Survival of the fittest✔️

41. Don't jinx us

(25th June)

The vent opened out on the side of the tunnel where a load of thick metal pipes were in the perfect place for everyone to crouch on them above the road safe from what may be lurking in the darkness. 

"I'm glad we didn't go down there," Jungkook muttered and you agreed with him. 

At least 50 Biters were wandering around their steps making the water ripple. A loud grunting noise caught your attention and you squinted into the darkness spotting a large figure stood twitching. It was a Raiser. It was too dark to see any distinct feature and you were glad, you'd heard stories they were scary and ugly.

"Let's keep going," Namjoon whispered so he wouldn't alert any of the Biters we were there, "Be careful, who knows how strong this thing is. Try to spread out if you can to even out the weight."

The group began to move along and you waited until there was a decent distance between you and Jimin before following slowly keeping crouched low. The large pipes were creaking as you moved slowly on them, praying they wouldn't collapse and send you falling into the dangerous black below. 

The entire pipe shook as someone ahead lost their footing and slipped slightly. "You alright?" you asked whoever slipped.

"Yeah, be careful this bit is slippy," Hobi replied sounding worried. 

"I can't wait until we are off this," Jin sighed also sounding worried. 

"We can't go back now, let's not give up," Jungkook sounded like he was trying to convince himself just as much as everyone else. 

A sudden piercing scream echoed through the tunnel ahead of you. "What the fuck was that?" Yoongi yelled sounding alarmed. The Biters underneath everyone began staggering and running towards the noise, shouting and moaning themselves. One of them fell into the water after losing its footing and you tried not to laugh. They were so stupid.

"Come on," Namjoon called to everyone as he continued a little faster than before. Some of the Biters were moving at the same pace as you so when they stopped at the source of the noise everyone brought out our torches again to see what the commotion was. 

A group of people had been making their way through the tunnel from the opposite direction and a fight had broken out between them and the Biters. They clearly didn't have any guns because they were fighting all the Biters with knives or their fists. 

There were already four people dead on the floor and Biters has already begun tearing the flesh from their bodies. Five were still fighting for their lives. It was horrible to watch as a man screamed as a Biter bit into his shoulder pulling his skin away with it and tackling him. 

Jungkook shifted next to you and you could tell he wanted to help them, "We can't," you stopped him laying a hand on his arm. "We don't have enough ammo to help them and save ourselves in future fights. This isn't out battle." 

He looked ahead at Namjoon who nodded sadly, "She's right, we can't risk it. As horrible as it is."

Jungkook's hand gripped yours tightly as he turned back to helplessly watch what was happening. A moment later a woman started running the opposite way looking like she was about to escape undetected from the fight back the way you had come from. A surge of happiness surged through you that the woman might escape but it didn't last long as the Raiser arrived on the scene making her freeze. 

The Raiser roared, a noise so loud it made all of you cover your ears. Now you knew why they were called Raisers. They were so loud they would raise the dead. They were really annoying because they alerted every Biter and Changer nearby that there was a living human they could sink their teeth into.

Now it was illuminated by your torches its appearance was revealed. It was the most hideous thing you'd seen in your life. Its skin was stretched and yellow looking with growths sprouting from all over its body looking like armour. Half of its head was missing and its eyes were covered in its growths they looked like they were long gone.

Was it blind?