Dead Man Walking: Living By Day, Dead By Night

Chapter 107: Seizing the Bunker

Madison was crying profusely as she was held against her will by the strangers who had ransacked the governor's mansion. A bold move, but she was far too naïve, and frankly devoid of thought, enough so that she could not possibly understand the ramifications of what this actually meant.

But Zane did not tolerate her tears and quickly held his knife to her throat again, threatening her with violence as she demanded she cease her wailing, and instead give him information about the bunker's defenses.

"What did I say about making noise? Calm yourself or I will gut you like a fish!"

Once the girl silenced herself and nodded in compliance, only then did Zane thoroughly begin his interrogation.

"Tell me, what are the bunker's defenses? What security measures has the governor taken to protect himself and the others inside?"

Madison knew her life was at risk, and though she was angry at her family for keeping her confined for the past month, she was still not going to rat them out, not without some assurance about their protection. She at least had some loyalty towards her family. As for everyone else in the bunker? Fuck them. Her life and that of her family were worth more than theirs, at least from her perspective.

"If I like tell you what you want to know, then you have to totally promise me that you will not kill my family… Okay?"

Zane nodded his head, making a solemn promise, albeit weirded in a way that saved him from potential future troubles.

"So long as your family does not resist my attempt to take control of the bunker, I will try my best not to directly harm them in anyway. You have my word. Now tell me what you know?"

Madison didn't have much of a choice but to trust Zane and his word, after all she was quite literally his captive and the hatch to the bunker was open, though the door below that allowed entry into the bunker was shut, the patrols had not noticed that it was unlocked, if they had they would have run out searching for whoever fled.

Thus, Madison suspected the only entry point to the bunker was wide open for Zane and the three women by his side to infiltrate. Knowing all of this, it was pointless to resist, and thus she quickly told the man what she knew, trusting him to keep his word.

After a lengthy discussion about the bunker's security, it would appear that only a small fireteam of approximately 5 armed security guards were in control. They did not regularly patrol with rifles, or body armor, as they did not want to inspire fear in the bunker's inhabitants, and at most they were concealed carrying sidearms.

Madison also didn't appear to be aware of the awakened or the changes that had occurred in the world over the last month, nor did Zane explain. Because of this, he suspected these were base line humans who had no special powers.

Meaning that Zane and his girls could quite literally steamroll their opponents and seize the compound before anyone became any the wiser. Thus, Zane reached into his backpack and pulled out the old shock collar, which acted as a stun gun directly to the spine which Angelica used to wear and wrapped it around the girl's neck.

Knowing that the Governor's mansion was clear, and free from relative danger, Zane gave Angelica an order, one she did not question.

"Alright, Elena, Olivia, you're both with me. Angelica, keep an eye on our little captive, if she tries to run, or resist in any way, shock her. Though I doubt she will be going anywhere with her restraints. We will be back shortly after we have seized the bunker."

Angelica nodded her head with an adorable attempt at a serious expression on her face. Knowing that the girl had accepted his orders, Zane ordered Olivia to take point, as she had an SBR and the ability to zap people to death. Whereas Zane had a longer rifle with a sixteen inch barrel and a suppressor, making it more difficult to use in tight spaces like the bunker.

As for Elena, she would be right behind Olivia, ready to use her ability to freeze time within entrance of the Bunker, allowing Zane and Olivia to deal with the hostiles guarding it in as efficient a means as possible.

The trio descended down the stairs, and like Madison had said, the entrance was unlocked, unbeknownst to the two men standing on the other end, because of this Zane nodded at Elena who immediately froze time for everyone other than her party, causing Zane to open the door and make use of his new ability.

Zane pulled a knife from his belt and cut his wrist, allowing the blood to seep from his skin. He then manipulated his own bodily fluids into small blades, which flew at the two men guarding the entrance, slicing their necks from behind. Olivia then burst into the compound with Elena shortly behind her, rifles in hand as they began sweeping the area with Zane covering their backs.

It did not take long for the trio to find the remaining three security officers who were on patrol. By then Elena's ability had collapsed and time was restored. But because they heard no sound of a breach, they were stunned to see the three armed gun men pointing weapons at them.

Before they could withdraw their weapons from their holsters, Olivia struck, sending a jolt of electricity at the three of them in an area of effect attack, frying them to a crisp on the spot. While Olivia had a cooldown on her attack, Zane did not have one.

After all it was a racial ability, one tied to his sub-race "Living Dead" which he gained from the passive ability [Dead Man Walking] he was effectively able to manipulate his own blood at will without the constraints other awakened survivors had.

But the five men protecting the bunker were already dead. Meaning that Zane and the girls were essentially able to do whatever they wanted with the current inhabitants. They were, of course, unaware that the security cameras had caught the footage of their assault, which was being monitored by Governor Frank Moore himself, whose hands trembled at the sight of what he just witnessed.