"I will take the point; in case of intersections, it'll always be me going first, then Daryl watching the right and Morgan the left when it's clear, Katniss will always watch our back."
"Alright." "Clear."
"Stay safe; we will have lunch ready for you." Carol nodded at the four, seeing them checking their weapons.
"As discussed, Dale, everyone stays here until we are back." Sasuke turned to Dale.
"Don't worry, we know the risks."
"Alright, we are moving." He opened the cell leading to the next block and infirmary wing.
The way out of Block C led left; they followed it, then turned right. Another turn right ahead led them to a new block of cells, ground tier only.
The place was dark and reeked of stench.
6 cells with their cages open, some corpses eaten on the ground, Sasuke kicked them inside after piercing their heads so as not to block the way if they had to run back.
Another turn right led to double ways, left and right.
Holding up a fist, the other three halted as Katniss watched their backs while Sasuke stepped forward.
Both ways were empty, for now; he waved, and they stepped close.
"Pick one way," he whispered to Daryl.
"Left"
Sasuke nodded, taking his kunais in doubles, tying them with steel wire, and then planting three pairs one atop another on both walls of the way to the left, sealing it.
If a walker came that way, the only way forward would be to cut themselves through.
He waved to the right, and they followed.
Another turn to the right was ahead; he held a fist, listened closely, and then clawed once, the sign for expecting walkers and to be ready.
They nodded, and Daryl stepped beside him.
Sasuke moved forward, and once he pivoted ready, the bulb on his chest shined on 6 walkers. He launched three shurikens, Daryl fired his crossbow, and Morgan shot two; the last three shuffling closer went down by his sword.
All walkers were wearing blue prisoner outfits.
"I hear them from my end," Katniss whispered, keeping her bow ready to fire.
"They will be blocked by the steel wire, but keep an eye always; we will deal with this side. So don't be distracted by us and focus on your side."
She nodded, and Sasuke followed the next turn, moving slowly and steadily.
Once again he signaled for expected walkers after piercing every skull they came across, leaving no chances for surprises.
A dozen walkers groaned, coming into view from a turn.
Sasuke aimed his silverballer and emptied the whole magazine, taking down 9 of them, while Daryl and Morgan shot the remaining down as Sasuke reloaded his gun.
They turned to a new way and found only one door with a sign saying it was a medical wing, with a dead end and no other way forward.
Sasuke positioned himself in front of the door while Daryl took the keys, unlocked it, and then opened the door at Sasuke's signal.
Two walkers who were inside got cut by his sword.
"We will come for it later; lock it for now," Sasuke told him after checking the place inside.
With this side clear and checked two times, they were soon back in front of the steel wires Sasuke positioned, and as expected...
3 walkers were cut and mangled in the wires; they probably heard the noise and tried to follow it just to be shredded.
"They are that sharp, hah?" "And useful." Morgan and Daryl made a note not to mess with those wires in the future.
"Morgan, switch with Katniss and watch our rear, please."
"Sure," they already discussed it; everyone of the three will take turns to watch the rear all the time. While the other two support Sasuke in clearing the way.
Sasuke pierced the heads of the shredded walkers on the ground and retrieved his kunai and steel wires before resuming their marching.
Some doors were here and there, and Sasuke decided to lock them from outside using steel wire and clear the way before returning to deal with them later.
At some point, 20 walkers emerged from the turn ahead suddenly, making Sasuke, who needed to retreat immediately, strike Katniss behind him who wasn't ready, making her fall down, but he soon controlled the situation, killing them with his sword while Katniss got up again with the help of Daryl.
"Sorry about that, are you okay?"
"Yeah, the ground is slippery here, sorry."
"Don't worry about it, Morgan. Do we advance forward or turn left?"
"Let's take the turn." Sasuke nodded and proceeded with blocking the way forward with steel wires before following the road left.
They took a turn right and found double doors ahead.
"This thing is blocked by cuffs from the outside." Sasuke pointed at the cuffs keeping the double doors to the front locked.
"So someone put them in there while leaving, either to keep the place and supplies there safe or people."
"Or maybe a bunch of them. Do you hear anything?" Daryl asked him.
"No, move back all the way; I will break it in 10." They nodded and stepped back, aiming their guns in case walkers were in there.
Sasuke used his kusanagi to break the cuffs and kicked the doors open, stepping back.
Nothing came from there; there were some visible tables inside but no walkers.
Sasuke heard a whisper and a gasp.
He held a fist and made three fingers sing, Humans, alive.
Daryl stepped closer.
"I will move to that pillar and sign you the number of people seen. Then the armed"
Sasuke pointed at a pillar in the middle of the room ahead and whispered to him.
...
The cafeteria, which Sasuke had just opened its door to, had five people hiding in it; they were currently peeking from the square grid window of the kitchen, anxious about whether it was those no-brainers who broke in or humans.
Axel, a short white man with blond hair, was about to say something when a blur flashed through their vision like a ghost. Disappearing behind a pillar.
"You saw it? What was that? Hey..."
Thomas pointed his gun at the pillar, terrified; he hadn't even seen what it was either, just a blur.
Sasuke, who kept his body hidden behind the pillar, showed five fingers to Daryl, then one with his other hand, making a gun sign. and pointed a fist down to the ground, telling them he will make the first move.
Big-Tiny and Andrew blinked, seeing someone suddenly emerge from behind the pillar, pointing two similar guns at them.
"Ushush, put it down; move an inch, and I will make a tunnel through your head," Sasuke said to the guy with long hair who was aiming a revolver at him.
Morgan and others soon came in, closing the doors behind them, and the five prisoners became dumbfounded seeing them geared with heavy firearms.
"Are you the rescue team?" The guy with long hair and a cobra tattoo on his arm asked, keeping his gun pointed at Sasuke.
"Get here. I will give you ten seconds to toss that gun. You can choose whether to do it or have your dead body keep it." Sasuke remembers very well that the gunman was a bad man from the series, but he couldn't recall what happened with the others.
"You are no rescue team. Who are you, and what are you doing here?" Thomas, their leader, hesitated before putting his revolver on the ground and kicking it his way.
"Not your damn business," Daryl sneered, aiming his crossbow at his head.
Soon all five prisoners stepped out from the kitchen as Axel started pleading not to shoot him while Big-Tiny, a huge Black man holding a club bat, told them that they aren't bad guys.
"I'll decide that. What are you—" Sasuke stopped, gazing at a short black man with a buzz cut who had his eyes glued to Katniss. She was that beautiful, yeah, but to put his hand on his groin and rub it while smirking at her?.
Katniss frowned deeply seeing that and was about to aim her gun, the same as Daryl.
But before any of them reacted, Sasuke appeared before him and brought his knee up sharply.
Not only balls, but guy's whole pelvis area was pulverized; Sasuke clearly felt his hip bones crack and snap outward and everything in that spot smashed to pulp.
"Aaaaaggahggaga," a deafening, pained scream echoed, startling everyone who turned to see Andrew lying down with blood oozing out from his groin in splashes.
Big-Tiny moved reflexively to shove Sasuke away, and the other prisoners watched dumbfounded as that pretty boy stepped back agilely, then caught the giant man's outstretched arm, yanked back, and kicked the back of his knee, causing him to fall like a cement bag.
Big-Tiny only saw the world spin, and he was face-first down on the ground. His hand was pulled up, and a foot on his back kept him in place no matter how much force he used to get up.
Sasuke just forced him in place, gripping his wrist, and kept the barrel of his silverballer inches away from Thomas's head ignoring the horrified prisoners who were hearing Andrew's agonizing screams and the scene of his blood seeping out like a river from between his legs.
"Go on, rub it again." Sasuke nudged the now passed-out man with his feet before turning to the other 4.
"Now listen up, assholes, I can finish your pitiful lives right here, right now, and it won't cause a damn splash in the already fucked-up world outside.
From now on, I will do the talking; you answer when asked...if you feel otherwise, I'm always ready to better my craft." He pointed at the quivering man on the ground, whose blood and pieces of shattered bones were clear now on his hip and washed-out pants.