One to Won

Chapter 3: Live or Die

Again, the blue corner team is to be sent out on another mission with Mei as the lead. This time, Mei didn't speak much for preparations. The team already knew what she expected from them, which was to prepare everything in advance, no matter how. Their task is to map out and search for materials or supplies in a nearby hospital. It was crawling with infected Zombies, so the commander held that mission for a while. He is now comfortable that Mei will be assigned to guide the blue team, so this mission is now handled to Mei. Before leaving for a potentially dangerous mission, Mei and Aura have a little chat for a while. "You sure you're not coming with us?" "I'm a farmer, not a fighter!" "Can't you just swing a shovel?" "All I can swing is a mop. Other than that, I can't do anything." "You should probably take some training then." "I am not taking training from anyone but you." "I'll hold on to your words, but I can't say I'll be very nice." "You were never nice, honestly." Laughing and enjoying themselves, a soldier from the blue team approaches them. "Hate to interrupt, but we got a mission to carry out." "Right, let's go then, I'll see you soon!" "Don't die out there!" "Don't die of boredom!" This time, the team is bringing twenty armored vehicles, which consists of every single one of the blue team members. Nobody from the blue team is left behind. While mappers do their jobs, drivers navigate the best routes, Mei and several others look around for potential threats. However, threats didn't come until they approached the abandoned hospital. "This place is even more disgusting than the description..." "Or the pictures..." The team talk among themselves, planning how to take the least amount of bullets but also clearing them off. Mei shuts them up by raising her hand. "We're not using bullets..." She smirks, giggling in a devious way to herself. "We're using... explosives..." The rest of the team also smirk with her, agreeing to the plan. Without alerting any infected, they set an explosive near the entrance of the hospital. After that, they took some gasoline, pouring a good amount to make a path to another set of explosives, with several dried wood and even more gasoline. This took at least half an hour to set up since they had to be cautious, but they finally finished it with enough teamwork and guidance from Mei. Now, all they had to do was to blow it up.

"Ready... Now!" The person holding the trigger presses the button to blow up the first explosive. As soon as it was pressed, a small explosion caught the attention of all the infected, causing them to chase the smoke. As the gasoline caught on fire, it slowly lights up the way to the pile of explosives and flammable items stack. When the flames reach the wood, most of the infected slowly climb the pile, only to be set on fire, making the flames even bigger. The rest of the Zombies keep following. After a little while, the rest of the gas and explosives blow up, leaving only a handful of them left which they can easily take out. "Open fire!" While celebrating, they follow Mei's command and shoot what's left of the horde. One by one, the number of the infected drops to zero. After that, they park their vehicles in the parking lot, then enter the hospital without any fear. Slowly walking in, a few Zombies were left inside, so they had to take those out. Moving in, several useful items can be found, like zip lock bags, some medicine, several working heart rate monitors, and more. Seeing how much is found on the first floor, they slowly made their way to the second floor. The elevator wasn't working, so the only way was stairs. "I can't believe I'm glad stairs exist..." "Am I the only one who use those stairs?" "I'll be honest, I never knew they had stairs." "Why are we talking about stairs?" A conversation started as they took their steps up the stairs, a few chuckling softly at the conversation. It took a few minutes for all of them to reach the next floor, but they made it up anyways. Again, a few infected were left, so they were taken care of as soon as they were spotted. Progressing through the abandoned hospital, they found more useful things to bring back. They found several bags, painkillers, more medicine, and batteries. They were confused why there were such things on the second floor, but it was all they could find, so up the stairs they went. Heading for the third floor, they quickly stopped, since boulders of broken ceilings and floors fill the door. Not even pushing or hitting will clear the path. They couldn't risk using an explosive since anything can happen in a ruined building. A little concerned, they go back down the stairs, ending up outside again.