said.
“There is something there.”
“Shouldn’t be a problem. The car park is between us and the dunes.” Chris said, lifting his rucksack and pulling his arms through the straps.
Everyone else pulled on their gear and lifted their weapons. Spirit hugged close to my legs as we slowly headed toward the car park. Amy heard it first; a low moan drifted over the sand dunes toward us.
“I think Marc is right. There is something in the dunes.” She said.
“Ok, spread out a little then guys.” Chris said.
We had about twenty meters to go when a fresh infected burst out from behind the dunes and nearly ran toward us. He was the fastest infected I had seen to date. He must have been in his late twenty’s. Half his hair and the top half of his face hung down on either side of his head. He was wearing a purple tracksuit and would have been quite fit when he had still been alive.
Chris pulled his rifle up and fired off a quick shot that managed to take the rest of running man’s face off as well as the back of his skull. I could see the white pieces of skull pinwheeling through the air, as the black and green remains of the infected brain splashed back on to the dunes.
“He was a little sprightly.” Chris said, laughing as he lowered his rifle.
“That’s the fastest I have ever seen an infected move.” David said.
We moved on and soon came to the edge of the car park. The Land Rover and the two ATV’s were parked close to the lifeboat station.
Chris was the first to step onto the car park and I swear to God it was like a starting pistol had been fired. A chorus of moans came from all around us. Swivelling around, I could see movement in the dunes.
“Shit.” Amy said.
“Get to the vehicles.” Chris shouted.
Everyone started to run and that’s when the eight running men came out from the dunes. Each were faster than the normal infected and they all looked freshly infected as well. Raising my rifle, I fired and caught one of them in the shoulder, spinning him to the ground. It was damn harder to hit the faster moving running men than the normal lurching infected. As he was climbing to his feet I drilled a round into the top of his skull and he dropped, unmoving, to the floor. Chris had managed to take two down in the time it had taken me to kill one. Amy was doing better still and had managed to drop three of them. That left the two that David and Mike were trying to kill.
David had emptied a full magazine into his infected and it was slowly dragging its shattered body toward us. With a shot from Chris it slumped to the floor just as there was a scream. We spun around to see Mike being lifted into the air by one of the large infected. The running man was underneath trying to pull Mike out of the giant's grasp. Dropping my rifle, I pulled my pistol and fired a full mag into both the running man and the giant. Mike fell on to the top of the dead running man and lay still.
Chapter Seventeen
Turning, I looked for any more infected and I couldn’t see any. The attack had taken less than thirty seconds.
David ran over to Mike and started to look him over.
“He’s breathing.” David shouted.
“We haven’t got time to check him out here. Let’s get him into the Land Rover. David can drive whilst Amy checks him over in the back. Marc, you and I will take the ATV’s.” Chris shouted.
David and Chris lifted Mike’s limp body and carried him over to the rear of the Land Rover. I opened the rear door and they slid Mike inside. We piled our gear in on the rear seats and lifted the two dogs in as well. David climbed into the driver’s seat and Amy into the rear with Mike.
Leaning in through the driver’s window, Chris said “Get going, Marc, and I will catch up.”
David nodded and started the engine. Chris and I stood back as the Land Rover pulled out of the car park.
“Where the fuck did that big bastard come from?” Chris said as we walked over to the ATV’s.
Shrugging my shoulders, I
“There is something there.”
“Shouldn’t be a problem. The car park is between us and the dunes.” Chris said, lifting his rucksack and pulling his arms through the straps.
Everyone else pulled on their gear and lifted their weapons. Spirit hugged close to my legs as we slowly headed toward the car park. Amy heard it first; a low moan drifted over the sand dunes toward us.
“I think Marc is right. There is something in the dunes.” She said.
“Ok, spread out a little then guys.” Chris said.
We had about twenty meters to go when a fresh infected burst out from behind the dunes and nearly ran toward us. He was the fastest infected I had seen to date. He must have been in his late twenty’s. Half his hair and the top half of his face hung down on either side of his head. He was wearing a purple tracksuit and would have been quite fit when he had still been alive.
Chris pulled his rifle up and fired off a quick shot that managed to take the rest of running man’s face off as well as the back of his skull. I could see the white pieces of skull pinwheeling through the air, as the black and green remains of the infected brain splashed back on to the dunes.
“He was a little sprightly.” Chris said, laughing as he lowered his rifle.
“That’s the fastest I have ever seen an infected move.” David said.
We moved on and soon came to the edge of the car park. The Land Rover and the two ATV’s were parked close to the lifeboat station.
Chris was the first to step onto the car park and I swear to God it was like a starting pistol had been fired. A chorus of moans came from all around us. Swivelling around, I could see movement in the dunes.
“Shit.” Amy said.
“Get to the vehicles.” Chris shouted.
Everyone started to run and that’s when the eight running men came out from the dunes. Each were faster than the normal infected and they all looked freshly infected as well. Raising my rifle, I fired and caught one of them in the shoulder, spinning him to the ground. It was damn harder to hit the faster moving running men than the normal lurching infected. As he was climbing to his feet I drilled a round into the top of his skull and he dropped, unmoving, to the floor. Chris had managed to take two down in the time it had taken me to kill one. Amy was doing better still and had managed to drop three of them. That left the two that David and Mike were trying to kill.
David had emptied a full magazine into his infected and it was slowly dragging its shattered body toward us. With a shot from Chris it slumped to the floor just as there was a scream. We spun around to see Mike being lifted into the air by one of the large infected. The running man was underneath trying to pull Mike out of the giant's grasp. Dropping my rifle, I pulled my pistol and fired a full mag into both the running man and the giant. Mike fell on to the top of the dead running man and lay still.
Chapter Seventeen
Turning, I looked for any more infected and I couldn’t see any. The attack had taken less than thirty seconds.
David ran over to Mike and started to look him over.
“He’s breathing.” David shouted.
“We haven’t got time to check him out here. Let’s get him into the Land Rover. David can drive whilst Amy checks him over in the back. Marc, you and I will take the ATV’s.” Chris shouted.
David and Chris lifted Mike’s limp body and carried him over to the rear of the Land Rover. I opened the rear door and they slid Mike inside. We piled our gear in on the rear seats and lifted the two dogs in as well. David climbed into the driver’s seat and Amy into the rear with Mike.
Leaning in through the driver’s window, Chris said “Get going, Marc, and I will catch up.”
David nodded and started the engine. Chris and I stood back as the Land Rover pulled out of the car park.
“Where the fuck did that big bastard come from?” Chris said as we walked over to the ATV’s.
Shrugging my shoulders, I
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