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Chapter 13 - Road Rage

The next morning, Kyle, Jake, Shawn, James, Sarah, Cassandra, Marcus, Margaret, Maya, Bowers and Beatrix are outside the fort while Woody sits in the transport truck with Jenny standing outside the driver's side of the truck while Caleb and another survivor, Zep, wait in the transport trucks. Woody steps out and hugs his daughter.

Jenny: Remind me again; why I can't go with you?

Woody: Jenny.....look, honey....I know you want to help.....but I need you to help Shawn and James. You've got good building history. You need to go with them in case they find a boat and they need help getting it...

Jenny: Yeah, but you're going to find a submarine, which is much harder, isn't it?

Woody: Harder and dangerous.....You'll be in good hands with them, alright? Or they'll be in your good hands.

Jenny smiles, then hugs Woody. Kyle approaches Bowers and Beatrix.

Kyle: Can't help to notice you haven't insisted on joining us, Colonel. I mean hell; you did take a arrow through your abdomen and I heard you're one of the toughest sons of bitches there is.

Bowers: I didn't surrender this fort to Kronos and I damn sure ain't going to surrender it to the Krens.

Bowers turns to Beatrix.

Bowers: Ain't that right, Beatrix?

Beatrix: Yeah, we're too old to sprint, kid. We'll just sit on our asses and watch you young ones run around to get the shit off the yard.

Kyle: Right.....

Cassandra is saying her goodbyes to James and Maya.

Cassandra: I'll be back.....

Maya: You damn well better...I need someone to bug.

Cassandra laughs. Maya laughs, before suddenly hugging Cassandra.

Maya: Be safe, sis.

Cassandra: You too.....

Maya walks off, before Cassandra speaks to James.

Cassandra: So.....

James: So.....I guess we better end this by-

Before James can finish, Cassandra kisses him. The two then break away from each other.

James: I guess like that...we will see each other again.

Cassandra: Yeah, we will.

Cassandra climbs into the back of Zep's transport truck with Jake as Kyle joins Sarah on the back of Caleb's transport truck, before Kyle speaks to Shawn and James.

Kyle: Shawn. James. You two head out there and find some reinforcements. We'll be screwed if we don't have the numbers to win this fight. We need anyone who can fight and means of transportation.

James: You got it.....

Shawn: Good luck, brother. Let's end this fucking nightmare.

Shawn performs handshake with Kyle, who then hugs James.

Kyle: You too.

Kyle to Caleb.

Kyle: Alright, Caleb. Let's move out.

Woody drives the fuel truck with the tanker while Caleb, with Kyle and Sarah in tow and Zep with Jake and Cassandra in tow drive out towards Kinsmen. Later en-route on the broken-up highway with the ground infused with radioactive fluid fumes, Caleb bangs on the top of the truck.

Jake: .....this highway is fucked up. Those nukes did a great job.

Caleb: Hey! Kyle, we got Valkyrie Gun Turrets with a gun loader. You and Sarah might want to get on that thing in case we run into trouble.

Kyle grabs the Valkyrie mini-gun with Sarah grabbing the gun loader.

Sarah: Wait....what the hell am I supposed to do with this thing?

Kyle: Load the machine gun up while I keep shooting.

Sarah: It sounds like a lot of fucking work.

Kyle: I'm the one holding the heavy ass gun! You want to hold it and shoot?! I have no problem with that.

Sarah: I'm just saying; I'm the pregnant one here.

Jake: No way around those fumes, Kyle. We're going to have to drive through that shit.

Up ahead, Condemned Drones on Manticores prepare their attack.

Caleb: Guys! We got company!

Sarah: No choice! We gotta get the hell outta here!

Kyle: Okay, Caleb! Punch it now! Go! Go!

The transport trucks speed up while Woody drives the fuel truck on the highway route. Kyle talks into his radio.

Kyle: Woody! Take the truck up the highway! We can't risk the fuel tank! We'll try to take care of those Manticore!

Woody: You don't have to tell me twice!

Using their mini-guns, Kyle and Jake use the mini-guns to draw the attention of the Manticore.

Jake: They're chasing us!

Kyle: That's the plan!

Jake: Again, with chasing shit? This is a terrible plan!

Kyle: Drawing their attention off Woody is the plan!

Jake: It's still a terrible plan!

During the chase, Manticores open fire on the convoy trucks, but the trucks are knocked off the route.

Sarah: Wreck up ahead! Look out!

The highway bridge above is destroyed, but Caleb and Zep manage to drive out its path.

Zep: Shit! That was close, huh?!

Ahead of the route are pipelines rusted and full of radioactive fluid vapors.

Jake: Highway's on the other side of those pipelines.

Kyle: They're rusted to shit and full of vapor! Put some holes in them!

Kyle and Jake open fire on the pipeline, causing it to explode and creating a path.

Sarah: That did it!

Cassandra: There's another one ahead!

Kyle and Jake destroy the next pipeline.

Jake: Got it!

Up ahead is the final pipeline.

Kyle: That's our way out!

Kyle and Jake destroy the final pipeline, freeing their path.

Caleb: oh, yeah! That's what I'm talking about, baby!

Jake: Is that all they got?

Kyle: Nah! There's bound to be more!

On the highway route, there is a roadblock up ahead.

Sarah: Roadblock!

Kyle: Woody! Get up front and clear it out!

Woody: Sure thing! I'll even open the front gate for ya!

Woody drives the truck up front and drives straight through the blockade.

Woody: Well, my insurance is out the window!

Woody laughs. On the road, small Eight-Legged Titans are seen scurrying around.

Woody: Ah, fuck! It's the creepie crawlers!

Caleb: They're just small ones. We can run em over!

Cassandra: But when there's babies; there's a mom around somewhere!

Up ahead, the Mother Eight-Legged Titan, is waiting on the roof of a building.

Caleb: Well, found her!

The Mother Eight Legged Titan jumps down and destroys the highway round in the process, forcing the convoy trucks to slide down into the road.

Caleb: What the-whoa!

Kyle opens fire on the Eight-Legged Titan with the Valkyrie mini-gun.

Kyle: Ah, you motherfucker!

Cassandra: Son of a bitch!

The convoy trucks manage to escape the Mother Eight Legged Titans, driving through a pack of small Eight Legged Titans, before finally reaching the highway.

Kyle: You're navigating, Jake. Where are we?

Jake: Uh...yeah, there's an airfield up ahead! Once we clear it, it's a straight road to Kinsmen.

Up ahead is the entrance to the airport.

Kyle: There's the airport!

Woody: Now let me get the door!

Woody uses the fueling truck to plow through the entrance of the airport.

Kyle: How you holdin, Woody?! You okay?!

Woody: Glad this tanker I'm carryin's not filled!

Condemned up ahead with turret positions open fire. Woody slams into a bus, causing it to fall over.

Kyle: Woody! Be careful!

Woody: My bad!

A small Eight-Legged Titan jumps onto the hood of Caleb's truck.

Caleb: Shit! It's on the hood! Shoot it!

Kyle: I can't get a shot!

Woody drives into a pile of debris as the debris knocks the Eight-Legged Titan off as Kyle and Sarah take cover.

Sarah: That worked!

Sarah laughs. Kyle notices the Condemned stationed up ahead on the airfield.

Kyle: Woody!

Woody: Yep! I'm getting on the runway now!

Woody drives on the runway while up ahead, Condemned on the airfield stationed at gun turrets open fire, but Kyle and Jake manage to fend off the Condemned while proceeding through the airfield. However, during the chase through the airfield, a giant inflammable tank is shot, creating an explosion that makes a crater in the trucks path.

Kyle: What the hell are they doing?! Oh, shit! Caleb! Watch it!

The trucks crash into the crater, causing them to get stuck.

Caleb: Goddamn it, man! We're fucking trapped! The wheels are stuck in the sand!

Kyle: Hurry up, Caleb! We're a sitting duck out here!

Caleb: I'm trying! It's not moving!

Caleb grunts and pressing his foot on the accelerator.

Caleb: C'mon! C'mon, you piece of shit! Move!

Condemned drones pop out of the sand and open fire at the convoy trucks.

Jake: We got company!

Kyle: Hold them back until we can get out of here!

Kyle and Jake hold off the Condemned forces for a good three minutes, while Caleb and Zep continue attempting to get out of the sand.

Kyle: Caleb?!

Caleb: I almost got it!

Kyle: You better have it fast, because we are out of time!

Caleb and Zep finally get the trucks free from the sand.

Zep: Got it!

Caleb: Let's go!

The convoy trucks drive out of the crater, before driving through wrecked planes. Up ahead, a Goliath is stationed at the exit of the airfield.

Sarah: Goliath!

Zep: That's not good.

The Goliath opens fire at the convoy trucks.

Kyle: Caleb! Watch out for the rockets!

 Caleb: Got it! Son of a-how the fuck do we get past this thing?!

Jake: We can't go through the doors with a Goliath there!

Kyle: but we can go over it!

Caleb: Hell yeah! I'm down with that!

The convoy drives drive over and drag the razor wire stationed at the Condemned forces' positions.

Sarah: We're dragging razor wire!

Kyle: Let's use it to cut its head off!

Kyle: Over the exit!

The convoy trucks drive over the exit of the airfield, decapitating the Goliath with the razor wire in the process.

Caleb: Damn! That must've hurt!

Woody: Shit! This rig's got a few holes in it than my pants! We should be at Kinsmen in a few hours.

Kyle: Well, let's keep moving then, guys! We left a shitload of pissed off Condemned back there.

Elsewhere, James, Shawn, Maya, Margaret, Marcus and Jenny arrive at Charleston, a city. Margaret sighs and throws a rock at the city.

Margaret: This stupid fucking city.....

Maya leans in to Marcus.

Maya: What's her problem?

Marcus: Long story.

Margaret: Let's just say; the people here aren't too keen of A.O.W. Shit went bad. We had orders to help out the civilians and hell broke loose. If we're lucky, the civilians in this city are all gone.....

Shawn: And if we're unlucky?

Margaret: You'll hear the story of it....but this is the best place to find help and a boat.

The group travel through the dock to spot a Radioactive Fluid Rig ahead.

Margaret: What the hell? That wasn't there before.

Marcus: I think the tidal wave came after we sank Midtown Manhattan. Wave was thirties meters high. Carried it in from off shore.

Jenny: And how do we get it down?

Marcus: Still working on it.

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