Snippet #2220131

Michael just watched in suspense and horror as the scene unfolded around him. The fiery girl covered in blood made it through the door in one piece, or as close to one piece as possible. Then the gatekeepers became distracted and before Michael knew it Jess was clambering up the side of the tower the gatekeepers were in, and then Michael saw him... Another man up top, looking out down the street across the wall to the massing horde. Michael heard the scream again and his gaze fell back down to the street just outside the gate. "COME ON!" he shouted earnestly to Toby as he rushed through the cars. Michael aimed his gun upwards and shot out into the crowd of infected that now moved like an angry mob through the discarded vehicles. One, two, three shots and Michael had managed to stop two out of three zombies rushing forward to Toby, the third one tripped over its brethren, luckily for Toby.

Michael suddenly heard the groaning of the gate as apparently the gatekeepers or at least one of them had turned the switch to close it. Michael looked up in shock and saw Jess and the unidentified guy were sort of shuffling around up there. Michael clasped his hands over his mouth in attempt to make his voice louder as he yelled, "DON'T CLOSE IT! WE STILL HA-" Michael was cut short as a loud thunderous boom as suddenly the cars down the end of the street erupted in fiery explosion. As the charred and dismembered bodies flew into the air Michael recoiled slightly and looked up as a fighter jet roared across the sky. "Holy jesus..." Michael called out, a small grin cracking across his face as his intercom buzzed to life, "This is HQ to officer Faraway... Black Falls is safe, it's residents have been protected. Continue on your mission, we'll extract you in five days from Alpha Point in the hot zone." Michael's grin faltered as suddenly another explosion filled the air and the screams of people a few blocks away could be heard. Another plane soared across the sky and then another explosion on the road outside the gate burst the street apart, slowing the horde slightly.

Michael's finger hit the communications button on the bluetooth at the side of his ear and he spoke loudly and angrily, "No you haven't HQ! You're bombing Black Falls! Why! The people here are not infected." More explosions filled the air as suddenly more jets flew overhead. "HQ! HQ! Come in! You need to stop bombing Black Falls! Repeat, Black Falls is ok!" More explosions rocketed, the town was being blown apart. "HQ, FUCKIN' ANSWER ME!" Michael yelled as a rocket fired from a jet overhead landed to the side of the gate on one of the protecting walls, blowing it apart. Michael fell over from the shock of the impact and landed on his arse as Toby burst through the gate just in time as the gate faltered and slammed to the ground.

Michael stood up and helped Toby up right and suddenly HQ clicked on "Officer Faraway, Black Falls has been compromised, you need to leave asap. We will not stop sanitization of Black Falls. Repeat. Black Falls has been compromised. Leave asap, don't approach further in. There are no survivors. Michael's eyes widened at the lies HQ was telling him, clicking his device on taking back, "What are you talking about HQ?! There are survivors.. you're killing them! HQ!?" more rockets hit the ground as more jet's flew over head. Michael looked up into the air and caught sight of the gatekeepers perch looking at Toby and the other guy on top. "You need to get down here!" Michael shouted suddenly. There wasn't much time... Between the bombing and the horde that Michael could now see scrambling through the destroyed part of the Haven walls, Michael didn't have time to debate HQ's choice to destroy this town.

When Jess and the other guy hit the ground, Michael just looked at them sternly then to Toby, "We need to go asap. C'mon." he shouted as he he turned on his heels and dashed madly up the street towards the centre of Black Falls into a rushing crowd of panicked survivors. The small haven was a horrific sight; building were aflame and debris and brick was strewn across the street and survivors who had once thought their slice of safety was unbreakable. Michael searched through the panicked people running about, screaming for help. Michael turned to Simon and made eye contact and even though he didn't know him, Michael suddenly felt guilty, his bosses had just created this mess. Michael looked to Jess and Toby and the same guilt filled him, "Fuck it" He hissed as he searched through the crowd looking for something to escape on. "We need to go" Michael repeated with urgency as suddenly a chilling scream toppled the noise of the crowd. Michael looked behind him and the three others as he saw the horde from before rounding the corner of the street, "Damn it.. they got through the wall..." he hissed as he turned back to the three, he looked to Simon and Jess and Toby, he shook his head as he couldn't believe what he was about to suggest; getting out with these survivors, "We need a vehicle or something that can hold us four and get us out of here and where I need to go... Who can drive fast and well?" he asked firmly as he looked across their faces, "I'm gonna need to direct and keep our cover in case, so I'm gonna need someone to drive.."