Undeads are walking

Road to Haga - Part 11

After a while, these three survivors have finally made it to the last city which is on their way to safety, Leiden. A city with a rich cultural heritage, not only in science but also in the arts. Leiden has important functions as a shopping and trade centre for communities around the city. And this city is the only one that could help them get into Haga.

But there is a problem. The main road of the city is blocked by a bunch of crashed cars, and also a part of an aeroplane which blocked almost all of those roads in the city which are leading to the highway. Their only option now is to go by foot to the docks or find other sets of wheels in this city.

"I am sorry," says Ronald. "Guess driving through cities was a bad idea."

"Don't sweat it, kiddo." says Gerald, putting down his backpack and reloading his pistol. "At least it got us far enough. Now, we have to find another way to Haga, and then freedom."

"Guys. Check this out!" says Mike, pointing onto the roof of a building to a survivor, who is waving at them, and he holds, on the other hand, a sniper rifle.

Mike was about to wave back at him, but that survivor on the roof was quickly pointing a sniper rifle at them and he was about to shoot him. But, thanks to Gerald's military training, he drags himself and Mike down, while Ronald is hiding on the right side of the vehicle.

"What the f**k?" says Ronald. "Why is he shooting at us?"

"Maybe he thinks we are infected," yelled Mike.

"I don't think so. Zombies cannot drive a vehicle."

"But they can jump, right?" asks Mike.

"They can jump and throw things, but they cannot drive a vehicle because they do not have a brain." says Gerald, who is feeling angry because Mike is saying some bullshit.

The guy from the roof continues to shoot. He was close to hitting the car window where Ronald was hiding. And this made Ronald crawl to the other broken car who entered in collusion with the one who recently got hit by a sniper rifle bullet. He did an amazing job crawling to the next vehicle, but this didn't stop the sniper-rifle dude who continued to shoot at him. He hit the concrete, which was almost three centimetres from him. Ronald gives a sigh of relief and he turns back at his squad, who are hiding by a barricade. Gerald sees him, and he quickly throws his gun at him.

"Go and kill him."

"What?" he asks Ronald, not believing he has to kill a real person. "No way, man."

"Why? Is it trying to kill us?"

"He might think we are zombies, maybe-"

"Go and kill him, now!" says the old man, who was close to getting hit by that bullet of the sniper dude.

Ronald did not want to do this thing, but he had no choice. He took the pistol, Gerald rolled it and took it on the concrete, and he quickly ran to the other car. The sniper bullet hit the tire of the car where Ronald was running. After he arrived at the third car, he saw a zombie who was crawling from behind. He aims the gun at him without any regret and shoots his head. That zombie falls on the ground and Ronald is running to the building which is not in that sniper's visor.

He went to the building, which was an apartment complex. He sees a few broken windows, smashed doors, and a few pieces of shattered glass. This brought some nasty memories to Ronald, the ones he encountered in the building where he lived for a short while. That block got destroyed by monsters while he was sleeping. He sweats blood ( expression ) and he runs into the building, where he is attacked by a few small zombies. He ignored most of them, or he pushed them while he was climbing the stairs to the roof.

A few moments later, he arrived at the roof, and he observed the sniper was on the other block. Ronald was about to go to the roof and try to do a suicide mission, but thanks to the zombie climber, who was climbing the building where the sniper dude continues to shoot at the location where Ronald and Mike are hiding. That zombie climber is about to reach the sniper dude's arms.

"Whoa!" yelled the enemy when he saw that zombie who was climbing the building like a mountain goat, and he bashed the head of that one with the sniper rifle.

Ronald shoots his pistol at that guy. This is not a good strategy since that pistol shoots only at a small distance, and the distance between them is almost one hundred meters. But, the bullet hit the enemy's right arm, which made him drop the rifle, scream, and hide his scratch with the other hand. He yells at those survivors who shoot them, but Ronald continues to shoot one more bullet, which hits the knee of the enemy and makes him fall on the roof.

Now, that the enemy is incapacitated, Ronald sees a huge fallen antenna that has made an unstable bridge to the building where the man is located. Ronald takes some courage and he slowly walks on the antenna while he keeps his balance because every small mistake could cause him to death. If he falls, he will hit the concrete or a parked car at a distance of almost 30 meters. But if he is not going fast, he might get shot by that sniper rifle dude, if he gets quickly on his feet. And there is the situation that this antenna might collapse at any minute.

Ronald is walking slowly on that antenna made of metal. While he is walking slowly, he is praying to God and he is feeling sorry that he couldn't help those survivors back at the complex in Groningen. He was also feeling bad and was making fun of Gerald because he was one of the most broken men in that building who was still standing in the face of danger.

He arrived in that building, and he saw the enemy who was about to take out his sniper and shoot at Ronald, but he was slower than Ronald and this resulted in a shot in the head. Ronald pulled the trigger as fast as he could and he shot the head of that enemy, right between the eyes, the critical zone, like some doctors would say. He goes closer to the corpse of the survivor and he sees his face. The enemy was not a man, it was an Asian woman. It looked so innocent and hurt. Almost every hand of hers is covered in bandages. Ronald is feeling guilty for killing a survivor. Especially killing a girl.

Ronald left the building without taking the sniper rifle, nor his backpack. He killed her, but he did not have the heart to throw the woman and the zombies on the street, nor to take her things. But, before he was about to head downstairs, he waved at his teammates to sign that everything was fine and they could leave their hideout. While Ronald was heading downstairs, he got to the second floor, and then someone bustled through the door, waving a gun and aiming at Ronald, who quickly surrenders.

The man who is aiming a gun at him is a fat Hungarian man who asks him in English.

"Who are you?"

"I am a survivor. Just like you, man."

"W-W-What have you done to the girl?" he angrily asked Ronald.

"S-She... She died due to a zombie who was climbing the building." lies Ronald to that man, who just hugs him, and he thanks him for freeing him from that crazy b***h.