Admire (DJ x Commander)

Chapter 2 : DJ

The sunrise that morning was beautiful. Deep reds mixed with bright yellows and oranges, bursting with color. The moon and the stars were tucked away nicely beyond some distant mountains, and the temperature was beginning to rise.

DJ knew that today would be different. 

Everyone seemed to be in a great mood, maybe even Commander. DJ thought to himself. Of course, not every day was like this. After a rough battle it can sometimes leave a sour mood.

DJ inhaled deeply. The air was in no means clean, but just being outside felt nice. He walked out into the crumbling road, greeting the few who were already outside. 

DJ waved at Ranger. He was sitting on a small cliff looking out for stragglers, making sure they were disposed of properly. 

DJ continued walking on, stopping at a tarp that covered his booth. He lifted the tarp and made sure that it was still there. Good thing it was. Gotta keep morale high.

Commander walked out of the main building, stool in hand. Everyone scrambled to get into position as he gave placement orders. He was pretty bright to be thinking up all these strategies. 

Mortar and Ranger were stationed together again, giving eachother fist bumps on the way to the building they had to be on. 

Pyro and Minigunner stayed in the front and everyone else was scattered everywhere else. Commander and DJ were always in the middle of everything, so everyone could hear them. 

DJ walked back to the tarp and pressed a button that popped out the wheels. Commander came over to help him navigate it to the center of the field. 

"Any requests today, Commander?" DJ asked. 

"No, that's quite alright." Commander said. "Play what you want."

DJ shrugged as he popped the wheels back in. By the time everyone was situated, stronger zombies were already coming in. DJ slipped his headphones on and began to play upbeat oldies. 

He knew they were Commander's favorite. DJ knew he was pretending not to care, but he could see his foot tapping along with the beat. 

DJ smiled and closed his eyes as the music drowned out the gunshots. Maybe that's why he liked it so much. 

Before getting too caught up in the melody, the smell of heavy smoke quickly filled the air. DJ opened his eyes.

A massive black cloud loomed over them as the air became heavy. 

DJ could hear the sound of heavy metal footsteps, even through his thick headphones. 

They came closer. And louder. The smoke grew too.

The music swelled just as a gargantuan mostly metallic zombie loomed over the troop. DJ lowered his headphones and the music, and looked at Commander. 

For once, Commander showed an expression.

Fear.

The cybernetic zombie had little places where flesh could be seen. It seemed almost entirely robot. Lights and wires coated it's body, while the rest seemed to be covered in a thick layer of steel.

Bullets couldn't penetrate it. 

The beast roared. It was more of a screech, like the scraping of a fork on a plate. It rang through the air. People miles away could have heard it. 

It raised a fist and slammed it into a building, shattering it almost instantly. It took a swing at another, the one Mortar and Ranger were on. They dove before they building was destroyed. They were still sent flying. 

Dust billowed from the rubble, and everyone was losing hope quickly. 

Commander picked up his walkie talkie, held it up and yelled, "RETREAT. WE CAN'T WIN THIS ONE! TAKE EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN A-"

In one swift action, a large piece of metal extended from the zombie's back, and fired two missiles. 

The first went off nearby, but the second shot the building to the side of Commander and DJ. 

Everything was in slow motion. The bricks came first, exploding in all directions, next was the dust, and finally, the darkness that swallowed them both. 

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Yay! Chapter two! Thanks for reading! 

Some chapters will be the perspective from a different character. Be it DJ, Commander, or maybe even Medic. I'm hoping this will shake things up and make it interesting.

Stay tuned for the next part!