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| The zombie horde continued its onslaught against human survivors with the killing of Dean Bartschi. |
Dean Bartschi, a leader of The Resistance, was killed during a Wednesday night mission, human officials have reported.
Bartschi was a moved to the first rank of The Resistance after Jacob Tibbitts was killed during Tuesday night’s mission on Utah State University’s campus.
“Who among you thinks they have leadership qualities that people will follow?” Gen. Steven “Sparkles” Collins, a leader of the humans, asked at Tuesday night’s mission.
Five humans stepped forward, one of them was Bartschi.
Bartschi was made a captain and given a scouting squad of eight members.
Taking command of the squad, Bartschi taught them formations, signals and calls that they would use on their missions. Throughout the mission, Bartschi’s squad went scouting for supplies while others set up a base camp.
On Wednesday, while the zombies were at truce with the humans, Bartschi was on a bus transporting the dead and the living to the mission site.
“The tension between the sides was obvious and uncomfortable,” Bartschi said. “We were on edge the whole ride. It was intense because there were teams of zombies and just a few scattered humans. We had zombies in our faces telling us we were next.”
The humans knew their chances of survival were not good.
“I want to live through tonight,” Bartschi recalled thinking. “If I go down, at least I’ll go down fighting.”
During the onslaught of Wednesday night’s mission, Bartschi met his demise.
“In the chaos of a retreat and regrouping, my backside went unprotected and unwatched,” Bartschi said.
Bartschi was focused on stunning the few zombies who were limping aimlessly around the supplies that his squad was retrieving. He did not notice the horde growing just behind the few wandering zombies until they charged at him and his squad. More than 40 zombies went after Bartschi with crazed eyes and gnashing teeth. He began to retreat while still covering the other scouts. He ran into a wall and was trapped by the zombies when he was bit.
Bartschi said he was angry that he had been trapped.
“I feel dead, cold and lifeless. I miss the human side,” Bartschi said.
UnDeadline reporters Amanda Ahlman, Mitch Watkins, Robyn Van Valkenburg, Cassidy Stephens and Sara Bailey contributed to this report.
