Josiah and Cody watched as the bullet struck the hideous enraged man in front of them. Josiah kept his pose ready to fire another one if needed. His knees shook slightly as he fought to maintain control of his emotions. Even though they had been threatened by this man he could not help but feel some remorse that he had been forced to act out with such degree of force to keep his fellow companions and himself protected. He stood positioned ready to defend, with his gun aimed at his target. Fear and the need to control the situation dictating his every move.
Cody stood still at the right side of him, watching the man fall back as the bullet struck him. The two men stood side-by-side with Doc close behind, so deeply connected to each other, because of the events that were now playing out before them. Both Cody and Josiah were unsure exactly what to do next, accept wait. They watched as the figure before them thrashed briefly on the ground. Slowly he began to rise again. He gurgled and growled as he pushed himself up right. He shook his head wildly as he fought for his balance. They noticed he too had amber glazed over eyes, the same as all the others that had tried to attack them. Now, an open gash was visible on his left side where the bullet had tore him open. still he kept coming towards them as though it did not notice he had been hit with led.
Josiah wiped at his brow. Perspiration dripped down the sides of his face. Cody leaned towards him in a half whisper and said more demanding than suggesting. "You're going to need to fire again. Aim for the head". Josiah cocked his gun once more. Another shot rang through the air. His aim was dead center. He sent a bullet to the center of the mans forehead. Instantly the figure fell down. They both watched as there attacker dropped to the floor. It was a gruesome site as pieces of skull flew in different directions. Several seconds passed before either of the three men spoke again. Doc Keller was the first to break the deafening silence. In an almost gruff like voice he said "I think that one is down for good." "Its the skull that has to be hit with a bullet." Josiah looked at the Doc as he spoke. "Its like nothing else stops them from attacking until the head is hit."he said slowly, as he tried to understand how and why this could be. It simply seemed impossible that he could put a bullet through the chest and yet the man still rose.
Outside the sound of shots brought the officers running toward the compound before Eve could warn them of the danger inside. Eve quickly ordered Marie to stay put, and frantically ran after the officers.
Before Josiah or Cody could even move the four uniformed officers rushed through the doorway. They abruptly halted in their tracks as their eyes dropped to the corpse now laying in a heap, with only half of his head remaining. It was hard to tell which officer spoke first but several exchanges of "What the hell -just happened here" were shouted. Just as Josiah began to offer an explanation to Dave the eldest of the officers, a body lunged forward from behind the four men and grabbed at Tyler, the rookie of the foursome. With in seconds he had pulled Tyler down and was on top of him biting fiercely into his throat. Tyler completely taken by surprise fought screaming. He felt shreds of flesh being ripped from his neck as he desparately fought to free himself.
The three officers grabbed at the enraged animal like man pulling him off Tyler. Wildly he thrashed about until he found another fleshy piece of meat to bite down on. Dave screamed out as he felt the pain in his left arm. He slammed his right fist into the side of his attackers head. Sending him careening backwards into the hallway. The other two men cradled Tylers head as doc Keller rushed to his side. His bite was deep and blood flowed steadily from the open wound. Josiah rushed past the group with his gun after the crazed monster. He fired just as the creature man was ready to attack Eve.
