The hospital had a deafening silence, there were cars parked in the compound, some even had doors open
"This place is damn apocalyptic" Travis said
"What were you expecting? Zombie group sex?" Lawrence said
"Motherfucker" Travis replied him
"Hey! Stay focused" Bonnie said to them, West signalled Bonnie, Michael and Travis to move to the entrance, they moved quickly and squatted by the wall close to the door, West and the others then moved towards the glass door, stood by the other wall, West pushed the door open slowly then entered and they followed.
The reception was scattered and not a single person in sight, the lights were flicking; there was a door leading into the major part of the building, it suddenly opened slowly giving a cracking sound, they quickly went into hiding, they watched out for what was coming out but nothing and after 30 seconds they advanced towards the door, there was a glass at the upper part of the door allowing West to look into the passage. On the passage were some bodies lying around, two resting on the wall, blood stain on the walls with flicking lights
"It's a mess in there guys" West said then pushed the door open slowly and they entered
"Jesus" Bonnie said
"What the hell?" Michael said; they had not expected what they saw, some of the bodies looked like they were eaten by some animal, some bodies were white doctors and others black patients, one of the lights was dangling and almost falling off
"Colonel" Lee called to West then pointed to the wall, there was a deep long scratch like one done by a huge animal claw or huge axe.
"What the hell happened here?" Solomon said
"Something is not right" Michael said
"Something? Everything is not right here" Travis said
Suddenly they heard growling from ahead
"What was that?" Lee said as they gripped their guns tightly, West signalled them to be quiet and be at alert, there was a door at the end of the passage, the growling became louder
"Everyone fall back" West said and they began moving back when suddenly the door behind them slammed shut
"You got to be fucking kidding me" Lawrence said
"Hold still everyone, don't move" West said as they held their guns ready to fire and waiting for what was coming out that door, just then the door opened slowly and something horrible came out
"What in God's name is that thing?" Michael said visibly sweating
"Quiet" Bonnie whispered
"Nobody moves" West said
It was fat, 9ft tall, had the face of a man but really fierce with a fat head, had a dirty grey colour skin, there was a bleeding wound on its face across one of its eyes, the injury looked like it was decaying, its movement was slow and its breath was very audible, it smelled like fresh meat and blood, blood stain and dirt on its teeth and it looked really angry as it dragged a large machete behind him but it was blind and relied on sound
"It hasn't seen us" Bonnie said, West opened a door beside him; the beast was few meters in front of them.
They all entered into the room, it was dark in there but obviously better than out there with that beast, but as they entered the tablet in Michael's had suddenly beeped and that drew the creature's attention
"Holy shit" Michael said, the beast began advancing forward with its machete, West pulled Michael in and slowly closed the door before the creature got close, it got there growling softly then walked back to its position and stood there like it was guarding the door which obviously it was.
"It didn't see us" Michael said
"It's blind" West said
"So it listens for sound" Bonnie said
"Yes" West said then turned on the light in the room to reveal a dead doctor on an office chair
"Jesus" Michael was startled
"Can you keep it quiet?" Bonnie said; the office was scattered with papers and chairs, the dead doctor was already decaying, there was blood stain on the table, the face of the doctor was gone like it had been eaten away
"God damn" Travis said
"That's really horrible… I don't think the fat guy out there did this" Bonnie said
"I have never seen anything like this in my whole life" Goodluck said
"Michael contact the base" West said
"Salvation Army come in" Michael said
"Lt Scott here, what's your position? Any updates?"
"We are in the building" West said
"General Kane is online" Scott said
"General" West called
"West what is the situation?" General Kane asked
"We're in Carl Berg" West said
"Any good news?" General Kane asked
"Actually we got an obstacle in the way… a really bad one" West said
"What do you mean" General Kane asked
"We are in the hospital and we have this strange beast standing in the way forward, like its guarding something" West said, Scott and General Eze looked at each other
"What do you mean by beast?" General Eze asked
"I mean a beast… a fierce ugly creature… we will send you an image right now" West said; Michael connected a hose camera to the tablet then passed it under the door and focused on the beast then he connected the video coverage live to the base in Owerri and Washington DC, people in the rooms all screamed and voices filled the room
"Jesus Christ! What the hell is that thing?" General Eze asked
"My God! What in God's name is that?" General Kane said; shock on the faces of everyone in Owerri and Washington DC
"Shit just got real" Scott said
"West what do you plan on doing?" General Kane asked
"We are working on something… we'll get back to you" West said and Michael disconnected the feed
"So what now?" Bonnie asked, West was silent for a while then took a grenade from Travis
"I am going to create a distraction" West said then walked out through the door, he looked at the creature, the sound of the beast's breath could be heard like a lion growling as its shoulders moved up and down, West pulled the pin off the grenade then rolled it over the beast, the creature paused to listen to the sound of object moving towards him, the grenade got close to him and stopped then a loud explosion followed causing the beast to fall backwards breaking the door down and the walls as it fell on its back
"No one stands in my way" West said with a light smile then he watched with surprise as the beast got up slowly
"Or maybe I might need another way" he said, the beast roared angrily then grabbed the machete and started running aggressively towards West as it smashed the walls with the machete, West turned back and shot the glass of the door behind him then ran towards it and jumped out the broken glass into the reception, the beast shattered the door as it entered the reception, West ran to the exit and outside into the premises, the beast followed out smashing the glass to pieces, West opened fire on the beast as he moved backwards but the bullets were bouncing off as the beast moved closer but then one bullet hits its head causing it to bleed and it stepped back
"Gotcha" West said; the beast got angry and jumped up into the air and descended on West with a machete strike, West quickly moved and the machete tore a car into two and smashed into the concrete ground. West hid behind a car and remained silent, the beast pulled up its machete then began sniffing its nose as it searched for West; the others came out of the building, West slowly moved out of that position and suddenly the beast grabbed the car and flung it out off the compound, West got up and opened fire on its face again, it growled angrily and blocked its face with its arm, West left that position immediately and hid somewhere else, he saw the others come out of the building he signaled them telling them to shoot it in the head and they immediately did, the beast turned to them then used one of its arm as a block over its face then ran towards them, they quickly sort hiding spots but it grabbed Lee and was about to eat off his head but Lee was smart enough to shoot it in the face and it dropped Lee immediately and staggered backwards giving Lee chance to crawl under a car quickly.
The beast was bleeding already all over its face but far from dying yet, since West knew its weakness was its face he came up with a crazy idea. He pulled out a grenade then came out from hiding and stood 50 meters away from the beast; there was a car between him and the creature, he fired his gun at the creature then dropped the gun and ran towards it, the creature charged at West, West climbed on top of the car as he ran forward using the car as an advantage to reach higher, unhooked the grenade, the creature waved its machete at West with a loud roar, West jumped forward in the air as the machete strike missed his legs, West immediately threw the grenade into the mouth of the beast before falling to the ground, he rolled and went into hiding as the grenade went down the throat of the creature, the beast turned to West then tried to stop the grenade from going down its throat by holding the throat and suddenly an explosion caused the beast's head to be blown to pieces, the machete dropped from its hand and it dropped down like a log of wood, its fall created a brief loud thud; there was silence as they all came out of hiding one by one with surprise and joy
"Wow" Lawrence exclaimed
"Nice one Colonel" Bonnie said and they all cheered excitedly
"That was so bad-ass" Travis said
"That shit looked like a Hollywood movie" Lawrence said
"Let's not celebrate yet boys… I fear we have much bigger problems waiting in there" West said and they were silent, West grabbed his gun
"Let's move in" West said and they headed in…