"Outbreak Tablas: Day Zero "

"Outbreak: Day Zero Tablas"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.

The first shots rang out around past midnight.Then came the shouting. Lots and lots of shouting. Then the eerie silence.

He was at the balcony of his condo unit when he heard the first shots. He checked the clock.It was 12 past midnight. He was not up to it but gun shots normally bothered him and he somehow had the instinct to look.

At first he thought it was the unruly youths in the area having another one of their late night brawls as they are often prone to have. He saw groups of people ganging up on a helpless person who fell down. They looked like he was beating him up but he was a bit surprised when someone tore the mans arm and started to eat it. It looked like a bad horror movie but he noticed that there wasn't a single crew in sight. There were several groups that seemed to shamble along and ripped anyone they could get their hands on.He hated this. He knew that the program has started here.

He heard the shots directly below him. It was the condominium guards closing the gates.There were usually a sleepy bunch this time of night doing rounds only when they felt like it. He usually saw them drinking or playing cards but tonight was different. They were shooting at the few shamblers that were coming their way. One was closing the gates as the two others fired shotguns. He noticed that these attracted more and more of the shamblers. Clearly he had to do something but he always did what he usually did. He waited for things to happen.

Halfway between closing the gates and fighting those who were trying to grab him one guard was bit. He instantly fell to the ground and clutched at his arm that seemed to be hanging by a shred of skin. The other guards  were successful in closing the gate halfway but one of them was clearly infected. Something had to be done.

He knew he only had a matter of seconds before the guy would turn. He took out Melissa  from where he hid it below his bed and took aim at the guard who was now turning grey.The gun felt familiar. He placed it on the balcony ledge and took aim at the turning guard. A single shot tore through the silence.

He looked to the balcony on his right and there she was still in her bed clothes. A small red top that barely contained her big breasts and barely covered her white underwear. It was Tessa who killed the guard by driving a bullet between his eyes. 

"Its amazing you could sleep in those , can you still breathe?" He said as he pointed to her red top. She pointed to her blouse and gave him a look that she cared nothing about his comment.

"And its amazing how slow you have become over the years...Old man." Tessa said. She always reminded him how old he was when she can. She thought it was flirting. He thought it was just annoying.

"Just shut up and call the rest of the team will you? This whole mess has started and this time we won't have an Adam to support us."

"Way ahead of you Old man" Tessa said as she pulled a pair of cut off jean shorts to cover her underwear which did nothing much in the way of modesty. "Oh and by the way... I don't wear anything when I go sleep I just grabbed these so they wouldn't be in the way of my shot." She firmly held her breasts for him to see and she went inside her condo unit to carry out other preparations. 

He looked at the gate to see 3 of his team close the gate.One of them drove a car right next to it , got out and along with the 2 others pushed to effectively form a strong barricade. It was the only way in or out of the Compound , one of the reasons he chose this place over the swankier neighborhoods in the surrounding areas.The guards looked bewildered but they helped his boys in securing the area. They drove 2 more cars to ram at the one they over turned and began to spread out going toward the back of the compound where he knew that a tall and strong steel fence would encircle an almost vertical embankment facing the river. Behind them he knew that the thick walls would prevent anyone who wasn't breathing from entering. It takes a rational mind to climb 12 feet of wall. He was sure that Tessa already had someone watch that perimeter. He also knew that she already had 4 armed guards posted at the convenience store that was part of the compound ,she was as close to an Eve that this team will ever have. He also knew that if for some reason he was not able to make it from this mission she would inherit the team. No reason to think about that now he thought. He could do plenty of dying when this was all over. 

He got dressed in his black gear , the all black light armor bearing the sigil of the gold stylized biohazard symbol with snakes at the tips. The Day Zero Projects insignia for all of its Experiment retrievers. He pressed the small green button in his gloved hand.

"Day Zero Tablas has begun."

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To check out my original Outbreak stories please click on the link below.Thanks for reading!

http://flightofideasver2.blogspot.com/2013/02/outbreak-day-zero.html
http://flightofideasver2.blogspot.com/2013/02/outbreak-day-3-risen.html
For Part 1
http://flightofideasver2.blogspot.com/2013/04/outbreak-day-7-adam-and-eve-part-1.html
For Part 2
http://flightofideasver2.blogspot.com/2013/06/outbreak-day-7-adam-and-eve-part-2.html
For Part 3
http://flightofideasver2.blogspot.com/2013/06/outbreak-day-7-adam-and-eve-part-3.html