DeadZone

Chapter Nineteen: Consequences

Jaden was cooped up in this room, hiding like a coward.

"You were hiding in here like a coward!" Exclaimed Kent.

"Maybe so, but I'll still get to send you to hell." Replied Jaden.

Kent bashed his knee into her stomach, staggering her for a brief moment. This allowed him to stand up and prepare.

"Everyone. I've found Jaden." Said Kent on his radio.

"Need any backup?" Asked Arthur on the radio.

"No. I'll take this son of a bitch myself." Replied Kent as he switched his radio off.

Jaden drew a knife from her small sheathe on her waist, while Kent raised his fists, preparing to fight.

Jaden then aggressively charged at him with her knife. Kent stepped backwards, and evaded her swing. Kent then retaliated by swinging a right hook punch, hitting her jaw. Kent then followed up with an uppercut punch to her jaw. Jaden fought back by swinging her knife, and wounding Kent's right shoulder.

"How does it feel to bleed?" Asked Jaden.

"You'll find out soon enough." Replied Kent.

Kent then tried to punch her in the face, but Jaden stepped to her right. And then stabbed Kent in the stomach.

"Gah!" Exclaimed Kent.

Kent fell to the floor, and Jaden kicked him in the jaw as he sat on the ground. Jaden then repeatedly stomped on Kent. She then pointed the blade of her knife downward, and jabbed down towards Kent's neck. But before she could manage to stab him, he grabbed her hands and pushed against her. Stopping her from stabbing downwards on him. As he slowly pushed her hands up and away from his neck, he bashed his knee into her stomach. She stepped backwards, and Kent began to quickly crawl over to his gun on the floor. He reached his arm out and managed to grab the pistol, but Jaden had just recovered from the hit, and was diving towards Kent In hopes of preventing him from getting the gun. As she dove, she threw her knife at him, and as the knife was headed directly towards Kent's chest, Kent aimed at Jaden's chest. And as the knife was mere inches away from his chest, Kent pulled the trigger. The knife landed directly into his chest, while the bullet pierced through her chest. Kent slowly pulled the knife from his chest, and threw it to the floor. While Jaden covered her gunshot wound with her left hand.

"That's for shooting me." Said Kent.

Jaden began to softly laugh.

"The Marauders won't fall. You won't be able to take us all down, we have connections. And even if you beat us, they'll come. They'll come and assimilate the whole island. They're unstoppable. And when they appear, you won't last a day. They are all powerful and already have a grasp on this island. They are everywh-" Kent quickly aimed his pistol at her head and pulled the trigger, killing her mid-sentence.

"Traitor." Said Kent.

Kent switched his radio back on.

"Jaden's dead." Said Kent into his radio.

"Good." Replied Arthur on the radio.

"Any luck on the leader?" Asked Kent on his radio.

"No. We're still searching." Replied Arthur on the radio.

"Copy that." Replied Kent on his radio.

"Arthur, out." Said Arthur on the radio.

Kent switched his radio off, and headed back down the stairs and exited the building.

He noticed that his blood was staining his ghillie suit. So he took it off and dropped it on the ground. Outside, the sound of gunfire continued to go off. Not too far away, he saw Kathleen. She was taking on three guards with snipers by herself. Kent grabbed his rifle from his shoulder and aimed at a sniper, pulling the trigger and killing them.

Kathleen looked over to where the shots came from and saw him. Kent then ran into cover next to her.

"Shit, you seem to be wounded pretty good." Said Kathleen.

"I'll be fine. Let's get these guys together." Replied Kent.

Kathleen nodded, and then peeked over  cover and shot at one of the snipers. She missed, and the sniper shot back but missed as well.

Kent then aimed above cover and shot at one of the snipers. He managed to hit one, but surprisingly didn't kill them.

Kent then unpredictably peeked out of cover and shot the same sniper again, and killed them.

"One more. He's all yours." Said Kent.

Kathleen aimed at the sniper, and fired. The sniper took the shots and fell off the tower they were positioned in.

"Let's go. We need to regroup with the others." Said Kathleen.

Kent followed Kathleen as she guided them to Arthur, Kyle, and the remaining army they had.

Arthur and Kyle were standing in front of a guard that was wounded and lying on the ground.

"Where's Isaac!?" Yelled Arthur as he kicked the guard.

"He fled! I already told you that, and I don't know where he fled to!" Exclaimed the guard.

"Yes you do." Replied Arthur.

"Listen boyo. If you don't tell us where your boss ran off to I'll blow a feckin' hole in ya head!" Exclaimed Kyle.

"I'm being honest!" Begged the guard.

Kyle shot his SKS rifle next to the guard to scare him. Kent and Kathleen then approached them.

"What's going on here?" Asked Kent.

"This bastard won't tell us what we need to know." Said Kyle.

"Let me try." Said Kent.

Kyle and Arthur stepped back. And Kent approached the guard.

"Here's how things are going to go. The massive horde of Remnants will be breaching these walls soon, that is if they haven't already. And if you tell us where your leader ran off to, we'll let you get out of here and avoid the chaos those Remnants will cause." Explained Kent.

"Or, I break both of your legs and let the Remnants have at you." Said Kent.

"So, what's it going to be?" Asked Kent.

The guard was more spooked than he already was.

"H-He ran off to T-The Watchtower." Said the guard.

"See? That wasn't too difficult." Said Kent.

"But, we're still going to break your legs." Said Kent.

Kent then stomped on the guards legs repeatedly, until they broke. The guard screamed in agony, as he passed out due to the overwhelming amount of pain and suffering.

"Let's go, Kent, Kathleen, and Kyle. We're going after him. The rest of you, completely search the compound and get as much supplies and such before this place is overrun." Said Arthur.

Arthur then began to walk to the front gate, and Kent, Kathleen, and Kyle followed next to him.

Once they reached the front gate, they pressed a button, and the gate opened wide. They walked through, and headed towards The Watchtower.
Kent branched off from the group and headed up to the sniper's nest. He grabbed his bag, and greeted Levi.

Levi and him then headed back to the group, and continued to walk. Three minutes later, they saw the silhouette of a man in the distance.

"You think that's him?" Asked Arthur.

"Let's find out." Replied Kent.