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Steven Collins, also known as Captain Sparkles,
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Resistance fighters were given orders on Wednesday night to gather outside the Lundstrom Student Living Center at Utah State University, where they were to be taken to their second night mission.
At approximately 9:05 p.m. a bus arrived and the troops assembled to be transported to the Stan Laub training facility, where Captain Sparkles, General Kuhl and Lady Harbinger would be waiting to give the group further instructions.
When the bus arrived the troops gathered outside and awaited their mission plan. Shortly after, their objective was revealed: They would need to retrieve the lost materials for a cure that had been stolen by the zombies earlier that day.
“I was in the middle of my research and then I left for a demonstration and came back and my whole hideout had been ransacked,” said Tori Winslow, also known as Lady Harbinger, president of the League of Supernatural Nations. “The vital parts of the cure are missing; I was really close to establishing it.”
Winslow’s hope for the mission was for the humans to recover the lost property so she could piece together a cure.
“We’re anticipating the zombies to be everywhere,” said John Tucker, a human who survived many zombie attacks. “With the zombies it’s always scary because once they see you it’s almost like lightning and they go right after you.”
As the troops waited outside the building, Steven Collins, also known as Captain Sparkles, greeted his comrades and gave a speech to inspire his group.
“Don’t fear the horde because we are humans, if we are united we will not fall,” Collins said.
The humans entered the structure and saw provisions scattered across the indoor field. Next to the supplies awaited a large group of zombies.
Zombie leader Coltin Grover stood in front of both groups and explained there was an invisible fence holding the zombies back. Once a bag was grabbed by a human, the fence dropped allowing the zombies to charge.
Before the fight began, Collins had a moment to collaborate with the humans and talk about tactical plans.
“We don’t want to get too deep into zombie territory and surrounded there,” Collins said. “We have a group that goes forward that clears the area, we make sure the people picking up the bags are guarded and then we have a firing line of humans to shoot the zombies off their backs.”
Winslow said reclaiming the cure will be a turning point in the battle.
“The humans have come out, but they’ve come out a little bit weaker than last night, so hopefully they will be able to pull through,” Winslow said.
As the humans gathered onto the field, excitement spread through both groups.
“I have my nice guns so I’m ready to go,” Tucker said.
The humans and the zombies faced each other, bearing arms and ready to fight. The zombies started chanting phrases like “Brains, brains, brains,” to intimidate the humans.
The humans then proceeded forward. The first bag was grabbed and the zombies charged.
“For the horde,” the zombies screamed.
As the battle continued, the humans were successfully meeting their objectives.
“We are achieving our objectives extraordinarily well; the humans as a result are performing admirably,” Collins said. “We’ve taken very few casualties which is actually excellent.”
Grover said he was looking around and noticed nothing but scared humans.
“The humans are scared spitless; they run like a bunch of scared rabbits,” Grover said.
At one point in the battle, a lone human decided to advance without communicating to his leaders. This advancement resulted in a lot of casualties.
“I know we were doing really well but somebody tried to be sneaky and we lost a lot of people on that one attack,” Tucker said. “It is better to plan effectively and follow the plans instead of trying to go out on your own.”
The battle ended with 20 humans being infected. The zombies celebrating by chanting, “One of us!”
“It’s still a win for the humans tonight,” Tucker said.
According to Tucker, for the humans to survive until the end of the week they'll need to fight smart.
“The zombie horde is a lot bigger now,” Tucker said. “What humans need to do is be smart during the day, be sneaky, if we coordinate with each other then everything will go well. It’s going to be tough, but I think we can get it.”
UnDeadline reporters Scott Hall, Caroline Peterson, Itzel Leon, Kris Hyde, Madison Maners, Stacey Worster contributed to this report
