"Sarah, when I tell you, go find Brian and hide with him!"
The scene of the soldiers shooting at the survivors made Joel's heart pound, he didn't dare let the soldiers decide the life or death of the entire group, especially his daughter.
"Um."
Sarah's expression was a little lazy because she was too scared along the way, but she also knew that letting her father hold her would only continue to drag him down, so she obediently responded.
"Damn it... did you ask for my opinion?"
Watching the father-daughter interaction silently, Brian couldn't help but complain in his mind, but when Joel put Sarah down, he still reached out and pulled the little girl.
During this period, the girl's injured leg would inevitably be touched, but no matter how painful it was, the girl still gritted her teeth and said nothing.
"Gun for you, I'll take Sarah to hide in the bushes over there!"
Letting Sarah lean against the back of the rock, Brian hesitated, walked behind Joel, and used his opponent's back as cover to insert his pistol into his pants pocket.
"It's fine I understand it".
Feeling the extra gun in his pants pocket, Joel felt much calmer, and then he heard Brian say:
"The watch I wear has a timer reminder function. After three minutes, I'll throw it into the grass on the soldier's right side. If you wait... It should get his attention."
As soon as these words came out, Joel was silent for a moment. He didn't expect the other party to think about so many things. It seemed that he underestimated this kid.
"That..."
She tilted her head and was about to ask Brian why he did this, but she saw that behind the rock beside her, the two children had already disappeared.
On the hillside, the soldier was also a little embarrassed by the people in front of him. His task was to clear the dangerous targets nearby, and there was no other task command, so he had no choice but to turn on the radio to ask for instructions:
"Several citizens found on perimeter, requesting instructions."
After a while, the radio came online and a male voice came out of the walkie-talkie, giving an extremely cold command:
"Anyone, shoot on sight."
Listening to the instructions on the walkie-talkie, the soldiers felt a little strange, they did not know why they gave the order to shoot on the spot, which obviously violated the moral law.
"But sir, there are children here..."
"Execute the order!"
"but..."
"Enough, soldier, you just need to obey!"
The soldier originally wanted to argue, but when he heard the increasingly cold voice on the walkie-talkie, he did not dare to continue arguing, and could say:
"Yes sir!"
"sorry."
With a silent apology, the soldier raised the rifle in his hand, wanting to show the men and boys on the opposite side a good time.
But as soon as he picked up the assault rifle, he found that the girl in the hands of one of the men had disappeared for some time, and the other boy standing to the side had also disappeared.
Right now, most of his attention was on the walkie-talkie and Tommy with the gun in front of him, and he didn't really notice what was going on on the other end.
"Damn it, where are those two kids going!"
Sensing that something was wrong, the soldier immediately questioned the two men in front of him.
But what he just said on the radio was heard by Joel and Tommy, although they didn't know what order was given, they could guess by seeing the soldier's reaction, so of course they wouldn't say what.
Joel silently counted the time, pointed his finger at the back of the unmanned rock next to him, and said carefully:
"They're all tired, I'll let them rest..."
"Let them out.
"
"But sir, my daughter's leg..."
"I said, let them out!"
Seeing that the soldier had raised his rifle, Joel's heart grew increasingly distressed and a cold sweat slowly flowed down his forehead.
"release--!"
At this moment, there was a sudden noise in the grass on the right, and the soldier was startled, and instinctively a bullet shuttle hit him.
But after a few hits, he realized something was wrong and quickly turned the gun around, not caring about the children, and was about to shoot and kill the two men.
But where would Joel stay still, he was waiting for this opportunity, the desire to survive made his movements extremely fast, he took out his pistol and pointed it at the soldier's head and pulled the trigger.
Unfortunately, due to the run, the bullet did not successfully hit the target's head, but only the chest.
"that!"
The bullet hit the chest and the body fell backwards. The severe pain caused the soldier to unconsciously pull the trigger, and the gunshots unconsciously spread in the air, and the bursts of gunshots continued to resound in the air.
And Tommy, who was standing beside him, was also attracted by the watch. After the watch attracted the soldier, he flew deep and picked up the gun from the ground. Before the soldier fell to the ground, he shot him in the head with an accurate shot.
"calls..."
Seeing that the crisis had been lifted, the two brothers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but at this moment, behind them, dense roars and footsteps suddenly came.
They were stunned for a moment, then turned to look behind them, and a dense mass of infected people appeared behind them like waves.
"Damn it, run!"
As soon as Tommy saw this situation, he knew that these infected people must have been attracted by the sound of gunshots and would flee with Joel.
"Sarah is still there!"
At such a critical moment, Joel remembered that Brian and Sarah had not followed him and turned to look for him.
"We can't go with them now, Sarah's leg is injured, you can't run fast with him in your arms, we can only keep these monsters away so they can be safer."
Tommy grabbed the anxious Joel and spoke his thoughts to prevent the other party from doing something stupid.
"They can..."
Hearing Tommy's suggestion, Joel didn't say anything, he knew that was the best way for now, so he roared towards the bush on the right:
"Brian, let's divert these infected people, get Sarah to the road, we'll meet at the bridge!"
After finishing speaking, Joel did not hesitate, turned around and ran with Tommy to the left downhill, where the road is rugged and difficult to navigate, which can greatly slow down the speed of the infected.
......
In the dense bush not far away, Brian covered the girl's mouth with his hand to prevent her from making a sound.
And Sarah is also aware of the danger now, and simply closed her eyes, so as not to see what happened outside.
Feeling the infected people constantly passing by, the hearts of the two of them were pounding, if they made any noise at this moment, their ending would be extremely miserable.
After a few minutes, the sound of footsteps gradually disappeared in the distance, and the surroundings returned to silence again, Brian let out a long sigh of relief and released his palm to cover Sarah.
"Come on, get on my back, let's get out of here quickly."
Although the infected people have been taken away by Joel and Tommy, no one can guarantee that other infected people will come here, it is best to leave as soon as possible.
"So what about my dad and Uncle Tommy?"
Although her own crisis has been resolved, Sarah is extremely worried, but her family has attracted the infected people to protect her.
"Don't worry, they'll be fine, let's go to the bridge first."
Brian bent down and carried Sarah on his back, comforted the little girl in a low voice and walked with some difficulty. Although the other party only weighed about 40 kilograms, don't forget that he was only 13 years old.
Laboriously climbing the dirt slope, he picked up the assault rifle from the dead soldier's hand and carried it on his back, though he still didn't know how to use it, it was better than nothing.
He also obtained a pistol and several magazines from the soldier's waistband, along with the radio, which Brian stuffed directly into his pocket without hesitation.
After searching, the two looked in the direction of the bridge and slowly walked forward.
This time, Brian learned to be smart: instead of walking on flat roads, he opted to walk through rugged, densely wooded areas.
Although this would consume his physical energy too quickly, he didn't dare to bet that he wouldn't encounter other soldiers along the way.
Sweat kept running down his cheeks, and some sharp branches and leaves in the dense bushes kept scraping his arms.
Every time he walked a certain distance, he had to stop and rest for ten minutes, a response to physical strength.
During this period, Brian checked the wounds on Sarah's legs during a break, before, because he had to avoid the infected and be careful of the sudden attack of the soldiers, he never had time to take a good look.
But when he rolled up Sarah's trouser legs, he discovered that the wound wasn't as bad as he thought, and that the small blood-soaked area was only due to abraded skin.
The real reason Sarah couldn't walk was because she dislocated her calf, so she couldn't walk because of the pain.
"Forget it, let's hurry to the bridge and talk about it."
When they returned to the road, without the watch, the time seemed to be extremely long, I don't know how long it took, after turning on a dirt slope, they could clearly see the road isolation barrier not far away.
"Damn, it's finally here."
Seeing that the Long March was coming to an end, Brian couldn't help but sigh, and almost burst into tears. It was so difficult!
"I don't know what happened to dad and the others..."
Seeing the bridge getting closer and closer to her, Sarah's heart was both happy and a little restless.
But just as they were about to reach the road, in Brian's body, there was a sudden crackle on the radio brought by the soldier, followed by a voice from inside.
"At checkpoint No. 6, please note that a large number of infected people are moving towards the bridge. If you cannot defend yourself, you can evacuate quickly. It's over."
"......"
Hearing the content on the radio, Brian's face instantly distorted extraordinarily, he held his head in his hands and shouted:
"What a fool! That's all!"