Chapter 34 Chapter Thirty Four - Attack Inside The Wall (1/2)

The source Ren Zexian had mention now burned hotly inside the old range oven, filling the chambers with immense heat.They did not know how long the small crystal of black flames would burn for, but it was certainly a better source than green or treated woods.

”It seems like overkill,” Tyler muttered as he sealed the small door of the fire chamber.

”Whatever works,” came Paul's easy reply as he placed the campstove kettle upon the metal plate atop the oven.It did not take long to heat the water it contained and two cups of black, unsweetened coffee were produced.

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The first section of the wall was finished.  It stood at ten feet in height and was almost a foot and a half wide.  It was attached to the thick, but six foot high wall of one large estate at one end before curving a good distance across the main road that connected the three manors and ending at the thick hedge surrounding Nathan's home.  The wall also had an entrance way, where two metal garage doors that happened to conveniently have been hinged on the sides rather than the top, sealed the exposed area.

On the inside of the wall, a secondary wall had been built.  This was only five feet high and one foot thick and had ladders attached to it for ease of climbing.  It was intended that a man could walk along the length of the inner wall and attack wandering zombies that came to their 'doors' with relative ease.  Both walls had good foundations so if needed, they could increase the height further at a later date.

What no one expected, though, was that the first wave of zombies to hit the wall would not come from outside of it.

”Where the hell did these bastards come from?” Dexter seethed as a thick bolt of lightning shot from his fingers and through the bodies of two zombies in tandem.  It was not enough to eliminate them, but their rotting muscles seized for a moment, giving  Harry a chance to swing the metal pipe he held and knock them over.  It took a while for weak zombies to rise after they had fallen, not to mention there was a black hound with sharp teeth ready to tear out the throats of any that fell.

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Unfortunately, not all of these zombies were weak.  A particularly dexterous one was dodging the flaming blasts of energy coming from Ren Zexian, who was guarding the metal gateway to the manor with his life.  Patrick released his control, dripping with sweat as he did and a heap of heavy, broken bricks and mortar fell upon the zombies.  His luck was good for one did not rise again and another lost the ability to move one of its arms.

”The third manor!” Harry yelled following an epiphany.  Dexter cursed beneath his breath.  That was right!  With the urgency of building a wall, the distractions of the gulls, storm and internal logistics, they had not yet had a chance to sweep through the third manor and ensure that their new base was completely safe.  Who knew that it would be such a fair sized nest of zombies!

There was likely just over twenty of them, their bodies ranging in size and decay and ability.  If they had cleaned out the third manor a couple of weeks ago, they likely would have been able to take on two or three at a time.  The zombies were mostly the slow, rambling sort that humans morphed into during the initial outbreak.  However, now they were clustered together and they were a threat not only in number, but in strength.