Bullets: The Ultimate Antibiotic

On the busy streets of Sedio people were going about their business, unaware of what was going to happen. Through the crowds of people, a figure could be seen holding a briefcase with both hands. The figure made his way to a building in the middle of town, and opened the briefcase. Inside the briefcase was a timer, some buttons, and two large looking canisters. The figure began pushing some buttons, then looked at his watch.

"Perfect," said the man to himself, as he pressed a button. "In thirty minutes, this bitch'll go off killing everyone!" As the man looked down at the timer, he noticed that he accidentally set it for thirty seconds. "Shit!" said the man as he ran out of the building. Thirty seconds later, the briefcase exploded releasing a gas that began moving through the town. People watched as their friends and family suddenly fell to the ground dead. As time went on, more people began to die. It only took ten minutes, before the gas had spread through the whole town.

"Astonishing Panorama Of The Endtimes" by Marilyn Manson could be heard coming from the Hummer, as it drove down the road heading towards Sedio.

"How the hell can you listen to this music?" asked Gordon "The song sounds like it has too much distortion!"

"It's Marilyn Manson," said Jabo "This is some good music."

"Well couldn't you put something else on?" asked Gordon

"Yeah," said James "pump some Pac or Mystikal!"

"Oh that's much better," said Gordon "songs using the words nigga,shit,fuck, and talking about sex!"

"If you don't like Manson," said Jabo "I could put on some Maiden or Metallica!"

"Enough with the music talk guys," said Laura "we're coming up to a city." As the group drove into the city, Laura noticed a weird look on Jabos face. "Sense something wrong?" asked Laura

"Yeah," said Jabo "I don't know what, but it's something."

As the group drove through the city, they noticed that the streets looked bare.

"Hmmm," said Gordon "that's queer!"

"What's queer?" asked James "Is it a homo or a lesbian?"

"Not that kind of queer," said Gordon "I mean queer as in odd!"

"I know what you mean," said Laura "this isn't normal."

"Well," said Jabo "let's try to find a place to stay, then we'll figure out what's going on." The group drove through the town, until they came across a hotel. They went in to get their rooms, only to find noone there. Jabo went up to the counter, he saw keys for four rooms. Jabo grabbed the keys, and threw them to the group. The group walked to an elevator, and pressed the button. After waiting a few minutes for the elevator, they decided to take the stairs. As the group headed up the stairs, the elevator doors opened. From inside the elevator, a body fell out onto the floor.

"I wonder what's going on!" said Gordon

"What do you mean?" asked James

"Well," said Gordon "it's not too often that you enter a town, only to find noone anywhere!"

"Any number of possibilities," said Laura "town meeting, town evacuation for whatever reason. In either case, it doesn't look good." Once the group made it up the stairs, they each went to their hotel rooms to rest.

After having a rest, the group met in front of the hotel.

"So what are we gonna do?" asked Gordon "Any suggestions?"

"Drinking?!" said Laura and James simultaneously.

"Well," said Jabo "sounds like a unanimous decision."

After walking through the deserted streets, they managed to find a bar. As they walked in, they saw that the bar was pretty much deserted. As they looked, around they saw a man with his head down at the counter. The only other people in the bar were two people sitting at one of the tables.

"Well," said Jabo "looks like a serve your own alcohol night." Jabo proceeded to jump over the counter, he grabbed a bottle of whiskey, and three beers. Liquor in hand, Jabo jumped back over the counter. He handed Laura, James and Gordon their drinks, and then took a seat at the bar.

"So," said Laura "why do you figure this town is so deserted?"

"Don't know," said Jabo "it's the damndest thing!" As Jabo looked beside him, he saw the guy with his head down on the counter. "So," Jabo said to the man "How about that weather,eh?" Jabo waited for a response, but didn't get one. "Hey look asshole!" said Jabo as he pulled on the mans shoulder, causing the man to fall to the ground. As Jabo knelt down to see if the man was okay, he placed a finger on the mans neck.

"Is he okay?" asked Laura

"He's dead!" said Jabo

"Jesus fucking Christ," said James "I knew you were a killing machine, but that's fucked up!"

"Shut up James," said Jabo "I didn't do it, it looks like he's been dead for a day or so now!"

"But how is that possible?" asked Gordon

"Wish I knew," said Jabo "wish I knew!" As Jabo looked over at James and Laura, they were examining the other two bodies.

"They're dead too!" said James "What the fuck is this?"

As Jabo was about to speak, a grenade came crashing through the window of the bar.

"SHIT!" said Jabo, as the grenade exploded in front of them. Through the flames, Jabo could see someone standing outside the bar. Quickly he pulled out a MP5K, and began firing through the flames. He watched as the mans body began to convulse from the shots, finally falling to the

ground. As Jabo looked around he saw that the group was standing up. Giving a signal, they jumped through the flames and made it out of the bar. As they stood up, they saw four people with a crazed look on their faces, and weapons in their hands.

"Well," said Jabo as he put away the MP5K and pulled out his M16. "Looks like our fun has just begun!" Looking out of the corner of his eye, Jabo saw one of the people running at Gordon with a combat knife. "G," yelled Jabo "WATCH OUT!" Acting quickly, Gordon pulled out his shotgun

and hit his assailant across the face with the butt of the gun. Meanwhile a guy was firing a handgun at James. James pulled out two handguns, and began firing shots into the guys chest. As the man fell to the ground in a puddle of his own blood, James kept firing until his clips were empty. James looked over at Laura who had her assailant on the ground, a gun in his mouth.

"Okay you son of a bitch" said Laura "I want some questions answered, one: what the fuck is going on in this city? And two: why the hell are you trying to kill us?" As Laura pulled her gun from the mans mouth, he began speaking uncomprehensively. "Well," said Laura as she placed the gun back in the guys mouth, "I guess that's your answer then!" She then pulled the trigger, causing a puddle of blood and brain matter. Laura stood up and looked over at Jabo, who had just finished firing several shots from his M16 into the assailants body. Jabo turned his head to see Laura staring at him, he responded by smiling and winking at her. A loud bang caused Jabo and Laura to turn their heads in Gordons direction. Gordon began walking towards them, smoke coming

from the barrel of his shotgun, a man behind him on the ground with little face.

"What the fuck was that?" asked James

"Not a clue," said Jabo "but it looks like they don't want us out of here alive!"

"Really, eh?" said Gordon "Did you see the crazed look on their faces?"

"Yeah," said Laura "like they were possessed or something!"

"Or something's right!" said Jabo

"What are you getting at?" asked Gordon.

"Well," said Jabo, as he stopped talking because he could hear the sound of more footsteps. "First we gotta temporarily avoid the impending gunfire." The group followed Jabo, as they slowly made their way back to the Hummer. The group stood around Jabo as he opened the trunk of the

Hummer, and pulled out some extra guns and ammunition.

"So what was with this..or something's right Jabo?" asked Gordon

"Well," said Jabo "it all goes back to when I was in the war."

"You ran into crazy looking people trying to kill you?" asked James.

"James?" said Jabo

"Yeah?" said James

"Can you please shut up while I tell the story?" asked Jabo.

"Sorry!" said James

"Anyways," said Jabo "while on recon we came across one the the enemy bases. It was probably used for a testing grounds, because I viewed some pretty strange shit out there!"

"Like what?" asked Laura

"People being dissected, testing of new weapons on people." said Jabo "But the strangest, had to be the germ warfare tests they were conducting!"

"What was going on with those tests?" asked Gordon.

"Well," said Jabo "near as I can figure is that they were testing different forms of germ bombs to see how many people they could kill. This one bomb though, when they tested it on a group of people, it didn't kill them all! The people that didn't die, appeared to become crazed. They found either guns, or something to use as a weapon and they began attacking he guys that were conducting the tests. One of those crazed bastards saw me, and began running at me. Obviously I couldn't not do anything, so I shot at him, revealing myself to the enemy. What ensued was exchanges of shots being traded between us, the hapless test subjects getting caught in the crossfire. When all was said and done, all their soldiers were dead, and we lost a couple. We destroyed the base, we probably could have taken some of their technology, but orders are orders!"

"So do you think that the same chemical used there, could have been used in this town?" asked Laura

"It's possible," said Jabo "I'm not certain, but it sure as hell looks like it!"

"Christ Jabo," said James as he walked in front of the group "I've heard some bullshit stories from you before, but this one takes the fucking cake!"

All of a sudden, shots were heard as several bullet holes formed on James back, and he fell to the ground.

"JAMES!" yelled Laura.

Jabo looked off in the distance to see three of the crazed guys coming towards them. From out of the trunk he pulled out a MG42, aimed it at the oncoming figures, and opened fire. The group watched as in the distance, as the figures bodies convulsed while standing, before falling to the

ground in a bloody mess. Jabo looked down at Laura and Gordon, who were knelt over James body.

"How is he?" asked Jabo.

"He's dead!" said Gordon

"Shit!" said Jabo

"So what are we gonna do now?" asked Gordon

"What we're gonna do," said Jabo "is get the fuck out of here any way we can." All of a sudden Jabo saw a object come hurdling through the air, landing underneath the Hummer. "GRENADE!" yelled Jabo, as he Laura and Gordon jumped out of the way. The group stood up, looked at the

oncoming people, then looked at the burning Hummer.

"Well," said Gordon "I think the plan of getting out of here has just been postponed!"

"On my count," said Jabo as he pulled out his MAC-10 "we rush 'em!" Jabo looked over at Gordon and Laura, who had their weapons out and loaded. Jabo held out his hand, which had three fingers sticking up. "Three...two...one..GO!" said Jabo as the ran towards the assailants, guns blazing. When all was said and done, the group stood over the bloody, bullet riddled bodies of their assailants.

"This can't go on!" said Laura

"What do you mean?" asked Gordon.

"I mean," said Laura "we can keep shooting these fuckers, and for what? Killing them isn't gonna get us any closer to getting out of here!"

"Lauras right!" said Gordon "Let's save our necks!" All of a sudden, one of the people came up behind Gordon with a knife, and slit his throat. Gordon made a gurgle sound, and held onto his neck as he fell to the ground. Laura took her handgun, smashed it across the face of Gordons murderer, knocking the woman to the ground. Laura placed the barrel of her handgun on the womans forehead.

"This is what you get for killing one of my friends Bitch!" said Laura, as she pulled the trigger, blood coming up and splattering Lauras face. Laura stood up, and looked over at Jabo who had a surprised look on his face. "What?" said Laura "You're not the only one who can extract revenge when one of our teammates gets killed!" Jabo and Laura left the area where their friends and teammates died, and began a running escape from the town. As they ran through the streets, they could hear what sounded like dozens of crazed people.

"Shit," said Jabo "for a germ bomb that was supposed to have killed everyone, it sure made a lot of them crazed!"

Jabo and Laura kept running, until they found themselves on an open street. They turned their heads to the side, to see all the people crowded on one end of the street.

"Shit!" said Laura "What are we gonna do now?"

"Fuck this!" said Jabo with a sigh, as he opened his trenchcoat, revealing a variety of guns like Neo in The Matrix. "If it's our time, let's go out blazing!" Jabo pulled Laura close to him, locked her in a deep passionate kiss, then handed her an MP5. Jabo pulled out his M16, and pushed in a clip. As the people began running at Jabo and Laura guns firing, Jabo and Laura began returning fire. As they kept shooting, they watched as one by one they fell to the ground into their own blood. Several clip changes later, Jabo and Laura stood over the dead bodies of their

assailants.

"Is it over?" asked Laura

"Yeah," said Jabo as he pulled Laura close to him "it is!" As Jabo held Laura close to him, he saw someone moving in the distance. In their hand they held a shotgun, and it was aimed right at Laura. Laura looked at Jabos face and saw a look of shock.

"What is it Jabo?" asked Laura

"Move!" said Jabo as he pushed Laura out of the way, just as the man pulled the trigger. As the shot hit Jabo, he fell to the ground. Jabo quickly pulled out two handguns, and started firing at the man, not stopping until the clips had emptied.

"JABO!" yelled Laura as she ran over to Jabo, who's chest was bleeding from the gunshot. "We have to get you help, now!"

"Not enough time" said Jabo weakly.

"Well what should I do?" asked Laura

"Just hold me close to you!" said Jabo.

Laura proceeded to pull Jabo close to her, putting her arms around his shoulders. Jabo proceed to wrap his arms around Lauras waist, as he rested his head on her bosom. Laura kissed Jabo on the forehead, as they sat there in silence, Jabo slowly dying.

THE END