The Unspeakable

   It was an early Sunday morning in Russia. It was warm so I was playing outside, my dad was heading out to his car when a guy ran up on him and started attacking him and he didn't stop. He tore my dad apart right in front of my face. He was screaming and crying while his chest was being ripped open. I froze in place from the fear that my mom ran outside in shock and crying and grabbed me and brought me inside and told me to hide. I did what she said and hid in my closet. I was in there for about 5 minutes then I heard banging at the door then a slam. My mom screamed for a while and she kept saying help but I couldn't do anything. After a good 3 minutes, the screaming stopped and all I heard were the cries from the people or things that did this.  

5 days later…… I was dehydrated and hungry but I couldn't move I was still scared I was shaking and it felt like my brain was gone, then I heard a gunshot and a person say,

“Search the place for survivors.”

They found me in the closet and they rescued me. They took me to a truck with many more survivors they took me to a camp with a lot of guns and protection. I felt safe but still had sadness built up. They explained to us that what was going on was an advanced form of rabies that affected humans and made them have uncontrollable rage. It made them faster, stronger and have an urge to kill anyone who crosses their paths. This place was the new home. I met friends, they had a school we had to be very quiet because if we made a sound those things would swarm the fence and if we shot more and more would come. It was going well for a while, we had ranks. It goes Civilian, Private, Lieutenant, General, and Ranger. This place was a safe haven for a lot of civilians but then problems arose like too many people. We had to turn people away it was hard for all of us to have to watch those people leave and think that they would probably die because they have little kids and can't outrun the infected. One day though we got attacked badly they got in killed a lot of people we stopped them but we lost half of our population and another 20 to 30 because they couldn't take it anymore and ended it themselves.

That was 20 years ago now i’m the top Ranger and run the survivor camp for awhile we lost hope we were on the move our other camp was destroyed, but then we found an apartment building so we set up the 50 cal machine guns in the front we cleared out a good 17 infected from the rooms we set up all of our equipment and settled in. in about a week word got out people were coming to our gates with supplies and some even had their own guns it was looking good for us.

“Ranger Merrimack there's a problem.”

“What is it Lieutenant Belenski”

“We are running dangerously low on supplies.”

“That's impossible we had plenty last month.”

“I know sir but we are taking into many people.”

“Shit Ok let me think...”

“Send General Volkov I think it's time to move on the depot.”

“But Merrimack are you sure they are ready for that.”

“Yes, lieutenant they are ready to tell them to get them armed and send them on their way.”

“Are you sure about this sir.”

“You got your orders lieutenant you’re dismissed.”

In the city of Novosibirsk General Artyom Volkov

“Ok boys you know why we are here Ranger Merrimack is relying on us to get this done.”

“Ok it is the building over there it might have food, water, and supplies.”

“We do this quiet and we make it home.”

I was supposed to be fearless through this but I am scared I wish we had more time to train we only had 2 weeks to become basically Spetsnaz, but these men and I have a bond and we have each other back and that makes me feel a hell of a lot better.

“Alright, men we need to move.”

“Ok move in.”

BANG!!!!!!

“SNIPER!!!!!”

“Oh, shit General Volkov is dead Merrimack do you read me.”

“Um, lieutenant I think you want to see this.”

“Oh, f**k the horde is coming everybody get inside the depot.”

  Meanwhile…. Merrimack is trying to find out what is happening or has happened to his men.

“We need to send out search parties.”

“No Ranger we can't risk people there is to many infected.”

“Ok, I'll go.”

“No it's too dangerous we can't lose you too.”

“I'm willing to take the risk if it means that I will have a chance to save my men I couldn't save Volkov but I can save them.

I had to load up so I went to the armory I need to do this without drawing that horde to me. I grabbed a couple things of dynamite to draw the horde away from that depot I can't have them hear my car. Then I had to pick my guns I wanted to get guns I was familiar with so I grabbed a suppressed Makarov pistol with a case of 9x18 mm rounds and I grabbed an unsuppressed  Vityaz-SN just in case it's too late and I need a backup weapon with firepower I hoped in my Dacia 1310 and I headed off to the depot in the city it was only 20 minutes away so it was a short easy drive. I stopped up the road to survey the area and to see how bad it was.

“Ranger did you successfully make it.”

“Yes I'm at the place surveying its bad there is at least 200 infected.”

“Do you have a plan of attack sir.”

“Yes, I am going to place two bombs to attract them far away and go to the depot on foot.”

“Where are you going to place the bombs to make that much noise to attract over 200 of them.”

“I'm going to place one at the Novosibirsk Marriott hotel and at St. Nicholas Chapple, it will take me a good 30 minutes to locate and place bombs at these two places.”

“Ok Ranger we are here if you need us and be safe we need you.”

Meanwhile, in the depot, Lieutenant Albert is trying to keep his men from ending their own lives by telling them they are ok.

“Listen up yeah this sucks our leader is dead but do you guys think that he would just want you to give up like you are they are going to send people and we will be safe just keep your heads up and be ready for anything.”

“Do you guys feel that.”

As the ground starts rumbling and moving the little windows start shaking and there is a weird smell in the air.

“This is Merrimack to base the plan was successful the infected are away extracting targets now.”

“Ok hurry up before they come back and try to grab as many supplies as you can.”

“Ok, I found our targets we are leaving with the supplies now and coming back.”

“Ok guys get in your truck and go to base I'll be right behind you.”

As we rushed back to base I tried to make contact but no response this was unusual because base never went radio silent. We always had someone on the radio because it was the most important part of the base its the only way of communication. We were about 3 minutes down the road and we saw smoke and we thought it might just be a celebration or a party. Then we got closer and infected were everywhere and there were dead bodies all over the place, the base got overrun and they couldn't stop them without us.

“Oh my god, what the hell happened.”

“I don't know but we need to get the hell out of here before they see us.”

“Leave were the f**k do we go we are screwed everything we had was in that base.”

“We will figure it out let's just go.”

Merrimack and the other 8 men left and never looked back they just kept going not knowing what the future will bring.