Lurker invasion

The dead zone chap 3 2/2

Tyler shivered, feeling the familiar coldness hit his naked torso. He was stripped from his shirt and left only in his pants. While eavesdropping on some of the guards conversations, he had learned some names, and that it's been almost two weeks since he arrived at the community. He reached inside his sock to make sure that the key and pocket knife still remained inside. The guards made sure that the prisoners remained weak by beating them every night once they fell asleep. His upper body could be seen wrapped in bandages; his hair evidently grown twice as much before he arrived. It was the same routine every day; eat a shitty meal, workout, get tortured a little, then brought back to the cell. Standing up, he walked over to his cell block door and glanced outside. For once, there weren't any guards keeping watch and the prisoners seemed more silent than usual. Suddenly, he heard a voice,

"Anyone still there?" the mysterious voice asked.

Tyler slid down the wall, resting his head against it before saying, "Just me, what happened to all the other inmates?

"Rations were low, they did a whole god damn massacre to half the prisoners, half the guards, and half the civilians."

"When?" Tyler asked in shock, he hadn't remembered this.

"Last night, they beat the shit out of you, me, Ken, and Walter."

"And who are you?"

"My names Kevin, I was brought here a little before you were actually".

Tyler stayed silent.

"You still there"?

Tyler didn't remember anything from last night, but suddenly had an idea.

"Let's fight and break out of here, right now."

He heard Kevin laugh.

"How the hell we going to do that kid?" Kevin asked, when suddenly he heard the gate to Tylers' gate open.

Tyler quickly walked up to Kevins' cell block gate and opened it up. Kevin looked slightly in shock but was impressed by Tylers' actions. Tyler opened to cells to the other two inmates, having no choice but to trust them. Kevin stood about 5'8 and had short black hair. Ken was about the same height and had curly blonde hair. Walters' appearance consisted of black long hair and was 5'11. Hearing footsteps, Tyler pulled out the pocket knife and stood by the side of the door. As it opened, he stabbed the one guard through his neck, and unholstered the guards pistol. Nate had been standing behind the guard, when suddenly Tyler yanked him by his arm and threw him onto the ground in front of his newfound team. Nate looking up in horror, he saw the looks of anger and revenge in the ex-cons eyes and tried to crawl back. However, Tyler was standing right behind him. Nate attempted to plead, "Please don't kill me. You win, okay? You can walk free and never hear from me again." Tyler glared at him in disgust, before smiling slightly. He walked over to the guard that he had stabbed, who now turned into a Lurker. Tyler looked at his small group and said, "Hold him down". They did so and Nate struggled in their grasp to no avail. Tyler held his foot on the Lurkers chest, before cutting open its' stomach. He grabbed Nate by his hair and stabbed him in repeatedly in his thigh. Nate groaned in pain and started fighting against the grasps of the four men standing above him. Tyler smirked slightly before talking, "Mercy? Really? You do this to all the people that you trick into coming here right"? His smile disappeared to a look of pure hatred. With that, Tyler shoved Nates head into the stomach of the Lurker; guaranteeing that the infection would spread. Tyler made sure Nates' body laid motionless, before getting up. He unstrapped the guards pistol and AK47, handing the pistol to Kevin.

"Listen, we have to move quick and fast. Anyone you run into, don't hesitate to kill them; don't kill the children."

"How old are you?" Walter asked suddenly, surprised by the actions of Tyler.

"Old enough to kill anyone that is a threat. It doesn't matter anymore, you kill. Got it?"

The trio nodded at Tyler before leaving the prison; leaving the door open to let the Lurkers roam out.

They ran quickly, staying close to a wall on the right. They stopped when they saw Wells walking with three guards around her, heading towards the prison. Tyler rose the AK47, quickly firing in the direction of Wells and the guards. A loud siren suddenly went off, causing Tyler to curse and lead his team towards the exit doors. Wells stood up; she had used the one guard as a shield as Tyler killed the other two. In anger, she unholstered the pistol and walkie talkie, "The prisoners escaped, block the gates, and get all the men you can find. Keep them alive they're mine".

The group of four ran quickly, attempting to avoid any human activity. Tyler made a gesture for Kevin and Walter to take out the three guards that had their back turned. The two snapped the necks of the two guards and Tyler slit the throat of the third. Tyler unstrapped a blade from one of the guard's holsters, along with a Gen 4. The other members of the group picked up the other guns of the fallen guards. As Tyler stood up, he spotted Jed, a girl about his age, and a woman running in the opposite direction of the gates. Squinting his eyes, Tyler saw the secret exit that they were heading towards and motioned for his group to follow him.

Jed heard the siren going off and quickly grabbed Linda's hand, hollering up the stairs, "Emily, come on, we're leaving now"! Emily ran down the stairs quickly, having a backpack, and small pocket knife in her left hand. Exiting the house, the family of three headed towards the direction of a secret exit that Jed created in case of an emergency such as this one. Suddenly, Jed was knocked to the ground, Linda and Emily stopping to see Tyler had his gun pointed at Jed's head.