The dancing zombie was sending out some kind of radiating signals to the others. Within seconds, hordes of monstrous zombies came crawling out through a hole in the ceiling, belonging to some kind of garbage chute.
"Waaargh!" both Cooper and Exodus hurried off towards their entrance, which was also their exit. "Quick! Luke, grab that drum of sulfuric acid! We're gonna burn… I mean, dissolve the freaks right here, right now!"
There was a howler zombie among the creeps. A muscular one, that howler was! He wore a bulletproof jacket, blue Levi's denims and a permanent snarl on his face. Previously he used to be a soldier commander before he became one of the foul Undead.
"Zxhaaaaaagaaraaah!" a king zomboid bellowed nearby, with its frothing mouth; two 1-metre-long fangs dripping blood. Worst of all, the king zombie humanoid had 'eyes'. Not one, not two… this ugly one had 5 brightened eyes, white as pearl, tough as enamel. "Kxxhaaaah!" he let out a blood-curdling scream.
One of the lesser zombies handed him a single-bladed koronium-forged chopping axe.
"Hey, don't you think a chainsaw would be better?" Exos Luke commented subconsciously. "Ooops! Uh, oh!"
The king zomboid dropped the axe and nodded. He gestured at the two humans to wait. The lesser zombies climbed back up into the chute and returned with a 'King Slicer' battery-operated heavy chainsaw with '>>>>'-shaped teeth.
Vhnnnnn! Vhnnnn! The king zomboid swung it from side to side. He roared with laughter, but a GSFER suddenly ended it all.
You know what GSFERs are, right?
If your answer is 'no', then here's a quick recap:
A 'Giant Snake Flame Eater Robot' has a 24-metre-long flexible metallic body forged entirely out of fireproof material (nimonic) and non-corrosive metal (a titanium-platinum alloy). According to their name, they look like giant worms and can dig into the ground. Their conical head contains sections which open up, like a banana peel, to reveal a flamethrower at its center with limb-like 'tongues' that detect infrared rays and forms of life. The tips of their 'tongues' contain mini-MG cannons, laser traps and sensors. Their tail-end is shaped like a giant drill with an opening at the end for an exhaust channel. Surrounding its head are 6 red laser 'eyes', 3 on either side.
Anyways, a GSFER erupted out of the floor and chomped the king zomboid into a bloody mush, squishing the flesh and spilling blood all around the place.
"ZOMBIES DETECTED," the GSFER's robotic voice scanned the area with countless laser beams zipping and scanning for any more signs of those 'irregular lifeforms'. "MUST DESTROY ALL ZOMBIES! KILL CODE ENGAGED!"
It shot a 4000⁰C hot ray of white-hot flames as it swayed its head around the spot, demolishing every object in sight.
"Whoa, whoa! Calm down, crazy robot snake dude!" Cooper held up his arms in surrender. "We mean you no harm. Chill, yo!"
The GSFER just did its job and sped upwards through the ceiling at an incredible hurtling speed of 180 kmph. Just as its tail-end was out of sight, not a single zombie was left standing. Nothing but red gooey masses of flesh and chopped limbs. The king zomboid's head floated on a pool of zombie blood. His blank eyes peering into the flames that had begun devouring the storage cellar into its ruin.
"Let's go wherever that GSFER goes!" Cooper and Luke grabbed a shelf and used it as a ledge to climb into the age-worn garbage chute – the room immediately above their current floor.
They arrived at another storage room and found a long straight digging trail of the GSFER. It was a path that clearly led to the SATAN tower.
***
Speaking of which, what happened to Vandermann?
Last time he was seen being knocked out by a heavy blow from a BF-38 mortar shell.
Now, fast-forwarding time…
Vandermann was somewhere in the SATAN, tied-up behind a pole. He saw a dozen zombie scientists constructing a giant portal gun. There was a label on the left-hand-side, which said, er.. 'the evil weapon'. Pretty dumb scientists, right?
Vandy ripped the ropes apart, reloaded his AK-47, and started destroying the zombies savagely. The zombies were easy to kill. Just shoot a few bullets and they bleed and die.
But one of them was another king zomboid. This one had four arms and three legs. The four arms were okay, but the third leg was actually an enlarged version of his… well, better not to think about it!
The king zomboid vomited a green gooey lump of slime which evolved into two lesser zombies.
"Get him!" the king zomboid surprisingly spoke in English, as he pointed a thick slimy scaly-green finger at Vandermann.
None of the zombies were of any match for Vugerton's Kalashnikov rifle's fast, powerful bullets.
They all died. All, except the king-zomboid ofcourse!
The king zomboid (let's call him 'Mr Vomit') pounced on Vandy the moment the last zombie scientist fell. He pulled the AK-47 out of his grip and threw it to clatter on the floor. Vandermann tried his Desert Eagle but since he hadn't checked the gun for any bullets at the gun shop, the weapon currently had no bullets at all! He had been scammed! Worse, Mr Vomit just snatched his pistol away, as well.
Uh, oh! Now what is he gonna do?
Vandermann had a small 125 ml can of RedBull inside one of his pockets. Mr Vomit's breath smelled like menthol. Aha! He grabbed the can, yanked the pin open and drank half of it down. He stored it inside his mouth and when the king zomboid was close to his face, he sprayed all the contents into Mr Vomit's mouth.
"Game over, pal," Vandy rolled sideways, snatched his guns, and ran!
"I'm gonna thwack thou thfor theek… thouk thakeel!" the king zomboid's last words were spoken and then SPLAT! The entire zombie exploded outwards in a gigantic splash!
[ P.S. Dear readers, do not try this at home! (Or maybe do it. See what happens!) ]
"Good riddance, but bad slime," Vandermann was covered in the muck. He walked towards a staircase – a spiral concrete-based structure leading both upwards and downwards.
The entire tower trembled. Something else was trapped beneath this tower. Vandermann had to get out of there… fast!
***
Cooper and Exos climbed onto the back of the GSFER's head. They held onto the grooves and chinks in the GSFER's armor.
"Alright, T-Dog, take us to the SATAN." The robot's name was inscribed into the metal; 'Tech-Detection and Operations GSFER'.
The GSFER drilled into the earth and mud, trash, chopped worms, bits of plant roots, etc. went flying past the two riders on T-DOG's back. Exos Luke was stunned to find a large 24 carat gold nugget accidentally fall onto his lap. Seeing his friend's luck run smooth, Black brought out his palms, expecting of collecting some too. But instead, a chopped mole fell into his hands.
"What the! Brrr… Hey T-Dog, can't you dig a little faster?"
"UNKNOWN COMMAND. NOT RECOGNIZED."
"Oh right! I forgot that you're just a machine!"
The GSFER didn't respond back.
***
As Vandermann was busy climbing down the stairs, he was totally bewildered to come face to face with Cooper Black, Exodus Luke and especially their newly-tamed GSFER.
"Guys, I've been waiting for so long!"
They decided to leave the forsaken land and continue their mission some other day. They returned back to New York City by riding on T-Dog's back.
They eventually ended up in front of the 'Lucky Charms' motel.
"Ahoy there! Need any help maintaining that GSFER?" a man by the name of Harrison called out to them. He was sitting on a bench with John Luther and Amy Catt on either side.
"No, thanks," Vandermann promptly replied. "We've got plenty of troublemakers already!"