DeadZone

Chapter Sixteen: The Checkpoint

"Where do we start looking?" Asked Kent.

"Well, when we found that military base, we saw a military checkpoint in the distance. We'll start searching there." Explained Kyle.

"Got it." Said Kent.

They had their sights set on an abandoned military checkpoint. So, they headed there. Around thirty minutes had passed, and they could now see the checkpoint in the distance.

"There it is." Said Kyle.

"Alright, let's go." Replied Kent.

"And careful, there could be some greedy bastards around." Said Kyle.

"That would be us?" Kent replied in a sarcastic manner.

"Haha, very funny." Replied Kyle.

They then ran towards the checkpoint. And as they got closer, Kent spotted something.

There were Remnants in military gear, wearing things like ballistic helmets and vests.

"Kyle, wait." Said Kent.

"What's the craic?" Asked Kyle.

"Look. Those Remnants are in military protection gear." Said Kent.

"Oh shit, you're right." Replied Kyle.

"Be careful." Said Kent.

"I'll do my best." Replied Kyle.

They both then carefully and stealthily creeped into the military checkpoint. They sneaked behind the Remnants, and split up to search different military tents. In Kyle's tent, he found some ballistic vests. They would be very useful for the upcoming fight. So he put one on to carry it with him.

In Kent's tent, he found some basic military uniforms, a bayonet, and oddly enough a thermal long range sniper scope.

He stuffed them into his medium sized backpack, and continued to rummage around the tent.

When Kyle finished looting his tent, he moved to the next one. Inside was a Makarov pistol, with ammunition for it. He stuffed it into his pant pocket.

He then spotted some ghillie net. He spread it out above him and wore it above his head like a cloak.

Kent then moved to the next tent closest to him. Inside this tent, he could see a wooden crate. As he got closer to this wooden crate, the contents of it became clearer. As on the top of the crate, the big words read: "Explosives".

So, he quickly grabbed one of the handles on the side and dragged it out of the tent. When Kyle exited the tent he was in, he saw Kent outside, dragging the crate across the dirt path. He then stealthily walked over to Kent to lend him a hand.

"We got lucky. This seems to be one heavy crate." Said Kyle.

"Yeah, let's just focus on not alerting the Remnants and getting out of here." Said Kent.

As they dragged the crate across the dirt path, Kent unknowingly stepped on a small stick, snapping it in half. This caught the attention of the nearby Remnants, and they quickly headed towards the duo's direction.

"Oh shit." Said Kent.

"Kent, we got some Remnants on our asses!" Exclaimed Kyle.

"Fuck! I can't use my rifle while doing this!" Exclaimed Kent.

"Here, take this!" Exclaimed Kyle.

Kyle passed Kent the Makarov pistol and some ammo. He then looked behind him and aimed the pistol at the charging Remnants. The bullets barely did anything to their armor, but they were staggered every few shots.