Zombie Vampires Chapter 8

TUNNEL WALK

Monday morning Gary walked into the office of the Vampire Protection Agency expecting to have a full day of orientation, instead he was sent to the quartermaster to

get suited up for an early morning raid. He was issued the standard black military style riot gear and an assault rifle. Gary’s supervisor was changed at the last minute to

Commander James Blunt who headed one of three teams created for the extermination of the zombie vampire race. This made Gary happy, he no longer had a woman for a supervisor.

“I want you to watch your back today,” Blunt said.

Gary was nervous and pissed at the lack of training. He had never done this sort of

police work and considered it bottom rung level. It was like getting a demotion, although

he’d never tell any of the men he was working with, at least not now. “I’ve never done this before,” Gary replied.

“We have three days of training scheduled for the end of the month, I know that’s not going to do you any good today, but as long as you follow directions, you should be

fine,” Blunt said. “I want you to partner up with Officer Schultz, he’s our trainer. Call it, on the job training.”

“Great, where are we going today?” Gary asked.

“We’ll discuss that at the pre raid meeting, head to the conference room on the other side of the building once you’re changed.”

Gary changed into his heavily armored uniform and followed the other officers into the

conference room. He took a seat at a long table along with two other officers and waited for his commander to speak. As he looked around, he felt a sense of power and dread at the same time. He felt good in his uniform, and felt it would be very difficult for anyone, even a zombie vampire to penetrate the armor and get to him. It was like a space suit made of steel.

The room filled quickly and Commander Blunt took the podium. Behind the commander,

projected on the wall, were the words, “VPA Mission” in bright red letters. Blunt typed on

his keyboard and moved his mouse around changing the slide to the layout of today's

raid. From what Gary could see, it looked like several buildings connected by what looked like tunnels. The picture was in the form of a blue print so it wasn’t that easy to understand. Then Blunt spoke up, “Today we’re heading to old downtown, we have

seismic reports that indicate there may be as many as two dozen zombie vampires living in the basement of these old buildings and commuting through the tunnel system that connects them.”

Blunt changed the slide and brought up a closer image of one of the tunnels. “These tunnels were created back in the 1920’s to transport goods underground and now the

zombie vampires are using them to get around unnoticed. We plan on going in and sealing off the tunnels, taking out as many zombie vampires as we can in the process.

This will take several days we think and are cutting up the mission into sections. As we Close the tunnels, we are planning to corral the majority of the zombie vampires into the Basement of the old Darcy department store. Once there, depending on how many we Have, we are either going to implode the building, gas them, burn it down or go in with Guns and take them out.”

Gary was getting pumped up and scared at the same time. He was actually looking Forward to blowing zombie vampires to bits. Maybe he was wrong about the change and too comfortable in his old job as a detective.

Blunt spoke up again, “We have a new man today, he doesn’t have any background in ground assault so I’ll need you to help him out and keep an eye on him. Gary, w you stand up?”

Gary stood up briefly and sat back down.

“Ok, I want everyone ready to go in fifteen minutes, we will meet at the train station and go from there,” Blunt said.

The group pulled into position at Darcy’s department store and entered the building heading down to the basement. Once at the bottom of the staircase, a five man group entered the tunnel system through an unlocked door and did a quick scan of the area.

Keeping silent, Blunt signaled for Charles Garman to do a seismic scan of the area. Garman unloaded a case from his backpack and placed three palm sized sensors on The ground about twenty feet from each other. He then used a receiver to triangulate Any signals coming from the tunnel system. The readout lit up like a Christmas tree Showing a large area of seismic activity across the street…

Garman showed the scan to Blunt who motioned for the group to follow. Keeping to the Sides of the tunnel, the group traveled fifty feet to the entrance of the next building. The Men separated and took up sides on each side of the door waiting for Blunt’s signal to Enter. Guns at ready stance, Blunt gave the signal and the men rushed inside the Building, night vision in place.

Once inside the building the men immediately saw two zombie vampires to their right, On the ground tearing another zombie vampire to shreds. The zombie vampires didn’t Seem to notice the armed men as they continued to dismember one of their own. Blunt Took aim and shot one of the zombie vampires in the head knocking it to the floor. Another well placed shot and the other fell flat on top of the one they were tearing apart.

Now that their entrance was revealed, the men were on a heightened alert as Adrenaline shot through them. They expected to be attacked any moment, or for the rest Of the zombie vampires to scatter and hide. They stood their ground, weapons at the Ready waiting for the attack that didn’t come. Blunt signaled for the men to follow him Further into the building. They weren’t leaving until he was satisfied they had exterminated most of them, and from the seismic signal, there were a lot to exterminate.

The men slowly walked through the door into the next room. This room was a large Storage room filled with empty pallets and not much more. There was no room to hide and there were no zombie vampires to see. Then Blunt looked up to the second tier and saw a zombie vampire standing on the walkway looking down at them. It didn’t move and seemed more curious than scared. Like a cat who had heard a noise.

Blunt signaled to the men as he pointed up at the zombie vampire. He again took aim, but this time, before he could take a shot was knocked to the ground by a zombie vampire he didn’t see from behind him. One of the other agency officers put the end of his rifle to the Zombie vampire’s head and pulled off a shot making sure not to hit his commander. The Zombie vampire rolled off and lay on its back.

‘I think they know we’re here now,” Jason Klein said. “We don’t have to be quiet anymore.”

Then they heard a rumbling sound echoing in the large room. The men looked around and saw an open doorway leading somewhere into the building and shadows dancing on the walls.

“Get ready,” Blunt said getting back to his feet. From the doorway, a group of zombie vampires ran into the room and scattered, slowing down as they caught eye of the armed men.

“What are they doing?” Klein asked.

“Fire!” Blunt yelled and the police opened fire on the zombie vampire crowd mowing them down as they entered the room. Shots rang out and blood splattered on the walls as zombie vampire after zombie vampire was cut down in a hail of bullets. Once the zombie vampires stopped running into the room, the firing stopped and the men moved in close to see what they had done.

“That’s gross,” Jeff Carr said kicking at one of the bodies. “How many did we get?”

“I count seven Gary said. “Eleven if you count all we’ve seen or killed today.”

“That’s a pretty good start,” Blunt said. “They estimate there are over a thousand now, we have a long way to go.”

“What do we do with the bodies?” Gary asked.

“We report them, then they send in a clean-up crew. We can’t let the rest of them feed on these. Removing their food source is one of our tactics”

“How do you get a job on the clean-up crew?” Gary asked.

“Why? You want to clean up dead Zombie vampires?”

“No, I’ve never seen that job advertised anywhere.”

“It’s listed as a maintenance job, the city hasn’t classified the position yet, this is still pretty new.”

“What does it pay?” Gary asked.

“Fuck I don’t know,” Blunt replied. “I’m not planning on applying. I’d rather be down here with a gun than scooping up guts with a shovel.”

“They don’t give them guns? What if they’re attacked?”

“I’m sure they have guards that go with them. I’ve never heard of anyone getting killed clearing an area.” Blunt was annoyed by Gary’s questions and losing focus. “Ok, we need to get back to work. Let’s head down the hall they came from and see what we can find.”

“Do you want another seismic survey?” Garman asked.

“No, I’m pretty sure I know where they’re coming from,” Blunt replied.

The men crossed the large room and entered into the hallway. They looked with their night vision to make sure it was clear and headed further inside the building. Slowly they stepped quietly, listening to whatever sounds they could pick up. Gary was pretty sure that if there were any other zombie vampires, they would be long gone by now. Then he saw one standing at the end of the hallway looking back at the men. It was either very stupid, or knew something they didn’t. Then they heard the door slam behind them and lock. The men spun around and saw that their retreat was blocked.

“Holy shit,” Gary said.

“Shut up,” Blunt replied.

“Now what?”

“I said shut up. Garman, cover the rear, everyone else keep an eye out for anything moving.”

Garman spun around and kept an eye on the now locked door. The rest of the men looked around the hall and tried to see a zombie vampire that might be hiding in the dark. Then Gary saw a ceiling tile move and aimed his rifle up at the movement. “Up there,” Gary said. “In the ceiling.”

Blunt spun around and shot at the moving tile. He shot again and a body fell through to the floor. It was grey, bloody and still moving.

“Shoot it again!” Gary yelled.

Blunt put a three shot burst into the zombie vampire’s head and stepped over to Gary who was cowering like a scared kid. “Next time you shoot the fucker! Don’t wait for me!”

Gary swallowed hard and nodded in agreement. “Sorry,” Gary said.

“Sorry my ass, if one of those comes up behind me, shoot it, don’t yell for me to do it, by then it’ll be too late,” Blunt said.

“What about the ceiling,” Carr asked. “I bet there are a bunch up there.”

“Keep an eye up as well as down the hall,” Blunt said. “As far as I can tell these zombie vampire assholes are like shooting fish in a barrel. They don’t seem too smart and they die real easy. If we shoot enough, we’ll need to go back to the station for more ammunition.”

“Should we call the clean-up crew?” Gary asked.

“Why are you micromanaging everything I do?” Blunt asked. “I’ll call the clean crew When I Goddamn feel like it.”

“Just saying, they might want to get a start on cleaning them up if we’re going to kill a lot Of them. I’d like a heads up call if I worked for them,” Gary said.

“If you don’t shut your pie hole, you will be working for them,” Blunt said. “Now I’m the Commander and don’t forget it.” Blunt turned to where the zombie vampire was standing At the end of the hall to shoot it but it was gone. “Where did you go you stupid fucker?” Blunt said. He usually didn’t curse, but was so pissed he couldn’t restrain himself.

“He probably went back to warn the others,” Carr said.

“Good, I hope they attack in a group, it’d be easier to take them out that way.” Garman Said.

“No, I have an idea,” Blunt said. “Now that I know how these zombie vampires think, or Don’t think, I want to change strategies. I think we should go back to the station, get Some different gear and come back after lunch.”

“What’s your idea boss,” Carr asked.

“I want to get some guns with more rapid fire and larger magazines. These assault rifles Are more for picking off individuals. I want to corner these stupid animals and take them Out in a group. We have thousands to kill and doing it one by one will take forever.”

“What makes you think they’re all the same? Maybe these were stupid, but that doesn’t Mean they all are. Not all humans think the same,” Carr said.

“Good point, but I still want more firepower. We did a good job so far, killed more than I Thought we would and it’s only been two hours. If we don’t kill another one today, I’ll still Be happy”.

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