Chapter 43

Chapter 43: The bullets flew by Nick's head as he took cover behind his bed with his unconcious brother at his side. "Casey! Who the hell are these guys?!" "They're the guys that kidnapped your brother." Casey called back while still firing at them. Nick reached under his bed and pulled out a metal case. Inside was his shotgun. He pulled it out and brushed off the dust collecting on the barrel. "Been a while." Something was stuck on the butt of the gun. He peeled it off and saw that it was an old photo from his military days. He was standing with his arm around his former best friend Zack. His Golden Retriever Terry sat at his side. Now, both of them were dead. Terry had been zombified and Zack had betrayed him and been killed by his own father. He tore the picture in two and threw it behind him as he loaded the shotgun and prepared to fight.
The creature that had attacked Amy lept from rooftop to rooftop, than stopped, lept from the skyline and landed in the street. It walked over to a manhole cover, lited it, and dissapeared into the sewers.
They were completely outnumbered. There were probably 10 guys and since Austin was unconcious, there were only two of them. Still, they managed to bet back over half of them. One of Casey's bullets hit one of them in the leg and he fell to the ground. "Wait! Stop shooting!" His men complied, and Nick got out from behind the bed. "Careful Nick..." Casey warned. "I'm not worried as long as you got my back." Casey smiled, but quickly pointed his gun at the remaining 3 men. The one on the floor, probably their leader, was wincing in pain as Nick crouched down by him. "Now, why did you kidnap my brother?" He didn't answer, but a wave of pain shot through his body as Nick dug his knife into the bullet wound on his ankle. "Okay okay!" He sucked air through his teeth and clutched his ankle like a child clutched a doll. "We're only mercinaries! We were doing what we were payed to do!" "Who payed you?" "I can't tell you! He'd kill me!" Casey spoke up from the corner. "And what makes you think we won't?" The man seemed to be thinking. "Fine. His name is J-" One of his own men blew a hole in his head. His blood splattered everywhere. Casey shot the guy while the other two ran for it. Nick got up and wiped the blood off on a paper towel. "Damn...that guy was our big lead..." "I can't beleive that he did that...he must be really loyal to the big boss." "Yeah..." Casey put his hand on Nick's shoulder. "We'll find him Nick. And we'll show him that karma can be a real bitch."