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Chapter 3
After the Infection
(Part 2 of 2)
That’s how the infinite hell started for the survivors… that Ninja Boomer just simply never left them alone, it followed them wherever they went… from small towns filled with crazy priests.
“DING DONG, DING DONG, DINNER IS SERVED! COME AND GET IT!” Priest of the Death Toll church.
“That son of a bitch!” Bill said as he could hear the infected getting attracted by the church's bell... and to spice things up they got biled… again…
To the simple farm lands…
“I hate crows!” Francis said as they run for their lives inside a corn field, said crows have attracted the horde.
“I see an exit just up ahead!” Louis said as they reached the end of the corn field… only to find the Ninja Boomer waiting for them with lots… LOTS of common infected.
“Shit…” Zoey said, this would be the third time the ninja boomer would force them to respawn back to the safe house…
That ninja boomer made their lives a living hell… and they still couldn’t kill him!
Well except for that time…
[Location… Dead Air campaign] dawn…
“I see the bloody bastard!” Francis was chasing the ninja boomer inside a parking lot, he really got tired of end up covered in his bloody bile.
“Francis you asshole come and help us!” Zoey said, she along with the rest, were covered in bile by exception of Francis.
‘Shit, shit, shit.’ Ben thought as he run through the parking lot with Francis trying to shot him down. By pure luck the ninja boomer found some stairs that will lead him to the safe room located just entering the airport.
“Stop running you fatso!” Francis said as he kept following him.
That was until he saw the Ninja Boomer enter the safe house…
“HA! Nowhere to run!” Francis said almost as he just won the lottery ticket.
“Prepare to die!” Francis said with his shotgun pointed to the Ninja Boomer as soon he entered the safehouse.
“Any last words fatso?” Francis with a smile asked it if it could even talk.
“Burp.” The Ninja Boomer said as he pointed one of his claws to one corner of the safe house. Francis still with a smile look were the boomer pointed to find…
“RRRRR!” The witch was getting angry.
“Shit.” Were Francis' last words…
Yea they almost got him that day…
The ninja boomer… never left them alone… hell the survivors can’t even sleep if they heard a simple burp… and to make matters worse he found his friends on his journey… Jeff the hunter and Lars the smoker… together they made the survivors suffer for what they did to John and Amelia.
That was until that tragic day…
[Location… The Sacrifice Campaign] Midnight…
The survivors were all on top of the bridge that was slowly lifted up so they could use the sail ship they found to escape the living hell they were enduring…
That was… until the bridge stopped lifting midway…
“Oh no. The generator is not working!” Francis said as he observed the gasoline generator that was powering the bridge, stopped working.
“TANKS!” Louis shouted for they could see three tanks coming from the distance.
“What are we going do?!” Zoey said with fear, they can barely kill one tank… but three would be suicide.
In the distance observing the survivors demise…
“Don’t you think that is a bit overkill?” Jeff asked his friends.
“Naaa, they would be fine as always.” Lars said as he smoked some weed from his traveling bong.
“…” Ben just kept quiet as he observed what was going to happen.
“Forgive me Zoey…” Bill said as he stole Zoey’s Molotov cocktail and jumped from the bridge to make work the generator again.
“Bill… BILL!” Zoey said scared and surprised.
Bill didn’t look back as he activated the generator back to life… and the tanks were coming for him…
“There is something wrong…” Ben said as he jumped from his hidden place on one of the rooftops to get closer…
“Ben?” Said both Jeff and Lars.
“Better check what is going on.” Lars was about to follow Ben only to be stopped by Jeff.
“Are you crazy there are three mad tanks, they would turn us to pieces if they see us.” Jeff said as he remembered that time they tried to work with a tank only to almost end up smashed by the enraged infected.
“Besides he can survive just about anything.” Jeff reassured his friend Lars.
“Hope you are right…” Lars said with uncertainty.
Bill was trapped in a generator room... weakened form the attack of one of the tanks, they throw him a huge chunk of rock and it hurt him a lot…
Bleeding and weak… Bill rested on the floor with is back on the powerless generator that once powered the bridge.
The tanks… entered the room where he was located and they all looked at him with their enraged jawless faces…
Bill just knew… it was his time… taking a lighter from his pocket… He lighted what would be his last cigarette…
“What are you waiting for?…” Bill asked the tanks.
As if understanding him all three of the tanks lifted their arms in the air ready to finish Bill… only to the tanks end up covered in dark looking bile…
All the common infected that were in the area charged the tanks as they were blind and bumping into each other, they could not see, it made them leave the generator room, leaving Bill alone.
Even if Bill was really weak… he didn’t understand… what happened?… Did one of his friends came back to safe him?... No… it was something else entirely…
“Burp?” Came from Bills left… turning his face weakly he observed his greatest enemy… the ninja boomer…
“So… You wanted to finish the job yourself?…” Bill asked it. The ninja boomer said a simple no with his head movement… Bill… blackout…
With Bill lying there almost dead… the Ninja Boomer didn’t waste time and lifted Bill from the ground with his left claw and held his body as he crouch next to it… now with his body secured he left the generator room with an unconscious Bill…
The bridge was fully lifted… and Zoey was crying on Francis' shoulder, they clearly believed Bill didn’t made it and poor Louis was unconscious on the floor after getting hit by a chunk of rock.
“I will miss that old man…” Francis said as he tried to comfort Zoey.
That was until they heard a familiar…
“Burp…” Francis turned around to the sound without even lifting his shotgun as Zoey kept on sobbing on him.
“What?! Now are you here to mock us! Is that it! Of all the things in the world, the one I hate the most is you and I don’t want to see your ugly face right now!” Francis said this to his greatest nemesis with a fire in his voice that could burn a hundred suns.
But what he found left him with an open mouth…
The Ninja Boomer approached him and dropped Bill on his feet, then walked a few steps back.
At the sound of something big being dropped in front of Zoey she stopped crying to see what it was. Just to find Bill on the metal floor of the bridge they were standing. Quickly releasing Francis she bend down to check on Bill.
“He is still alive!” Said Zoey as she check his pulse. But how, she wondered. How did he got here? That was when she saw him…
“Burp...” The Ninja Boomer said simply as he observed the survivors…
“I-I-I don’t even…” Francis was trying to process what was going on in front of him… his greatest enemy just saved Bill.
“Thank you… Thank you so much…” Zoey said with joyful tears to the ninja boomer.
The Ninja Boomer was about to reply again only to be shot many times making him knock back and fall from the bridge to the lake… as they heard a huge splash…
Zoey in shock and anger turn to the source of the fire, to find Louis who just recently awoken from his unconsciousness and since he saw their mortal enemy he thought they were in danger so it shot it.
“Why did you shot him!” Zoey said with anger as she got up and headed to the rail of the bridge were the ninja boomer fell.
“What? Why are you mad at me?!” Louis said confused.
“That would be because that very asshole you shot… Saved Bill!” Francis said to Louis.
Once Zoey was on the edge as she only scream one thing…
“Boomer!” but this time it wasn’t in warning… this time it was with care… she care for it…
‘Is this the end?…’ Ben thought to himself as he descended to the bottom of the river… his back facing the endless abyss as he watch the light of the moon shining on his face…
“Boomer…” Someone was screaming his name from the surface… yet he could barely hear it as he kept descending… water started to fill his so called undead lungs…
‘Why did I save him?...’ He asked the question… not with regret… but with mere curiosity… did he grow fond of the survivors?... or because he admired Bill's guts to save his companions by almost giving away his life to save theirs?… the more he thought, the more he believe it was the latter… for he would also give away his own life to save his friends…
‘Can’t breathe… Funny… I always thought we were already dead to begin with… but it looks like I was always alive… only mutated…’ If the boomer could chuckle in the bottom of the river by the simple discovery of always being really alive, he would… blackness took control of his infected life…
[Location… The end of the world] minutes later…
Ben opened his eyes…
He was inside a spotless white room… so white it made him almost feel sick. Looking at his hands he realized, he was still infected by just looking at his dirty claws…
‘Well I am not dead yet... That is a start…” He thought to himself, only for his thoughts be interrupted by the sound of a white speaker that was hidden on top of the roof he was located…
“Ben Matthias Maki, please report to room 69 down the end of the hall, thank you.” The speaker said with a very raspy voice. Then a door was open on the white room he was located…
With curiosity he took a step outside only to find a grey hallway filled with strange creatures and people he could not recognize… all of them wore different types of clothes, weapons and stuff he couldn’t recognize… also he found out this hallway was filled with Halloween decorations.
But as soon he stood outside… everyone stopped doing what they were doing just to observe the lucky bastard who will enter room 69.
“What is him?” Asked an old man with a patch and military clothes to what look like a small guy with elf like ears and carry a sword with shield on his back.
“He is one of those infected from that infested zombie planet.” The little guy replied to the patch guy.
With a simple burp from our hero… He headed towards room 69… everyone made way for him staying close to the wall as they saw the fat looking zombie head to the room everyone wished to go one day.
As the ninja boomer moved true the hallway he started to feel… uneasy with all the stares he was receiving from the creatures and humans that made way for him… Hell he could almost swear he saw what looked like a black man with a patch told him ‘guts and glory lad’ as he took a swig of some sort of alcohol like drink stored in a brown bottle with a blue tag.
It took him only 2 minutes to reach the room… yet the walk made him feel like an eternity with all those stares… the room 69 door opened on itself…
“Mr. Ben. Please come in.” Some lady like voice came from inside the room. The Ninja Boomer simply obeyed…
Once inside he found a blonde lady with withe lab clothes sitting behind a white desk like the room he was located at the moment.
“Mr. Ben right?” Asked the lady as she checked some papers on her table.
“Burp.” The ninja boomer actually said yes even if he could only communicate with other special infected.
“Oh right. I always forgot…” The lady said as she clicked a button on the table.
“Say that again Mr. Ben.” The lady commanded the Ninja Boomer as she kept looking at the papers in her hands.
“Yes.” Ben replied.
“Good I can understand you now. Welcome to the end of the world Mr. Ben.” The lady said as she drop the papers on the table.
“The end of the world?” Ben asked confused.
“Yes. This is the place every videogame character goes after dying in their universe. Of course our job is to bring them back to their realm even if they die from something as cliché as drowning.” The lady told the last part with annoyance in her voice.
“But… You Mr. Ben. You are a special case. Here in my papers they tell me you have never died before in your realm until now… Is that true?” She said a bit surprised.
“Died?... videogame? Is this heaven? Or hell?” Ben asked now confused.
“I can’t believe it. You a simple villain character stayed alive after so many days without dying at all. I congratulate you, for you just earned a very important achievement in the end of the world.” She said as she got up from her seat just to take a closer look to the ninja boomer.
“Who are you?” Ben ask more confused than ever.
“Oh silly me, where are my manners? My name is A.I.002 second in command. My friends call me number 2.” She said standing in front of the ninja boomer.
“What is this achievement you talk about?” Ben asked as he just found out half of the lady's body is nothing more than metal.
“The achievement is if you can survive for a long time (usually the whole game) without dying you get a free wish.” Number 2 said with a smile.
“A wish?” Ben asked again surprised… actually he was stunned…
“Everything you ever wanted. A castle… no problem, god like power… even less difficult to accomplish, money… all in the universe. Soooo what is your wish Mr. Ben?” Number 2 asked with a warm smile.
“Before I tell you my wish… are my friends still alive?… John and Amelia…” Ben asked with sadness.
“John and Amelia?… Never heard of them, let me check.” Number 2 said as a computer like screen appear in front of her, moving her arms and fingers on the screen she found what he wanted to know.
“They are not on the records. Are you sure that was their name.” She said as she read the files on the computer like screen.
“They are a tank and a witch… or they were it seems…” Ben said a bit sad.
“Can you mention the last time they died. I might have a record of them going under a different name maybe.” Number 2 said as she keep reading files from her computer.
Ben told her everything he knew… the place his best friends died… but what happened was to receive a shock expression from the second in command…
“Mr. Ben… do you know your friends never existed… those characters you mention were used for the launch trailer of the game.” Number 2 said.
“Game? What are you talking about? I knew them, they were my best friends for most of my life!” Ben said getting inpatient.
“Mmm…” Number 2 without asking Ben she push a button on her screen… its purpose was to fill Mr. Ben with the information he wanted to know… all his life… all his purpose was… fake… his life was nothing but fiction… he never had a ninja mother nor a successful business man father… his friends were just programed as him to co-op in the game he was created to serve the need of the humans who play it…
Ben's head hurt… he felt extremely sad… all… everything… fake… he needed to escape this reality… he needed to find a place where he can be happy and forget what he just learned here… remembering he won a wish… he took it…
“Very well…” Ben said to himself as he collected his thoughts… now looking at number 2 eyes… taking a deep breath…
“Can I be sent to the universe of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic?” Ben said almost pleading…
“You are a brony I see… Rare coming from a zombie but why not, sure I can grant you that wish.” Number 2 said as she made a click of her fingers… he disappear…
“Um… I should have asked him if he wanted to be a pony or at least look alive… oh well, back to work.” Said number 2 as she got back to her desk.
“Number 2, Link is at the door again.” The raspy voice of the speaker said to number 2.
“I swear I will go to that land one day and destroy that water temple myself!” Number 2 said enraged.
[Location… Canterlot Royal Wedding day] Minutes before the arrival of the real Cadance with Twilight...
Ben appeared magically in the middle of the wedding ceremony, just exactly when the evil queen Chrysalis finished her duet with Cadance…
“Aaah!” Said everypony at the same time as they observed the strange bipedal creature that appeared out of nowhere in front of Shining armor, Cadance and princess Celestia.
On one side of Ben head he was really happy to be sent to the best place in the whole universe… that was until he look his claws…
“Burp (o, oh…)” Ben said to himself realizing he was still a boomer.
The guards stationed in the wedding ceremony surrounded him at a distance with their spears at the ready… yet they didn’t dare to approach him for he was still close to Celestia.
‘Think Ben! Think! How can you deal with this situation diplomatically?!’ Ben thought to himself… Until he observed Shining Armor magical shield was still surrounding Canterlot from one of the windows.
‘I know!’ He finally found the solution as an illuminated light bulb appeared on top of his head.
Politely… he barfed the bride along with the guards and Celestia.
What is that it? NO! ITS NOT OVER YET! MUHAHAHA!
Those ponies are in one big of a trouble.... big fat barfing trouble... if you know what I mean.
Thank you Zephyr for helping me with the pre-read.
and Thanks to anyone who actually bother to read all this first 3 chapters.
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