ZX News #02 30 ноября 1996

Самиздат

Maze - the second part of a fantastic story.

(C) 1996 Serge Segal



  ... It was getting annoying. They were
far more than bullets, and
should look for another way to survive,
before the pitiful remnants of ammunition is not
came to an end.

  To the left of the captain at a distance
about two hundred meters to the
the ruins of a tall building. Road
barred a small detachment of the dead.
"Will I?" "Thought Alex. However, particularly
he did not have to choose: one clip
automaton, a couple grenades, and captured
"Magnum 45" long and does not bode
carefree life.

  Captain abruptly threw a grenade into a crowd
fired a burst of machine gun and ran down
the ruins. Dead crowd sullenly
followed him. Faster, faster
inspire yourself Alex, trying to catch
before it intercepted was moving
to cut off the dead. Miraculously surviving
the door was already close, but were still closer
dead hands, trying to catch him from all
parties. Captain bumped a running shoulder
at the door. Quickly finding themselves in
building, he slammed it behind him and
pushed as the way the bolt unlocked.
"Whew!" - Alex sighed and looked around.
Everything was pretty clean, considering
that was removed is not thirty years.

  The main thing: there was no clear
blind man's buff. Little master, Captain
remembered that a good idea to
determine where it is and as soon as possible
get to the nearest store:
ammunition came to an end, and hunger
made itself felt.

  In a search of the building turned out to
that survived ten floors, and in these
floors found many useful: map
city, box of canned food, flashlight,
radio, military knife, and a wonderful
haversack, brim full of food. Except
that the captain discovered in the basement
generator, which obviously
was to feed all the current building, but
all attempts to resuscitate him failed
to anything. Thus the problem
Power went to the background.
Portable Radio persistently caught
some noise, denying the possibility of
the existence of more or less developed
Society here on the surface. Map
argued that the five kilometers to the south
used to be a military base. Captain
rated their ammunition and abandoned
ideas to break through to the database: most likely
he can not even run across on that
side of the road. Where can I find a noble
Boy Scouts, which will help the old man
get where he needs for his
senile cases - in stock
modern weapons and technology?

  Speaking of technology. After all, should have been
survive at least one car of those on
which razezzhali ambulance service,
firefighters, military or civilian
refugees. Alex looked out the window. Under
door to keep watch a few
dead, the rest were scattered around,
and collecting the remains of their sedaya
brothers, Norman destroyed. From the window
on the other side of the home captain saw
small armored personnel carrier, one of those
which are designed for quick
transportation of commanders in the field
conditions. On the armor lay carelessly
dirty girl. "I wonder whether there is a
tank of fuel? "- thought capital.
Anyway worth the risk. If anything,
he can go back into the building.
Captain raspihal the pockets of canned
threw his haversack on his back and calmly
down to the first floor. Carefully
looking out the door, he found that
almost all of the dead roamed the other
away from home, biting his
former "colleagues". All except this
girls. Need to remove it quietly, without
unnecessary noise, and then jump into the
An armored car and drive to the south, or running to escape
ago, under cover of concrete building.
The captain pulled out a knife, weighed it on
palm, and, taking aim, hurled. Girl
with pierced throat silently slipped on
asphalt. Alex ran to the armored car, the
run pulled from a corpse his new knife.
The captain readily jumped into the cab, sat in
chair, make sure of availability of fuel
(Full tank!), Closed the door. Now
calmly, carefully, most importantly, not
stuck in a crowd. Alex opened
armored car and took him through the wide streets
dead city. At a speed of 60 km / h
(Observe the rules of the road!)
it will be near the base in 5 minutes. If
nothing is amiss. Left hand the captain
operated with two levers simultaneously, and
on the right he held a jar
canned beef and teeth
angling out the meat. Half a minute later
jar was empty. And in 15 seconds
a shot pierced the deathly silence
Army guns. The captain swore and
looked in the direction whence came
shot. Quartet in the remains of the dead
military uniform, smiling, doing
correction of interferences on the target. The aim was he
Captain Alex Norman. Well, okay,
blind man's buff, hold on, now we'll see
on this dvadtsatitonnaya baby
able. And before the dead gun
account, managed to re-charge the gun,
heavy track with a nasty chaw
walked on the pitcher. Shooter
hesitated and then was crushed
armored car. His brain got Alex on
shirt. The remaining two, not showing
no feeling dragged anti
grenades, but did not have time to use them:
One captain cut an automaton
queue, while under the tracks
armored car chavknul second.

  Alex smiled and took fairly
his armored car down the street. From
gateway ran dead and, not paying
no attention to Alex, he began
have a brain the pickup. Snap
"Magnum" and joined a glutton
his dinner.

  After two and a half minutes Alex
I saw a small, squat building,
surrounded by a concrete wall. The gates were
closed. The captain pressed the gas pedal and
sent an armored personnel carrier at the entrance to the
base. Gates with a terrible crash
scattered in hand, to resist
loops. The captain opened the door, jumped out
outward, and the first thing closed the gate
huge steel bracket
obviously intended to replace the
castle. Whistling a hymn to the U.S. captain
approached the front door of the base and pulled
handle. Locked. The windows boarded up. Only
plaques is not enough: "Everybody's gone on
front. "Attempt to knock the door?" naïve,
Still a military base, surely
survive. Door before steady.
The captain got into an armored car and took him.
Door certainly makes a strong ... Armored car
marched on the building. ... But here's the wall!
There was a terrible roar. When the dust
dissipated, the captain jumped out of the cab and
cried:
 - Honey, I'm home! Damn! We
divorced!

  So, sir, let's see what we have here. Aha!
Bunch of keys, which the captain put it in
pocket Decaying corpse of a soldier, a couple
cages for an automaton, two-door, puddle
blood, crazy girl ... Captain
raised his gun and pulled the trigger ... corpse
gaga girl, her half-eaten leg
hatch in the floor. Well, it can live.
Now razdobudem ammunition. Small
research has brought the captain more
than he bargained for: military aircraft "F-24"
full arms, four helicopters,
a pile of weapons, including favorite
heavy machine gun with bullets from
shifted center of gravity "M-2016
alpha ", two tanks, eight heavy
antitank guns, two rocket with
hated warheads "ARBIO-8"
combine the atomic and
biological weapons. The captain dragged
one of the boxes to the hatch and closed it - Luke
carried out into the world of the dead, and now
Captain most like to sleep
without fear that it is time
sedyat.

  Sitting comfortably on the bed, Captain
began to think: Communications
certainly not the satellites were
destroyed in the first 10 seconds of war,
after 12 hours was completely crushed
air defense on both sides,
72 hours destroyed all the major
City USA, Canada, Russia, Europe,
Brazil and China. After 242 hours
Japan has ceased to exist, through 514
hours Troopers East landed in
North America, through 670 hours of
gigantic atomic explosion sank
United Kingdom, through 813 hours
result of the first
atomic-biological weapons, France
ceased resistance, through 910
hours suffered retaliation for
Canada, through 1012 hours as a result of
Errors of computer systems over Africa
exploded Russian bombardirovshik,
turning Central Africa to the dead
wilderness, after 1200 hours on the town
Chicago dropped
atomic bombs and biological Captain
Alex Norman, together with his squad
escaped the Vault ...

  Hence, the only chance for
the existence of civilization - it is India,
saved with the beginning of the conflict
neutrality.

  To India of fuel is not enough ... Maybe
Mexico? Is hardly ... Then Texas!
There's certainly something so save!
But, Texas - Big State, it would be difficult
find there the living ... Although there are
one way - to fly over Texas and to
broadcast with on-board
station. Somebody probably
hear.

  Now about the dead. Among them, the captain
saw those much less thirty.
Hence: either they proliferate,
or from somewhere else here come alive
to be the same mutants.
The captain was disgusting to think about
reproduction of the dead - is not left
no hope that survive
alive. But the facts - are stubborn things. How would
Anyway, we should still get some sleep ...


  ... Awakening was not a pleasant one.
Suddenly, the captain felt
someone concentration takes away
clothing. He jumped up, pulling on the move
"Magnum" and striking the left fist
hands. Luckily, he missed.

  - I do not you like me? - With the annoying
simplicity of asked the unknown girl
(I wonder if her breasts real? Although
stupidity, along with the civilization went into
oblivion and plastic surgery).

  The captain was taken aback. First talking
being that he had met for
the last three days has not met its
expectations. The girl had no guns,
no grenades or some other
weapons. Frankly, her general
There was nothing.

  - Who are you? - Asked suspiciously
Alex.

  - My name is Casey - climbing hand
Alex said in a pants girl - and
turns out you can talk too.

  - Stop it now! - Hit her on
hand, the captain, with difficulty restraining a desire to
shoot it on location - How many
still alive, where they are, who's like
far the civilized
Territory?

  Girl very surprised. Perhaps even
stronger than it should be when dealing with
unknown armed to the teeth
man. Therefore, all the questions she
disregarded.

  - I live here, inside one of the
monsters, because the undecideds are afraid of them and
do not climb inside. I used to live
together with the Pope, but once he did not
returned from a trip outside. Now I myself
his home. And I know how to read. Here
many books. You - the first, except the pope, who
I have not tried sest and generally
fall asleep without checking its own
security in my house. So you me
want it or not? - She has again started
his clumsy attempts.

  Captain abruptly pushed her away.
Although, that it take? Immediately barracks
easy to imagine what literature is
here reads. But, as she survived alone in the
area captured by the dead?

  - When your father left? - Sharply
he asked, trying to take away from the girls
their pants.

  - Two days ago. My father - a hero! He
fought with the East during the war! His
name was Lieutenant James Gordon! Wow, and in
you much ... - The captain did not notice
in the hands of the girls were his
Panties.

  - Give now! And close your eyes!
Damn! - Captain roughly pushed her and began
dress. Casey buried her face in her hands and
cried.

  - The book says that you must
not behave like that! - Reproachfully
she said.

  Alex once again cursed himself, for what
not tested cabins of armored vehicles and
tanks. Um ... Lt. James Gordon ...
Yes, it's his old friend! Now he
remembered old James, who in
time of the explosion was only a 19 -
just from the military academy, urgent
release. He was always afraid of the bombing and
must therefore got on the object,
who suffered from them most - at the
military base. Hence, James was killed ...
Still, it was necessary to get out of the Vault
for three days before ... Well, okay,
nothing to regret. What the hell is this
crazy again doing?

  Casey noticed that Alex was distracted,
slowly began to unbutton his pants.

  - Yes, it finally quit you, or
No! The captain could no longer
restrained.

  - No ... - Quite definitely
replied the girl, and tried again
Alex's trousers do. This begins
pall.

  The captain went to search the armored cars. In
One of them, in the passenger compartment, it
came across pretty well
fitted bedroom. Immediately lay
notebook. He was interested in Alex. Having studied
him, he decided that last year, James
engaged in research areas of the country and
last record quite accurately pointed out
area, which remained alive.
Obviously James was going to take place with
a daughter, but did not ... Judging by his
notes, in the area functioned
unknown radio station that
regularly broadcast one
Message: "Living, respond!
Christian mission appeals to you!
Come to us and be saved! Our
coordinates ... "Well, it does not sound
very tempting for such otyavlennogo
cynic, as captain Alex Norman, but it
still better than the company ever
hungry blind man's buff. It is necessary to fly.
Troubling one thing: the number of
fighter "F-24", which stood in
hangar, did not coincide with the number on
data sheet (or how this piece of paper
called?) for this fighter
embedded in the notebook.

  Captain outfitted themselves "F-24"
all of what was possible, except, of course,
missiles with atomic-biological
warheads. It is not necessary to destroy the living
such weapons, even if they are enemies. But
Arsenal moved into the rest of the "F-24"
almost completely. Barely left room for
two of them. Naturally the captain took
Casey is in spite of all its
penthauzovskie habits. Do not throw
live anywhere, and you can not kill them
no particular reason. Most people are so
This may not have understood, dying in fire
explosions, destroying their own kind for being
that they spoke a different language, lived in
another country, believed in no god.

  Four hour trip to a small
town were in a desperate attempt not
the plane crashed and at the same time not
allow Casey before for what she
persistently hunted. When the bottom
struck home, the captain is clearly
heard in the headphones call described
James. Why then is no response to
its appearance in the sky, the radio did not express.
Landing in the field - not the best thing
can happen with an aircraft of U.S.
Air Force, but the landing, from the place where you
can leave himself, is undoubtedly
successful. The captain jumped out of the plane
pre-throwing on the ground more
gym bag with arms and supplies.
Casey jumped into his arms. Alex
looked. By the city to them
approached a small detachment, led
which was an armed man.

  - Greetings, my brothers! -
cried he, - Identify yourself!

  From an excess of hospitality, he is clearly not
suffered. But in a strange monastery ...

  - Captain Alex Norman, armed
U.S. forces and Casey Gore ...

       Automatic fire cut through
darkness. The captain barely managed to hide behind
Hill, a tightening of Casey.

  - What are you doing? - He shouted.

  - Soldiers die. Soldiers die. When
die all the soldiers, red, blue,
whore, and scientists will reign the kingdom
God. Soldiers die. Soldiers die. -
passionately sang the chorus. Temporary song
interrupted by bursts.

  "Psycho" - thought the captain. If you die
all of whom are listed left alone
feeble-minded. The captain was carefully
retreat, one hand holding
Casey and the other dragging a heavy bag.
Behind him was an explosion. "F-24"
property of the United States
America, which spent 48 million
of dollars of taxpayers' money
ceased to exist. In the darkness, Captain
said another fighter silhouette
"F-24". Obviously, this is the same for
which flew here Gordon. And then
Alex burst. These bastards killed
Gordon! Not dead, not mutants, but
real people have been killed and his friend,
who came to them for help!
The captain stopped, got out of the bag
"M-2016 alpha" and, turning, began to
wait. Casey sat down next fright.
When fanatics are close enough
close, the captain started to shoot. People
died with a terrible scream, but kept coming and
walked. Yes, it's not a pleasant job, but
the captain was not going to stop the fire,
has not wipe out all of them -
fanatics, the true warmongers
those for whom this whole civilization
ceased to exist. Flame lit
his face, he was a good target for
the attackers, but no one could get in
him. People knocked down by bullets fell on the
land and continued to crawl into a blind
hatred, hoping to kill him. But it is not
could go on forever. Through
some time on the order of fanatics is not
there was none. To be sure, Captain
threw a few grenades and dropped
weapons.

  Hopes for a new world shattered. Not
will revive the former glory
the human race to such as these.
Although ... He is only 54 years on earth
standards, he will live more years, 70 if
nothing to prevent (the captain smiled), in
He has Casey, if you wash it, may
She will not even attractive, to
the hard work he is no stranger ...
Somewhere about fifty miles north
must be a farm, he saw her, when
flew. There's no one left, and this
important. Well worth a try. Than
they do not Adam and Eve? And his smile
thoughts, the captain readily picked up Casey
arm and march step off at
north to Eden 21 century ...

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