THE LAST RAY OF HOPE

CHAPTER 5

Fight Starts with A BANG!

"Nah! That's a Bad Idea." Ken Said

They all waited there for 3 days to let the zombies scatter that was there by the aftermath of the battle between police and horde. These 3 days passed in a blink of an eye.

"Now, It's time for some action! Let's GOOOOO!!!"

They were all excited. Not about the fact that they are going to see something right out of the worst nightmare but because if they get their hands on guns and ammunition they would have a higher chance of survival. They have to live on so that their parent's souls can rest in peace. They have to live on for all the sacrifices they made. They have to live on so they could see a day where they could genuinely simile without the fear of death surrounding them. They have to live on.

They knew what kind of scene they would see but they still hoped that it would be at least better than before. They knew that it would be worst but they still hoped for better because no matter how many times you see that scene it would always makes the blood run cold. But when they reached there a brutal scene surrounded them. Everyone was dead. They knew but that still hit hard because they could have anything they could have done, that would only become a burden to them. They could do nothing but watch them getting eaten alive. There were still a huge amount of living deads standing there. Waiting for a new prey. They sneaked in by killing some zombies quickly and silently so they won't attract the attention of others that were

standing there and moved inside. They saw some of the zombies are still eating some police officers.

"H..Help…me… Please help me."

A small child was crying in the corner getting eaten right in front of their eyes. His stomach was opened and his intestines were splattered around. He was lying in a mess and the most important thing was the person who was eating him was his own mother. It was heart-clenching for them but they were somewhat relieved that their parents didn't have to go through that. It was cruel but no one can change the reality. The only thing they could do to the boy was to kill him and his mother. So they killed the boy's mother and the boy too. They were soo hopeless that they could do nothing about him. All they could do is pray for them to rest in peace. They took the guns from the dead police man's body. There were also a few bullet magazines on the police vest. They took it as fast as they could and decide to leave after filling some fuel from the oil tanker near by. It was hard to move because of all the blood and dead bodies but they somehow make it through that hell hole.

"So what's the plan boss." (Matin asked Kite)

Kite was the only one who could make the right decision at that time because they all knew that if they would let their anger do the biding, they would all wound up dead without even bones left. All they wanted now was to escape this reality. They just wanted to think that this is a dream and when they wake up they would be able to see their parents smiling and no one was an exception. Kite decided that they should go uphill because the population on hills is less so there will be lesser zombies compared to here. So they picked up a truck and put all the weapons inside. As they were just about to hit the gas a blast happened right behind them. The truck with oil was leaking and to their luck an electric wire fell right on it creating a huge blast.

That sound attracted all the zombies in the area.

"LEAVE ASAP!!!!!" (Kite shouted in a panic )

He knew that if they don't leave now there ain't no way they could ever survive that. "MARTIN DRIVE!!!!!!". He ran the truck over the countless zombies. But It wasn't enough. The sheer number of zombies was enough to stop the truck. They had to make decisions in split seconds. Kite and Ken immediately moved and took out the weapons from the trunk. They started open firing without noticing that more and more zombies come at them. And then they noticed a single zombie in the crowd was different than all others. He was fast, extremely fast and he was running toward them. Kite specially targeted that specific zombie but due to his agile movements, he was hard to shoot. It only took him a few minutes to cover a kilometer distance and reach very close to them. They did all they could and it was like their time has come. They hugged each other and said that time they spent together was a good one. If there is an afterlife then let's meet there. They were ready to die at any moment. But then a loud BANG occurred right in front of their truck. Someone took a shot with an RPG. And all they saw was a black figure running away from them.

"IT IS NO TIME FOR DANDLING AROUND!!" Let's escape from this FUCKING SHIT. So Martin rode the truck at full speed and somehow managed to escape from there. They took a deep sigh of relief and took the highway toward the mountains. Now the problem was just WHO took the shoot. That person could be someone who has been watching them from the very start. They didn't know whether that person was good or bad.

"Hey, don't you think it is a little weird that the zombie we met was moving with such an inhuman speed?"

"Yeah you're right there is no way someone can move that fast."

"I don't know whether it is true or not but I think zombies' physical strength evolves at the cost of their ability to think. And it enhances their raw strength. Because before when we met Ken we fought with a guard zombie and he was almost impossible for us to defeat even with weapons so I think the key to their power is loss of humanity, mind, and constant hunger. If you look at it another way it is almost as if the theory of equivalent exchange. Well not that we can do anything about it."

As they were heading toward their next location they saw a human for the first time ever since the apocalypse happened except for them whose stomach wasn't split opened and hadn't lost its mind. They pull over the truck to check. She was a girl and a beautiful one at that. Ken fell in love with her at first sight and told us that we should pick her up. They all were happy that they weren't the only ones alive and her name was MARY.