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The Team
(© Michael Cameron)

Team involved: The S.D.T branch of C-Tec

Objectives: To deliver the potent C-Tec resurrection chemical X-001 orknowingly referred to as "Project X" to the Morrison City police departmentin Morrison City, Michigan. The team must also approach police chief EdmundBrier and make sure he receives the project. There are several samples somake sure they are all kept in mint condition.

Number of operatives involved in the mission: 12

Obstacles in area: The report has been made clear that the C-Tec lab in thewilbine forest in Morrison City was abruptly deserted due to an outbreak ofmany samples residing in the lab. Another report came concluding that theC-Tec lab had no survivors except Raymond Baxter's assistant SimonPhillips whom Edmund Brier has isolated inside the police cell within theprecinct of Morrison City. It is most likely that a substantial amount ofthe samples will reach the city...

....It is unknown as to what the characteristics of the creatures areseeing as the samples residing there are not recorded yet but there is atleast two known to us...

  • A resurrected human A.K.A "zombie". No real Characteristics. Some may have no organs or limbs only to be replaced by different objects. No real threat predicting that they could be extremely slow due to being dead already.
  • Mutated primates (Monkeys) A.K.A "crawlers". The alias is given due to the fact that the samples have extremely razor sharp claws that can cling and cut on almost anything. These creatures also posses speed and agility given by X-001. Another feature on them is the long and extremely dangerous tongue that can instantly protrude a torso or most likely a neck. Use caution...
This concludes the communication Lieutenant Featherstone god speed...

Tyler Jorgansen

Chief of C-Tec Teams unit U.S.A

PS: THE PACKAGE MUST BE DELIVERED NO MATTER THE COST!!!



"God speed ... peh I'll give them god speed..... Bastards."

With that Featherstone closed the transmission case and turned back to hismen 12! They have to be kidding! They know that the town is already gone andprobably swarming with hazards! Half of these idiots haven't even shotsomething! " Sir, Toledo outpost suggests that we take route 114 to be therein half the time. The outpost also said that the city has been taken"What'd know! Those numb nuts at C-Tec sure blew it on this one. Iwonder how they'll get out of it seeing as over 10,000 people live inthe fuckin city! "Ten minutes until arrival sir" "Great Smith just keep thespeed normal we've got plenty of time." And with those wordsFeatherstone looked behind him again at the men determined to deliver thepackage Let's see Jones: good, Rogers; good, Balizona: disgusting,Smith: good, the rest: below average. I know I'm going to have to saveat least three of them from certain death. "Hey Balizona make sure that caseis kept tight!! I don't want any of those things spilling on theroad."

"Taken care of sir"

"Good......Start equipping your shit we only got a few moreminutes till we get there and I'm sure they'll be some threatswaiting for us" with that Featherstone started on his own equipment.

"Now it's been about ten minutes Smith. What the hell is going on?"

"SIR! There's the city now sir! It looks like a ghost town..."

Featherstone looked ahead. There was no power, No cars or anything around.It was practically a dead city.

"Ok, Smith give me the map"

"Map? I don't have a map. You must've left it back at theoutpost when we hurried out sir"

"Great. Just what I needed right now"

"Look at this place sir it's like..." "SMITH LOOK OUT!!"

Right infront of the truck was a group of zombies. Smith frantically turnedthe car on another street.

Featherstone kept his cool and turned toward his driver. "Smith give me thewheel. SMITH give me the wheel!"

But Craig Smith was way too much under pressure. The man gave up and bashedright into a building thus knocking everyone out of place.

"Ughhhhhhh. Shit Smith" Featherstone pulled Smith out of the car and wentaround back to the others. "Common boys were going to have to find anothervehicle and fast because those zombies are on our tail. Balizona is thatproject intact?"

"Very sir"

"All right then let's go!"

Featherstone led the team. He led them until finally there was no more tolead...

"LOOK THERE" Featherstone pointed to a truck that was preoccupied at theother end of an alley. "Common men through here towards that truck" The teamfollowed and then suddenly something began to sound...

T H U M P!! T H U M P! T H U M P!!

"Ok what was that?"

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!!

"Can anyone see were that's coming from!!"

THUMP!!!THUMP!!! THUD!!!

Out of the wall of the alley came a creature that only hell can imagine.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!!"

BAM!! It nailed operative Joey Mika with its gigantic claws right throughhis torso.

"SHOOT IT!! SHOOT IT NOW!!!"

The team fired but this creatures skin was rock solid and the bullets wereeasily bounced off. Featherstone looked as now Mark Wilson's head wasdecapitated Wait I've seen this creature before in aslide...Let's see 14 inch claws and a impudent arm on the leftside. It said he also had an eye in the middle that was the main nerve.IT'S THERE!! "SHOOT THAT EYE" Featherstone yelled furiously. The mendid as told making the creature much angrier. It went down with one lastswipe across Cliff bates' stomach spewing out his intestines and otherknown organs in that area. Then from behind came the zombies tryingdesperately to move quickly towards the team. Balizona foolishly came towardthe corpse of claws. "Is it dead?" He moved cautiously forward while theothers watched not even looking around to notice a crawler quickly movingalong the wall beside them. The creature gave a light evil breath lahhhhhhand then projected its tongue. "BALIZONA!!! LOOK UP!!" Featherstone had saidit too late. The crawler protruded its tongue through the poor chap'sneck. "OH NO LOOK OUT BEHIND YOU! ZOMBIES!!" Featherstone and Smith turnedaround to see over 20 zombies lunging toward them "FIRE FIRE!" The remainingteam fired into the undead crowd, their pieces of dead flesh and bloodspraying up into the atmosphere. Featherstone looked beside him to Smithwhom was shooting head shots on the corpses. Then the rain came.

Featherstone saw another member of his team Shaun Atlas get taken by thecrawler and then decided that they would all die if they kept in thisposition "RETREAT!! FALL BACK! JUST GET OUT OF HERE!" The team stoppedshooting and ran back to where they began. Featherstone held back his rageand ran ahead to lead I don't believe it five highly trained menkilled and by what? A few fuckin dead people, some monkey and a fetus with along poker!! It doesn't make sense... hey there's avehicle! "THERE!! THERE'S A TRUCK FOLLOW ME!" The team followed notnoticing a mutated dog approaching. Operative Scott Jones and Mike Rogersleading behind turned to face the creature running full speed at the team"HEY LOOK OU..." Without warning Jones was snatched impaled in thechest by the enormous K-9's of the mutated dog "JONES!"

"FORGET HIM GET TO THE TRUCK!!" Rogers slowly nodded and headed towards thetruck. "Smith get everyone in the back I'll start it up" With the rainconstantly pouring and the team slowly degenerating Featherstone wasdevastated We won't make it outta here we're toast!VMMMMMMMMMM!! The truck gasped and Featherstone smiled "Hurry in!!" CurtisBailey and Dave Carlson were the only ones out shooting down the zombiesthat had followed out into the street. Then the dog came around again thistime latching on to Bailey's leg quickly dragging him off deeper intothe city. Carlson whom was fascinated at what had just happened to hispartner was snatched by the crawler that had came from the alley thrustingits razor claws across his body. "Aw fuck" Featherstone just shrugged andhopped in the truck cautious to the fact that about everything living inhell was surrounding him. The lieutenant slammed on the gas petal and spedhis remaining team into the city.

"Whoa man that was unreal"

"Keep quiet. I doubt lieutenant is in the mood"

"Are we still delivering this fuckin thing?"

"Yes we are Stone. You know of C-Tec's rules. No matter the costs"

"Of course sir. But it seems absurd we only have four of us left"

"I could care less operative. I'm not getting executed because Irefused my orders"

"Good point sir"

"I know. Now keep positioned back there I don't know what to expect"

THUD!! The team looked behind them to see a lumbering beast quite largerthan the mutant with the claws they fought earlier. "You gotta be kiddingme" The Giant reached out and grabbed Rogers from his position right beforehe let out one shot "SHOOT YOUR REMAINING AMMUNITION! I'LL KEEP ITSTEADY UP HERE!!" Smith led the others against the behemoth whileFeatherstone kept it safe at the front. The towering figure gave up andwondered off "YES!! SUCCESS OVER HERE SIR!" Featherstone saw another crawlerlanding on the truck "GET OFF!" reaching for his pistol the crawler plungedhis tongue into his shoulder "YEARGGGGHHHHHH!!" Stone gathered the courageand stood up onto the top of the truck firing his 9mm into the beast. Thecrawler agitated with this jumped off with Stone connected to him "SHIT! WELOST STONE SIR!!"

"I DON'T CARE ANYMORE JUST STAY ALIVE AS LONG AS YOU CAN!"Featherstone holding his wound now noticed a little flame coming from thefront That idiot Stone must've hit the inside pretty badly! FuckinStone was the mechanic in the team FUCK!! This things gonna explode!! Hestomped the brakes and surprised the others "Sir what the..." "GET OUTGET OUT NOW THIS THINGS GOING TO BLOW!!" And with that Smith quickly jumpedout. They started to run and then Smith turned around and noticed thatRogers was still in the back of the truck moving slightly "ROGERS COMMON"Smith went closer while Featherstone glanced back to see him going backSmith? What the hell's he doing? Oh Rogers!! Smith kept going closerand finally saw what Rogers was doing. "SMITH!! SMITH!! I CAN'T GETFREE! OH GOD" Rogers was frantically using his knife to cut away his pantscutting himself several times in the progress.

"Rogers hang on" The truck now ablaze was furiously trying to reach itsexplosion and the rain did not seem to help in the least to control it."Rogers stop cutting and try to get out" Rogers forced himself up taking offthe rest of the tattered pant leg "Good job Rogers now common" Smith startedto run again while Rogers picked up his gun and started to lunge off thetruck.

BLAM!!!

The truck now finished its inferno and engulfed Rogers just before hereached the ground. Smith turned back and saw what had happened "NOOOOOOO!!!ROGERS NOOOOOO!! I LEFT YOU FOR A SECOND!! FOR A SECOND!! THIS IS NOTHAPPENING!!!" Smith overwhelmed in an abyss of rage and sadness collapsed onthe ground pounding the now scorching asphalt thrusting and thrusting hisfists into the cement with water flying up in the air as he kept punching.Featherstone decided to let him have his little outburst It'd do thetightass good then he saw the blood starting to creep out the gloves.Featherstone quickly grabbed Smith before he could get seriously hurt"Common Smith we gotta go..." Featherstone grabbed him and the projectbeside Smith and started down the street. The rain now stopped showing aclear view of three blocks of death. The deaths of the C-Tec SpecialDelivery team that didn't stand a chance against the rampaging evilcreated by the best-known chemical Science Corporation in the world.

Now Featherstone carrying a emotionally shattered man in one hand and apistol and his mission in the other struggled on to the destinationIt's strange not one thing in sight yet. They must know there'sno need to try they'll find us dead in a few hours "Sir...it's going to take at least an hour... do you think we canmanage...?" Featherstone didn't answer. Well looks like I'mgoing to need that god speed. I'll be sure to thank Jorgensen for thatremark...



- THE END -
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