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Authors: Glen Johnson
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heard running down the tunnel. The creatures then poured into the chamber.
The Captain rattled off bullets.
“ Coco! Coco! I need your help!”
Coco was cradling Echo, who had blood spurting from her neck wound.
“What have you done?” the General screamed.
The Captain fired at the door, cutting down the advancing creatures. He knew his bullets would soon run out, and in the time he needed to change the magazine, they would be upon them.
In all their stress and panic, and for losing Bull, they had forgotten to secure the door.
The Captain took a few steps backwards. He slapped his hand down on the button to start the lift.
“T-minus two minutes!”
Noah grabbed an injection from the case and forced it into Red’s arm. He stabbed himself in the leg with another. He then grabbed Red and pulled her down next to him. If he was about to die, he wanted to be holding onto Red.
Creatures were pouring through the door.
Echo let out her last rattling breath.
Coco seemed to wake up.
“You bastards!” he screamed as he picked up his rifle and walked towards the advancing creature’s firing into the mass of bodies.
The lift was descending fast.
Melanie held her hand over the wound in the doctors chest.
“It’s no use ,” he muttered. His eyes rolled back a little. “A cigarette.”
Melanie pulled the packet from his pocket. She placed one in his mouth. The lighter was inside the carton. She lit it for him.
The cigarette rested limply on his dry lips. He did not have the strength to take a deep breath and inhale the smoke. His eyes rolled back as his last breath left his body.
Red and Noah embraced each other.
The General lay hugging his daughter as the lift dropped down below his line of site. Echo had stopped moving; even her blood had stopped squirting now her heart had stopped pumping.
“No! No! No!” the General muttered. “It wasn’t meant to end like this! It wasn’t meant to end like this,” he muttered like a Tibetan mantra.
“T-minus one minute!”
The lift was accelerating faster.
Noah could hear the gunfire far above. They must be at least fifty feet below the ground level, and still moving fast. As he looked up, the ceiling started to close, with large metal blast doors grinding together.
The Captain stood next to Coco; they both fired into the horde piling in through the doorway. Behind, the Captain could feel the thick metal doors grinding shut through the soles of his boots.
“T-minus thirty seconds!”
The Captain knew he could not join them on the lift. The creatures would simply pour over the side after them, allowing many to reach the lift before the doors closed. And even though most of them would die in the fall, it would still mean the spores would succeed in getting inside the bunker.
Coco was in a daze from shooting Echo. His face was contorted in rage as he fired. Then his rifle clicked. He had used all his bullets. He turned it around, hefting it like a club and ran at the closest creature.
The Captain continued firing; even though he knew in a few seconds they will all be incinerated. However, even with that in mind, he wanted to die knowing he had personally killed as many as he could with his own two hands.
“T-minus five... four... three... two...”
Noah could feel the lift shake as a loud boom shook the shaft.
Aboveground, the towering prison walls were flattened as the detonation sent out a sonic donut ring as the buildings were incinerated. The vast communication mast swayed, as the thick cables snapped, then slowly, as the metal melted under the heat, the pole tumbled down.
28
Noah, Red, and Doctor Lazaro
Dartmoor National Park
Princetown
The Ark
4:07 PM GMT
T he lift descended, breaking free from the concrete tube, entering the widest of the glass shafts.
Noah and Red were gobsmacked. Below them was a vast city , with buildings dotting the landscape, with manicured lawns, lakes, and trees swaying in the artificial
The Captain rattled off bullets.
“ Coco! Coco! I need your help!”
Coco was cradling Echo, who had blood spurting from her neck wound.
“What have you done?” the General screamed.
The Captain fired at the door, cutting down the advancing creatures. He knew his bullets would soon run out, and in the time he needed to change the magazine, they would be upon them.
In all their stress and panic, and for losing Bull, they had forgotten to secure the door.
The Captain took a few steps backwards. He slapped his hand down on the button to start the lift.
“T-minus two minutes!”
Noah grabbed an injection from the case and forced it into Red’s arm. He stabbed himself in the leg with another. He then grabbed Red and pulled her down next to him. If he was about to die, he wanted to be holding onto Red.
Creatures were pouring through the door.
Echo let out her last rattling breath.
Coco seemed to wake up.
“You bastards!” he screamed as he picked up his rifle and walked towards the advancing creature’s firing into the mass of bodies.
The lift was descending fast.
Melanie held her hand over the wound in the doctors chest.
“It’s no use ,” he muttered. His eyes rolled back a little. “A cigarette.”
Melanie pulled the packet from his pocket. She placed one in his mouth. The lighter was inside the carton. She lit it for him.
The cigarette rested limply on his dry lips. He did not have the strength to take a deep breath and inhale the smoke. His eyes rolled back as his last breath left his body.
Red and Noah embraced each other.
The General lay hugging his daughter as the lift dropped down below his line of site. Echo had stopped moving; even her blood had stopped squirting now her heart had stopped pumping.
“No! No! No!” the General muttered. “It wasn’t meant to end like this! It wasn’t meant to end like this,” he muttered like a Tibetan mantra.
“T-minus one minute!”
The lift was accelerating faster.
Noah could hear the gunfire far above. They must be at least fifty feet below the ground level, and still moving fast. As he looked up, the ceiling started to close, with large metal blast doors grinding together.
The Captain stood next to Coco; they both fired into the horde piling in through the doorway. Behind, the Captain could feel the thick metal doors grinding shut through the soles of his boots.
“T-minus thirty seconds!”
The Captain knew he could not join them on the lift. The creatures would simply pour over the side after them, allowing many to reach the lift before the doors closed. And even though most of them would die in the fall, it would still mean the spores would succeed in getting inside the bunker.
Coco was in a daze from shooting Echo. His face was contorted in rage as he fired. Then his rifle clicked. He had used all his bullets. He turned it around, hefting it like a club and ran at the closest creature.
The Captain continued firing; even though he knew in a few seconds they will all be incinerated. However, even with that in mind, he wanted to die knowing he had personally killed as many as he could with his own two hands.
“T-minus five... four... three... two...”
Noah could feel the lift shake as a loud boom shook the shaft.
Aboveground, the towering prison walls were flattened as the detonation sent out a sonic donut ring as the buildings were incinerated. The vast communication mast swayed, as the thick cables snapped, then slowly, as the metal melted under the heat, the pole tumbled down.
28
Noah, Red, and Doctor Lazaro
Dartmoor National Park
Princetown
The Ark
4:07 PM GMT
T he lift descended, breaking free from the concrete tube, entering the widest of the glass shafts.
Noah and Red were gobsmacked. Below them was a vast city , with buildings dotting the landscape, with manicured lawns, lakes, and trees swaying in the artificial
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