World of Anarchy/Chapter 40

This is a preview of chapter 40 of World of Anarchy entitled: As Is Above, As Is Below

Chapter 40 - As Is Above, As Is Below
“There are no coincidences in life. What person that wandered in and out of your life was there for some purpose, even if they caused you harm. Sometimes, it doesn’t make sense the short periods of time we get with people, or the outcomes from their choices. However, if you turn it over to God he promises that you will see the big picture in the hereafter. Nothing is too small to be a mistake.”

-- Shannon L. Addler “What...what happened?” Omid asked after regaining consciousness.

It had been about an hour since they tried to escape the building. David hoped that everyone else was outside by now and that they hadn’t run into that monster that had attacked Omid.

“We were attacked.” He began as he got up from his seat at the desk and walked over to Omid. “Do you remember?”

“Attacked…?” Omid asked, confused as he tried to stand but failed.

David caught him before he could hit the floor.

“No!” He yelled as David placed him back down. “No...this can’t be happening...no fucking way!”

“Omid, it’s going to be fine--”

“Going to be fine?! I’m paralyzed!” He said as he rested his head in his open palms before looking back up. “Jane and the others--”

“Should be safe outside by now.” He interrupted.

“Well...what are we fucking waiting for.” Omid sighed as he spotted a wheelchair in the far corner of the lab. “Let’s go meet up with them.”

David nodded and brought the wheelchair over, helping his injured friend onto it after. He then pushed him back out into the dim hall where Null was waiting, making sure nothing got the drop on them.

“Hey, you guys go on ahead. I’m gonna take one last look around the lab real quick. ” He said passing his friend off the newcomer of the group.

“What for?” Omid asked.

“...I’ll explain when we meet up with the others. I won’t be too long.”

He watched as the duo made the way down the rest of the hall. He noticed Omid checking his legs again, unable to accept that he still couldn’t use them. He hoped that it was temporary and that Omid would be walking around in no time. But in the back of his mind he knew that was just wishful thinking. Before they turned the corner they stopped and turned back to look at David because of a noise behind him.

Screaming.

David turned in an instant and saw that one of the new types of infected from earlier, the strongest one, was charging at him from all the way down the opposite end.

“Go! I’ll cover you!” He yelled to them as he pulled out his gun and aimed it at the infected.

One shot.

Another.

Three more.

Bullet after bullet slammed into it and yet it didn’t die. It didn’t even slow down. He took a quick glance back and saw Null and Omid were already gone. If that thing caught up to them it would tear Omid apart in an instant in his weakened state. He needed to buy them time.

Running down a corridor to his left, the infected followed after as he had hoped. Now he needed to find a way to trap it or kill it. He followed the hall passed a few rooms until it ended. At the end he found the room that contained the backup generators. Going in there could only lead to a dead end.

He looked behind him and saw that the infected wasn’t too far behind. Too late to go into any other room. Cursing himself silently, he ran into the room and began to look around for anything he could use to make a final stand against his pursuer. Nothing but a lot of machinery and the generators. As he made his way further into the room he noticed that a pipe on the wall beside him was rusted.

David began to pull on it on it with all of his strength as the infected burst into the room. Just as the pipe came off, the end of it jagged from where it had broken off of the wall, he turned just a few seconds before the infected slammed him against the wall.

It snapped its jaws in front of him, now only a few millimeters away from his face. Somehow he managed to hold it back with the pipe but could feel it overpowering him by the second.

Using everything he had he gave one last push to get it off of him. The infected hadn’t expect that and stumbled backwards a bit before regaining its balance. That’s when David noticed that it was only inches in front of the generator. It was his only chance.

He charged the infected and drove the pointed end into its chest and into the generator. Electricity shot through the pipe, electrocuting the infected and himself. The surge threw him back into the wall before he collapsed to the floor. He watched as the super infected scream as it cooked.