Chapter Nine Battles
Soldiers take intervals of sleep. Wake every time that they heard something screech or cry. They laughed afterward after they realize it's just they're imagination running away with them! Their screech and loud cries continued to make them listen. Soldiers find them-self a seat on a floor inside the house to wait for trouble. They wait near the kitchen or in the living-room Imagine every time a creature tried to climb up either wall to the roof. It would screech from nails that stabbed its feet and hands!
Finally, the day came! Soldiers find themselves resting and asleep. Again, he told himself we need to find their sleeping quarters. He rises from a daybed he stared into the darkness. If they we're vampires? They would only come out at night! I t hink we should look for them during daylight hours. Okay Men we better go he replied. Daylight is waiting for us right outside them doors. Pull that wood panel off he shouted. And grab your weapon just in case these bad monkeys aren't afraid of us or the light.
One by one 4 soldiers stand next to each other. They either raise their weapon or just them-self off the hard ground. Jerome, today you can remove that panel from the rear entrance and leave the front one alone. Will have just 1 doorway from now on that will use and it will be the rear entrance.
Soldiers remove nails from the doorway. First, they reach the back door. They began to remove anything in their way in the wooden frame. They pull extra wood and nails off several 4X8 panels. The Captain stepped forward. He raised his weapon in case they were right outside. He aimed it at anything in the entrance. He waited for a panel of wood to be removed, first.
Vampires are vampires Captain! They like blood, sleep during the day and eat at night. They we're the same kind of beast “ Jerome yelled. Take the panel off the door and slide it back over the window in the kitchen. We will reinforce the kitchen window Captain. Double it if you must before he sent someone else for another piece of wood for the rear door. They remove wood panels, aimed weapons directly in at the Village through an open door. Keep an eye on everything that moved including dust that the wind carried from the village!
The Captain stepped forward after he sees something. He found a dim ray of sunlight that told him that the Sun is about to rise. Then, he noticed blood dripped from the roof in the rear of the Home. Take a good look outside the home Mike yelled. Tell me what you see! I see blood dripping on the ground from o verhead somewhere so be extra careful out there. They walk around each other. Captain Longfellow walked to the right the other soldier to the left. They find fingerprints on just about everything. Especially hand marks like they were climbing up and down on nails. Again, they begin to stare at everything that they find. They return to the rear of the house to take Orders. There were just 5 of them left “ Mike thought. We need to make the best of this situation Men. If you find Nicholas backpack! I want you to radio me back immediately so we can meet here and go over his stuff. We need plastic explosives “ he added “
besides sensors and motion detectors inside that backpack. He continued to stare at his Men. He looked for a sign of despair in their eyes that you get when you feel that everything went wrong. He knew they were having nightmares by now! He knew they had seen zombies and now a monster with wings. With blood sand colored eyes muscular features that you would find on massive creature like a grizzly bear. White pus dripped from its mouth, eyes and its ugly as hell. We better do this “ he replied. The General will be disappointed in us if we fail! Do not forget Krypts Kreepers belief. If everything goes wrong and sometimes it does. Take everyone and everything with! Good luck Gentlemen see you on the other side “ he replied. With that same stare that he used 100s of times if not more Krypts Kreepers disburse.
They walk out together! Captain Longfellow decided to take Jerome with him on a search for zombies and Nicholas backpack. The other 3 men disappear to the right of the village. The Captain and Jerome walk along the mountainside toward the Village. It's almost 5;00 gentlemen don't forget to be back here before it's dark or you might not make it back at all Mike replied. His last words to his Men for the time being rang in his Head. They move away from the Communication Center. Captain Longfellow continued to speak about explosives that Nicholas had in his backpack. They need several pieces to a bomb to make it work. It's too much work for 1 person to construct without the right knowledge. He did remember how to construct a bomb that part was easy. He needed the backpack that's all he needs.
He remembered the radios but they were having proble ms with reception for a reason. He joked around he turned on the radio and started to scream. We we're being attacked by an army of zombie that look like at one time were revolutionaries. They're hundreds of them everywhere! Bring a bomb that will kill everything in the Village! Krypts Kreepers over and out!
The General heard every word. He decided to wait for another message this time something with words a name that he would recognize other than Longfellow! A sign that meant kill everybody in the Village including his Team. Maybe one of them could make an escape. Either back up that mountain or reach a place out of the range of fire. Or find a hole in the ground deep enough to miss the impact. The General sat back at his desk to listen and wonder. He can't relay a message but he can definitely hear theirs. He tries multiple times to make contact on a radio but it doesn't seem to work. There is no answer or any sign of Captain Longfellow! Still, with no immediate contact or danger. He realizes it's his job to stay on communications until we reach them.
Soldiers step into the Village to search for a place where they would hide from the light. They bypass one home after another but search it from top to bottom. They start their search by looking for anything out of the ordinary. A hole in the earth or any of their missing soldiers that never made it back from their search. They reach the center of Guillermo. They find something that resembled a staircase that led down into the earth like an underground cellar. That Mike and Jerome found themselves walking down into. A flight of stairs made of solid rock or stone. Which is compressed together with 35 to 45 steps deep into the Earth. They find several steps that were long, wide and thin most of the way down. Jerome followed him down. He kept his eyes on any sign of movement that he made from behind. Mike reached the bottom step. He stopped after he reaches the last stair to listen.
He stared into the dark at flying dust and a constant debris in an area just a few feet away. When, he lifted his radio. He started to radio Soldiers to follow his path. I believe I found their hiding place, the nest '' he whispered. He started to give them a full description of their location. He remained still, he kept his flashlight on everything and anything that he sees move. I'm not going in there '' Jerome replied. Not unless we have every Krypts Kreepers on the Planet in here with us! I'm not going in there either '' he replied. Not until each and every one of my Team is here. One more step forward he found a backpack. It had to be the one that we've been looking for '' Mike replied. Then, he sees a dead body. Then, another he realizes both Kreepers Nicholas and Christian were dead. Jerome, take a look at this “ he whispered. Both missing soldiers were right here that we lost. I just found Nicholas and Christian both on the ground. Ripped into shreds by something very vicious and mean! All of a sudden, he heard a loud grunt. A snarl followed from some kind of wild animal maybe a dog. They we're growling he could not tell which or who they were. He could not see them! He could hear them. They had to be in that room and it's so dark in there that I do not want to take a look inside. A large wall separated them from whatever lied on the other side behind a staircase. They could not see much from where they stood just an awful thick dust that flowed through the dark back toward that flight of stairs. I am not going in there “ Jerome replied. He locked and loaded he made sure that his automatic weapon is ready just in case. He stepped around the Captain for a better look in the dark. He stared into a large room filled with darkness besides several doors. Captain, I do not see anything other than Dead Soldiers! Someone or something ate flesh off bones. Look at the expressions on their face “ he whispered. This one tried to scream when they started to bite into his flesh. One Soldier's neck is ripped out.
The Captain stepped inside to have a better look. He aimed his flashlight high and low. He found 4 maybe 5 doors made of solid 3 inch wood which is locked from inside. Jerome found another door this time. It did not have a lock or shut so tight that it could not be opened. Maybe the crypt keeper lives in here “ Mike said, jokingly. His soldier scolded him for trying to be funny. This is no laughing matter. If the gatekeeper does live in here. We will have to kill him too! Slowly, he moved toward the solid door. After, he realized there is a loud thump that came from a door over. He decided to take a few more steps down a dark hall filled with a dead musty thick air that filled their lungs. We cannot get inside through that door “ Mike whispered. We can surely get in through that one! What, if the real keeper or a nest of zombies live in here then what Captain! Like you said a minute ago! We will just have to take him with