Beyond the Walls

Three Groups

Controlling her breathing, Gabrielle is wearing unpaintable worries in her face. Frightened and determined while trying to keep herself calm. Maybe she could thank the theme park’s ongoing noise, or else she is not confident she could hide her violent heartbeat. Currently hiding behind a post with her gun loaded, she slowly closes and opens her eyes before she can finally hear the crunching sounds mixed with low growls and rippings.

She reaches for her breast pocket and takes out a small mirror. Re-positioned it to see what’s behind her.

“Huuuu.” She licked her lips and it tasted blood.

She got a reflection of it. Behind her is a monster, with a pair of ugly wings and a bloody large round mouth full of razor teeth.

“EIIIIIIIIIIIIIIERK!” It shrieked one time, then returned to eating the used to the human below it.

She withdrew the mirror and whispered curses. “Dammit” banged the back of her head on the pillar she was on as she bit her lips.

“UWARGH!!”

Another mutant species had arrived. It jumped from somewhere and landed a few meters from her.

As the new mutant passed her by, it stopped and sniffed the air and it’s nose was leading back to her direction.

*Click

“Ha.” She sneered and pulled the head of the gun and took out another one.

As it turns around and sees her, she already has her gun pointed at it.

“UWARGGGH! ARUWAGHHH!” It growls menacingly at her and violently charges towards her.

“Hello to you too, motherfucker.”

*Bang

Headshot.

Even before the gunned mutant dropped to the floor, she walked out of a pillar and pulled two of her guns at the eating monster. It shrieked and dragged it’s lowerless body. Dipping it into the blood and insides of its food.

*Bang bang bang

She rained the winged monster with bullets but it put its wings s***h arms in front to cover itself.

As she continued to give it bullets she looked down and bit her lips again as the familiar bloody jacket was torn to shreds.

‘Fuck.’

15 minutes ago…

“Sir. Another group had entered the premises. What should we do?” A man reported to Macord.

“We should really recruit this talent. She managed to track the venue after all. How are they alive in the first place?” Yuslan said while watching Gabrielle’s group enter the fallen wall of the theme park.

“Let them be.” Macord said, and focused on two other groups.

“Really? You’ll let them be? Why?” Yuslan raised an eyebrow.

“First, we can no longer stop them. Second, with them, the players’ survival rate surges up… They will need it more than ever.”

The screen showed the theme park infested with flying and land mutants. It was hard enough for hunchback ghouls roaming around, but now it’s mixed with flying mutants.

“But, Macord, if they make it back to the walls, it will be a headache.” Yuslan warned.

Gabrielle is still the official captain of the Renaissance Military and currently famous all throughout the walls. Her predecessor, Alexa, still holds great influence until today, not to mention, Adam, a retired special force. Their testaments can shake the wall militaries.

“...That is only if they make it out alive.” Macord said as he watched the screen showing the two other group locations.

“Oh ho… Can’t wait to see your plans then.” He said and watched the same screen as Macord.

“Don’t you feel hot?” Alexa frowned, looking at Adam and his leather jacket.

“It’s better to look good than to feel good.” Adam smirked, showing his perfectly aligned teeth.

“Looks good to whom? The undeads? I’m sure they’ll appreciate your meat tenderly.” Alexa muttered in disbelief.

“Just like you did?” Adam retorted.

*Click

Slowly turning back with her gun ready to be pulled, Gabrielle showed disgust and threatening looks at the ex-couple behind her.

“Please, take this seriously… take this seriously.” She repeated the last words with emphasis.

‘She is totally pissed off.’ Alexa commented internally and glared at Adam. Adam only shook his shoulders and went ahead.

‘Now, I am getting pissed off.’

“Oh. He is gone with the wind again.” Alexa said after seeing there is no one behind them.

“Let him be. He has other plans.” Gabrielle didn’t show much care.

“What about Xian? Are you sure about leaving him behind? That kid seems to want to come along.”

“I can smell mutants roaming around this place. He will be nothing but a snack out here.”

*Bzzz

Alexa and Adam froze at the sound of their earpieces.

“Come up here.” It was Adam's voice. In a line of worn out vending machines there he is standing.

Alexa jumped into the upside-down bin and pulled herself up. Gabrielle followed up.

“What in the world…” Alexa couldn’t help but scatter her sight at such a scene unfolding.

“What is the government trying to accomplish?” She continued as their expression darkened.

From a distance, it was unmistakably seen as flying mutants everywhere. Some landed on top of the establishments or rode howling.

“There…That smells like gunpowder.” Gabrielle pointed at the faint fine line of smoke from a distance.

*TING TING TING TING

The alert came out like a warning. The three people on top of the vending machines dropped to their knees. They heard it loudly because a pole with a speaker was placed near them.

As if the winged mutants were birds, they all went up into the air as soon as the alarm went on. They circled the place shrieking.

“...!” Then the alarm stopped soon after the nearby rides and lights turned on.

Even before they had the chance to question everything, Gabrielle smelt an incoming strong putrid smell.

“They are coming.”

“UAWRGHHHHHH!” One hunchback ghoul appeared first, then followed by its clan.

The sound might have led their noses to sniff at their scent.

*Phew phew phew

The silencer put in the mouth of their guns made little sounds as they pulled the trigger in all directions.

Maybe because of their agility or their numbers, but three humans against a horde of mutants is of course unfavorable to humans.

The mutants reached the vending machine in no time.

*BAM BAM BAM

They slam their bodies on it and reach for the human's legs, but before they can pull them down, they are shot in the head.

“It won’t hold!” Adam says as he kills one and tries to balance the swinging vending machine.

As another group of mutants is approaching, they need to make a decision, but there is not much choice but to…

“Jump!”

*BAM!

Before the impact, Adam and Gabrielle had jumped down to either side while Alexa, who was standing in the middle, had chosen to lightly jump up to avoid getting grabbed by the long arms. The mutants below him welcome her as she slowly descends but something else went down first. It was the vending machine.

Alexa’s feet touched the corner of the falling machine, she pushed it with her body down until both feet landed on the back of it. Trapping the monster down.

*phew phew

She lets bullets out as she goes down. Her knees bent after being able to push down the mutant with the machine.

*BAM!

At impact and unequaled footing, she has to roll to the front.

Forcing her body to stop rolling, she ended up at the heart of the horde.

*Grab

One mutant had grabbed her ankle and started dragging her.

*Phew

But she blasted it’s hands and rolled to the side to avoid an incoming bite up to her head.

Calmly drenched in adrenaline, Alexa kept in a defensive position as she can’t take proper aim on the heads. She had to blast away other parts of the mutants to avoid getting caught. Once she is caught it will be death waiting for her.

Dropped to her knees, and still surrounded, she was on maximum alert as they approached her more cautiously.

“Uawargh!!! Uarkkk!” To her side one charged at her. She tried getting out of the way but her arm was grabbed from the back.

“ARGHHHH!” She was head butt in the stomach by the charging mutant. She let go of her gun after the tight compression of the mutant’s hand.

She found herself lying on the ground with a pained abdomen and one arm going inside the mouth of another mutant, all the while another was crawling from her legs.

“Haaa. Haaa” Her breathing was ragged as her vision moved leisurely.

Her gun is out of reach and she is surrounded.

“This is gonna hurt.” She mumbled.

*SHiiiiiiiik

Blood fountain.

*Shiiiiik

The mutant that had Alexa’s hand in its mouth stopped.

*shik

Alexa’s hand dropped out and the mutant fell down.

Sliding her body off another dead mutant by her stomach, Alexa stood tall all bloody. From head to toe.

“Let’s do this motherfucker!” She said

*SHIIIIK

At the hands, a sharp object appeared. A pair of short swords is hiding on her jacket.

“AURGH! Eeeeeuagk!”

The mutants came in for her and she also came for them.

She didn’t hesitate in slashing and stabbing incoming mutants nor care if she severed parts or it’s raining blood. Her focus is to survive, nothing else matters at that point. She is no longer blinking or missing a beat. Her entirety is swimming on deep focus and grit.

There was a time where she was as famous because of her captain position in Renaissance Force and she climbed in ranks and obtained everything through her skills alone. Though retired and often compared to Gabrielle who was considered a genius. Only a handful of individuals know she is that genius’ mentor.

*THUD THUD

Another sharp object came out of her boots as she kicked the temple of mutant. Killing it one go.

As if the numbers are not decreasing at all, Alexa can’t see no end to this.

*Huff huff

‘I knew it, it’s hard for this old body.’ She complained internally.

*Bzzzt

“Alexa.” It was Adam’s rare serious voice.