he was surrounded.

Rick catches his backpack and throws it into the tank, withdraws the magnum from him and takes aim.

Daniel removes his Glock from the holster, it is an emergency and there is no time to save bullets.

Both begin to kill Walker, Daniel shoots at those in front of him to open a path and Rick at those who try to climb into the tank.

A Walker grabs Daniel's arm, but Daniel quickly shakes it and kicks his leg knocking him to the ground.

The Walkers surround the entire street, there are too many, but Daniel does not give up, he placed the last magazine he has in his police holster and continued firing but quickly ran out of bullets. There is only one option left.

Daniel withdraws his combat knife because in this close combat, the golf club will not help him much. He stabs the head of a Walker and kicks another that he has in the back of him. There are two left in front of him and the tank, Rick kills one and Daniel jumps out, kicking the last Walker in front of him in the chest and causing him to crash his head against the edge of the tank, killing.

Daniel climbs into the tank as fast as he can and Rick shoots the Walkers who are chasing him. Daniel enters first and Rick after taking the last shot. The bags of weapons were thrown there close, but so far away at the same time.

-Close the hatch! -

Daniel stabs a Walker in the head who tries to get in from the bottom and closes the hatch, while he yells at Rick that he did the same to the one above. From the outside you can see how dense amounts of Walkers climb up and surround the tank trying to enter but cannot do it with their meat hands, although some use stones or glass.

-Haaa *, that was scary, I thought I wasn't counting it- (Rick)

-Rick, watch out! -

Daniel warns Rick that he sat down to rest next to the body of a dead soldier, who effectively moves his head and arms to try to eat Rick.

-No!-

Rick freaks out and the first thing he does is point his magnum and shoot. The sound of the shot bounces inside the tank and stuns them both for over 10 seconds, slowly returning to normal.

-You're fine, I am-

Daniel checks his own body for any injuries and asks Rick, but Daniel only has a bit of Walker's blood on his closed black jacket.

-I'm not okay, I'm sorry for running like that, now we are in a dangerous situation because of my recklessness, I could have killed us both if it weren't for your quick reaction-

-Don't say that Rick, if it was your fault, but it's normal to get excited if you see a helicopter, as it could take you to camp with your family, so I don't blame you. What we must now think about is how to get out of here without the weapons that did not fall outside.

Check that soldier in case he has a weapon or something useful-

Daniel looks at the fuel gauge on the war tank. The meter indicates a down arrow, it is empty, out of fuel. Daniel shakes his head. Even if he had fuel he doesn't know how to drive a tank, it is uncomfortable to move around in such a slow and fuel consuming vehicle. Although it is good to know that there is a tank here, you never know when you will see another in good condition like this one here.

Daniel checks his backpack and keeps his two empty chargers, now he removes the two full chargers that he left there inside the backpack. One magazine uses it inside the Glock and the other places it inside his police belt.

-I have twenty-six bullets, and what did you find? - (Daniel)

-My magnum no longer has ammunition, but I found a pistol with the magazine with fifteen and this ... - (Rick)

-Wow, seriously there was that, well we can use it in an extreme emergency because that thing has too much power-

Daniel grabs the round, green grenade from Rick's hands and places it inside his backpack.

-Hey, do you hear me? - (Unknown voice)

Daniel and Rick watch the communicator turn on and someone speaks, they look at each other in surprise.

-Yes, you idiots- (Unknown voice)

-They're comfortable in there- (Unknown voice)

Classical and slow music begins to play, but no one can hear it ...