Fire and Gunpowder

"Run!" 

With a scream of horror, the hearts of the people in the church trembled, everyone was bewildered at what was happening and looked at each other in dismay, knowing that someone was attacking them, and immediately understanding that they had to get out of this place as soon as possible, they all followed Ennis to a back door. 

Boom! Boom! 

But just as Balk, who was running in front, was about to enter and run into the hallway, he heard two loud bangs from both sides and an explosion of gunpowder smoke filled the air, explosions were also heard at the front door which was broken. 

But how could Balk let the enemy enter as they pleased? He was not to let them attack them without responding with the same level of damage, so he raised his rifle and fired towards the church door. 

Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang!

"Fire, fire damn it!" 

Balk was in cover and began to lead a counter attack from those who were attacking them, but when his eyes locked on the church entrance he saw greenish lasers and black figures with ballistic shields, he knew this was no simple attack. 

When the lasers locked onto the people inside the church, bullets rained down on them like rain and before long they were all being slaughtered. There was no comparison of attack to defense, no one could do anything to the people who were entering the church. 

"Damn it, come on, shoot them!" 

But just when he thought they might last a little longer, he suddenly heard glass shattering and the terrified screams of people sounded behind him 

Balk turned his head to look, and the acrid smell of gasoline invaded his nostrils. He saw a raging fire raging on the sides of the church, preventing them from leaving through the windows on either side or doors that were there, and before long they were surrounded by fire in an instant. 

With resistance that was of no avail, Balk and the others were distracted, and a flaming bottle of gasoline flew out of one of the windows, and before they could react, it crashed into the mountain of rubble they were about to climb, and the flames immediately reflected their figures. 

Countless beads of cold sweat slipped from his forehead, Balk's legs went slack and he sat on the floor, staring at the sea of flames in front of him. If he had climbed straight up through that place, then right now, he might be burned to death by the flames. It's not just these various supplies that would be lost, but also himself! 

"They're by the window! Shoot!" 

Seeing that the numerous exits were blocked, the crowd was soon retreating to the back door as they resisted the advance of the figures in black at the main entrance of the church. All the remaining Vultures who had not escaped through the back door frantically shot every which way.

Bang Bang Bang!

Boom!

Suddenly, the gunfire intensified in the church, mixed with the horrified screams of the crowd and some wails of pain. Although the enemy was unknown and they could not identify them, sooner or later if they did not kill the figures at the door they would be suffocated to death. 

Some of the bullets were fired into the glass of the windows, breaking possible exits for the Vultures to escape. Shards of broken glass fell to the ground from above and hit the floor.

Crack.

As the crowd fired unceasingly, their firearms clicked one after another, indicating that the firearms in their hands had no bullets.

"Stop firing! Those bastards at the entrance are making us use up all our ammunition!"

As time passed, some resourceful people in the crowd gradually came to their senses and quickly shouted out loud to remind their comrades around them.

But just as he spoke, a Molotov cocktail was thrown from above, and the searing flame instantly ignited the people nearby in a ball of fire, covering what he had just said.

"Help me, help me!"

"Ahh!!!"

Unimaginable pain was pouring into the brains of those people who were being burned alive, like delirious walkers, they emitted a miserable, heart-rending wail, frantically chasing after their companions, begging and trapping them, begging them to save them, but they could barely save themselves.

Right now trying to put out the fire of their comrades would only increase the casualties, the few remaining Vultures could take no more and raised their pistols towards their comrades as a show of mercy and killed them with a few shots.

After the first Molotov cocktail fell, more Molotov cocktails were dropped from above and landed in the open space in the center with a crackling sound.

"Move around the sides and let's go out the door to the corner, dodge you fucking idiots!" 

However, these survivors roamed the city throughout the year, dealt with many fierce walkers, survived the initial end of the world and saw the fire bombs being dropped from above the cities, but now they were not being attacked by mere survivors inexperienced in combat, everyone knew that these people were not civilians before the walkers roamed the streets. 

However, as time went on, some firebombs were thrown to their sides, there were fewer and fewer places to escape, leaving them more and more in the center of the church, and the surrounding area was engulfed in thick smoke from the fire, and the consciences of several people were going into a trance, forgetting to keep shooting. 

Everyone knows that if he can't escape from here in the next few minutes, everyone will die here today. 

"Damn it!" 

"Cof* Cof* Cof* Cof*!" 

A bald and fat man in the crowd cursed angrily, threw the gun without bullets in his hand, reached into his arms and pulled out two grenades. 

He looked at the grenade in his hand and his eyes flashed with pain. Originally, it was a weapon he planned to use for later, but in this situation, he didn't have to be afraid of alerting the walkers. 

The man with a choked expression quickly looked around and quickly noticed the place of escape, the door that was blocked by fire. 

He pulled the pin on the grenade and tossed it toward the door in hopes of opening a hole. 

"Boom!" 

The grenade landed in the pile of flaming debris at the entrance to the door, and then there was a loud explosion, and the debris was blown completely to the side. Although there were still flames blocking the way, a passage could already be seen! 

"Follow me!" 

He ran to the side of the carpet that had just been placed on the floor, picked up several blankets that had not been burned by the flames, superimposed them over his body, and ran into the gap. 

And those who looked at him after hearing his cry a moment ago, saw the brave appearance of their companion, looked at the sea of flames around him, and followed him without thinking. 

"Ah!" 

Waving the blanket in his hand, the man threw aside the flaming debris in front of him and vigorously cleared a path. 

Even if they were stepping on flames, burning the soles of their shoes and some parts of their body, but compared to their own lives, this little pain was nothing at all! 

Throwing the blanket over the last wooden box blocking the path, temporarily suppressing the flames burning in it, facing life or death, the man instantly became a quick and flexible guide. 

The people behind him also followed close behind and quickly passed through the burning door and all managed to escape from the church. 

"Keep running, once we get out of the church we can hide in the city, nor will there be a problem as the walkers will be attracted by the noises in this place." 

Just as Balk was focused on getting out of the burning church, in turn shooting at the enemies at the main entrance of the church, he sensed something was wrong when he saw everyone stop in front after passing the flames surrounding the church. 

Balk unconsciously looked to the front, the gun in his hands fell to the ground and he looked at those dozens of people aiming at him with different types of weapons, to the side Ennis was being dragged like a dog and they were all soon loaded into a car. 

Under the light of the fire, Slowly he raised his head, looked forward, his eyes were full of despair and he cursed:  "Shit!" 

Removing his mask, the man said, "I'm Shane buddy, you know, my boss has some questions for you, that's why we caught some of your buddies and that's why you're not dead." 

Without another word, Shane flipped his gun and hit Balk's head without another word. "Boom!" 

"Get these ones out of here, also that young lady, they know what to do with the others!" 

"Yes, sir!" 

Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang! 

Under the terrified screams of the surrendering people, many were mercilessly killed. Their bodies fell to the ground, with a bullet between their heads.