The Wastes edit 12

Ch. 12 Evacuate
Ron crouched on the top of the mall with a hand held CB radio trying to get a signal. Ron looked down to see nearly a hundred semi’s, some with multiple trailers, being loaded outside the mall. Rom managed to get a grainy signal on the CB that caused him to carefully move the antenna until it cleared up. Ron pressed the speak button and repeated, “This is the tin man contacting Dorothy.”

After a short wait the CB lit up with a woman’s voice, “This is Dorothy, we can read you tin man.”

Ron lifted the CB to his mouth, “Dorothy, I have made contact with the wizard in
the emerald city. What is the situation back home, should I click my heels three times?”

The woman voiced through the mic again, “Negative, Kansas is overrun with flying monkeys, I repeat the flying monkeys have overrun Kansas. The wicked witches have sent several squads of monkeys. We have had to evacuate Kansas and head to the munchkin village. I repeat we have had to evacuate to the munchkin village.”

Ron lowered the CB, “Dammit.” Ron raised the CB, “Copy that, we shall proceed to follow the yellow brick road back from the emerald city to the munchkin village. Do you copy.”

After a few seconds of silence, “We copy that tin man, proceed to the Munchkin village.”

Ron continued to stay crouched on the roof as he watched from a distance as Tyler slapped one of the mutants. Ron stayed crouched even as Kara walked over and crouched next to him. Kara bumped Ron’s shoulder gently with hers before asking, “Are you ok?” Ron nodded without a single word causing Kara to purse her lips. Kara then whispered into Ron’s ear, “You know, I can still make you feel better.”

Ron slowly stood up and said, “I appreciated the offer, but I will have to pass for now.”

Cara sighed as Ron turned and walked away before grabbing onto a metal pole that ran down the side of the mall. Ron slid down the pole to the ground level to hear Miranda ask John, “So are you guys still, you know, human down there?”

Ron turned around worriedly as John said, “Yes, we still are, mostly.” Ron relaxed as John said, “But you are too young for any of us to help you with that.”

Miranda waved her hand and said, “I don’t want any of you to have sex with me. I was just curious about it.”

Ron walked past Miranda to Tyler who was yelling at one of the larger mutants, “You move the damn crate yourself! You are just as strong as John and he could move two!” Tyler turned to Ron and asked, “So did you get ahold of your town.”

Ron nodded, “We have a problem, the town is overrun with wasteland security. We will have to make our way to our old base on Eagle hill near flat top mountain. It is difficult to get to but we can store all of the supplies we take from here.” Ron looked back as Miranda walked over to him. Ron told Miranda, “We are going to ride in the truck that they brought from the wastes.” Ron turned around to see a massive raptor staring at him confused. Ron stepped back as he yelled, “What the fuck!”

The raptor had tan skin with a muzzle and harness on it. Tyler grabbed the harness on the raptor as he explained, “This is Reginald, my pet.”

Ron looked at the raptors razor sharp talon’s, “Why the fuck did you name it Reginald?”

Tyler raised and eyebrow as he led Reginald over to his truck. Tyler put Reginald in the passenger seat, “What else would I name him?” Tyler yelled to his men, “We are heading out!” The mutants scrambled while Ron looked to see the last of the cars being loaded onto a trailer. Tyler yelled, “Don’t put the Lambo on the trailer, take the minivan.”

Ron raised his hand, “No, put the Lambo on the trailer, I want it.” Tyler raised his hand irritated but did not argue. Ron walked over to the truck and got ready to help them load the last cars. As Ron helped the yellow skinned mutant that Miranda now knew was called Aaron walked over to her.

Miranda glared at Aaron as he said, “So, did I tell you that before the war I learned Karate.”

Miranda smiled sarcastically, “As a matter of fact you did, do you remember that I told you to fuck off.”

Aaron opened his mouth as Tyler yelled at him from his truck, “Ahhhhhhh, no body likes you!” Tyler yelled even louder, “Shut up!” Tyler climbed into his truck and drove off leading the majority of the trucks away.

Aaron tried to speak again but John cut him off by forcing a box into his hands, “Take this over to my truck, your dumb ass is riding with me.” Aaron opened his mouth again but John pointed at his box truck, “Move!” Aaron turned and walked away from them as John answered, “Sorry, he is a major ass. Plus he thinks since most of the people in the world are dead he is going to help repopulate it.”

Miranda nodded, “I would rather have life go extinct than sleep with him.” John looked at Miranda with a sassy expression before walking off to his truck. Miranda yelled up to Ron as he strapped the Lamborghini into the final spot in the top rack of the trailer. Ron jumped off and took one of the heavy assault rifles from a mutant before they took off in a truck. Miranda looked at an ape like mutant and asked, “Why are we taking that one with us. All he does is stare into blank space then tells everyone to suck his dick.”

Ron shook his head, “I don’t know, maybe Tyler is going to fee Jon to his raptor.” Miranda laughed as Ron waved for all the other trucks to take off. Only two trucks and a Humvee with four fifty calibers mounted to it left. Ron waited patiently for the final truck to be loaded as they filled the magazines on the Humvee. Ron then looked around his truck as he heard loud screeching. Ron was confused as he saw a large group of scorpions fighting with something. Ron told Miranda, “Get in the truck.”

The group of scorpions exploded revealing a man over eight feet tall with metal limbs standing in the burning remains. The man had intricate metal plates covering his chest and a large metal helmet in the shape of an Anubian jackals head. The metal parts on the man looked untreated and the eyes of his helmet glowed bright red. The man had black combat pants on that had metal plates built into them and spiked metal feet under them. Ron yelled, “Anubis!” Anubis turned to look at Ron, sending a jet of steam from the side of his metal covered neck.

Ron yelled, “Get out of here!” A group of twelve tanks rolled behind Anubis as he continued to walk towards them. Anubis raised his hands causing his men to stand back as two large machineguns flipped onto his shoulders. Ron dived behind the truck as Zeta walked out of the mall to see Anubis. Zeta covered herself as Anubis opened fire on the remaining people. Zeta fell to the ground as Anubis’s bullets pelted everything on ground level. Zeta fell out of the loading door and landed near the end of the trailer as the mutants inside the Humvee were ripped to shreds. Miranda crawled over to Zeta and pulled her to the cover of the trailer as Ron tried to find an opening to fire back at Anubis.

Anubis ceased fire as the two magazines dropped off his machine guns. Ron opened fire on Anubis who stood his ground as he reloaded. Ron sprinted of from behind the truck causing Anubis to open fire on him while walking towards him. Ron picked up one of the armored doors from the Humvee and used it to shield himself. Ron sprinted towards Anubis as John, Jon, and Aaron opened fire on Anubis. Jon sprinted past Ron and jumped onto the nearing Anubis. Jon pulled on one of the guns, ripping it off and causing the other to shoot him. Jon fell to the ground in a heap of mangled body parts as Anubis picked up his gun.

Aaron ran past Ron towards Anubis yelling “I can take him!” Anubis straightened up allowing Aaron to punch his helmet as hard as he could. Aaron yelled his pain due to his fist as Anubis stared at him. Anubis raised his empty hand and quickly shoved it through Aaron’s chest. Aaron gurgled as Anubis lowered his hand until he slid off it to the ground. Ron watched worriedly as Anubis slowly crushed Aaron’s head with his boot before slowly approaching Ron.

Ron threw the door at Anubis who slammed it to the ground before opening fire on Ron again. Ron sprinted faster than Anubis could turn allowing John to open fire on him. Anubis turned to John then broke into a run at him, keeping his gun on Ron. John braced himself as Anubis slid across the hood of the box truck, into John. John ran backwards as he tried to reload his gun. Anubis grabbed the gun from John and slammed it into his face before round house kicking him into the Humvee. Ron dived over the box truck and rolled before opening fire on Anubis with his revolver. John held his chest as he climbed into the mounted guns on the Humvee. John opened fire on Anubis causing him to dive out of the way as he sprinted towards John.

Anubis tackled the truck, sending it rolling into the side of the Walmart. Miranda ignored the battle with Anubis as she held tried to patch up the holes in Zeta’s chest. Zeta shook and stared into Miranda’s eyes as she tried to use bio foam to fill the holes in Zeta’s chest. Zeta coughed out, “Go, take the truck and go.”

Miranda told Zeta, “I cannot leave you.” Miranda picked up Zeta and dragged her over to the semi cab. Miranda drug her into the cab and laid her on the sleeper bed as John climbed onto the trailer. Miranda climbed into the driver’s seat and looked out so see Ron and Anubis clashing fists. Ron ducked then ran back as Anubis’s left hand folded open revealing a nozzle. Ron yelled as he avoided the flames shooting from Anubis’s hand. Ron threw his empty revolver at Anubis causing his hand to recoil back. Ron sprinted at Anubis and gripped his hand firmly trying to rip it off. With immense speed Anubis sent his other hand through Ron’s elbow.

Ron jumped back as he gripped his stump of a right arm that shot out black liquid. Anubis held Ron’s now obviously prosthetic arm and looked it over curiously. Anubis then dropped it before moved towards Ron. A loud horn sounded causing Anubis to turn as he got hit by the semi driven by Miranda. Ron sprinted and jumped onto the truck, climbing into the cab. Ron looked back to see Anubis standing back up without so much as his pants being ripped. Ron yelled, “You are kidding me.” Ron climbed into the cab of the truck through the passenger door and told Miranda, “Take care of Zeta.”

Miranda climbed into the back seat as Ron took the wheel. Miranda pressed her hand on Zetas chest as she said, “You are going to be alright.”

Zeta held Miranda’s arm and said, “You are such a liar.”

Ron yelled from the driver’s seat, “We have a problem!” Miranda looked forward to see a blockade made from wasteland authority armored trucks. Ron told Miranda, “We can’t go around it, we can’t make it across the desert.

Zeta forced herself to stand up as she said, “I will take the truck, you two get into a car and follow me.” Miranda started to argue but Zeta yelled at her, “Get out!” Ron climbed out of the cab and held onto the side of the truck as he moved down the trailer. Miranda slowly climbed out of the cab watching as Zeta strapped the seatbelt onto herself. Miranda climbed down the opposite side of the trailer after Ron.

Ron yelled to John, “Get in that truck, we will take the Lambo.” John wrapped the drop chain for the ramp to the brush guard of the truck he climbed into. Ron climbed into the Lamborghini, followed by Miranda who clambered into the passenger seat. John reversed off the trailer ripping the chain apart, dropping the ramp the Lamborghini was on. Ron flipped the paddle shifter and drove off the trailer violently ripping the front splitter off the car. Miranda held on tight as the car slid sideways before Ron got it back into control.

Miranda watched in horror as Zeta drove the semi into the blockade at full speed. The truck exploded into a fireball as it buckled and rolled through the blockade. Ron floored the Lamborghini and weaved through the remains of the Semi. Miranda looked back to see John’s truck get hit with a tank shell and flip into the air violently. Miranda yelled, “We need to help them!”

Ron ignored Miranda as he reached into his pocket as he steered with his left leg. Miranda cried as Ron pulled out a small and heavily damaged communicator. Ron yelled into the communicator, “I am injured and Miranda is with me! We are the only two left but we do not have enough fuel to make it! Send a truck with a trailer to meet us halfway to the base!”

Miranda continued to cry as the communicator replied, “Ron, are you insane? This is unsecured.”

Ron threw the communicator out the window before telling Miranda, “Stop crying, she died how she wanted.” Miranda looked at Ron horrified as he continued, “On her terms, no one elses.”