World of Anarchy/Chapter 6

This is chapter 6 of World of Anarchy entitled: Out Of The Frying Pan

Chapter 6 - Out Of The Frying Pan
David walked over to Teresa and Chris and sat down beside them on the floor.

"Well you two look like you enjoyed breakfast."

"Yeah these real poptarts are much better than the knock-offs that they had at UNT." Teresa said.

David looked up and saw Leo talking to Anna and Penny, then looked back to Teresa.

"Listen, we're gonna go on a run to the local police station. For guns. So are you guys okay staying here?"

"Who's all going?"

"Well...me, Leo, Keith, Riley, and that guy Sid."

David looked at Chris, who was stairing down at his Scooby-Doo watch.

"Hey Chris...look, I know that we're not your family or anything...but if you need anything just ask us. Okay?"

Chris looked up and hesitated for a second before nodding.

David looked back at the table and saw that everyone was ready to go. He got up and began to walk over, but Teresa stopped him and hugged him.

"Be safe." She said and kissed him on the cheek.

"I-I, uhh...okay."

He walked over to the table and was handed a backpack by Riley. The pack was leatger and just deep enough to carry a good amount of guns and ammo.

"Everyone ready?" Leo asked.

Everyone nodded and walked to the exit. David pulled out his hatchet and followed from the back.

David pushed the manhole lid back into place after getting out. David looked around, but didn't see any zombies in the area.

"So how far away exactly is the station?" Leo asked.

"Not far," Sid said,"This way."

They followed Sid's lead down the empty street, David and Leo following from the back.

"I've been meaning to ask you something." Leo said.

"Alright. What?"

"Do you need any help with that boy you're taking care of?"

"I won't let anything happen to him. Besides, Teresa and I have been doing fine so far. I mean we got him out of Denton safely."

"Sure, but if things get worse before they get better--and they will. You're gonna have to ask youself if you can do more than that."

"I can."

They continued to walk down the down the empty street of the quiet town until Sid ducked behined a school bus.

"Get down!" He whispered loudly.

A large herd of infected were roaming in the street ahead. David could see the police station ahead, but there was no way they were going to be able to make it there. David crouched down lower and realised that he was standing in a puddle of blood. He could see that the blood made a trail that led right into the herd.

"So what's plan B?" Riley asked.

"If only the goddam roamers weren't blocking the street, then it'd only be a two minute walk there." Sid said.

"We could find another way there. Not like this is the only street that leads there." Keith said.

"No that'd take too long. We need to get back before dark." Leo said.

David looked around again and stopped his eyes at a bottle on the ground.

"Well there we go." He thought.

He carfully moved over to it, trying not to make a sound. David picked it up and waved it at the rest of them. They shot him glances of confusion and mouthed the word "What". David frowned and stood slowly. He quickly looked for anything that he could throw the bottle at. He smiled when he saw a small red car on the side oppisite of the police station.

"Only got one shot. Make it count." He thought.

David reeled his hand back and chunked the bottled as hard as he could at the car. The bottle fell short a few feet and shattered beside the car. Nevertheless, all the infected in the area were drawn to it, leaving an opening big enough for them to get through.

David and the group quickly and quietly made there way through, weaving behined the scattered cars along the way.

"Great fuckin' idea buddy," Leo whispered loudly,"How'd you come up with that?"

"The Last Of Us." David responded.

"Man I'm glad these infected are more like The Walking Dead and not like The Last Of Us." He thought.

They reached the gate of the station and Sid and Keith began to push it open. David looked back and noticed that the herd had noticed them and had began to follow them.

"We need to there now." He said as he and Leo started to help.

After three good pushes a gap big enough for them to squeeze through was made. One by one they slid in until they had all made it. David, Sid, Leo, and Keith all pushed the gate back just as the infected reached them. The undead mass slowly began to push the gate back open, but David and them kept pushing.

"Try and find something to jam the gate or something!" David yelled to Riley.

She dissappeared behined them for a few moments then reappeared with a chain and lock. She quickly put it on the gate as they struggled to hold the flesh eaters back. The clicking of    the lock signalled them to stop. They caught their breath and watched the undead try to grab them from behined bars.

"That was too damn close." Leo said.

"I'm guessing most people in town didn't have a chance to get out." Riley said.

"Resentless little bastards aren't they?" Sid said as got closer to the gate,"Let's go get what we came here for."

They began to walk to the front doors, but something caught David's eye. He saw a dead man lying in the grass wearing a bus driver's uniform. David walked over and crouched down beside him.

"I found the lock and chain on him." Riley said appearing beside him.

"Poor bastard," David said shaking his head,"Must've tried to hide out here."

He reached his hand out and began to search the body.

"A little soon to start lootin' don't you think?" Leo called to him.

"Looks like he drove that bus that we ducked behined," David said as pulled out the keys from the guys pocket and tossed them to Leo,"And I thought we need a big vehicle to move everybody once we got the guns."

"Smart thinking. Now let's get there and get those guns."

The stations entrance was very large and had a big reception area in the middle. Next to the desk was an injured police officer, two guys, and a girl.

"Stop right there!"One the guys yelled holding up a revolver,"Or I'll blow your fuckin' brains out."

When the girl saw David a flash of familiarity went across her face.

"Put the gun down Ben."

"You know them?"

"I know the emotionless lookin' guy." She said pointing to David.

"Emotionless?" David thought.

"Amber. What are you doing here?" He said.

"Who's she?" Leo asked.

"Teresa's sister. She lived in Dallas with their mom at their parents house."

"I was on my way to supprise visit Teresa when all this happend. Oh my God, Teresa is she--"

"She's fine. We got out of Denton safe. She's, uh, with the rest of group back at the town hall. We actually came here to get guns."

"Looks like we all had the same idea." She said.

"What happend to him?" Keith asked pointing to the cop.

"That dumbass with the gun shot me..." He said nodding to Ben," My name is Foster by the way. Officer Bill Foster."

"You shot him!?" Riley exclaimed.

"He startled me and I thought he was one of those things."

"It doesn't matter. We just need to find a way to save him." David said.

"Oh!Here," Keith said rummaging through his pack," I forgot that I picked this up earlier while on the supply run."

He pulled out a med kit and sat down beside Foster. They watched as Keith patched up Foster.

"So, you know where the guns are right? Mind givin' us directions." Leo asked Foster.

"I'll do you one better and show you...ugh..."

"You should rest. We can handle this." Sid told him.

"I'll rest when I'm dead--which I don't plan on being anytime soon." Foster said as he stood.

A loud banging noise from outside made them all jump. Leo and David looked out the window beside the entrance.

"What the fuck?!" Leo said in disbelief.

The undead head taken down the front gate and heading for the front doors.

"There better be another goddam exit to this place--because we ain't leaving this way." Leo yelled to the rest of the group.

"Well, we can exit from the garage," Foster said,"But it's locked up, and the keys are in the west side of the building, in my office."

"Alright then, David you Keith, Ben, and Foster go and get as many guns as you can carry. Amber, Riley, and uhh..." Leo said.

"Lucas. My name is Lucas." The last guy said.

"Right, Lucas. You three start barricading the entrance and windows. Sid, you and I will go find those keys."

Leo looked around for a moment until he saw a bag by the front door. He pulled a wrench and crowbar from it and tossed the wrench to Sid.

"Alright everyone, let's get to it."

Leo and Sid exited through the left doors, while Amber, Riley, and Lucas began to push furniture in front of the entrance.

"You three, this way," Foster said motioning David, Keith, and Ben to the doors on the right.

They followed him into a long wooden hall that had blood stains over the walls and floor. The floor boards creaked as they followed Foster.

"Is every building in this town made of wood?" David thought.

"What happend here?" Keith said as he examined a bloody hand print on the wall.

"The people in town--the ones that were still alive--found there way here when this started. Somehow one of the infected got in and...well...we had to lock them in." He said as he pulled out his gun.

"So...where are they." Ben asked.

"Don't know, so let's hurry."

They rounded a corner and saw an undead crouched by a body. It was pulling the body apart piece by piece, shoving the inurds into its bloody mouth. Foster raised his gun to it but David stopped him.

"Noise attracts these things. We do this quietly."

David raised his hatchet a began to silently move towards it. Once behined it, he raised the hatchet up and brought it down on the infected's crown. The zombie collapsed to the ground with a quiet thud as David pulled the hatchet back.

"Alrighty then, the guns are just over there," Foster said pointing down the hall,"Here hand me your bag."

David tossed him his bag as they reached the armory. Just passed the armory was another hall that led north and south making the area that they were in shaped like an "H", with the guns in the middle.

"Keith and I will gather everything, while you and Ben keep watch."

Foster and Keith dissappeared into the gun room, leaving Ben and David alone. They stood on either side of the door with weapons in hand. After a minute or two of silence Ben reached into his pocket and pulled out a pack cigarettes. He took one out and held out the rest for David.

"Want one?"

"Uh, no thanks. I don't smoke."

Ben returned the pack back to his pocket as pulled out a lighter.

"So your name's David?"

"Yeah, David Andrews. Yours is Ben, right?"

"Yep. Name's Ben Dover, and don't make a big fucking deal about it alright?"

"Fair enough." David said slightly uneasy.

A noise from the right side of the hall captured their attantion. David tensed up as he waited for what ever would come next. An infected woman stumbled into view. David noticed she had part of someones shirt in her mouth as she walked toward them.

"You got this, right?" Ben said.

"Sure."

David cautiously walked to her and took her down with one swing of his hatchet.

"Good one." Ben said as tossed his cigarette to floor.

"Hey, I'm going to check to hall real quick to make sure no more of those things sneak up on us." He said as he turned back to the hall.

He swiftly walked over and peered around thecorner leading north. Nothing but another door. He turned to look down the south end and saw about fourty or so infected roaming around there far end. They hadn't noticed him, which gave him a moment of relief. He looked down at the wooden floor boards and thought of something.

"The wooden floor boards will alert us if any infected start heading our way." He thought.

An image then flashed in his mind. Ben throwing his cigarette on the wooden floor.

"Oh fuck!" He screamed in his head as he dashed to the corner just in time to see the floor catch fire.

Ben was trying to put it out by stomping on it.

"Oh shit!Oh shit!" Ben yelled.

David tried to shush him, but Ben had already caught the attention of the infected. Foster and Keith came runing out of the armory, bags full of guns and ammo.

"The fuck is going on out here?!" Foster yelled.

"No time to explain, just throw me a gun!" David called to him as backed away from the incoming horde.

Keith pulled out hand gun and tossed it him. David caught it and quickly began to fire bullet after bullet in the mass. One after another undead fell, but were quickly replaced. The horde kept pushing David farther back until he eventually lost sight of his group.

"David," Foster yelled," There should be a door behined you that leads to the main entrance. We'll meet you th--"

Foster's sentence was cut off by his screams.

"Foster!?"

No response. David kept firing until he ran out of ammo. He turned and ran down the hall, entering them as soon as he reached them.

He was back in the main area, but on the side oppisite the main entrance. He threw himself against the door just as the infected reached it.

"I need help over here!" He yelled to Amber, Riley, and Lucas.

Lucas ran over and helped him hold back the undead, while Amber and Riley looked for something to block the door.

"Guys, there's nothing left to barricade the door with." Riley yelled to them.

David's eyes scanned the room until he noticed that Lucas was wearing a belt.

"Lucas!Your Belt, quick!"

Lucas took it off and handed it to him. With out missing a beat, David tied the belt around the handles. They backed up to catch there breath just as Ben, Foster, and Keith busted into the room.

"Goddamn!" Keith exclaimed.

Leo and Sid entered the room almost immeaditly after they did. "We got the keys," Leo said as he caught his breath,"And we had to kill a fuck-ton of those things out to get 'em. You guys ready?"

"Yeah, let's get the hell out of here." David said.

"This way." Foster said as he led them to the garage.

David, Leo, Foster, and Ben all stepped off the school bus once they reached the town hall. It was dark out now and they could barely see the herd tearing down the town hall ahead of them.

"Keep the engine running," Leo told Amber,"We'll be back get everyone outta there alive."

Keith pulled off the manhole lid and one by one they made their way below. Without wasting a secod they all sprinted over to the next ladder and quickly ascended it.

"Anna!Penny!" Leo called once he climbed out of the sewer.

Leo was the first down the hall with David close behined. All David could think about as entered the next room was Teresa and Chris.

Samantha and Oliver were holding the door back, trying to prevent the infected from making their way inside.

"We take over here," Foster said running over to help them with Ben,"You guys get to the sewer."

"Who's this?" Sam asked Keith.

"Doesn't matter,"Oliver said pulling Sam away,"Let's just get are asses outta here!"

David looked to his right and spotted infected cornering Teresa, Chris, Anna, Penny, and Michelle.

"Hold on!" He yelled as he and Leo dashed over to them.

David swung his hatchet into the first one, while Leo brought his crowbar into he next one.

"Quick!Get to the sewer!" He yelled to them as more undead made their way inside from the windows.

David and Leo covered them as they escaped into the hall. As they were fighting the zombies, David noticed that Foster and Ben were being overwhelmed.

"Hold on guys I'll--" He said as an infected tackled him to the ground.

He lost his grip on his hatchet as he collided with the ground. His vision blurred as he layed there, completely forgetting about the infected on top of him. Before it had a chance to bite him, Leo smashed its head in with the crowbar. David pushed the body off and Leo helped him up.

"Thanks."

"Don't mention it. Now let's get out of here."

Ben ran past them without stopping. They looked back and saw Foster on the ground covered by infected.

"HELP," Foster yelled,"DON'T LEAVE ME!"

Infected poured into the building from the entrence and windows. There was no way to reach Foster. Leo pulled David away from the scene and into the hall.

"Come on!There isn't anything we can do for him now."

David looked back before he shut the door and saw Foster being pulled apart and devoured.

"David!" Leo yelled at him.

David closed his eyes and shut the door behined him.

David took his seat beside Teresa and Chris on the bus. Teresa threw her arms around him and hugged him.

"You saved us."

"Well I wasn't going to let you guys die."

Amber peeled out and took of down the street, leaving the town hall behined. Everyone was settled in and watching the herd behined them.

"And you found my sister."

"Well, I didn't really find her--We just sorta ran into her."

"Hey," Amber called to everyone,"Where to now?"

Credits

 * David Andrews
 * Teresa
 * Chris
 * Amber
 * Leo
 * Anna
 * Penny
 * Sid
 * Samantha
 * Riley Mercer
 * Keith
 * Oliver
 * Michelle
 * Lucas
 * Robert Foster
 * Ben Dover

Deaths

 * Robert Foster

Trivia

 * First appearence of Amber.
 * First appearence of Lucas.
 * First appearence of Ben Dover.
 * First and last appearence of Robert Foster.
 * The chapter marks the end of the first day of the outbreak.