The Bowl/Issue 3

This is Issue 3 of The Bowl, entitled "The Others".

This issue is written by Gerardthemighty, and has the challenge Extras.

Issue 3, The Others
Kyle sat with Steve in the control tower. The two had became good friends after he and the rest of his group arrived at the airfield. Kyle despite being in the army was stationed in this base. The problem though was that soon the rations would run out but not their ammunition.

"So what do you think we're going to do when all this food runs out?" Steve asked.

"Hunt... gather food or make runs. Think about it how did we survive hundreds of years ago before food like this was made?" Kyle asked as he pointed to a crate of MRE.

"Well I was a survival expert so..." Steve said before Kyle interrupted.

"Horse shit. I have saved your ass tons of times. You can pick plants sure but when it comes to fighting man..." Kyle said.

"So what do you suggest?" Steve replied.

"Learn to handle a rifle." Kyle replied. Something caught his eye though... in the distance of the forest he seen movement. "Shit, is that a zeke?" Kyle asked.

"Probably." Steve replied not bothering to look. Kyle grabbed a pair of binoculars and looked at the treeline.

"That's not a zeke!" Kyle said as he looked at a figure emerge from the trees. A second followed... then a third. They had rifles with them and they looked desperate. Kyle rushed down the stairs of the tower and out of its small door. He ran across the field to the fence where the three men stood.

"Hey friendly?" Kyle asked as he raised his rifle to them.

"Whoahh hang on... don't shoot!" A bearded man replied replied.

"Can you help us? Please!" Another man, one with combats on who was more than likely a soldier asked.

"Maybe... we can't just let you in." Kyle replied, Steve had just caught up with Kyle.

"Damn right we can't... they could be dangerous!" Steve said to them.

"Its not us that you should worry about!" One of the men said.

"Then who?" Kyle asked giving them the benefit of the doubt.

"They call themselves the others..." The man with the blonde hair replied.

"Uhu... and whats so dangerous about them?" Kyle asked... the two groups stood between a barbed fence.

"They've got a tank." The bearded man replied.

"A tank?" Kyle replied.

"Well one without a gun." The blonde haired man replied.

"An APC... so what, we've got anti air guns." Steve said.

"Yeah and there is about two hundred of them as well..." The bearded man replied.

"Ohhh... well shit." Kyle muttered. "How far away are they?" Kyle asked... Adam one of the other members of his group ran over to investigate.

"Just about a few miles..." A man replied.

"What's going on?" Adam asked.