390: We Hold Off

We Hold Off

2"A boat of one Commander and ten subtract three… seven Sea Dragons," I said, my mind not really on what Lonnie was asking. After all, they didn't really matter.

"And you are just telling us that there is a hostile force waiting for us at the surface?" asked the man. I looked at him for a few seconds. "What hostile force?" I asked, wanting more clarification. "As soon as we make it to the top, they are getting tossed overboard to feed the zombies," I continued with a shrug of my shoulders.

Lonnie looked at me for a moment. "I have the feeling that there is a story behind that," she said, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Oh yeah," I said, nodding my head. "In fact, we aren't even military. We just got roped into this mission as potential chum. In fact, we didn't even know that there was a sub here or that it had anything to do with Country M. Imagine our surprise," I continued as I opened the hatch, and the bodies of Fucktrumpet and Dipshit fell out into the hall. Guo De Lun was standing on the other end of the chamber, looking a little the worse for wear.

I forgot that I hadn't killed him yet. Was I keeping him around for something? Ah, yes, because he seemed nice. Too bad for him that everyone else on his team was going to die. Maybe I should just put him out of his misery.

There was a loud bang, and my ears started to ring. Looking at Lonnie, who was beside me, I glared at her. "A little warning next time," I grumbled as I started to rub my ears to get them to stop ringing.

"Meh," she said with a shrug. "I figured one more tank would be beneficial for us."

"You aren't wrong," I admitted. "But we should probably move the bodies to some other place. I don't want to be ringing the dinner bell before I actually had to."

"Understood," she replied and waved her hand. Three men came up and picked up the bodies into a fireman's carry and disappeared down the hall. "Shall we get going? We are losing daylight."

I raised an eyebrow at her statement.  "Pretty sure that there is no daylight down here," I pointed out.

"I don't know how I feel about fighting a battle of wits with someone who is completely unarmed," she grumbled as she looked at the man on her left. He smirked a bit but otherwise didn't respond.

"Then, by all means, let's get going," I replied with a sulk. I didn't have any good comebacks for that. Fuck.

It took even more time for everyone to choose their buddy and get the air tanks set up between the two of them. Getting the thumbs up, I let Lonnie and her men into the chamber first. I wasn't going to be bothered trying to get that hatch opened. But when water started to rush down from inside the chamber, it figured that they had a much better trick than Dipshit had.

'Coming out,' I said to Beta. I didn't know if there were some humans already out or if they decided to wait in the second chamber until I arrived. Either way, it would be smart to give Beta and my horde the heads up.

'Food?' came the immediate response, and I crossed my fingers that Lonnie was smart enough to wait for me to go out first.

'No,' I replied. 'Eat the sharks.'

'No sharks, no zombies. No things with teeth in your territory.' His thoughts were a bit jumbled, but I understood that there were no threats around.

'Good job. You can have the ones in the boat,' I said. 'But wait until we get there safe first. Then I'll send them overboard. That is when they will be all yours.' The last thing I needed was for Beta to leave and go eat.

'Understood,' came the reply. I quickly walked into the first chamber, flanked by my men. The water was rushing down the hole in the ceiling, causing it to be rather difficult to climb the ladder. However, it would take way too long to wait until the entire submarine was filled before we left.

Struggling against the waterfall, I didn't feel the arms grasping mine and pulling me up and to the side until I was already in place. Looking around, I saw Lonnie right beside me. She sent me an okay gesture, and I replied by flipping her the bird.

As soon as I saw my three men, I pointed to the hatch. They nodded their heads, and Chen Zi Han swam against the hard pounding of water to the outside. I followed after him, letting the boys push me from behind when the water pouring into the sub became too much.

As soon as we were back in the open ocean, I quickly swam up a bit further to be out of the way of the sucking current and the people trying to come out after me.  Looking around, I found a path created by Beta and the horde. They literally stood one across from the other, showing us where we needed to go while also making sure that nothing could slip by them.

I swam as fast as I could to the surface, not wanting to spend more than a second longer underwater than I had to.

Looking behind me, I saw the other following the path. Not knowing if everyone made it but not willing to stop either to double-check, I continued to press forward.

'Intruders!' hissed Beta in my head.

The zombie to my right was pushed forward into my path by another zombie, its teeth constantly chomping, trying to get to me. Without hesitation, I pulled out the flame of the unknown zombie and consumed it, allowing the shot of energy to keep me going. However, even with that added jolt, I was becoming tired much too fast.

I was not physically used to battling the currents, the amount of swimming, just everything. Plus, with Wang Chao gone, I was getting weaker. Not like I would ever admit that out loud.

From the corner of my eye, I saw Beta shooting past me, ripping off the head of a strange zombie that was coming straight for me.

'Go!' shouted Beta as he turned his attention to another zombie. 'We hold off.'

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