had their attention. We went right out of the door and made our way to the side of the building. I peered around the corner and saw the first of them. They were still just milling around aimlessly. I nodded to the group behind me and made hand motions to convey what I wanted them to do. Everyone nodded that they understood, so we began.
I ducked around the corner, the men fanning out behind me. I walked calmly up to the first infected, who turned and looked at me, but didn't immediately respond to me. About the time it reacted and started that hissing sound they made, I was close enough to plant my sword squarely in its throat, nearly severing the head. It went down, dead. The sound drew the attention of others, however, as more turned towards us.
Several of them screeched and actually ran at us. It was the first time I had seen infected move that fast. I sidestepped one and swung low at its legs at it tried to grab for me. My blow hit it behind the knee, destroying the joint, and it went down. There was no howl of pain, and the scream was more like frustration. The thing tried to attack me still, but a guard who had stuck close to me planted his sword through the things head, killing it. I yelled for him to duck as I swung at one coming up behind him. He ducked as I stepped forward, swinging my sword straight through the forehead of the infected. It dropped straight to the ground and never moved again. I yanked my sword out and helped the man to his feet.
We formed up into an arc, to protect the RV's as best we could, while allowing the rest to load up. We continued to fight as I saw the first of our group come around the side of the building, hurrying to the vehicles. The guards inside the RV's had obviously latched on to the plan, as they had the doors unlocked and threw them open as survivors got close. I glanced back and saw that a few infected were going for the other group, but the guards had it covered. The RV's were parked close enough together that the infected had a hard time getting between them to sneak past us.
Yelling, thunks from swords hitting flesh, and screeches from the infected were all we heard for the next half an hour. We cleared out the infected, with no one being bitten, or scratched. We checked each other over carefully, cleaned weapons, and finally loaded up ourselves. I took one last look at the building before I climbed on. Once I was in, I signaled to Jeff to get moving.
We moved through the resort slowly. Obviously our fight had attracted some attention, as we saw more infected hurrying in that direction. A few turned towards the RV's and ran at us, but they either hit it hard enough with their heads to at least knock themselves out, or we fired through our makeshift gun ports and took them out. Once we made it out of the resort, we picked up a little speed as the roads were in better shape and larger. We once again rolled past burned out buildings, overturned cars, and saw some bodies in the street. We made it back to the highway without another incident though, which was good. I wanted to put as much space between us from this place as we could.
We rolled on for another three hours, about which time we needed to refuel. I had Jeff find a suitable place, which happened to be a truck stop right off the highway, and we all pulled over so we could refill the tanks.
I instructed the drivers to get close to the building, but park facing out so we could leave quickly if needed. Once all the RV's were parked, I radioed again to the drivers to wait for a few minutes to see if our noise attracted any unwanted attention. After about ten minutes without seeing any movement, I cleared everyone for getting out. Once everyone had a few minutes to stretch their legs, I organized a team to go siphon gas, and another
I ducked around the corner, the men fanning out behind me. I walked calmly up to the first infected, who turned and looked at me, but didn't immediately respond to me. About the time it reacted and started that hissing sound they made, I was close enough to plant my sword squarely in its throat, nearly severing the head. It went down, dead. The sound drew the attention of others, however, as more turned towards us.
Several of them screeched and actually ran at us. It was the first time I had seen infected move that fast. I sidestepped one and swung low at its legs at it tried to grab for me. My blow hit it behind the knee, destroying the joint, and it went down. There was no howl of pain, and the scream was more like frustration. The thing tried to attack me still, but a guard who had stuck close to me planted his sword through the things head, killing it. I yelled for him to duck as I swung at one coming up behind him. He ducked as I stepped forward, swinging my sword straight through the forehead of the infected. It dropped straight to the ground and never moved again. I yanked my sword out and helped the man to his feet.
We formed up into an arc, to protect the RV's as best we could, while allowing the rest to load up. We continued to fight as I saw the first of our group come around the side of the building, hurrying to the vehicles. The guards inside the RV's had obviously latched on to the plan, as they had the doors unlocked and threw them open as survivors got close. I glanced back and saw that a few infected were going for the other group, but the guards had it covered. The RV's were parked close enough together that the infected had a hard time getting between them to sneak past us.
Yelling, thunks from swords hitting flesh, and screeches from the infected were all we heard for the next half an hour. We cleared out the infected, with no one being bitten, or scratched. We checked each other over carefully, cleaned weapons, and finally loaded up ourselves. I took one last look at the building before I climbed on. Once I was in, I signaled to Jeff to get moving.
We moved through the resort slowly. Obviously our fight had attracted some attention, as we saw more infected hurrying in that direction. A few turned towards the RV's and ran at us, but they either hit it hard enough with their heads to at least knock themselves out, or we fired through our makeshift gun ports and took them out. Once we made it out of the resort, we picked up a little speed as the roads were in better shape and larger. We once again rolled past burned out buildings, overturned cars, and saw some bodies in the street. We made it back to the highway without another incident though, which was good. I wanted to put as much space between us from this place as we could.
We rolled on for another three hours, about which time we needed to refuel. I had Jeff find a suitable place, which happened to be a truck stop right off the highway, and we all pulled over so we could refill the tanks.
I instructed the drivers to get close to the building, but park facing out so we could leave quickly if needed. Once all the RV's were parked, I radioed again to the drivers to wait for a few minutes to see if our noise attracted any unwanted attention. After about ten minutes without seeing any movement, I cleared everyone for getting out. Once everyone had a few minutes to stretch their legs, I organized a team to go siphon gas, and another
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