The Last Stand

the beginning

"Sgt cage get your men back inside the mission is aborted" sgt cage knew it would be aborted like it is every time. He was so confident his men and him could take down a few walkers to get to town but they didn't trust his leadership abilities enough. "Roger that over" sgt cage said back into the radio on his shoulder "Walter, Moore ,Jones mission is cancelled we got to head back" "are you serious we've already walked a kilometre!" Said pvt Walter who was standing to sgt Cage's left side. Pvt Walter is a young man around the age of 20 with curly blond hair and an athletic build but was always ignoring commands but he was loyal "why was the mission even aborted?" Said major Moore. Major moore was around the age of mid 30's with short hair and a beard "I don't know probably another horde near the base again. Denver Colorado was one of the last cities to fall and the only one left with a functioning military base it's only been 1 month since the virus spread from unknown origins "let's just get going back" said pvt Walter as he kicked a rock on the ground. The four turned and started to walk back across the bridge they just crossed littered with abandoned cars. Sgt cage lead from the front and the others followed in single file tacticle line "pvt Walter watch the rear make sure there won't be any surprises"..... "Pvt Walter" there was no reply they each turned their heads to look at Walter. He was just standing still where the kicked the rock "pvt!" Cage said as he ran to Walters side the others followed "what's the problem?" Walter said nothing and handed cage his binoculars and pointed down the road. Cage placed the binoculars to his eyes. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. A hoard of at least 10.000 walkers were shuffling down the road they were so close he couldn't beilive he did not notice them "everybody run!" They all started to run as fast as they could across the bridge but the other side was blocked but a smaller but still massive hoard that must have why HQ was calling us back thought cage "everybody alpha position NOW!" The four formed a square two facing each hoard. They were each equipped with m16 rifles and 9 mm pistols and tacticle military vests wich could hold ammo and protect the wearer against bullets but they weren't to helpful against bites. "Fire when ready!" The four each ducked to cars for more stability for their rifles. The firing was deafening but they had no way to get off the bridge both sides was blocked bye hoards and bellow was a gigantic waterfall that would most certainly kill anyone who tried to jump down it. Walkers were dropping from the hoard but every time they would kill one another would take its place. They quickly ran out of ammo and had to resort to their pistols next thing they saw was a walker fall on top of walter on the bigger hoard side. Jones immediately panicked and ran to Walters assistance she was out of ammunition so she used her knife and plunged it through the walkers head. She kneeled down to walter examining his situation he had a large bite on the side of his neck "just a scratch" said walter with a weary smile and joking tone of voice that said I know I'm done for "yeah just a scratch" said jones a tear running down her cheek "your going to be fine" she said with her voice holding back tears "we gotta move jones" said cage jones didn't answer instead looked into Walters eyes she could see the life draining. Walter looked into her eyes and said "don't forget Me jones....and be good to cage he's a good guy...and please take care of Stevie my dog back at the base" "sure thing walter" said Jones with tears streaming down her face "thank you jones now go get out of here I'll distract as many as I can" jones was a wreck at this point. Cage ran to jones and grabbed her "we have to go now!" "Hey over here you fucks!" Said walter drawing in a lot of walkers enough to make a gap in the hoard they ran into the gap as fast as they could towards HQ. Jones turned around and looked at walter. He looked at her and gave one last salute and waved. She ran but all she could here was screams from walter which drew more walkers to him and took the attention from them. Cage desperately searched for his team in the sea undead but walter would only distract them for so long he had to get out. He could see an opening he ran as fast as he could through and out the other side he was back in the forest they crossed through earlier. But his team was not there he could not shout for them or go back he would be dead in seconds. He continued deeper into the woods but it all seemed unfamiliar he kept a steady jog until he was in the clear. It took 20 minutes but he found a tree he could easily climb he climbed it to the second top branch when he decided to inform HQ of the situation "HQ this is sgt cage do you copy" he took his finger of the button and waited....nothing but static he reapeted the same sentence 4 or 5 times until he decided either his radio was broken or something bad went down at HQ. It was getting fairly late he didn't have long before dark but even if he could find HQ before dark who knows what the state of it is. He decided it was best to make camp further down the track he wanst nervous about the hoard since those things can't turn around but still it was better further down the track. He missed his team he felt naked without them he made a harness from materials he had in his backpack and secured himself high in a tree it was the safest place once the sun went down all hope seemed to go with it. He closed his eyes and prayed for his teames safety and for Walter's soul to rest easy he wasn't Christian but it felt right he fell asleep with a heavy heart and fear in his blood.