ATZ Forums: A Blood Stained Flower, Withering Flora. (Part 3) - ATZ Forums

And now, the conclusion to Withering Flora...

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The sound of automatic gun fire rang out down the hallway, louder in my ears with the door open. I closed my eyes, a little mental trick to help me focus my other senses, and listened to the gunfire and hearing the voices under it slightly. It was too hard to make out words, but it was easy to pick out the different sides. The thugs who captured me were disorganized and they were shouting and panicking. The other voices were more collected, like a well trained unit.

I opened my eyes and peered into the hallway. I didn't want to get caught in this crossfire and it was likely that I would be shot by either of the fighting sides. Setting my sights upon another doorway down the hall, I gathered myself and dashed away from the cell with the still cooling body within it. I was almost to the doorway when a thug came out of it, an Uzi in his hands. I wasted no time, using the force from my run to punch him in his throat. A satisfying crack sounded in my ears and in a flowing motion, my other hand came up and snatched the gun from his now limp hands.

Now armed, I continued my escape while keeping an ear on the dying down gunfight. I slipped from room to room and from door to door. I encountered another thug as I entered what seemed to be a storage room. The thug reached for a glock tucked in his belt, not having the time to touch it before I began to spray him with my Uzi. Bullets ripped right through his wife beater, staining it crimson with his blood as the bullets shredded through his skin and body.

The body collapsed to the floor and I just stared at it, licking my lips unconsciously. His arms were bullet free I thought to myself. I noticed I could still taste Josahn's blood in my mouth and was starting to regret spitting out his c0ck after biting it off. The lifeless thug was making me hungry and I almost bent to take a bite when I heard voices.

"Those two bodies were not taken out by us, and judging by that cell it's probably some lady taking advantage of the army coming in and trying to escape."
"Lucky bastards finding live women. I hope this one is still alive. Have some fun before taking her to Phillips. The survival fight is fun and all to watch, but you can't beat a woman in the bed."
"S#!t, after seeing what she did to the guy, you can have her. I'd like to keep my privates."

I backed into a corner behind the door, listening to the two voices. The army was raiding this thug base, but that Philips name... I shook my thoughts out as the two soldiers entered the room, spying the thug I had shot up.

"Oh crap man! Someone riddled this guy with holes!". The speaker bent down and touched the body. "Very recent. Still hot. Call it in Carl."

My heart stopped and I made some split second decisions. I stepped out from behind the door and raised the Uzi at them. "Rather you call nothing in, or you won't be the only one with parts bitten off or made holey.". I took a few steps forward, smirking as I saw them cursing under their breath. "I just want to get out of here alive. You seem like semi just men so I really do not wish to kill you two either.". A glint caught my eye from a shelf and I had to contain my joy as I noticed it was the badge on my uniform that was glinting. I didn't want to give them any sort of advantage over me.

I passed my gaze over them and smiled. "I am going to leave here alone and if you two would like to stay alive then you will help me.". The second soldier frowned and spit at me.

"Screw you. We don't have to follow any orders except our own. Carl, go ahead and ca-". A short burst had left my gun and slammed into the soldier's head. I looked over at Carl and raised my eye brow at him, daring him to try something.

"Now we've cleared things up, Carl, you are going to let me go away from this place without pursuit. Right?". He nodded, a scared look on his face. "Good. Now, hand me that officers uniform on that shelf over there.". He nodded to me and went over to get it. As he did that, I bent down and grabbed his buddy's pistol from his holster and as an after thought I also plucked two grenades from his belt as well. I looked up at Carl as he handed my uniform to me. "Thank you Carl."

I quickly slammed the Uzi into the side of his head, knocking him out. I kept my promise to not kill him, but awake he would have provided too many potential ways of me being captured again. I tossed the Uzi at the dead thug and quickly changed into my uniform, holstering the pistol I had taken from the soldier. I dragged Carl's body into the hallway and grabbed a grenade from him as well, pocketing this one as I held the two I had gotten from the soldier I killed. I pulled the pins and tossed them into the room, quickly turning and running down the hallways as they went off. The army men would investigate the explosions that rang into my ears and in the confusion I'd escape from the area. I hid in the cell where Josahn was still laying while army men were passing by me, and I licked my lips. I couldn't take him home to chow on, but it made me more eager to get back to my library to eat what meat I had there. I slipped out of the room and I eventually made it out of the hideout, smiling as I breathed in the decayed air of LA as I began my trek back home.