Adventure of True Dave 9

Across the avenue, hundreds of undead gather beneath the failing streetlights. Their slow advance spreads block by block, a dark weather front swallowing every intersection.

The barricades shudder as civilians scramble behind the defense line. City Defenders drag them toward safer doorways while weapons crews brace against the coming impact.

Taramisu settles behind a barricade with her firearm trained downrange. Yama plants himself beside the center gap, while Cheryl Lee guides the last civilians away from the exposed street.

Behind the line, Stella, Dante, Kazeki, and Mikey remain with the defenders, watching the flanks and readying what weapons they have. No one retreats from the city boundary.

True Dave stands in the center gap with both light sabers ready. His ankle throbs beneath his weight as the first ranks of undead reach the far barricades and the defense weapons lock into position.

The avenue fills with the rasping noise of the approaching dead. For one suspended moment, the barricades hold, the weapons wait, and the mass closes in.

True Dave plants both feet in the center gap and thrusts his will down the avenue. The air seems to tighten around him as the foremost wave of undead buckles.

A powerful unseen shove rolls outward. Hundreds of zombies slide and tumble backward across the asphalt, crashing into the ranks behind them and opening a broad stretch before the barricades.

The City Defenders surge into the sudden space, tightening their firing line while Yama steps forward beside True Dave, weapon raised toward the scattered dead.

Farther back, the displaced undead struggle upright among abandoned cars. Cheryl Lee waves the civilians toward the safer doorway, then turns her chainsaw toward the avenue.

True Dave charges from the center gap, both light sabers cutting bright arcs through the foremost undead. His wrenched ankle throbs under the running impact, but he drives straight ahead.

The blades sweep through every zombie blocking his course. Freshly Risen Zombies collapse across the avenue as True Dave clears a direct route toward the city defense line.

City Defenders surge after him, weapons raised. The remaining Freshly Risen Zombies stagger aside beneath the pressure, leaving the barricades and the city street exposed ahead.

Yama strides into the cleared avenue behind True Dave, guarding the defenders’ advance. Cheryl Lee pulls the last Civilians toward the doorway, then turns to follow.

The charge reaches the next stretch of avenue. Behind True Dave, the defense line advances through the fallen ranks while the city boundary opens before them.