98 Engulfing Everything in Flames (1/2)
Day 3 – 3:18 PM – WCRonalds Front Parking, Molino Road, Molino II, Bacoor City, Cavite
GUAAHHH!!! RAAAAU!!! GRAAAR!!!
The noises created by the horde were deafening.
On top of a van that was used as barricade to block the incoming horde, Mark stood. His above neck long hair fluttered along with the flapping sounds of his clothes. Like the title of the song that was playing in his ears, the wind was blowing. It was blowing beautifully.
It smelled unpleasant though.
Mark face could not help but turn unpleasant. With the large number of infected in front of him it was no wonder why the wind smelled so bad. Especially the Biters, their body organs were still functional and thus, their bodies would still excrete urine and feces. Their oddly colored lower body clothes was the evidence to this.
ROAR!!! GRAAAAHHHHH!!!!
However, that was the least of his concerns. Among the horde, there were several figures that started to cause havoc. There where figures of different sizes, all of them wanted to get close to Mark in frenzy. It was what he aimed to do though.
Since the first time he encountered these mutated infected, they had been targeting him no matter how many people were on the other side. Back in the mall, the fat man caused his barricade to collapse leading to the long chase he had to suffer through. There was also the Charred infected back when he found Abbygale and the female Dozer afterwards. Next were the Level-2 Mutation Woodman and the Level-2 Mutation Dozer. All of them were coming after him for some reason.
If that was the case, Mark decided to use that to stir up the mutated infected among the horde. That was the reason he climbed up on the tallest vehicle and made sure that every single infected would see him. And he succeeded.
When he climbed up, the common infected which were the Biters and Eaters behaved normally but the mutated once started to get agitated. They were roaring and trashing everything on their way. He could make out several Dozers among the horde shoving away the other infected in front of them. There was also that hulking muscular infected that started lifting up the infected and throwing them out of the way. The hulking infected also killed other infected as it made its way towards Mark.
Well, the scene reminded Mark of some people he saw in the internet back then. The mutated infected looked like Korean Pop fan girls that saw their idols out of the concert stage. They would come rushing towards their idols despite how tight the security was.
***
Back in the vehicle, with the exception of Mei, Abbygale and Odelina, everyone was worried. Even if they could not hear the roars and moans of the infected outside due to the sound proofing of the van, they could see all the scary figures beyond the barricade of vehicles. They all could see Mark who calmly stood on a vehicle looking at the horde as if the ones in front of him were just ants.
If they were the ones who stood there in front of the horde, it was for sure that their legs would have turned into jelly. They would probably plop down on the roof of the vehicle not knowing what to do.
Sundra who had just been rescued was not only worried about the infected outside but was also glancing at the woman tied up at the back of the vehicle. Even though she was told that the infected woman was different from those outside, she could not help but be alarmed. It was good that Charmaine was there sitting beside her. Even if they were not close, they were familiar with each other. She could now understand why this group of people came here to find her boyfriend. However, she still felt pity. Among all of them who seek refuge at that rooftop, only the three of them made it.
She looked at the beautiful girl sitting behind the driver's seat. She was sure that it was her voice that she heard talking from the man's radio. She could not help but feel inferior not only on her looks but also her current expression. There was not an ounce of fear on her face. As if she truly believed that the man outside would bring them away from this predicament.
The crackling of the radio was then heard inside the vehicle followed by a man's voice.
”Mei'er, tell Odel to get ready.We're going to bust it out of here.”
It was Mark's voice.
”Gege, she already heard it.”
”Alright, wait for my signal. After that, don't wait for me and drive through.”
”But Gege, how about you?”
Mei became worried.
”Don't worry about it. I have no plans of getting left behind.”
***
Mark put his radio back in his belt while watching the situation in front of him. The mutated infected was still having the brawl of their lives trying to make their way towards him. It was just a pity that the number of the common infected outnumbered the mutated ones. However, they were getting good progress to get to him.
He suddenly turned to his right, he noticed some abnormal movement. It did not take a second after he turned when an infected jumped over from the ranks of the horde towards him. When Mark, saw it, he was sure that it was another Level-2 Mutation. The body shape of the infected was odd though. It was a female infected and she was crawling on all fours however, rather than like an animal, the movements of her limbs resembled more like an insect. Furthermore, her eyes had a holographic looking texture aside from her pupils.
The infected sprang off from vehicle to vehicle making her way towards him. She opened her mouth and Mark could see her tongue rolled up looking like proboscis which could be seen on butterflies. She sprang up from another vehicle but Mark did not let her closer.
BANG!
Mark had drawn his shotgun and accurately shot the mutated infected's head after she got close enough. He would not take any chances for sudden unexpected situations to occur, especially not at this moment that a horde was in front of him waiting for him to get slaughtered.
The female mutated infected with a blasted head fell in between the overturned vehicles and laid there motionless.