56 Operation Early New Year (2/2)
Though they released their fireworks at the same timing and rhythm Mark did, the difference on their task was they needed to aim further to the west luring the zombies towards the northwest corner of the mall.
It did not take them long before they finished their task and Mark shouted for the last team, West Wing 2, to launch their fireworks.
Bernard and Fernan who were the pair Mark and Ange called West Wing 2 were tasked to lure the gathered zombies from that corner of the mall towards the back of the west wing of the mall and they did it the same way as James and Calvin did.
When the two finally lured the most of the zombies towards that direction, Mark who already ran towards the end of the south wing prepared for the last phase.
He was standing beside a cylinder firework launcher that was placed horizontally on the roof on the eastern side of the rooftop. The mouth of the cannon was facing towards the western side of the south wing.
Mark then braced for the sound and launched the firework. A large ball of light speedily skid several times on the flat roof before it flew off and started falling on an arch towards the parking lot behind the mall.
BOOOM!!!
A loud quaking explosion echoed behind the mall followed by a large circular display of scattering light as the ball of light exploded above the parking lot.
WEEE! WEE! WOO! WOOO! WOOOT! WOOOT!
Before the sound of explosion faded, numerous sounds of car alarms started to echo across the area. That was Mark's goal on aiming the cylinder firework that direction, to use the explosion of the firework to activate the car alarms of the cars parked in the parking lot.
WEEE! WEE! WOO! WOOO! WOOOT! WOOOT!
The continuous sounds of car alarms started to draw the attention of not only the zombies outside lured by the fireworks but also the zombies inside the mall that was nearby the exits that facing the parking lot.
Mark watched the large number horde of zombies flocking towards the parking lot with his scalp tingling. Just how many zombies were below? Hundreds? The quantity might not have reached a thousand but probably close to that number.
Though he could not clearly see the appearance of the zombies below due to the lack of lighting in the parking lot, he could make out several odd looking silhouettes like a seven foot tall muscular zombie and several fat mutants.
Seeing that the plan was a success, Mark turned towards the west wing where he could see the four men watching the scene below on the parking lot.
Prsssht!
[West Wing to Command! West Wing to Command! We have a situation!]
Ange's anxious voice suddenly came out of the radio on his waist.
[Command here, what happened they haven't arrived yet?]
Mark replied.
[No, Lieutena- Ahem… Let's do this later! They already arrived! My brother is on the phone and said that the basement parking is closed and the metal parking shutters are locked down.]
”What?!”
Mark was surprised.
”What about the employee entrance? It should be just by the right of the parking entrance.”
Bernard's voice echoed in the radio.
[Wait, I'll ask!]
A few seconds passed before Ange spoke again.
[He said that they can't open the door by force! It's barricaded inside!]
”What the hell!”
Mark felt that heaven was sh*tting on them. He then shouted on the radio.
”Angeline! Return to the TechZone and prepare! We're going down! Mei! Follow her and stay with Gale and Paula. The rest, stay here and relay the situation to us and use the fireworks to keep the zombies away from the people below!”
Mark then jumped off the roof towards the heliport and rushed towards the west wing.