Brooklyn Archer //Book Two// - Legends of Tomorrow - COMPLETED

Chapter 8 - Abominations

3rd Person POV

"And I keep asking, what in perdition's flames is a zombie?" Grant asks as Sara and Brooklyn get back

"This." Sara says, plopping the head she'd been carrying for a little on the table. "I found him and 50 others just like him less than a mile outside of your camp. And, yeah, I said less than a mile. Which means we don't have a lot of time."

The head growls

Grant readies his men

They all get in battle positions and start shooting at the oncoming zombies

"This isn't working." Sara tells Grant. "We need more sharpshooters."

"I can't spare the men." Grant says.

"You see what is out there." Sara says.

"We have to think about the battle that lies ahead." Grant tells her. "If we don't take Vicksburg, we won't control the Mississippi, and we need command of the river to win the war. At this rate, I'm afraid we will be out of ammunition before dawn."

"We need some backup." Sara says

Nate and Brooklyn follow her

Sara stops next to the command tent

She puts a hand to her comms

"Jax?" Sara asks. It's silent for a moment. "Jax?" Sara asks again

Brooklyn looks to her

"What's wrong?" Brooklyn asks

Sara moves her attention to Brooklyn before clicking her comm again

"Ray, Martin." Sara says into her comm. "We've lost contact with Jax and Amaya. I really could use some help out here."

"What do you mean we lost contact with Jax?" Brooklyn asks. Silence. "Sara?"

Sara doesn't answer

Brooklyn turns her comm on to listen

"Here's the thing, Sara: we'd love to come help." Ray says through the comms. "But my vaccine didn't work, and Mick got turned into one of those things."

"And he's confined us to the galley." Stein says

"Until we can cure him, you guys are on your own." Ray says

"Yeah, looks like we all are." Sara says

"Sara, what's happened to Jax?" Brooklyn asks, tears pricking her eyes

Sara still won't answer

Brooklyn taps her comm, switching the channel

"Jax?" Brooklyn asks

No answers

"Jax?!" Brooklyn asks, scared

She looks to Sara, who's clearly lost in thought

"Sara, what do we do?" Brooklyn asks, freaked out and wiping her tears. "Jax isn't answering me. What happened to him, what if--"

"Hey!" Sara says, grabbing Brooklyn's shoulders and pulling Brooklyn to face her. "Snap out of it. I need you to use your mega smart brain here. You need to be present, right now in this fight. I'm sure Jax is fine but right now, we need to come up with a plan. Can you do that?"

Brooklyn stares at Sara

Brooklyn slowly nods

"Good." Sara says.

***

"We've only seen these things downwind from here." Nate tells Grant as the two of them look at a map. Sara throws her knives at the wall. Brooklyn paces back and forth, thinking. "We can pick them off in this valley until they're all gone."