outside."
Cassandra just smiled at Jake, and he smiled back. They both leaned forward and pressed their lips against each other and gripped each other tightly.
The three soldiers arrived at the west gate. The gate was torn open, and there were no guards present. The spot lights were shining in two places outside the wall, but they were not moving. All was silent.
One of the soldiers radioed Miller.
"Tower One," he started. "We may have a situation. The gate's open and the guards are nowhere to be seen. I got a bad feeling about this. Requesting additional troops to the west gate."
Before the soldier could give Miller more information, he looked around to see that the other two soldiers disappeared.
"The two men that were with me have just disappeared! I say again, requesting additional troops to the west gate!"
"Additional troops are on their way," Miller replied. "Your orders are to fall back now. I don't know how long that gate's been open, but I don't want you taking anymore chances."
Before the soldier could reply, he waved his sidearm and his flashlight around, looking for the other two soldiers. One was laying on the ground in front of him, with his eyes wide open. His throat was torn apart and blood was oozing on the ground.
The soldier then looked ahead and saw his other man being held by a zombie. He tried to scream, but he couldn't; his throat was ripped off. He was reaching his arm out to the soldier, who was staring in shock. The zombie was still feasting on the man's shoulder. He was uttering some words to the stunned soldier:
"Help me!!"
The soldier shot at the zombie, firing three rounds in its head. He then fired a round in the soldier's head to end his suffering. With his hands shaking, he grabbed his radio.
"Both of my men are down, Sir!" the soldier shouted. "We've got a breach! I need those men over here now!"
Before the soldier could finish, the man that was laying on the ground stood up behind the soldier and sank his teeth in the soldier's shoulder. The soldier was gripping onto the radio, screaming in pain as the frequency shot up to the tower. The soldier knocked the zombie back with the back of his head, elbowed it to push it further back, then fired a shot between its eyes.
Just then, more zombies ran to the soldier. Some were coming from outside the west gate, while others were running from inside the boundary. They tackled the soldier to the ground and started eating him alive and scratching his arms and face. The soldier was still gripping tightly to his radio, and everyone from the tower could hear the his final agonizing screams.
"I want extra guards at the other gates to keep their eyes out and open fire on anything that moves!" Miller ordered. "Send the Spartans to the west gate and have the rest of our men gather the civilians to the choppers in case this breach gets too hot!"
Jake and Cassandra rose up from their bed, hearing gunfire and screaming.
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